The clip shows revellers partying at Tories' HQ when the British public were banned from socialising indoors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Senior British minister Michael Gove on Sunday described a video showing a party at the ruling Conservative Party’s headquarters during a lockdown in 2020 as “terrible”, as Covid rule-breaking gatherings continue to hang over the government.ruled that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had wilfully misled lawmakersThe 45-second clip shows revellers partying in December 2020 when the British public in London were banned from socialising indoors to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.
“It’s terrible,” Mr Gove, the housing minister, told Sky News. “I think it’s completely out of order. I just want to apologise to everyone really.” Polls suggest the Conservatives, in power since 2010, are trailing the opposition Labour party by about 20 percentage points. The next election must be held by late 2024.
Mr Gove said he would abstain, saying parts of the report were “excellent” but he did not agree with its conclusion that Mr Johnson should have been suspended from parliament for 90 days had he remained a lawmaker. He said he did not know what Mr Sunak himself would do.will do little for Mr Sunak’s attempts to focus on boosting Britain’s flagging economy,
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