Partygate

Labour’s Jon Ashworth and Lisa Nandy belt out Pulp’s ‘Common People’ as they party the night away at karaoke after Keir Starmer’s big speech

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Labour’s Jon Ashworth and Lisa Nandy belt out Pulp’s ‘Common People’ as they party the night away at karaoke after Keir Starmer’s big speech By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:37 BST, 11 October 2023 | Updated: 10:56 BST, 11 October 2023 Labour frontbenchers joined revellers partying the night away after Keir Starmer’s … Read more

Boris Johnson lands £500k advance for his eagerly-awaited memoir covering his time as Prime Minister

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Boris Johnson lands £500k advance for his eagerly-awaited memoir covering his time as Prime Minister By Dolly Busby Published: 01:18 GMT, 27 January 2023 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 27 January 2023 Boris Johnson has been given an advance of half a million pounds for his memoir. The former Tory PM’s latest entry in Parliament’s Register … Read more

Boris Johnson partygate: Read the Sue Gray report in full 

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Read the Sue Gray report in FULL: The findings from Partygate probe into 12 Downing Street bashes including photos of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak at rule-breaking dos By Mailonline Published: 13:08 BST, 25 May 2022 | Updated: 13:56 BST, 25 May 2022 Advertisement An official inquiry into the partygate scandal today said that the ‘senior … Read more

Backbench Tory MPs circle Boris Johnson as coup rumours persist on eve of Sue Gray’s Partygate probe

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‘It’s not just the events, it’s the fact he’s not been straightforward about it’: Anti-Boris Johnson plotters sharpen their knives as they hint at using Partygate to execute coup Backbench Tory MPs circle around Boris Johnson over latest Partygate pictures Former chief whip Mark Harper and senior Tory Tom Tugendhat have spoken out  Tory critics, … Read more

SUE GRAY REPORT RECAP: Boris Johnson snaps at Beth Rigby during press conference over partygate

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SUE GRAY REPORT RECAP: Boris Johnson snaps at Beth Rigby during press conference over partygate after report is released into Downing Street and Cabinet Office but does NOT include Carrie Johnson’s ABBA bash Partygate report on Downing Street lockdown parties has been published  Boris Johnson and his allies are facing a brutal political backlash today … Read more

Police set to quiz 15 Labour activists who had beer and curry with Sir Keir Starmer in lockdown 

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Beergate police are set to quiz 15 Labour activists who had beer and curry with Sir Keir Starmer at ‘work’ event Durham Constabulary will begin contacting 15 who attended ‘Beergate’ event Last week Sir Keir Starmer said that he would step down if fined over the event  He was branded a hypocrite by 63 per … Read more

Tory candidates style themselves as ‘local Conservatives’ to keep a distance from Partygate woes

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‘Don’t punish us for mistakes at Westminster’: Tory council candidates style themselves as ‘local Conservatives’ in bid to keep a distance from Boris’s Partygate woes Leaflets urge voters to not ‘punish’ local Tories for ‘mistakes in Westminster’ Re-branding efforts of Tory hopefuls emerge ahead of tomorrow’s council polls Conservatives fear a local elections bloodbath in … Read more

Lisa Nandy urges Keir Starmer to back away from Partygate row over ‘out of touch’ look

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Starmer is told by senior MP to ‘forget about’ his obsession with Partygate because it is making Labour look ‘out of touch’ The Shadow levelling up secretary urged the Labour leader to pull back from talking too much about Partygate, hinting at a split within the opposition party Lisa Nandy said Labour risks looking ‘out of … Read more

Boris brings in election guru Lynton Crosby for ‘strategic advice’

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Desperate Boris brings in election guru Sir Lynton Crosby for ‘strategic advice’ as snap poll finds TWO THIRDS of Britons do not accept his Partygate apology Boris Johnson told Tory MPs he is bringing in the election guru Lynton Crosby  Mr Johnson said he will be getting regular ‘strategic advice’ from Sir Lynton Move part … Read more

Twitter users await release of Sue Gray partygate inquiry with memes as Boris Johnson given report

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‘It took all that time to produce EIGHT pages’: Anger and mockery as long-awaited Sue Gray report on No10 partygate is published (and is just as lacking in detail as many predicted) By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 12:41 GMT, 31 January 2022 | Updated: 16:10 GMT, 31 January 2022 Britons today mocked the long-awaited … Read more