Partygate

Boris Johnson addressing the nation from 10 Downing Street, as he placed the UK in lockdown during the Covid pandemic

The show still goes on for master illusionist Boris Johnson - Vladimir McTavish

Rishi Sunak visits an apprentice training centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) on March 18 in Coventry

End the agony Rishi, call an election - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Conservative prime minister Rishi Sunak (Photo: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Tory tricks won’t save them from electoral disaster - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Channel 4's Partygate told the story of the lockdown parties inside No.10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. From left, Grace Greenwood (played by Georgie Henley), Alice Lyons (Alice Orr-Ewing), Rory Baskerville (Tom Durant-Pritchard), Annabel D'Acre (Ophelia Lovibond), Josh Fitzmaurice (Hugh Skinner) (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Channel 4's Partygate should leave you raging

Susan Morrison

No Oscar for Hancock’s starring role in Partygate docu-drama - Susan Morrison

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Breaking Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Clive Myrie. Picture: PA/Ian West.

Breaking Clive Myrie pulled from BBC News at Ten after Boris Johnson lying joke

A cross-party committee of MPs found Boris Johnson deliberately misled the Commons over lockdown parties in Downing Street (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Bojo's Partygate lies mean he should not be allowed a resignation honours list

Majority of MPs approve Privileges Committee Boris Johnson Partygate report

Breaking Boris Johnson suffers resounding defeat over ‘Partygate’ report

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen on his morning run on June 15, 2023 in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, England. The Privileges Committee has been investigating whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over breaches of lockdown rules in Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

MPs to vote on report finding Boris Johnson misled Parliament

Conservative Party HQ

Pair seen dancing at Tory HQ Christmas party during lockdown named

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Breaking MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Has Boris Johnson finally had enough and decided to leave politics for good? Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Is Boris Johnson saying 'au revoir' or 'goodbye'?

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson stand as an MP in a different seat?

Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP with immediate effect

Breaking Boris Johnson resigns as MP over Partygate report

MPs have urged Boris Johnson to pay his own Partygate legal fees

Breaking Boris Johnson urged to pay Partygate fees as taxpayers face £245k bill
MPs have urged former prime minister Boris Johnson to pay his own Partygate legal fees as taxpayers face a hefty bill of £245,000.
Charlotte Hawes

Rishi Sunak reportedly wasted £56 billion when he was Chancellor (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

SNP and Tories are so mired in crises, they're ignoring the UK's real problems

Boris Johnson raises a glass at a 'party' in 10 Downing Street during the Covid lockdown (Picture: Handout/UK Government via Getty Images)

Boris's Commons leaving-do is hopefully being planned in secret – Susan Morrison

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Breaking Watch live as Boris Johnson faces MPs at Privileges Committee

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. Credit: PA

Boris Johnson’s Partygate hearing - Who is on the Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Breaking Boris Johnson to give evidence on Partygate this week

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How Johnson’s toxic legacy set tone for Tory scandals – Ian Swanson

Taxpayers face huge bill to cover Boris Johnson’s Partygate legal fees

Collins Dictionary releases 2022 top words including Word Of The Year

Permacrisis Collins Word of The Year 2022 - definition and full list

Collins Dictionary releases 2022 top words including Word Of The Year

Permacrisis Collins Word of The Year 2022 - definition and full list

Boris Johnson is shrugging off the result of the confidence vote, just as he shrugs off everything else. Picture: Andrew Parsons.

It's carry on regardless at Number Ten

Boris Johnson seems determined to party on (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Dear Boris, you need to move on so we can have a party – Vladimir McTavish
Bizarrely, I find myself in agreement with Boris Johnson this week. The PM has said that it is time to draw a line and move on from Partygate. Absolutely.
Vladimir McTavish

The treatment of cleaning staff at Downing Street has come under fire.

Partygate: Protest at Downing Street over treatment of cleaners and security sta...

Some Downing Street staff failed to behave nicely to the cleaners who cleared up after their lockdown-breaking parties (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Partygate revellers thought they'd get away with it but made one big mistake

Despite Boris Johnson and Partygate, a majority of Scots want to stay in the Union (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

If there's no indy majority now, there won't be next year either – John McLellan

How to read Sue Gray's 'Partygate' report and what it says

All eyes are on No. 10 as the row over Downing Street parties during lockdown continues to make waves

How many parties were held at Downing Street and who attended them?

Labour leader Keir Starmer has refused to stoop as low as Boris Johnson (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson's failings are being shown up by Keir Starmer – Alex Cole-Hamilton

Boris Johnson's political career may hang on the outcome of local council elections (Picture: Danny Lawson/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Are Tory backbenchers about to finally ditch Boris Johnson? – Ian Swanson

Midlothian MP Owen Thompson (SNP).

Midlothian MP reveals his fury at PM over Partygate as MPs approve another inves...

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak get the beers in during a visit to Fourpure Brewery in London. Photo: Dan Kitwood/PA.

Will Boris Johnson resign amid Partygate fines?

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been fined £50 for breaking lockdown laws (Picture: Matt Dunham/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Partygate fines are a joke for politicians as rich as Johnson and Sunak

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross in Davidson Mains, Edinburgh, on the campaign trail for Scottish Conservatives ahead of the local government elections. Picture date: Wednesday April 13, 2022.

Douglas Ross: Partygate fines will not damage Tory vote at local elections

Those claiming Boris Johnson must stay in office because of the Ukraine war appear to have forgotten their history (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Johnson must stay PM 'because there's a war on'? Tell that to Chamberlain

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak's partying during lockdown should see them set in the stocks, says Susan Morrison (Picture: Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Johnson and Sunak should be made to repent like 17th century Scottish sinners

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak have received fixed penalty notices

Partygate fines - your views online

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak get the beers in during a visit to Fourpure Brewery in London (Picture: Dan Kitwood/PA)

Why Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak must quit – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Boris Johnson's many failings mean he is unfit to be Prime Minister (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Boris Johnson must still resign – Angus Robertson MSP

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Readers' letters: Partygate is just tip of a moral iceberg

A protester holds a placard with an image of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson including the words "Now Partygate" backdropped by the Houses of Parliament

Partygate scandal - your views online

Boris Johnson is portrayed by supporters as leading the West's response to the war in Ukraine (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA)

Partygate could yet kick Boris Johnson out of No 10 – Ian Swanson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to attend the Scottish Tory conference next week despite most of the party’s MSPs calling for him to resign.

Boris Johnson confirmed for Scottish Tory conference

A police officer who responded to a silent alarm accidentally being triggered at Number 10 has been spoken to as part of the partygate investigations.

Partygate inquiry speaks to officer who responded to No 10 silent alarm

The Cabinet Office has sought to clarify with the Metropolitan Police whether it will publish more than 300 photos received as part of the inquiry into alleged parties in Downing Street and across Whitehall.

Cabinet Office asks Met if 300 ‘partygate’ photos will be published

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will leave Westminster this week insisting he is “getting on with the job” while facing questions from police investigating alleged lockdown breaches.

Boris Johnson to visit Scotland next week

Boris Johnson won the Tories an 80-seat majority in 2019. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

When will bewitched MPs decide Johnson's time has come? – Ian Swanson

Live updates from PMQs

RECAP from PMQs amid Sue Gray report and Partygate row

Boris Johnson at Peppa Pig World, allegedly (Picture: George Bell/SWNS)

Boris's lies make it hard to believe anything he says – Vladimir McTavish