Boris Johnson shifts to cost of living crisis response after partygate report A snap poll from YouGov suggested three in five Britons want the Prime Minister to quit over partygate Wales Online · May 26, 2022
‘Failure of leadership’: what the papers say about Johnson and the Sue Gray Partygate report Many front pages take Boris Johnson to task for the lockdown-busting gatherings, but others try to draw a line under the affair The Guardian - AU · May 26, 2022
'My son was fined £1,600 for lockdown gathering - Boris Johnson should reimburse him' Amanda Martindale's 23-year-old son was fined £1,600 for breaching lockdown rules in March 2021, while Boris and his wealthy chums had to pay just a paltry £50 each Daily Mirror · May 26, 2022
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Boris Johnson shifts to cost-of-living crisis response after partygate report Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce a fresh package of measures a day after Sue Gray’s damning report. The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
No 10 staff partied until early hours on day of Prince Philip’s funeral Last person did not leave the event until 4.20am, says Sue Gray report Wales Online · May 25, 2022
'Boris Johnson has brought shame on our highest elected office - Tories should oust him' Boris Johnson's response to the Sue Gray report was insincere, inadequate and insulting. If he was truly remorseful he would have resigned. Tory MPs could stop the rot by ousting him Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022
Boris Johnson still laughing after staff partied as Brits made ultimate sacrifices Despite telling MPs he had been 'humbled' by Sue Gray's report, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed he had been 'vindicated' and tried to brush the scandal aside Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022
With its tales of booze, fights and broken swings, will 'Partygate' report bring down Boris Johnson? Six months after an independent inquiry began, the report into "Partygate" has finally been handed down. Is what was found enough to end Boris Johnson's time in Number 10? ABC News · May 25, 2022
How The Mirror broke Partygate scandal which could still sink PM Boris Johnson On December 1, 2021, we published our splash with the headline 'Boris party broke Covid rules' and the subhead 'No 10 hosted boozy bash while millions endured strict lockdown' Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022
Sue Gray report: Fury in Whitehall as senior officials escape Partygate punishment Officials claim senior colleagues have brought the civil service into ‘disrepute’ The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
MSP who lost her mum to Covid 'infuriated' by Sue Gray report HOLYROOD’S youngest MSP who lost her mum to Covid-19 has said she is “infuriated” by the findings of the damning Sue Gray report into lockdown… The National (Scotland) · May 25, 2022
PM's tetchy presser shows pressure is getting to him - but don't expect a resignation The Prime Minister’s response to the scathing 37-page report by Sue Gray was simply faux contrition The National (Scotland) · May 25, 2022
Boris Johnson urged to quit by some Tory MPs over ‘damning’ Sue Gray report Former minister Tobias Ellwood and backbencher Julian Sturdy described partygate as a ‘distraction’ during a challenging time for the country Evening Standard · May 25, 2022
Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022 Questions over No10 Abba party Sue Gray did not investigate amid cover-up claims Sources told the Mirror last year that attendees of the lockdown bash on November 13 2020 were 'all getting absolutely plastered' to celebrate the departure of bitter rival Dominic Cummings.
The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022 Boris Johnson maintains ‘work events’ defence after damning Gray report PM says he takes full responsibility but insists it never occurred to him the gatherings he attended broke rules
Chronicle Live · May 25, 2022 North East Labour and Conservative MPs react to Sue Gray's report into 'partygate' Sue Gray said "many will be dismayed that behaviour of this kind took place on this scale at the heart of Government" and "what happened fell well short" of the standards expected
The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022 ‘We’ve been burned before’: Tory plotters lie low after Gray report Many Conservative MPs frustrated with PM’s inability to strike right tone, but few speak publicly against him
Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022 Tories announce major Islamophobia rules shake-up - on day of Sue Gray report The updated rules have been confirmed one year after an independent report into Islamophobia ruled that an anti-Muslim sentiment "remains a problem" within the Conservative party.
Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022 Boris Johnson 'looked like he was swimming in porridge', says body language expert Prime Minister Boris Johnson's body language was scrutinised by expert Judi James who described him as a man looking near-exhausted after a matinee performance
Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022 Boris Johnson defends Partygate boozing and jokes alcohol in No10 helped win WW2 Boris Johnson joked to backbenchers that 'we may not have won the Second World War' if drinking had been banned in Downing Street, according to a Tory source
The Independent UK · May 25, 2022 Boris Johnson tells public to ‘move on’ from Partygate despite unanswered questions Sue Gray lays bare drunkenness, vomiting and damage at the illegal events – and the abuse of cleaners who objected
Manchester Evening News · May 25, 2022 While Boris Johnson and his staff partied at Christmas our hospitals suffered - we saw it for ourselves By the time I visited at the end of January, staff at Royal Oldham could barely walk such was the exhaustion.
Chronicle Live · May 25, 2022 Stanley mum demands 'disgraceful' Boris Johnson pay her son's £1,600 lockdown fine The Sue Gray report said the Prime Minister must bear responsibility for a culture of Covid rule breaking at Number 10 - but his total punishment has been a £50 fine
The Independent UK · May 25, 2022 Boris Johnson dismisses booze ban in No 10 after Gray findings The Prime Minister told Tory MPs that Britain may not have won the Second World War if there had been a booze ban.