The Metropolitan Police said they were considering newly released video footage showing Conservative Party staff partying, dancing and drinking during the lockdown.
The force said it was aware of the video, which shows a Christmas party involving at least 24 revellers at the party’s campaign headquarters in London in December 2020, when social distancing restrictions were in place.
Michael Gove tore into those at the rowdy party organised by the campaign team of the then London Mayor hopeful Shaun Bailey, branding it terrible and their actions inexcusable.
Two dancing officials were shown twirling each other signs saying to keep their distance and stumbling into a table filled with buffet food, and as they do so, other Tory staff members are heard chortling, with one joking that he hoped that they weren’t exposed for bending the rules.
Talking to Sophy Ridge, a frenzied Michael Gove said he hope that all those filmed were contrite, adding that it was terrible and that it was completely out of order, and that he wanted to apologise to everyone who, looking at that image would now think that people were flouting the rules put in place to protect everyone, and he said that the fact that this party went ahead was indefensible for the people who were there.
The Metropolitan Police had previously investigated the event, which took place on December 14, 2020, but only had a still photo of the revellers, and Michael Gove refused to tell the force if it should reopen its investigation.
He said Mr Bailey and Ben Mallett should keep the honours they were awarded in Boris Johnson’s resignation list.
Officers will now assess the new video, raising the possibility that the Conservatives could face yet another highly damaging police partygate investigation.
The video, acquired by a newspaper outlet, is the first time footage has emerged of a rule-breaking party in Westminster.
It shows a karaoke machine with flashing lights, as revellers quip about how they’re breaking the rules.
One man, sporting a brightly coloured Christmas jumper, is seen ballroom dancing with a woman attired in a red dress.
The unsteady pair bump into a table loaded with party food and wine glasses as they spiral around to the sound of The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York.
When one man sees he’s being recorded, he says: ‘Oh Christ’. Then another asks: ‘Are you filming this?’ Someone else responds: ‘Er, it’s for the party use’.
The entire thing was a joke, and I’m sure there will be plenty of people that will never vote Conservative again, and no government or political party has ever sickened me more, and if this demonstrates anything, it shows undoubtedly the contempt that the Conservative Party has for the electorate, deliberately doing this sort of thing, knowing the situation people were encountering at the time.
It was a shameful act whilst everyone else was locked down, but unfortunately, numerous people fell for the scaremongering by the Government.
However, it was incredibly heartbreaking that people lost loved ones during the lockdown, and what’s sad is that our government were laughing at us all – those people that say they’re running our country. The only thing that they’re running is a p*ss up in a brewery! But of course, this is yet another example of our self-entitled establishment believing they’re above the law, but what they really are is narcissistic, smug oppressors!
The honours list should be repealed because they’re certainly not honourable.
But there were breaches by many. Some went on holiday when they were told not to, and numerous people never got vaccinated.
The Conservatives should do the right thing – call an election and then we can put a line under all this nonsense, which has been unprofessional and extremely insulting.
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