Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the government apparatus in Britain must answer for several alleged rallies while the country was shut down. There have been allegations of twelve incidents in 2020.
* May 15: Garden party in Downing Street. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie, former adviser Dominic Cummings and Johnson’s private secretary Martin Reynolds are pictured in a photograph leaked to The Guardian. They are sitting at a table in the garden with wine and cheese in front of them. 15 other people were also pictured. Johnson has called it a working meeting.
* May 20: Hagefest. A leaked email from Reynolds to 100 Downing Street employees invited to an evening gathering, where guests were to bring their own wine / drink.
* November 13: Farewell party. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech at an event for outgoing communications director Lee Cain.
* November 13: Party in the private home. It is claimed that Johnson’s then-fiancé invited to parties at the private residence in Downing Street. A spokesman has called the allegation “just nonsense”.
* November 25: Drinks with employees in the Ministry of Finance, started spontaneously after a working meeting.
* November 27: Farewell to another senior employee in Downing Street. Johnson is said to have spoken.
* December 10: Party under the auspices of the Ministry of Education. Former Minister of Education Gavin Williamson is said to have attended.
* December 14: Party with mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and staff at the Tory party’s campaign headquarters. Bailey has since apologized and acknowledged poor judgment.
* December 15: Quiz in Downing Street. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pictured with colleagues, where one was wearing Christmas tinsel and another was wearing a Santa hat. Downing Street admitted that Johnson “briefly” participated in the quiz, but says it was a virtual event.
* December 16: Employees in the civil service of the Ministry of Transport drank alcohol and danced after working hours in the office. A spokesman later said it was a misjudgment, and apologized.
* December 17: Christmas party at the government office. Invitations are said to have been sent out by the secretary to Simon Case, one of the members of the government. In the digital calendars, the event was marked as “Christmas party”.
* December 18: Christmas party in Downing Street. The incident that triggered the investigations into parties during the shutdown was allegations that a party was arranged for the employees of Downing Street. Boris Johnson should not have participated. His spokeswoman Allegra Stratton quit her job after a video clip of her joking about the incident in a quasi-press conference was leaked to the press
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