Will the police have the final word on ‘partygate’?
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🗓️ 26 January 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:08.1 | Today, Partygate was a political scandal. |
| 0:11.6 | Now, it's a criminal investigation. |
| 0:14.7 | Where does it leave Boris Johnson? |
| 0:22.0 | It started with a report of a Christmas party in number 10, |
| 0:26.2 | while the rest of the country was in lockdown. |
| 0:28.5 | Prime Minister is facing pressure this morning to step down amid a growing crisis |
| 0:33.5 | over those alleged lockdown-breaking Christmas parties at number 10. |
| 0:38.0 | Boris Johnson dismissed it. |
| 0:39.8 | What I could tell the right honourable gentleman is that |
| 0:44.2 | all guidance was followed. |
| 0:46.7 | Less than a week later, a video emerged. |
| 0:49.5 | There's a chance for mine to write. |
| 0:51.1 | It was a business meeting. |
| 0:52.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:53.6 | It's his recording. |
| 0:54.7 | It showed the Prime Minister's staff laughing at the idea of explaining the party to the public. |
| 0:59.7 | I can understand how infuriating it must be to think that the people who have been setting the rules |
| 1:06.4 | have not been following the rules. |
| 1:08.1 | Boris Johnson said the video made him angry, but insisted. |
| 1:11.4 | No rules were broken. |
| 1:13.0 | All the guidelines were observed, continued to be observed. |
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