No 10 was breaking Christmas Lockdown rules last year.

Utterly disillusioned and disgusted.
As someone who knows little about politics, I think we have spent far too much time and effort concentrating on Boris himself and not on the wider corruption of the party as a whole. His bombastic rhetoric and blustering behaviour have masked the callous arrogance of the entire bunch for far too long. Maybe it was intentional to use him in exactly that way?
Those who know more about filthy games in politics may disagree with my analysis, but you have to acknowledge that a large number of the electorate do not have the inclination to look below the surface. A larger than life figure like Boris can cleverly cover up a multitude of sins, but now everything has been laid bare I find the whole lying lot utterly repulsive.

There will be a growing number of Tories wanting shot of him, but I think the big issue they have is who to replace him with.

The entire government is tainted by association over a number of years and who we know stood up and defended the constant lying, cronyism and corruption.

I also think that the rot of corruption has spread from the core now and will not be sustainable.

Can’t help but feel that this is the Conservatives way of getting rid of Johnson so that they can reinvent themselves before the next election? If not, who is pulling the strings here? Has Murdoch decided he wants a Labour government? Who or what is behind all this? Or is it all so corrupt now it can’t sustain itself?

I think really the bigger point is that how on earth can Johnson or indeed any minister now stand in front of the nation and tell it to stick to any rules?

What about people who were given big fines for doing something less, like students having an in-house get together.

It is scandalous.

All we need now is a leaked video taken at the party.
Perhaps all of them doing the Macarena.

Whitewavemark2

The longer Kuenssberg and Peston stay silent about whether they attended the party, the more likely we are to conclude that they were indeed there.

A denial would put pay to all the rumours.

Quite honestly, they're small fry. If Kuenssberg really was there, she really does have some cheek to be reporting about it as she is.

I've always thought ant and dec to be pretty mundane and vanilla!!
Not tonight, obviously.

I’ve never watched Ant and Dec, but I think the programme gets big audiences. They must be sure of their viewers.

I've never seen anything like it!

twitter.com/i/status/1468329208749465606

The longer Kuenssberg and Peston stay silent about whether they attended the party, the more likely we are to conclude that they were indeed there.

A denial would put pay to all the rumours.

I have hope now that the party is now indeed over.

I hope she reminds Johnson that most people obey the rules.

Footage of Mogg emerged addressing a Christmas party joking about whether “this party will be investigated in a years time”

love0c

Utterley sick. To know that many people were kept from seeing their loved ones for the very last time, not allowed to attend their funeral, missed seeing their babies being born. the list is endless. My thoughts? I am beginning to think 'they' have always known this virus was never as dangerous as they told us it was. Hence, they have kept doing whatever they like. They knew there was no real fear, certainly to healthy people.

My thoughts? I am beginning to think 'they' have always known this virus was never as dangerous as they told us it was. Hence, they have kept doing whatever they like. They knew there was no real fear, certainly to healthy people.

Unfortunately, healthy young people were hospitalised with severe complications from the virus - too many of them. And I think the government understood that if the disease was allowed to run rampant (herd immunity), that number would only increase, overwhelming the NHS.

I don't want to side track this discussion and make it about the virus itself, but the fact is that sometimes, it's the individual's own reaction to it that causes the problems. Which is why you can get a a situation where an elderly person in poor health survives the virus whilst a young healthy person with no underlying condition, dies from it.

Utterley sick. To know that many people were kept from seeing their loved ones for the very last time, not allowed to attend their funeral, missed seeing their babies being born. the list is endless. My thoughts? I am beginning to think 'they' have always known this virus was never as dangerous as they told us it was. Hence, they have kept doing whatever they like. They knew there was no real fear, certainly to healthy people.

Elrel

Callous arrogance.

... which will be defended by some.

I see it more as contempt for the general public for whom the rules were made. It's a sign of the complete indifference to the lives of ordinary people.

To be callous - you have to care enough to want to commit an act of spite and I think these individuals are fairly apathetic or uninterested in the views or feelings of the electorate. It's all much of a joke to them. Hence the amusement at breaking the rules.

I’m still awaiting a reply to my letter to my MP asking her if she can categorically deny that the party didn’t happen. It’ll be interesting if her reply is that no rules were broken given that it will have been sent before todays revelations.

That woman's tone. Good grief. Just dreadful. I assume she'll be out of a job soon. And the way it's going the government will be following suit.

Well I'm appalled. When people in authority misbehave or break the rules they are usually punished. Things under covid were made offences for the rest of us. But not for those who made the rules. Bit like the woman who said "only little people pay taxes". It's disgusting that people can even say they don't care!!! Wait til it wipes out your parents and partner and then say "who cares I don't give a scoobies". Selfish is what I call it.

But even if Johnson goes the majority of MP’s in the party have been happily voting for all of Johnson’s policies. They will still continue to destroy our democracy.

Thank goodness the truth has a knack of coming out. PMQs will be interesting tomorrow.

Callous arrogance.

MayBee70

I’m really confused. I thought the Allegra Stratton thing was about a briefing held recently but I’m now beginning to realise that it was last year and they were talking about the party they were about to have and how they would describe it to the electorate if they had to.At a time when no one was allowed to have parties or visit loved ones in hospitals/care homes. Is that right?? And in the new room that we, the tax payer had paid a lot of money for (millions?).

Yes, as Casdon said, it was 4 days after the party that they were sniggering about breaking the rules.
22nd December 2020 - a day when 691 people had died of Covid, probably without a loved one there to hold their hand.

When everyone else had to cancel family get togethers because the rules were changed the next day which Allegra Stratton must have known about:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-55056375

I have discovered through various discussions with people that dissatisfaction with the government at the moment is most certainly not all coming from the Left.

I've spoken with a surprising number of individuals - traditional Tory voters - who said they will not vote for their party again until Johnson has gone.

The briefing was on 22nd December Maybee70' here’s the timeline.
www.itv.com/news/2021-12-07/no-10-christmas-party-a-timeline-of-events-guidance-laws-and-denials
Allegra Stratton is a former National editor for ITV News, but it seems unlikely that she leaked this story to them.