Christmas parties, sleaze and plan B: how Boris Johnson is running out of allies

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🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Fury over the release of a video showing Downing Street staffers joking about alleged lockdown breaches are only the latest scandal to rock Johnson’s premiership, reports political correspondent Peter Walker. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:07.2	Today, as new government COVID restrictions come into effect,
0:11.6	more allegations surface about lockdown breaking parties
0:16.0	in Downing Street, last Christmas.
0:18.2	It was the moment that number 10's Christmas story fell apart.
0:23.2	An explosive video never meant for broadcast,
0:26.2	leaked to ITV News and released on Tuesday night.
0:29.2	One more and then one more.
0:31.2	Well, what we're seeing is a legress stratum
0:34.2	who at the time was Boris Johnson's press secretary
0:37.2	who was standing at the lectern basically
0:39.2	for the first time in the world.
0:41.2	The first time in the world,
0:43.2	the first time in the world,
0:45.2	a press secretary who was standing at the lectern basically
0:48.2	fielding mock questions.
0:50.2	I did see reports on Twitter but there was a Downing Street
0:52.4	Christmas passing Friday night.
0:54.4	Do you recognise it as a box?
0:56.4	I went home.
0:58.2	Hold on.
0:59.3	And legress laughs and jokes.
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