{"id":1173084,"date":"2021-12-30T16:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173084"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:19:12","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-party-on-downing-street-on-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-party-on-downing-street-on-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Party On Downing Street On Christmas Eve?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-a-party-on-downing-street-on-christmas-eve%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100064206557714\/videos\/1520889114956524\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show a party on Downing Street in the U.K. on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video actually shows a June protest against COVID-19 restrictions on nightlife in London.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Dec. 26 Facebook video shows a large group of people crowded together dancing outside while not wearing face masks. A man on a microphone announced that they were outside Downing Street. The video\u2019s caption reads, \u201cThis is what happened on Christmas Eve outside of Downing Street if he can have a party so can we.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/history\/10-downing-street#:~:text=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20the%20locale,for%20the%20last%20275%20years.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 Downing Street<\/a>&nbsp;is where all of the British Prime Ministers have resided since 1735, according to the U.K. government\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The caption appears to be a reference to an investigation into British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff over 3 alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/investigation-into-downing-street-parties-could-become-police-matter-government-2021-12-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lockdown parties<\/a> in 2020, Reuters reported. One such party allegedly occurred on Christmas day in 2020 at 10 Downing Street, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/history\/10-downing-street#:~:text=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20the%20locale,for%20the%20last%20275%20years.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The video, however, does not show a recent protest. Through keyword search of relevant terms from the footage, Check Your Fact found a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=201587235187927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> posted on Facebook on June 28. The caption of that video explained it showed a June 27 London protest called \u201cFreedom to Dance.\u201d A longer video capturing the rave protest was shared on Twitter by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubjectAccesss\/status\/1409113484726579206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subject Access<\/a>, an account that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubjectAccesss\">shares news<\/a> about protests in the U.K.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Music Industry Protest at The BBC Regent Street, chants of freedom, dancing and good vibes<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 Live here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7ZA1yAV1x\">https:\/\/t.co\/q7ZA1yAV1x<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FAEjXxMk9u\">pic.twitter.com\/FAEjXxMk9u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Subject Access (@SubjectAccesss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubjectAccesss\/status\/1409113484726579206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMusic Industry Protest at The BBC Regent Street, chants of freedom, dancing and good vibes,\u201d the June 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubjectAccesss\/status\/1409113484726579206\">tweet<\/a> reads. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/07\/fact-check-boris-johnson-covid-booster-cap-covering-needle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Boris Johnson Get His COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shot While A Blue Cap Covered The Needle)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event, which took place in Central London on June 27, was organized by a group called Save Our Scene, and was a protest against the U.K. government\u2019s COVID-19 restrictions that hampered nightlife and the hospitality sector, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/show-must-go-say-dancing-protesters-urging-britain-fully-reopen-2021-06-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. Hundreds of people that frequent nightlife establishments attended the event to show support, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A Christmas Eve rave was planned for Downing Street as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/10downingstreetrave?fbclid=IwAR2wEKriagmGWZgfDllZmxoejYCrGTYZLNHMI51sZW9JUXMI8RnEKoH7yd0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joke<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1375917349511670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/10downingstreetrave?fbclid=IwAR2wEKriagmGWZgfDllZmxoejYCrGTYZLNHMI51sZW9JUXMI8RnEKoH7yd0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">organizers<\/a>, The event ended up being a fundraising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jonmanciniofficial\/videos\/3350009068580443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live stream<\/a> of one DJ outside of 10 Downing Street on Dec. 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook claims to show a party on Downing Street in the U.K. on Christmas Eve.Verdict: False The video actually shows a June protest against COVID-19 restrictions &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}