Jacob Rees-Mogg says ‘rules were very hard for people to obey’ while defending Boris Johnson
His remarks will likely lead to a further backlash
Basit Mahmood
Jacob Rees-Mogg makes Tory crisis worse by turning it into a crisis of unionism
‘It is a telling insight into the arrogant and dismissive attitude that the Tory government has towards Scotland as a whole.’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, January 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Boris Johnson humiliated at Prime Minister’s Questions after admitting he attended lockdown party at Number 10
Johnson insisted he thought it was a work event
Good Law Project sues Met Police over failure to launch investigation into illegal Downing Street Christmas party
‘We believe their refusal to investigate the alleged party on 18 December is unlawful.’
Tory MP sparks outrage after defending ‘hard working’ partygoers at illegal Downing Street Party
‘Beyond embarrassing’
‘A coward’: Boris Johnson refuses to answer urgent question about his attendance at illegal Downing Street party
“He’s not just a self-interested liar. He’s a coward too.”
‘Absolute hypocrisy’: Downing Street staff held drinks party at height of lockdown
On 11 May 2020, nine days before Downing Street’s bring-your-own-booze party, Boris Johnson increased the fines for those who broke the lockdown rules.
Tory MP Robert Jenrick ruthlessly mocked after claiming court’s Colston statue verdict ‘undermines rule of law’
“Do remind me about that dodgy planning consent in Tower Hamlets, Robert.”
The 3 big lies Boris Johnson told at PMQs
Boris Johnson chose to carry on lying during the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new year.