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e. Partygate[a] was a political scandal in the United Kingdom about gatherings of government and Conservative Party staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when public health restrictions prohibited most gatherings. The scandal contributed to Boris Johnson 's downfall as Prime Minister and his resignation as an MP.
A 34-second video filmed through the office window shortly after 10 pm on 30 April 2021 showed Starmer and some of the group, drinking beer and eating. [15] [12] [16] [5] The footage was taken by Ivo Delingpole, a student at Durham University, and the son of the Breitbart writer James Delingpole, [17] and who a year later said he had seen "something that I thought was an injustice and decided ...
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Postmaster General; was falsely implicated. (1912) Shell Crisis of 1915, which led to the fall of H. H. Asquith 's Liberal Party government during World War I.
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 PM “The Bibi Files,” directed by Alexis Bloom, is an extraordinary and essential documentary. It follows the corruption scandal that has engulfed Israeli Prime ...
The financing of the 2020 refurbishment of the flat above 11 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, became the subject of a controversy in 2021 when allegations were made in the press as to whether an undisclosed loan was used initially to help finance it. An Electoral Commission inquiry [1] found ...
May 1, 2024 at 10:57 AM. A corruption scandal centered on allegations against Russia ’s deputy defense minister has drawn surprise and speculation from close observers of the country’s elite ...
The Profumo affair was a major scandal in British politics during the early 1960s. John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan 's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons in ...
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC (/ ˈkɪər / ⓘ KEER; born 2 September 1962) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Starmer served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP ...