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With its tales of booze, fights and broken swings, will 'Partygate' report bring down Boris Johnson?

A photo released in a government report shows Prime Minister Boris Johnson toasting during an event held in Downing Street in November 2020. (Supplied: UK Cabinet Office)

The long-awaited report into a series of parties held inside and around Downing Street throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has finally been released.

It details excessive alcohol consumption by staffers at the heart of the UK's government and a litany of bad behaviour, including one staff member getting so drunk that they vomited, another two getting into an altercation with each other and "multiple examples" of staff being rude to security and cleaning staff during the boozy events.

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