A Delta Poll for the Mirror has found that 49 per cent of people who voted Conservative in the last election think Boris Johnson lied to the Commons over Partygate. Last week MPs backed a Commons probe into whether he deliberately misled Parliament, which is traditionally a resigning offence for ministers.
Partygate is a term referring to several alleged parties and other gatherings of government and Conservative Party staff held during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when public health restrictions prohibited most gatherings. While several lockdowns in the country were in place, gatherings took place at 10 Downing Street, its garden and other government buildings.
In late January this year, twelve gatherings came under investigation by the Metropolitan Police, including at least three attended by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister. More than 50 fixed penalty notices have been issued to individuals who the police believe had committed an offence under COVID-19 regulations, including Johnson, his wife Carrie Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
