Boris Johnson: All Yesterday’s Xmas Parties. A small historical detail may indicate the truth
Keir Starmer rightly made much of media reports that Boris Johnson has been involved in Xmas events at Downing St a year ago when the lockdown provisions then in force specifically ruled out such gatherings at PMQs on Wednesday
It appears to be another case of the Government telling voters to do what we tell you, not what we do ourselves. An entitled Tory culture.
Of course the reports have been denied and short of someone who was there confessing (which seems a little unlikely) they are difficult to get to the bottom of.
However one small detail can be found that suggests at least some truth
One of the Downing St occasions was reported to be a leaving event for a senior aide at the end of November 2020. It is suggested that Johnson made a speech. Sonia Purnell in her biography Just Boris notes that the PM hates small chat at parties and prefers instead to give a speech to the assembled guests. Hmmm…
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