Fears of Sue Gray 'whitewash' as Met Police ask for details of Downing Street parties to be removed

Coronation Street star Tony Maudsley blasted the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Nadine Dorries, following her appearance on BBC Breakfast earlier today.The actor took to Twitter to express his thoughts on the chat that saw Nadine suffer a tense exchange with presenter Charlie Stayt.During the conversation, Nadine awkwardly quizzed Charlie on why he was asking her if she had spoken to the Prime Minister in the last 24 hours.Tony reacted to a video shared to Twitter by broadcaster Toby Earle showing the bizarre moment between Nadine and Charlie, which saw the former appearing to be interviewed via a video call from her attic at home.In view of his 71,900 followers, the actor tweeted: “B****y hell.“No wonder they keep her locked in the attic!”Tony’s tweet quickly racked up more than 238 likes, with other Twitter users replying to his remarks.Roz4luv said: “Yes I was watching that.Totally embarrassing.”Hazel15334825 agreed: “My goodness that's awful, so embarrassing.”LadyFiLahLah argued: “I think she looks unwell and very stressed.“Whether or not we agree with policy or poor behaviour we need to also show some compassion and not lower ourselves to their depravity and lack human kindness.”In response, Tony claimed: “I'm not sure she is unwell...she looks stressed because she's struggling to keep up with her own lies.” (sic)During the awkward discussion, Nadine eventually admitted to the BBC presenter there had been communication between herself and Boris Johnson.After Nadine questioned why Charlie was pressing her on the matter, the host insisted: "I'd like to know.”"We've communicated," Nadine revealed.Charlie continued: "I'm really confused, is that a difficult question?"I am just asking if you

Kate Garraway, 54, was left taken aback when Good Morning Britain’s Senior News Correspondent Jonathan Swain, 49, took the opportunity to aim a witty jibe at Boris Johnson while reporting from just outside Number 10 Downing Street yesterday. Jonathan filmed his view of the Prime Minister’s home being pelted by rain while underneath a storm cloud.It comes just after it was announced that Elena Narozanski had become the fifth No 10 adviser to quit her role, following the departure of policy chief Munira Mirza and three others last week.The resignations have been coming in thick and fast in the wake of the Sue Gray report over allegations about parties being thrown at Downing Street during the coronavirus lockdown, when such gatherings were banned.The journalist could be heard saying in view of his 25,000 followers: “Morning, it never rains but it pours here at Downing Street, quite literally!“We have the rain pouring and we have people pouring out of that door.“Another policy advisor has quit today as well.”Alongside his video, Jonathan tagged Kate and her GMB co-star Ben Shephard in a caption, which read: “Is this Storm Boris?! “Have a look @benshephard @kategarraway @GMB #GMB #BorisJohnson.”Kate retweeted Jonathan’s cheeky post in view of her own 485,000 followers to reveal her reaction. The ITV star simply exclaimed: “Crikey!”It wasn’t long before Kate’s fans took to the comments section to share their own thoughts on the drama unfolding at Downing Street.Michael Brown agreed: “As they say "It never rains but..." etcetera. Bet someone is feeling it.”Barry Lewis quipped: “It’s Boris to blame for the weather.

A photograph of Boris Johnson holding a can of beer at his birthday bash in June 2020 has been handed over to police.

Boris Johnson has told Greater Manchester residents, who were banned from mixing with other households indoors for a heartbreaking 391 days, he is 'sorry for any misjudgements' in the wake of 'partygate'.

Janey Godley has been praised by fans after sharing a hilarious voiceover sketch as someone rips the 'party planner' out of Boris Johnson's hand.

Boris Johnson has u-turned on his false claim that Keir Starmer failed to prosecute the notorious child abuser Jimmy Savile.

Boris Johnson has come under severe pressure from the findings of the 'partygate' report, with 82% of people out of more than 1,200 people calling for his resignation in a Manchester Evening News survey.

Lorraine Kelly, 62, rarely speaks ill of anyone but sometimes other people's actions rile up the fan-favourite presenter and, in this case, the rest of the UK. After reports surfaced that Boris Johnson may have attended multiple parties during lockdown when the country was following strict rules not to leave their homes, the ITV host was among those outraged by the latest government scandal.The report by senior civil servant Sue Gray, found there were a series of "failures of leadership and judgment" within No 10 and the Cabinet Office, during the period England was in lockdown in 2020 and 2021.Police are currently investigating an alleged party held at the Prime Minister's flat in Downing Street, as well as a gathering in the Cabinet Room to mark his birthday.Chatting to Vanity von Glow on her podcast The Vanity Project, Lorraine couldn't help but drop a little dig at Boris' actions.Speaking about the restrictions put in place by ITV, she explained everything was wiped down whenever something was touched, including chairs."Everyone was really on it and very, very few of us at that early stage got sick," she recalled."I think as well we were so aware of our friend Kate Garraway's husband [Derek Draper] who was so incredibly ill, that it made us be very, very careful."We all forget, we forget what it was like back then!" she sighed."It was scary!"She went to admit she can't remember what she did at all over the past two years."The past couple of years; it was like blob!" she giggled."If someone asked me, 'What were you doing?'...

Boris Johnson and Beastie Boys has arrived, with clips featuring the Prime Minister, Leader of the House Of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg and more edited into a parody version of the rap trio’s 1987 single ‘Fight For Your Right (To Party)’.The video, created by PoliticsJOE, comes after Sue Gray’s report into alleged gatherings at Downing Street was released on Monday (January 31).

The Prime Minister has been accused of attending a leaving party for one of his senior advisors when the country was in lockdown last January, reports say.

A West Lothian man whose dad passed away in a nursing home during lockdown said he is “sickened” that Boris Johnson has not resigned over the partygate scandal.

BBC journalist Emily Maitlis had to apologise on Twitter today after retweeting an attack on a Conservative minister that risked compromising the impartiality that she is asked to maintain as part of her job.The tweet in question was critical both of the Conservative party and of Nadine Dorries during a recent interview with Channel 4.However, some of Emily’s followers have questioned the sincerity of her apology, given that she retweeted the original post whilst saying sorry for her first retweet.Emily, 51, first retweeted former Tory minister and outspoken critic of Boris Johnson, Rory Stewart.Rory, 49, himself had retweeted another user called Jay J, who shared a clip of Channel 4's interview with Nadine, 64.In the first tweet, Jay had written: “Another Nadine Dorries interview to file under the car crash genre.”Sharing the video via Jay’s account, Rory added a caption reading: “The sheer tawdry Trumpian shabbiness of the whole thing - it is difficult to see how much more of this the party or our political system can survive.”Retweeting this post once more after deleting her previous retweet earlier this afternoon, Emily apologised to her 446,500 followers.“I have deleted my earlier retweet of the below and would like to apologise for the hurt I have caused,” she stated.In a follow-up tweet, she clarified: “For the avoidance of doubt I accept I should have added extra context - it was retweeted in haste - and was wrong to do.” Underneath the tweet, Twitter users seemed largely amused by Emily’s apology.Steven Battelle pointed out: “Fantastic skills in apologising while still retweeting, no apology was needed in the first place.”Raindrop wrote: “The brilliant @maitlis draws even more readers to her heartfelt opinion

Lorraine Kelly has compared the enquiry into Boris Johnson attending parties in Downing Street to one into herself taking porridge in the morning.

"It is like the nation is watching a ludicrous pantomime and everyone is laughing for the wrong reasons," said Sally Duffy.

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Boris 'Bozo' Johnson got the spanking of his political life by Sue Gray today.The grovelling PM was tonight battling for credibility after the Partygate report lashed a “failure of leadership and judgement” at the heart of Downing Street.Scotland Yard cops are poring through 300 photos and 500 documents around the scandal as the “disgusting” leader continued to refuse to resign.Bozo issued a pitiful “sorry” in the House of Commons after the damning publication of the much-awaited Partygate inquiry by Whitehall enforcer Ms Gray called out poor leadership.He also vowed to “fix it” as his government was blasted for holding 16 shindigs in lockdown – 12 of which are now subject to a lockdown-busting criminal behaviour probe by the Met. They include the Prime Minister’s birthday celebrations and a gathering in his Downing Street flat.Top civil servant Ms Gray’s report is a watered-down version of her inquiry after her findings were severely censored and redacted by the Met due to the ongoing police probe.

The Mirror.Despite that, prosecutor Nathan Paine-Davey saidthat her offence was enough to charge her for being involved in holding the gathering.At the time the country was just days into a lockdown which prevented any sort of mass gatherings indoor and out.The prosecutor said: “This relates to November 7 and 8. The defendant has been charged with an offence against the public protection coronavirus restrictions regulations which were in force on November 5, 2020.”Eric Kawoya, defending, said Innerarity had been asked by two friends named if they could borrow her sound equipment.He told the court his client did not know the equipment would be used for a party.Mr Kawoya added: “She packed them in the car and drove to the venue.

Ruth Davidson fought back tears on live TV tonight as she accused Boris Johnson of 'degrading' politics.

The Met Police said it has been handed more than 300 pictures as its investigation into gatherings held in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office during lockdown continue.

Boris Johnson was asked if he had ‘understood’ coronavirus rules during a ‘savage’ takedown by former Prime Minister Theresa May in the Commons.