British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the Downing Street Residence Food Fair in LondonLONDON, 9 Feb. The scandal surrounding British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is gaining momentum again after the Mirror newspaper published a photo from a party at a government residence during the lockdown in December 2020. The publication claims that the picture, which depicts three government employees and himself Johnson, made December 15, 2020. On it, one person is sitting with Christmas tinsel around his neck, potato chips and an open bottle of champagne on the table. The newspaper writes that it was a Downing Street Christmas quiz. At that time, anti-COVID restrictions were in effect in London, which prohibited events with the participation of two or more people from different families. This is one of the parties that the Metropolitan Police are currently investigating. Earlier, the Prime Minister's Office released a report on the results of an internal audit conducted by senior civil servant Sue Gray. Its results showed that some «gatherings» in Downing Street were held in violation of the sanitary rules in force at that time. The London police are now investigating. Johnson himself, after the publication of the document, once again refused to resign and urged to wait for the results of the investigation. British prime minister caught red-handed, and more than once
