"Partygate" Boris Johnson: Controversy Over Photo Of Johnson And Others Drinking Wine In 2020 Lockdown
Dominic Raab defends the premier after the publication of the snapshots: "People were exhausted and they were just having a drink" Attorney General Dominic Raab has defended Boris Johnson following the release of photos from the "party" on May 15, 2020 in Downing Street Gardens, attended by 17 people (including the "premier" and his wife Carrie) when Covid restrictions limited encounters to two people from different outdoor homes. "The photo shows a group of people having a few drinks after a hectic day of business meetings," Raab said. "In other workplaces they would have done the same and that would not mean breaking the rules." The attorney general's version differs in any case from that of Downing Street, which claimed that it was a business meeting in the open air (despite the presence of cheese and wine). The publication of the photo in The Guardian has rekindled the fire of "Partygate" , the scandal of the Covid par...