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The Met Confirmed It Won’t Be Investigating No.10’s Alleged Party And People Were Outraged

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The Metropolitan Police announced that it would not be investigating Downing Street’s alleged Christmas party last year – even though it would have breached lockdown rules – and people aren’t happy.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Met admitted they “received a significant amount of correspondence relating to allegations reported in the media” about a breach of lockdown rules at No.10 in both November and December last year.

Referring to ITV’s leaked video of Boris Johnson’s former adviser Allegra Stratton laughing over having a party while the rest of the country was in lockdown, the statement continued: “All the correspondence has been considered by detectives in detail, as well as footage published by ITV News.”

The Met added: “The correspondence and footage does not provide evidence of a breach fo the Health Protection Regulations, but restates allegations made in the media.

“Based on the absence of evidence and in line with our policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of such regulations, the Met will not commence an investigation at this time.”

The Met said it had also spoken to the Cabinet Office about a government inquiry into the party, and added: “If any evidence is found as a result of that investigation, it will be passed to the Met for further consideration.”

It’s worth noting that the policing minister Kit Malthouse was not even able to say whether or not the Met should investigate the alleged party on Monday as well.

There has been a public outcry since the reports about a No.10 party first came to light last week – so this news from the Met did not exactly soothe people.

Some people hit out by claiming the Met investigate other people who breached lockdown rules, so why not Downing Street?

Others wondered what kind of evidence the Met wanted before they felt they could conduct an investigation.

And a handful of Twitter accounts questioned the rules around policing itself…

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Vaccines Minister Ties Herself In Knots Over No.10’s Alleged Christmas Party And People Are Exasperated

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The vaccines minister Maggie Throup tried to toe the party line on BBC Question Time when she evaded questions about the alleged Christmas party.

The Mirror broke a story that there was a gathering of around 40 or 50 people on December 18 last year in No.10, while the rest of London was in Tier 3 Covid restrictions – meaning people could not socialise outside their households indoors.

Ministers have been trying to address the scrutiny by claiming that all of the Covid rules were followed at the time – but this isn’t quite answering questions over whether the party actually happened.

Throup was in the spotlight on Thursday when Question Time audience member asked for clarity over whether the party had actually taken place.

She repeated the party line and said: “I have been reassured that all guidance was carefully followed.”

The show’s host Fiona Bruce then turned to the audience and asked: “Does that answer your question?”

When the crowd replied with a resounding “no”, Bruce asked Throup: “Do you want another go?”

“My answer is not going to change because the guidance was followed, as the prime minister quite clearly said,” Throup maintained.

While Labour’s shadow minister Thagnam Debbonaire put her head in her hands, the audience groaned.

Bruce butted in and said: ”So clearly there was no Christmas party.”

The rules stated at the time that people could not have parties with anyone outside of their social bubble.

Throup replied: “Whatever the event was, then the guidance was followed.”

“So there was an event,” Bruce said.

Throup then tried to conclude the topic by saying, “this has just been rumour and hearsay,” but judging by Twitter’s reaction, the subject is far from over.

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