{"id":1210557,"date":"2022-01-12T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1210557"},"modified":"2022-01-12T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:04:25","slug":"boris-johnsons-cheeky-chappy-act-failing-as-conservative-support-dwindles-over-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnsons-cheeky-chappy-act-failing-as-conservative-support-dwindles-over-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson&#039;s &#039;Cheeky Chappy&#039; Act Failing as Conservative Support Dwindles Over Crisis"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fboris-johnsons-cheeky-chappy-act-failing-as-conservative-support-dwindles-over-crisis%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=1210557&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364074249-e1641984677813-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Boris Johnson\u2019s \u2018cheeky chappy\u2019 approach to managing political crises is failing Brexit leader Farage said, as Tory support for the Prime Minister begins to seriously wane amid the growing lockdown-busting party scandal.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure from all sides over the most recent allegations regarding lockdown breaking gatherings at Downing Street in 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While seemingly having managed to survive previous iterations of the controversy, a recently leaked email inviting those in Downing Street to come to a \u201cbring your own booze\u201d garden gathering in 2020 has proven more difficult to dismiss for the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-johnson-losing-tory-support-storm-grows-downing-street\/\">report<\/a> from&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph<\/em>, a number of Conservative party politicians have now warned that Johnson must resign his position as PM if it is the case that he broke lockdown rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot put in place these rules, you cannot be the head of the Government that is asking people to follow these rules and then breaking those rules yourself,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-johnson-losing-tory-support-storm-grows-downing-street\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf the Prime Minister has misled parliament, then he must resign,\u201d Ross meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/just-answer-the-question-scottish-tory-leader-demands-pm-reveals-right-now-whether-he-attended-no-10-lockdown-drinks-12513756\">told<\/a> Sky News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s Sorry Now! Boris Johnson Apologizes for Joining Lockdown Garden Party <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yPpZptuuiS\">https:\/\/t.co\/yPpZptuuiS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1481250466365378561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I want to apologise. I know that millions of people have made extraordinary sacrifices&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologies to public after attending party held at No 10 during lockdown<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMQs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMQs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUp5JDSfRU\">https:\/\/t.co\/HUp5JDSfRU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJx8Ra1hZ2\">pic.twitter.com\/XJx8Ra1hZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNews\/status\/1481237963115843589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Johnson apologised in the Commons Chamber Wednesday afternoon, saying he believed when he met with colleagues in the garden of Downing Street he didn\u2019t realise it was a party and thought it was a work meeting. Remarking that he didn\u2019t support the claims that rules had been broken, nevertheless the Prime Minister accepted that: \u201cI should have recognised that even if it could be said technically to fall within the guidance, there would be millions and millions of people who would not see it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the apology, it is not clear that Johnson\u2019s words will be enough to rebuild trust. A number of Conservatives and British political actors have expressed concern over Johnson\u2019s continued leadership.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf the inquiry or the Metropolitan Police find that the alleged activities were illegal and that the PM knew this, or was involved, then I think he should consider his position,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-johnson-losing-tory-support-storm-grows-downing-street\/\">said<\/a> Derek Thomas MP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t see how anybody who organised a party or willingly chose to attend one can stay in any position where they\u2019re setting COVID policy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-johnson-losing-tory-support-storm-grows-downing-street\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Nigel Mills, another Tory party MP.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has demanded Boris Johnson &#8216;just answer the question&#8217; about whether he attended an alleged &#8216;bring your own booze&#8217; event in Downing Street in May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Full story here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1FJYYpcUWY\">https:\/\/t.co\/1FJYYpcUWY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSsRv1Cq1B\">pic.twitter.com\/kSsRv1Cq1B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1481026885442318339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage has also criticised the PM\u2019s handling of the crisis, as well as Johnson\u2019s general relationship with the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat cheeky chappy approach just isn\u2019t working anymore,\u201d Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wDpW9_TcvvQ\">said<\/a> in a video posted online before the Prime Minister\u2019s qualified apology on Wednesday, continuing: \u201cFrom the start of party-gate Boris has been&nbsp;evasive, but [with] this one\u2026 they\u2019re bang to rights,\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe Boris Johnson can survive the year because I think the party will get a mauling in the May local elections in England,\u201d the Brexit leader said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-59961535\">Labour<\/a> has also mounted pressure on Johnson to resign, with the left-wing party\u2019s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, saying that, if it is the case that Johnson broke lockdown rules, his position is \u201cuntenable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister cannot break the law, lie to the British public and not be held to account for that,\u201d the BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-59961535\">reports<\/a> Rayner as saying.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boris Govt Facing Potential Police Probe and Political Disaster Over Lockdown Breaking Boozy Bash<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLRKHB3ZSa\">https:\/\/t.co\/nLRKHB3ZSa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1480962717989191681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the Johnson administration has been under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/09\/uk-government-accused-of-having-yet-another-lockdown-party\/\">sustained fire<\/a> during the past number of months over alleged lockdown breaking gatherings that may have occurred in Downing Street, this recent controversy seems to be posing the most serious threat to the Johnson premiership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-govt-facing-potential-police-probe-and-political-disaster-over-lockdown-breaking-boozy-bash\/\">Sparked<\/a> by a leaked email published by British broadcaster ITV, the scandal involves accusations that Johnson knew about an alleged lockdown breaking gathering organised by his private secretary&nbsp;Martin Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter what has been an incredibly busy period we thought it would be nice to make the most of the lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinks in the No10 garden this evening,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-govt-facing-potential-police-probe-and-political-disaster-over-lockdown-breaking-boozy-bash\/\">read<\/a> Reynolds email, asking people to attend the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease join us from 6pm and bring your own booze!\u201d the email continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to the broadcaster, around 40 staff, along with the Prime Minister and his now-wife, attended the gathering,&nbsp;despite government advice at the time being that Britons should not meet more than one other person from a different household, and should do so in an outdoor, public place while remaining two metres apart from said person.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is now facing a potential police probe over the issue, with the London Met saying that it is in contact with the Cabinet Office regarding the allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson\u2019s \u2018cheeky chappy\u2019 approach to managing political crises is failing Brexit leader Farage said, as Tory support for the Prime Minister begins to seriously wane amid the growing lockdown-busting 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