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12 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
🚨 NEW 🚨 #PMQs fact check by @Femi_Sorry

In which Boris Johnson wanders into a boozy party in his own back garden on a balmy evening in lockdown and claims "I believed implicitly this was a work event"

Excruciating even by his own standards 👎👎👎
Who'd have thought?
Yep
One rule for us...
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Fantastic from @mlothianmclean, for NYT.
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12 Jan
Right before a pivotal #PMQs, have a look at the Downing Street lockdown parties timeline... for now.

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Oh well all sorted then. NOPE.
You can watch the #PMQs live here.
👇👇
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Our forensic @Femi_Sorry will dissect it for us all in his weekly, more important-than-ever 'Femi Fact checks PMQ's' later today.

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11 Jan
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The Met confirmed it is probing revelations that Boris Johnson’s staff organized a “bring your own booze” drinks gathering in the Downing Street garden during lockdown in May 2020 — an event the prime minister himself is also alleged to have attended.
bit.ly/3JVLKn8
Covid rules at the time were that people were banned from meeting more than one person socially outdoors.
@PaulBrandITV reports that “around 40 staff gathered in the garden that evening, eating picnic food and drinking.”
@PaulBrandITV A jolly email, sent by the Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary Martin Reynolds to over 100 Downing street employees and leaked to @itvnews, read: Image
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6 Jan
⏮️LET'S HIT REWIND!

Exactly a year ago, the #Jan6thInsurrection took place.

We interviewed @moonalice, a member of @FBoversight, which is one of our very own US projects, about the role of tech platforms, specifically #Facebook, in aiding this unfortunate event.
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6 Jan
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New Year, same old Johnson.
@Femi_Sorry He's unbelievable (and should not be believed).
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