Boris Johnson gives evidence in 'partygate' inquiry - watch live

[@pineapplejuice581]

my favourite part is at the beginning when he takes an oath not to lie 😂😂😂

[@trevermcdonald2402]

I lost my son during the pandemic, he died alone in America. The British government tried hard to gain an exception for me to go to him but the American authorities refused, therefore I have great sympathy for you Pineapple Juice but there is a great deal of difference between hundreds of people working in a cramped environment such as No 10 and gattending a hospital full of the sick and most vulnerable. I don’t blame our Government or the American Government for my sons death, I blame China for messing around in the field of genetics. Having already lost my eldest daughter to cancer, the loss of my son was truly devastating but I can not bring myself to laying the blame on MrJohnson for managing a terrible situation and managing it effectively. I’m my honest opinion this business is no more than a political charade designed to hurt a man who tried his best for all of us, The media has a lot to answer for, stories such as cake and wine when in fact it was totally untrue but many believed it because the Daily Mirror said it, they lied and have never apologized.

[@theonlyjoe_]

@@trevermcdonald2402 managing it effectively? You’re having a laugh right?

[@whatsinaname11]

Quite😂

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

@@trevermcdonald2402 Behave yourself. The guy didn't abide by the rules he set. Ordinary people were hindered by these restrictions but he ignored those rules when it suited him. Thus the guy is a hypocrite and a liar!

[@tone6403]

​@@trevermcdonald2402Hmm, sounds like lies.

[@janet3784]

It’s ok for BJ to say it’s ok to have a gathering….. then why couldn’t I see my husband who was dying? Who paid for their champagne ? No doubt that was the tax payers that ended up paying. The. maybe the MPs, put all they eat and drink down as a business perk.

[@geezalee1677]

If it was just one event, it could have been unavoidable, but multiple events he must be an ignorant or incompetent.

[@bassfacer1357]

I'm very sorry for your loss, Janet.

[@happystarhappystar1477]

@@bassfacer1357 I'm very sorry too.

[@Fex-d9f]

It was in your interest you were advised not to visit the hospital unnecessarily.

[@bassfacer1357]

@@Fex-d9f I'd argue that saying goodbye to your spouse before they die is necessary. But let's not get into an argument in the replies to something so personal and devastating. It's not fair on the OP.

[@manichairdo9265]

We, the public don't know what we're talking about? The arrogance of the man. At the time, I was denied meeting with my gson, wife and children before they emigrated. I complied. Never again.

[@chefblanc]

I didn't comply with anything, and neither did anybody else I know. Even masks only worn as a virtual sign- to give the impression that 'we were going along with it'. The more that transpires it feels like a scam. Maybe they all knew as well up in no10!

[@Chriswatney]

@@chefblanc Was it just Number 10 and the U.K. Government? Or was it the advice and rules of just about every country on Earth? I wonder how many lives were affected by behaviour of the sort you described… 😢

[@solitary-sun]

​@@chefblanc Well aren't you a decent Human being. I can't be too upset as you're not breaking your own rules and you're not representing anyone important in the UK. I was a key worker and I reported anyone who failed to wear a mask or step back when asked, I wasn't about to risk my family.

[@lewgallagher463]

@@chefblanc 🤡

[@matthewjohnston3195]

This man will never admit he was wrong.

[@smokinjoe8027]

Never!

[@MrTosh120]

Yep blows my mind to see these political people just avoid there own truths and just lie lie lie. And yet these political people get away with stuff like this.

[@matthewyabsley]

He's waffling. He knew clearly that this behaviour was the polar opposite of the kinds of warnings and rules given by himself to everyone else. The optics alone were a world apart from the optics he wanted from the general public. His expected punishment (being let off) is a world apart from the punishments he wanted to inflict on the general public for displays of the same nature.

[@anufajemisin4348]

Agreed 👍

[@Rotj6]

If he was some random member of the public who had a party under lockdown this defence would be embarrassing. The fact he was responsible for setting those rules is an utter utter disgrace.

[@noticebox1376]

L😅

[@smokinjoe8027]

Him being the PM automatically gave him the 'right' to bend the rule whenever he saw fit

[@brucebartup6161]

@@smokinjoe8027 Being PM gave him no such right (you are using satire I think) It did give him a specific duty as PM to tell Parliament the truth. Abut anything. If a PM should break the law and lie to cover the discrepancy when questioned in Parliament then there is no effective check on executive power. There might as well be no Parliament. And all the blood spill in the name of freedom from the Civil War onwards counts for nothing. That is the destructive effect that lieing in office can have. Any office. To me this testimony rules him out as PM,MP, Mayor, Councilor and Refuse Operative or Lavatory Attendant. Serously, Those are jobs requiring trust

[@class66]

Everyone knew it was bull from day 1

[@solitary-sun]

Even if it was a work place meeting, why is there so much alcohol? If this was any other work place then they would be fired on the spot. Our PM is supposed to represent the best of us.

[@haleemakhatoon7202]

He has absolutely no shame

[@smokinjoe8027]

See how they twist the 'wording of the rules' to suit themselves

[@dangibbons4668]

Absolutely, the way he throws in words like “usually”, “in most cases”, “where possible and practical”, which at the time were meant for workers such as ambulance drivers, firefighters, care workers, waste disposal operatives etc. essentially people that literally couldn’t social distance for work. However, it turns out we were wrong, those words were instead a way of permitting a totally carte blanche interpretation of the rules, effectively meaning anything can be explained away.

[@mickg7299]

He’s trying to say he didn’t understand his government’s own guidance, a truly pathetic habitual liar 🤥

[@Fex-d9f]

London will only return to its glory with leaders of Boris Johnson's determination. Watch the country now, where is Sunak's magic scheme of saving us from inflation? It's a joke.

[@ajd36]

It wasn't his job to understand it, it was just his job to deliver it. I actually believe him.

[@smokinjoe8027]

He doesn't seem to have all his marbles up there

[@mickg7299]

@@ajd36 He did understand the guidance, he just decided it didn’t apply to him.

[@PeterSmith-ls7ut]

​@@ajd36 Lol

[@eattherich9215]

We know he's lying because is lips are moving.

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

They all lie , they know it , we knew it , they know we knew , , , just what else is there to know ?, , apart from my grammar, ,😂😂🤔😂😂

[@Fex-d9f]

His courage will always be remembered. Only he can dig us out of the current economic problems.

[@dragonfly6908]

I agree about Saint IKEA Starmer. Beer and Curry anyone?.

[@verabolton]

@@dragonfly6908 Who's paying you for your repeated comments? 🧐

[@lewgallagher463]

@@dragonfly6908 mate, IKEA starmer had me in stitches - bc it doesn’t even sound like something children I work with would come out with. - You’re also trying reallly hard with the beer and curry, eh? Funnily enough; you don’t seem to have much else.

[@alfonsohorcajada4399]

Can someone please put this guy in jail??!!!

[@figaro501]

Maybe 6ft under? lol

[@andrewhubbard4044]

The elite don't go to jail they just get richer

[@smokinjoe8027]

Even Tony Blair didn't go to jail for murdering over a million innocent civilians in iraq - a war which was based on lies, doubt boris will be jailed for having a party

[@alfonsohorcajada4399]

@@thelleftaremad7556 for letting people die for his reckless behaviour and disregard for any rules or laws he himself imposed on evryone else.

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer had a "Beer and Curry gathering" in Durham of all places, wink, wink.

[@owenfarmer4197]

A leaving do will never be an essential part of business

[@sharonkenyon531]

And us while we were working hard sitting with people who were dying without their loved ones working sometimes 12-15 hour long shifts, I’m sure we would have loved a little party to lift our spirits or be thanked for our hard work, at one point we were also separated from our families, you people are just so disgusting and I’m guessing you didn’t think that you would be caught. I and my colleagues are affected by the events and hard work and the trauma of hearing loved ones sobbing on a FaceTime call because they were not allowed to physically be by the side of their loved ones to hold their hands, watching people pass away in a lot of pain in such situations will stay with my colleagues and I forever some are being treated for ptsd because they are so affected by what they dealt with during the pandemic nurses,doctors and carers are used to seeing people pass away during our careers however the quantity was obviously not what we were used to, I don’t doubt that the families who were not allowed to be with their loved ones as they died or able to attend their funeral to say goodbye that way either will also be affected by this for a very long time or maybe never recover fully from such events. Basically you people just think that you are excluded from the same rules as the rest of the country and for that you should be penalised in the appropriate way. Also has anyone else noticed that BJ speaks very differently to the women during this enquiry this is just my opinion. I would love to see what other people think about the stuff I have put in this post...

[@carlowingfield7743]

Boris Johnson has the integrity , honesty and intelligence of a Met Policeman .

[@lynnferguson394]

yeah?

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

"Oi Your Nicked'', , , hossiffer me dwink twiddle swaddle , , its me ? bojo !! Oh right sorry sir , sorry to bother you , , , , ,

[@Ah_Lee_Sun]

Above & beyond testing for a party for a departing colleague…. Yet no-one could also do this testing to be with their dying loved ones.

[@dragonfly6908]

Boris Johnson's mother died during COVID so he would have followed social distancing rules during hospital visits and the funeral.

[@smokinjoe8027]

You make a valid point

[@manomaylr]

The abuse of power is disgusting.

[@dragonfly6908]

@@manomaylr Yes, i will never be convinced about the outcome of Saint IKEA Starmer's "Beer and Curry party" sorry "work gathering" in Durham of all places, wink, wink.

[@Rotj6]

At least lockdown finished so we can have a party when Johnson gets suspended from parliament.

[@dragonfly6908]

I wish i had gone to Saint IKEA Starmer's "beer and curry party", sorry "work gathering", wink, wink.

[@verabolton]

@@dragonfly6908 When one doesn't want to face their own wrongdoings, they point their finger to others. BJ was the PM and he lied. And lied again. And again. And he's still lying. And you protect him.

[@anufajemisin4348]

😀😃😁😆😀

[@garycolledge1948]

This man would not know the truth if it slapped him in the face

[@smokinjoe8027]

Join the queue - bet there's enough mp's wanting to do exactly that

[@dragonfly6908]

Neither do Labour. Remember when they denied that Angela Rayner was at Saint IKEA Starmer's "Beer and Curry party", sorry "work gathering", and then "U turned" and said that she was?.

[@verabolton]

@@dragonfly6908 Who's paying you for your repeated comments? 🧐

[@dragonfly6908]

@@verabolton Why should you care?.

[@MarxistKnight]

"Covid guidance was completely followed at all times." "I'm not going to pretend the guidance was rigidly enforced." No contradictions there then.

[@whatsinaname11]

No doubt someone will be going through the transcript with a nice big highlighter 😂

[@alfonsohorcajada4399]

"Oh well guidance was guidance, dont expect me to abide by it!" - Boris Johnson

[@sijcalv]

They had to run a country, you lot are mental.

[@hounslow4476]

Notice how no one can have a straight face or take him seriously listening to this guy 😂

[@metalbearuk]

If he supposedly didn't understand the rules, how were the public supposed to? The man is a complete and utter liar.

[@suggz66]

The big red Boris bus tells you all you need to know about how honest he is.

[@solitary-sun]

His excuse is he couldn't correct his statement until the report was finished, the same report which found he broke the rules. If he had corrected his statement then the investigation wouldn't have been necessary. It's like saying a guilty person shouldn't admit to being guilty until found guilty and then be given the chance to admit to being guilty.

[@andymillsacoustic2180]

I can’t believe the private secretaries ate the cake

[@robhayes6121]

? Why ? It was a party / of course

[@ugipse]

Clearly he couldn’t… have his cake and eat it 😎

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer enjoyed his Beer and Curry at his party, sorry "work gathering" in Durham, wink, wink.

[@verabolton]

@@dragonfly6908 Who's paying you for your repeated comments? 🧐

[@bobbyblaze6939]

" Hi to all. BLANK is leaving the team today. I'm going to say a few words in the garden later and there will be a zoom meeting at 7 for us to share a drink with BLANK from the safety of our homes to say farewell and stay compliant in this difficult time". I really do feel like this is what was happening in the real world.

[@janouwerling3225]

when lying is your job 😂

[@anufajemisin4348]

The one question they failed to ask at this Committee is why a party was held in April 2021 on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral. Did the MPs not believe that this question was at all relevant in any way?

[@fionarose7831]

This is a man who told the world he had COVID who was in hospital because of it. This is a man who gave out strict laws and regulations during the COVID pandemic. This is a man who made the police give the public fines if they're socialising with more than 3 people from different households. This is a man who him and his party were partying singing having the time of their lives while people couldn't attend funerals or hospitals care homes ect. This is a man who set out everything in place and broke every rule in the book holding an enquiry about it doesn't give us the public confidence that powerful people will be truly reprimanded. The public ain't daft. If you're caught red-handed you then can't make out you weren't caught doing wrong but Boris Johnson did it every time as well as rishi sunak.

[@honeybozo]

1:12:09 Jenkins laughs in Alex’s face…. Alex is a goner: he just lost Sir Bernard. “The Guidance…..the guidance” 1:13:48 no mercy

[@steerablechimp9194]

Video starts at 11:10 Proceedings at 14:05 Meat starts at 20:30

[@lucaspaivanannicini]

Compulsive liar 😂

[@michaelmouse4024]

This was sponsored by the Disney channel, fairy stories dept

[@noticebox1376]

We took our “guidance” on lockdown rules from Boris at multiple daily tv briefings. If he couldn’t understand the guidance/rules without advisors why was he telling us daily what to do? Multiple times I was not allowed to see my dying mother. I understood the rules without guidance. I was not drinking champagne, I was sitting outside the hospital heartbroken as she lay dying alone and lonely.

[@janet3784]

I’m so sorry for your loss, I know how difficult it was.

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

Did she pass away under these restrictions? I am very sorry for you. My beloved mother was/is in a home and I had difficulty accessing her. But that was my nightmare... how would I feel if people kept me away? Appologies if this is unwanted.

[@noticebox1376]

@@janet3784 thank you for your kindness

[@noticebox1376]

@@TeddyBear-ii4yc thank you for your compassion

[@Derekthompzen1]

BORIS JOHNSON , BULLINGDON CLUB RULES AT NO TEN . Total disgrace what about a refund to the tax payer for all his legal fees and costs for inquires relating to party Gate

[@Derekthompzen1]

If I recall there where complaints from custodians at no 10 regarding the parties and the times they were allegedly abused by drunken no 10 staff .

[@verabolton]

The MET Police Commissioner of that time joined the party... Of course No10 did whatever they wanted, the police closed their eyes.

[@FQuintanaMarrero]

The Tories should be in prison.

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

Going to need a big one 🤔

[@dragonfly6908]

Along with Saint IKEA Starmer and the rest of the fruit cakes in his party.

[@verabolton]

@@dragonfly6908 Who's paying you for your repeated comments? 🧐

[@user-nw7ln2lx1m]

Is there CCTV inside No. 10, things would be clearer

[@admaneb]

Eww can Imagine what they get up to 🤮

[@stevebrierley9806]

Yet Blur is given a knighthood for misleading the world !!!

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

🤔fair one , our shame , your valid point .

[@smokinjoe8027]

And also murdering over a million civilians based on a lie

[@sharonkenyon531]

Apologies don’t mean anything, if my colleagues and I decided to have a get together during the pandemic while working extremely hard for the NHS we would have definitely been penalised maybe even sacked for breaking the rules so why on earth should these parliamentarians not be penalised as well yes they had FPN’s but that’s a personal penalty not any sort of work disciplinary and they should be subject to such as I am sure that there is a disciplinary process for when government officials make mistakes of this magnitude...

[@honeybozo]

1:18:47 he really almost lost his dressing-room; Alex isn’t lying: it wasn’t statesmanship but utter chaos…

[@stephendurrant4699]

Incredible how a man who was MP that he has to ask for Advice on the Advise he’s giving put A typical Narcissistic trait

[@honeybozo]

54:32 OMG he didn’t have his cake Whenever Pannick touches his nose, it’s a tell -even his BS-detector can’t stand the lies.

[@davidhoy4023]

The man who announced guidance and rules had no idea what they were. No wonder this government has this country a mess.

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

Boris your nicked !! How's that for a ''OK'' ? 🤔

[@garykelly9158]

why cant he go to ruanda and live there and meet and greet the poor refuges

[@theotherside8258]

he and many of the cabinet meet the criteria of un-britishness that allows their nationality to be removed

[@suggz66]

What makes him entitled to legal aid?

[@SNAFUferret]

Proven habitual liar.

[@martingeiger7011]

A culprit (…ready to be proven guilty…)

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

His confession expression , , , just kind of is there for all to see , , , , I c u ?

[@aussieronald]

Regardless what is said its basically a case of double standards and Boris is ultimately aware of that. A Picture tells a thousands words, no point beating around the bush. Given the size of 10 downing street from the photos you could'nt conform to the guidance...simple answer

[@flyingfeline7110]

We could do with some time stamps for the comedy gags and the "low-lights"! I'd have a go but....I've been ambushed by a cake....

[@owenfarmer4197]

OMG Bully’s pants burst into flames during interview. A stream of theatrical posturing and lies. Every minute another tissue of whoppers. Bully and a liar.

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer had a "Beer and Curry party" sorry "work gathering" in Durham of all places, wink, wink.

[@verabolton]

@@dragonfly6908 Who's paying you for your repeated comments? 🧐

[@paulhumphreys7369]

Then he misleads the committee. “[Covid] Nearly killed me”😂

[@anthonycasey4549]

0:20 Make sure he will come clean and no more Lying to Parliament 0:47

[@mrgee007]

One question I'd like answered is why when members of the public broke the social distancing laws were fined £8,000, £9,000 and £10,000, and when politicians that broke the same laws got a £50 fine

[@class66]

Everyone was 'breaking the rules'.. we had to to survive and earn a living. Moreover is the question why there were any rules in the first place as they made no difference. Staff at 10 knew this as we all ok did. Absolute gobilduke ..made no sense at all. This hearing is a complete waste of time.

[@theotherside8258]

All his 'evidence' depended on witnesses that 'couldnt' be named'i.e. non existent. Why was he allowed to submit such tosh. Its not like he was someone who had integrity & whose word could be trusted

[@frankduca8810]

Boriska goes straight then turns to the left then turns to the right then goes straight directly to the exit and bon voyage.

[@babs66]

Boris you were all on a jolly whilst the rest of us were penalised. You wouldn't know what it is to sit on your own for weeks on end.

[@ConalRF]

People should have a clear enough memory of what our understanding and expectations were at the time.

[@russodoni5331]

So much of his defence keeps boiling down to 'well, I'm innocent, therefore whatever explanation, no matter how ludicrous, that fits with me being innocent must be the truth'. If we don't take his innocence as a forgone conclusion then it's very obvious just how silly that argument is.

[@billglobalrc5384]

Some people may like someone that can fight, but do you want this "person" to take our country to war ??? He is only interested in his own ambition.

[@ronaldcole2483]

How did he ever become the prime minister the worse in history..........

[@theotherside8258]

If alcoholic fuelled leaving do's are essential why are they banned in most civil service offices and consuming alcohol in the buildings is actually a sacking office? Why can Boris fall back on what the advice of civil servants and lawyers was as a defence when ordinary people had to use common sense only and based on what Boris covid conferences said?

[@dragonfly6908]

One alleged party on the eve of Prince Phillips funeral happened when Boris was not even in Number 10. Of course the Liaison Committee expect Boris to have eyes in the back of his head.

[@AR-dn6kh]

I was a Boris fan ,but you cannot defend the indefensible.

[@ross8474]

Fix all a fix

[@graham1466]

No Way back for boris

[@SASMITARUNAV-bm9if]

Nobody has taught me about serecret agents. For the first time a British agent talked to me in TV with Prime Minister Norris jhonson voice. There I knew about the gaurdians of leaders. But someway they manipulated me. But I remember everything I watch with my eyes.

[@DS-um9hi]

The sound levels on this are terrible, either the MPs (or one in particular) need to know how to use microphones and speak louder and clearer or the people setting up the audio need to change the levels. Annoying having to continually adjust the volume to hear the questions and then reduce it when Johnson gives his answer.

[@STORMinaGcup]

Mine was fine?

[@DS-um9hi]

@@STORMinaGcup maybe my ears... Main issue was with the Scottish MP.

[@owenfarmer4197]

Woeful just woeful.

[@stephen2975]

It is a absolute farcical situation, and we are supporting a war in Ukraine? Madness!

[@Jake-sj4oj]

No more BONKERS from Boris!

[@pippipster6767]

The chair hates and detests BJ. Beyond apparent.

[@ZahidHossain-ed4bl]

These are repeated utterly lies by a PM who himself announced every single rule on TV EVERY EVENING..

[@Fex-d9f]

Sunak is a liar as well. He knew his wife was using non-dom status to avoid paying taxes. Will he ask his wife to pay all those taxes from the time she got non-dom status? Ethics is not selective but should apply to everyone. We all are now paying the cost of his furlough scheme.

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

Party time is it --motivating❤❤

[@marleanmcsporran7835]

He's trying to save his own skin

[@amirbukhsh5628]

Plz boris jonson help me

[@vikinghex]

i wish they would have interviewed tony blair over weapons of mass destruction as strongly as they do for a party may be its just me

[@stephendurrant4699]

Jhonson not fit for purpose give him a job sweeping the streets

[@alien4422]

I've done that job and Johnson could not hack it.

[@dragonfly6908]

Neither is Saint IKEA Starmer, although he is a legend in his own mind.

[@JR-1983]

If this is what he believed when he set the rules then his not fit to run a bath let alone the country.

[@ross8474]

Gulty

[@bertdriessen8146]

He's lying nd he doesn't Èvèn know it

[@alantran1914]

This is a totally wasted hardworking taxpayers money 💰 of the bristh people

[@AngelaH2222]

..if he admitted being at fault there would be no need for this hearing...All he needed to do was speak the truth at the right time➡️He clearly failed to do so, just as he failed to follow the very rules which he wrote

[@alantran1914]

@@AngelaH2222 well, you guys have money for this nonetheless and harmless but yet no money for the homeless and the real crimals LOL

[@Josh981]

Scouts honour 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@paulinecabbed1271]

We should thank the staff in Whitehall for their contribution and commitment by staying at their desks. Thank you civil servants for your service Many local government staff appeared to be shirking

[@thomaspenman4101]

You keep digging a deeper hole for yourself boris

[@poirob2]

Come on, absolutely no one followed the rules to the letter.

[@theotherside8258]

speak for yourself

[@Husky_Passion]

the most funny of all is from my point of vue, that's not even worth having an inquiry or whatever.

[@hughcaskey9542]

It’s a pity that tories and labour couldn’t stop behaving like 5 year old schoolchildren and do something to lift the country out of the doldrums at the moment both parties are as useful as a chocolate fireguard

[@MrEminem]

a suspension from parliament for a couple of weeks. (At the most - probably.) I am sure the pathological liar will learn his lesson! A just system we are lucky to have.

[@babs66]

It nearly killed Phillip Schofield aswell when you went to shake his hand.

[@garykelly9158]

if he was on the apprentist mr sugar your fired

[@Shadypirate]

Boris for prime minister

[@johannesnicolaas]

That went rather well.... (thinks Boris)....

[@CAS-TV]

Who’s the women in the ice?

[@gymbuddy32]

He'll dodge this one. Boris is teflon coated.

[@whatsinaname11]

Maybe not this time

[@nelvaldo.4850]

Boris you have a long nose 😂

[@smokinjoe8027]

Still growing

[@СоатовСарвар]

Boris Johnson siz bilan kurishish orzuim❤

[@你的亲亲小宝贝]

Does this man remember anything 💀 💀 💀

[@noahstutchbury1363]

Boris Johnson is an amazing person he should be prime minister again, he’s amazing. He was the best prime minister ever

[@yvonnecampbell3283]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 2:12:41

[@noahstutchbury1363]

@@yvonnecampbell3283 why are you laughing I’m not joking I meant everything I said

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

I've been doing some cracking farts today, they're terrific.....

[@daniel.d2150]

James.5:12 12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.