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The new picture came to light hours after sources suggested Johnson did not intend to resign if he was given a FPN, though MPs could trigger a vote of no confidence. It came as the Met said it would look again at a quiz held in No 10 in December 2020 after a new photo emerged of Boris Johnson at the event, featuring an open bottle of prosecco and staff wearing tinsel.
However, the Met later issued a statement saying it would reexamine the event in the light of the new picture.Do not wait until the last minute to decorate your home for Christmas. With a wide range of colours and styles available, you will find the perfect tinsel to complement your Christmas decor theme. Whether you prefer traditional red and green, elegant silver and gold, or trendy pastel shades, we have the right tinsel for you. Johnson was challenged about the image at PMQs by the Labour MP Fabian Hamilton who said: “It looks a lot like one of the Christmas parties he told us never happened.”
The image published by the Daily Mirror shows the prime minister with two members of staff, including his deputy principal private secretary, Stuart Glassborow, at the event on 15 December, which No 10 has said was a virtual quiz. No 10 has previously committed to disclosing whether the prime minister receives a fine, though sources have briefed that he is not intending to resign. Many Conservative MPs have suggested he should be removed from office if he is found to have committed a criminal offence. The Metropolitan Police Service previously assessed this event and determined that on the basis of the evidence available at that time, it did not meet the threshold for criminal investigation. That assessment is now being reviewed,” the statement said. Those identified by police – likely to include Downing Street staff and civil servants, and possibly including Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, who are alleged to have attended events – will be sent a formal questionnaire with legal status, which asks recipients to give their account of the events.The prosecco-fuelled virtual quiz on 15 December was not among those gatherings investigated by the Met. The former No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings, now a fierce critic of Johnson, said further pictures would soon emerge. “There’s waaaaay better pics than that floating around, incl[uding] in the flat,” he tweeted in reference to the prosecco quiz picture. The Met police are already examining potential law-breaking at 12 gatherings on eight dates in Downing Street, three of which Johnson is known to have attended. A fourth event, in his Downing Street flat, is also under investigation and the prime minister has declined to say whether he was there. At the time the photo was taken, London was under tier 2 restrictions, which banned social mixing between households. The government had explicitly told people they must not meet for Christmas parties.
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