Downing Street party scandal, Johnson spokesman resigns

The first heads fall after the release of a video in which the Downing Street staff last Christmas joked about a party, despite the restrictions due to the pandemic. Allegra Stratton, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the Cop26 conference, announced her resignation. In a statement read in tears in front of the cameras, Stratton apologized for the attitude taken in the footage, dating back to December 20 last year. Earlier, speaking in the House of Commons, Johnson had said he was “furious” about the video, despite having had “repeated reassurances” that there was no Christmas party on Downing Street, in defiance of the distancing rules in effect. epoch. According to what was reported by the BBC, dozens of people attended the Christmas party, despite the prohibitions.