The British House of Commons unanimously approved the motion promoted by the Labor opposition to launch a parliamentary inquiry into suspicions that Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have “misled” the classroom in his statements on the “Partygate”.
The scandal
In the crosshairs of the motion, the gatherings organized between 2020 and 2021 in Downing Street in violation of anti Covid restrictions then in force. The motion passed after the government withdrew a postponement amendment, leaving the majority free to say yes. The investigation will be entrusted to the Commission on Standards and Privileges, composed of 4 Tory and 3 opposition deputies.
Johnson fined his wife and chancellor
Both Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie were fined by police for breaking lockdown rules during the pandemic last April. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, was also fined for attending an illegal party.
The three illegal encounters
From the reconstructions we learn that Johnson was present at at least three meetings: a garden party in May 2020, a surprise birthday party organized by his wife Carrie in June 2020 and a farewell party to one of his collaborators on November 13, 2020.
Right from the start, the opposition parties and the associations of the families of the victims of Covid asked for the resignation of the premier, considering it unacceptable that the premier had violated the laws he himself imposed on the population. But Johnson, who even paid the fine, has always maintained that he has no intention of resigning.