Boris Johnson's allies say he's getting stitches. Photo: BLOOMBERG
Boris Johnson branded speculation he may have been involved in further action. breaking rules during the pandemic as 'a bunch of absolute nonsense'.
New allegations surfaced last week that the former prime minister had violated lockdown laws, including gatherings at Downing Street and at Checkers. handed over to the police.
Mr. Johnson's allies were quick to dismiss the accusations as a political slander. — but three sources familiar with Thursday's events told The Telegraph that as many as 17 different entries in Boris Johnson's diary have been flagged by state lawyers as potential Covid quarantine violations.
Responding to Sky News at Dulles Airport in Washington, whether he broke the law, Mr. Johnson said, “No… The answer, as I said, was absolutely no rule violation.
"Those who want to press charges should press charges, but so far no one has.
He added: "Do you want my honest opinion? I think that all this is completely meaningless … All this is complete nonsense. I find it absurd that it was decided to hand over the entries from my diary to the police"
'I can assure you and the public that they are all absolutely innocent and are within the rules.'
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells @jamesmatthewsky that further allegations of him violating lockdown rules are “absolute nonsense”.
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No. 10 stated that ministers were not involved in the decision to convey concerns to the police about the events in Checkers and Downing Street after checking the former prime minister's official statement. diary.
The Labor leader said Mr Johnson's call to the police over possible further breaches of the lockdown raises new questions.
Sir Keir Starmer, who visited Scotland on Friday, said the public had “fed up to their back teeth” 34; with stories about the former prime minister.
Sir Keir told broadcasters: "I think people are fed up with stories about Boris Johnson. Underlying all of this is the simple truth that people across the country have made enormous sacrifices during Covid.
"Some people don't go to the birth of a child, they don't go to the funeral of someone close to them.
"These are deeply personal things and growing revelations about Boris Johnson, I think, just add to this feeling of resentment, and people will get sick of it.
"I really think there are now questions about why these accusations didn't come out sooner, all these accusations.
"Obviously there will be investigations, I understand that.
"At the heart of this is a very human feeling of one rule for us to which we obey, and another rule for Boris Johnson and those at the top of the Tory party"
The Cabinet said that ministers “played no role”. in the decision to turn the information over to the police, instead the handover was made by officials operating under the Civil Service Code.
Mr. Johnson's office said the settlement was " strange and unacceptable", and the events in question were within the rules.
“It appears that some in the government have decided to make unsubstantiated proposals to both the police and the Committee of Privileges.” said in a statement.
"Many will think this has all the hallmarks of yet another politically motivated set-up."
Cabinet officials have conveyed concerns to the Metropolitan Police and Police Thames Valley after new information emerged from a review conducted by taxpayer-funded lawyers ahead of a public Covid inquiry.
Privileges Committee, which is investigating whether Mr Johnson really lied parliament about the party gate scandal has also been briefed.
The Times reported on Friday that Mr Johnson was preparing to release a photo of one particular visit to Downing Street Gardens in June 2020, the newspaper reported. showed the then prime minister meeting his mother and sister for lunch.
Mr Johnson thought the image, which has yet to be released, would show that all rules were followed, the newspaper said .
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