Boris Johnson's 'wine time Fridays' - No10 staff held drinks EVERY week
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- Published on Jan 13, 2022
- Downing Street staff held 'wine-time Fridays' throughout the pandemic with Boris Johnson regularly witnessing the gatherings.
Sources told the Mirror that the Prime Minister encouraged aides to “let off steam” despite indoor socialising being banned under lockdown rules.
The regular event was so popular that staff even invested in a £142 drinks fridge to keep their bottles of white wine, Prosecco and beer cool.
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This really is the gift that keeps giving. You couldn't write this stuff. It's comedy gold!
@Jacob J Thanks, you too. 😊
@Coney Island Have a good weekend 👍
@Jacob J 😂😂😂
@Coney Island That's just taking it too far! Disgraceful carry on!!!
@Jacob J 🤡🤡🤡😘
I always wanted a new series of 'In the thick of it', but I never expected to get live episodes available every single day. Bojo and his administration are fantastic at consistently putting out comedy content.
He's hilarious. What a joke.
They are what Pete Capaldi's spin doctor character called the NUTTERS lol
This is absolutely hilarious, do these lot actually ever get to do any work? That amount of drinking in the office is insane
That was they work - drinking, partying and getting payed for it "fat" wages!
I im perfectly sane
@Rowan Crew Yes that's the obvious comparison and the reason why we are doing well.
I did NOT drink any alcohol of any kind.
And there was people that were fined thousands for "letting off steam" with no real way to pay the debt, ruining their lives. How can anyone take this guys seriously from this point on.
@Digger T Rock Well any ridiculous fines should he repaid, the PM and Conservative Party removed/banned from ever working in the Government that's it as Lockdowns were necessary at the time just because Boris didn't pay attention to it doesn't mean we shouldn't at all it's not his idea Lockdowns during a pandemic have existed for many centuries not some brand new way made up by Boris.
@Rachel James That’s ridiculous, like when they removed benches in public so people couldn’t sit down
@Rachel James heinous crime
Every single person who participated in these parties must be held to account, not just the PM.
Who pays for all this booze?
Probably put on the books as "work related business meetings" so the tax payer will be footing the bill obviously.....I would like to say a stronger word but "flipping" scandalous will have to do!
we do
During all lockdowns we were not allowed to party, but they were partying every week… THATS NICE 👍 KEEP IT UP MR BORIS BORING.
@Steven Peacock Very true. It's indefensible and very short-sighted. Regardless of the reality of what they were doing and whether or not it was technically within the rules, they should have known that if it ever got out how bad it would look, and if there's one thing people don't like, it's when MPs don't practice what they preach. You can see how many people this has riled up - people who usually don't follow politics are jumping on the outrage bandwagon.
@dragonfly6908 Well, yes.
@The PROcrastinator the point is they should be leading by example ! Not being hypocrites !
Guys let’s stop fighting with each other and let’s have a drink 🥃 :-)
So basically none of them were concerned enough about covid to follow their own rules.Says alot really
@Karl Williams 🤣🤣🤣
@paul dickinson that was me when I was younger 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@paul dickinson I can dream don't think so he might not even play he's injured,we ain't the force we were,the league as evolved it's got better since sir Alex,let's face it it would be boring if utd kept winning title after title,I'm a football fan always will be utd fans who I know I tell them how it is we are falling way behind,trust me mid table us🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I said to my husband when all this started, that the government will be laughing at the people all restricted like animals. Whilst they are doing whatever they want. They really took the piss out of the nation.
No....People do that to themselves....
"You do it to yourself...you doooo
..and that's what reeally huurts!
Everyone had parties during the lockdowns
Your phrases are empty words…
@Mr Shifu I don't feel sorry any of them. They have a privileged life.
The whole lot of them should go as punishment for this. The ones who are good will understand and can make a new party that doesn't actually hate the people who vote for it.
They should go to jail😡😡😡
@Oliver Kitkat they have yet to impress me with anything. Their policies they discuss aren't realistic.
They won't win. Majority of brits might not like Labour but don't mistake them for right wing. Maybe centre right.
@Oliver Kitkat more controlled opposition
Punishment for this? People having a few drinks is your limit then ye. Not punishment for treason and crimes against humanity the past 2 years.
If I have a glass of wine with the people that I work with in the same space, before I go home at the end of the week, thats wrong ???? It's great for team building.
Please don't forget this when it comes to an election.
@jjeffery worboys After all this? really? are you even aware of what this means.
@dave davis nice try glowy
I won't and I will be voting Conservative. A good boss looks after his staff, thats how he gets the best from them.
and the police on guard never asked what was in the suitcases.
All those people that paid 10k fines for having a party, specifically the funeral wakes, so, if its one rule for us is Borris going to be getting fined 10k for each Friday drinks session he was having?
He should be made to pay his fines from his own pocket for every single infraction, with verified bank statements proving that he had done so.
he will pay using your taxes lol
Children are starving and going without, yet No10 could party.
Many families had to think. Will I pay my Council Tax bill or let my children starve ?
There’s no reason for children to starve - don’t have children selfishly if you aren’t very comfortable enough to provide for them - selfish people!
@kev butterworth If they actually considered that they should have their children taken away.
@meta 02 they did you clown.
The coppers standing guard must have made a fortune in back handers.
Lock em up!
Remember, According to the Met If a crime happened in the past, it's not to be investigated.
They would have only been "following orders" no brown envelopes needed, just brown noses...
@jjeffery worboys That's part of their job. They are police, not security.
@jjeffery worboys Well they did murder their careers whilst inside...
At this point it would be easier to investigate the days they DIDN'T have a party.
Imagine the whole country did this every Friday
@Joshua King and who asked you to originally reply?
@Amelia who said?
@Corey Collins I don't know anyone who got ill 🤧 and I don't know anyone who got a fine but...... I don't know anyone 😇😪😪😪😪🤤
@The Hatchet Harrison yes and they’re all still alive and well and many got fines
I'm just sat here thinking "what's this distraction for?" 🤔
Police bill, nationality and borders bill, for starters
No. 'This distraction' is ending Boris' career.
The national debt and collapse of the dollar.
Prince Andrew needs a break, so Boris is doing the Queen a favour.
I don't know if the Queen has powers to SACK the whole government... but that's what I would do.
@s 👏👏👏
She doesn't.
People will still continue to listen to his orders even though it was proven that he broke his own rules and lied about it!
I'd love to be paid tens of thousands and have a cushy taxpayer-provided home for the low price of drinking myself into stupors and habitually-lying.
@Ian P A 100k is not a lot of money
@DON KING clown.
@MR You are a fool. They are all overpaid. The PM is on well over £100,000 a year for scrwwing the country up. MP's are near that mark too. Plus they claim expenses, which quite a few expence claims do not need receipts so claims are boosted. They used to be allowed (probably more now as it was a few years ago) £50 dinner allowance. They get paid so much per day for turning up at Parliament / Westminster. All they have to do it turn up and show their face and go back home. They get travel allowances there and back. Their annual expenxes are more than good paid workers earning over the minimum wage. Just google PM and MP wages. It is all public knowledge.
@MR I think half a million a year is plenty for being able to drink and snort your work pressure away at work...
@DON KING While i agree with your recommendation the amount paid on dole doess need 100X increase to match the pay of a war criminal human rights abuser...
Where was the "wine time fridays" for all the key workers, working during this pandemic... I wonder
To me what is more amazing is the fact that tax rises, corruption allegations, bending parliamentary procedures to save one of their own, perpetual lies, etc. weren't the things people cared more about... but drinking became a big issue which might end BoJo's PM career.... that for me is a sign that the population of this country doesn't care greatly about the politics that shapes our daily lives. [I understand the wider point around these parties, but I am making a different observation than the one that is axiomatic to all.]
This is so true and really depressing. Makes me worried for the next election because people really dont invest enough or care about politics as much as they should. I fear people will forget next time they have to choose. I'm 23 and I've seen how destroyed the NHS is through my health problems, austerity, the ppe scandal, the general lying and corruption thats clearly on display, I'm terrified of these guys getting another 5 or 10 years, we'd be fucked.
@Dan C Are you referring to yourself?
When you say people, are you referring to yourself?
Honestly I couldn't agree more, everything you listed was reason enough for me, this is simply the cherry on top
@Dan C where is your evidence for this statement ?
Every single person who participated or even just knew about it and said nothing, should be arrested and trialed.
I’d guess the “local shop” has had quite a few journalists chatting to staff … 😏. Hope there’s still cctv available showing the wheelie suitcase.
That would be funny AF! 😂😂
@Muire Suilgorm Another thought: there must have been a security check on every suitcase being brought into Downing Street, and not only to No. 10. So uniformed, armed guards would have seen the contents… Hope that’s taken into account in the investigation 🤔
Jesus, I really hope so.
I suppose were picking up the Tab then Boris. I’m also expecting a full refund to all those that got fined for breaking the rules as it looks like it an optional all along.
How did you manage to break the rules, the rest of us were able to skirt by without having to break any let alone bend them...
Agreed! And refund funeral costs since no one was allowed to go and say goodbye properly to loved ones! :(
Sue Gray should investigate how security staff at Downing Street gates, and at entrances to ANY of the buildings, checked and noted the contents of suitcases being brought in. Potential for terrorist exploitation of weak security?
I’m glad the national insurance tax is being increased to increase Tory beer float 🙄🙄
The taxes already placed on alcohol probably pays for the yearly Christmas party 🤷🏼♂️
Makes my blood boil
Ooo don't get me started lol.
And this is the reason a small percentage of folk decided to not go along with the ludicrous measures.
The small percentage was uncounted and unseen and may have been 100% among the vast number of the persistent non jabbers, figures for people needing intensive care claim at least a third had not been vaccinated and refused to accept the rules'
@Stephen Tully They didn't want to abide by Boris and his lying cronies.
Nah they just didn't like being told what to do
This is actually the last straw. I am fucking tired with Boris breaking his own restrictions during the lockdowns. Boris has to go.
@Karl Williams Are you mad! I couldn't go to my auntie that were getting buried other day and Boris partied 12 times! made me felt sick. Of how he could tells us to stay away or limited the numbers to be invited into a small funeral. But it ok to mixes with more people in the pubs, restaurants ? But not the funeral ?? If you thinks this is acceptable then you're narrcissit just likes Boris is!
@Hawky2k21 so it's his fault that my pal's have died of heart attacks or phewmonia,or have had strokes not to mention the amount of elderly who have C.O.P.D you get a grip
@Hawky2k21 damn dude, are you a fish? because you took that bait super hard
@Karl Williams Top bloke for what keeping other families away from theirs loved one that had died to get buried ?? Get a grip man
Legendary. Keep up the good work Boris!
The new series of Mr. Bean is hilarious.
WHY SHOULD EVERYBODY STAY WITHIN THE LAW WHEN THE LAWMAKERS THINK THE LAW DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM !... WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR LAND ?.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
HAJAHAHAHAHAHA
@MolosserGirlToo We see the queen has removed Andy's HRH and military titles all in effort to distance the monarchy. Nobody should forget if he committed those heinous acts then he done so while while serving under royal appointment. The plot sickens.
These are interesting times were living in.
may be so you don't contact covid lol. if my teacher is an idiot, should i stop learning?
also applies to the Royal Family!
8 year old birthday parties were raided by police for families mingling! but these are allowed to do this ! absolutely disgusting and disgraceful!
Seems the Met needs to be investigated too!
@Christopher McLaughlin Excellent comment. Play both sides of the coin so to speak!
No was a suicide bomber, thats the job those officers on protection duty.
@Kenneth Thompson absolutely; I’m leaning towards man at this stage. Though she’ll change over when it suits her to be a lesbian.
It would also appear that Kier Starmer who repeatedly called for the the lockdown measures to be even harsher was himself hosting drink parties in his home with colleagues. We should expect some resignations from the opposition benches that were calling for Boris to resign. The Metropolitan police have a duty to investigate all of these matters and have absolutely no need to wait for a civil servants report. In fact a chief constable of another police force should be appointed to investigate this, what would now appear, as widespread among our lawmakers. This is a national disgrace.
So funny how everyone was like "we need to follow the lockdown rules" and were desperate for more lockdown and more control from the government who weren't even following their own rules themselves
@EssBP thankyou
@G S S bahhhhhh
@Pete746 pete you speak with knowledge and grace i like you
@crappymeal Catch it while limiting transmission? Are you mad, you might be spreading it without knowing you have it.
They know its a scam yet sit in Parliament wearing masks only to rip them off when the cameras aren't around.
I knew it 😂 when he said he didn’t know it was a party I thought they must drink at work a lot then!! 🙈🙈🙈
Well done Boris. Keep it up!
Absolute disgrace how children were saying goodbye to their dying relatives through an iPad whilst this was going on? I for one will not be following anymore rules set out by these clowns
Boris has never been known for hard work or energy and this just proves it. The sense of entitlement is overwhelming.
I don't even live in the UK but I watch the UK news every day 😂 is the next best thing after their game shows 😂😂😂
That's why I don't watch the BBC
None of the folk who attended these gatherings will be investigated, fined, prosecuted or loose their jobs.
@Question man thanks
@Barmy Neddy Exactly, I am referring to none, because none existed to be broken in the first place.
Good question ..Barmy Neddy
@Question man which laws are you referring to?
Cause technically no laws were broken.
The question, which I have never heard asked, is who paid for the booze and party nibbles? Expense accounts, entertaining budgets - in other words the taxpayer?
The name Conservative PARTY has an whole new meaning these days
how about you just tell us what days you didn’t “party” or consume alcohol?
ahh well yes..
There is a reason why he has a big belly
*t was 'Bring your own' so I got a 99p can of Pepsi - didn't go down well - Next Time maybe RedBull ?*
The news would have been shorten
Sitting getting boozed up and we are supposed to trust them with our health and families lives? F that.
Having drinks, after work, at work with the same people as you work with, is wrong????? It's great team building.
Pot noodles are not as bad for you as they make out mate
To the people who say give them a break cus they were working so hard throughout lockdown. Bulls**t! I worked throughout lockdown as well, didn't see me or anyone else who had to work getting to throw any partys
Remember the buck stops with Johnson and by his own admission he takes full responsibility!
Like when he boasts about the vaccine rollout, jobs, anti virals etc., most if not ALL was achieved by other people, not him personally. BUT, sanctioned drinks and parties were definitely him.
Well he never actually organised any of them. But he should have known what was going on it’s pretty obvious
We need the death sentence bringing back for these betrayals.
Calm down Stephen
The government living life to the full whilst us the people suffer. Nothing's changed then.😩
I HAD A PARTY IT WAS A SINGLES PARTY I WAS BY MYSELF WITH A BOTTLE OF RUM
FFS. I worked from home, limited my own social events when the law dictated, remained fairly sensible through the openings, but here I am… Watching that evidence of breaches could be found via Tesco’s CCTV. Shame they only hold onto it for a month.
ALL done while a policeman stood out the front? How incredible is that?
@jjeffery worboys Their job is being a policeman, upholding the law! Protection is their assignment!
@jjeffery worboys And protecting the public from the spread of Covid isn't in their job description?
No one was a suicide bomber, their job is protection.
@Kenneth Eke I do not know whether they are allowed to talk about what they see in Number 10, but you would have thought there would have been a whistle blower in there somewhere. The whole system is corrupt in my opinion. I have just emailed my local Conservative MP asking his opinion on these latest events, I suggest you do the same Kenneth.
@Simon Birnie That's even worse! That means they saw an offence being committed and done nothing unless there are written reports to that effect?
If a boss tells you you do something that you know is wrong and you still do it you are as much at fault as the boss is for doing it.
For a boss that was at deaths door with covid you would think he would know better......
And that's why his staff never leave. Look after your staff and they look after you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now it's Wine Time!
I'm really feelin' it!
I had to wait 6+ months for my citizenship ceremony. Struggled to get student finance because of my circumstances with family matter. It was hard every day not knowing if my finance will be paid off or I'll be asked to pay them directly. A lot of people couldn't attend their family friend funeral and so much more. What a f*ing disgrace. Speechless 😥
Exactly this.
Me and my wife could not get married in the UK, we had a ceromony booked and it all got cancelled, her visa to come here and get married from Spain expired.
Then my wife's follow up visa from Spain got delayed by 7 Months due to covid and she ended up giving birth in Spain. Everything was set in stone for us and our child to be together in 2020 and it all got fucked by the restrictions.
What pisses me off as it does for many others is that this is all one big slap in our face.
I will never vote Tory again in my life. Heck, I'm not voting ever again. It's all a SHAM.
In any other job you just test posive in a random test and that's you last day, outrageous.
What makes me so annoyed that he Told us too stay at home when we was all in lockdown and then he had a party 🎈
That probably adds more credence to the fact that when Boris spent 20 mins in his garden with staff who were all drinking wine, he thought it was a work event.
£144 is a really good price for a 34 bottle fridge.
not on ebay its not
Seems like they used some ''governmental discount''. Cheapest I find is £199
Seconded 👍🏻
I want the link.
I haven’t followed one rule he has said, people need to wake up now the reason he had a party is because he knows it’s all bollocks
If i have a glass of wine with the people I work with, in the same space, before going home at the end of the week, thats wrong ?????. Its great for team building.
Yep it's all bollocks
Please do be more specific, which part exactly of the whole situation is "all bollocks"?
Shame on them all, who indulged and those who knew, this includes the whole cabinet. All should be sacked and prosecuted for conspiracy. Come on the Met check all phones, please do the right thing.🤬
I was of the opinion that it wasn't worth looking into as a change in leader halfway through a pandemic just seems like it will cause disarray and distract from the issue at hand, but weekly piss ups in turn take the piss.
If he’s been drinking at these parties and lied about it then he should go and resign he has to go
Everyone of them must be sacked and their boss Boris the party boy must be sacked first.
Having a drink after work, at work, with the people you work with, I don't see a problem. Its great for team building and what a good boss would do.
dream on
What will it actually take for the wheels to come off?
How many more revelations must the public have to endure?
Why on earth has this culture of deceit been allowed to be even harnessed?
@Charlotte Bowes a glass of wine isn't the problem here
Welcome to politics my freind
@jjeffery worboys Follow that logic and you’ll be a similar model to the PM. The decision is yours…
Having a glass of wine, with the same people I work with, in the same space, before going home at the end of the week is wrong???? Its great for team building.
nice well done Boris
I too was having secret parties lol :D
We had a house party every week. Saved loads of money :)
I just came to watch uncle Nobhead dancing drunk
I enjoy salted vinegar crisps.
They have the 'Downing' part right. It's the Downing booze Street. 🙄
😂😂😂Youre good,you are!
Well I havent been paying heed to the restrictions coming from the Govt for over 6 months but this seals the deal for good and for all britons. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THESE HYPOCRITES AND THEIR LAW.
Now we know why they are called Political Parties. Their lives are one big party at our expense.
They should all be sacked bring Cromwell back
@Evgenia M I didn't follow their orders by taking the bio jab thankfully.
Good luck to him so would I if I was under that kind of pressure!
How embarrassing for the police. Handing out fines while their masters party like its 1999
I had to watch my Grandfather's funeral on TV and couldn't visit my Great Grandmother before she died due to the isolation rules whilst Downing Street was having party after party.
And this ladies and gentlemen is the very reason why they didn’t go ahead with another lockdown because they knew full well the disgusting truth would come out.
👏👏👏Correct!
And they call each other 'honerable' 😂😂😂😂
Nothing against them having parties or getting drunk
But doing this while forcing lockdowns and unnecessary authoritarian restrictions on the peasants is fucking disgusting, everyone involved needs to resign or be removed from office
To the Gallows, let the Potato's rule 🥔 🍠 🥔 🍠 🥔
Now I understand why Boris couldn't comment on the 20th May specifically; was all a blur!
Why would anybody listen to this Government or the opposition for that matter. There will never be another lockdown.
It just gets more and more tainted by the day. What next ?
I believe I'm finally beyond being surprised by these people.
The coke sniffing??
The sad thing is that whoever gave this information to the press probably made quite a bit of cash for it, and I’m guessing even they themselves were probably at these “work events” too
Was it a full blown party or a few work colleagues having a drink on a Friday night in there houses . Everybody was doing that
So many journalists were party guests that it took nearly a year for the story to break, (according to one theory I've heard ;-)
Love Boris 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
Plenty of that going on too, in the Labour Party, AND with corruption, that everyone I've spoken to in my local council area, knows.
Well, this kind of tells me that covid isn't as bad as they say it is.
i always said that anyway.
Indeed! Unfortunately a lot of people don’t have the common sense to work that out.
I've always wondered, why on earth we British, living on a island, have more Covid-19 cases and death than any European country.
Now I have an answer: party culture at Downing street.
Instead of working they were partying.
How can u stand there and know that parties occur every fri and deny it. I just can’t understand that thinking process and why you would
We all pay for this so the drinks have to be the finest.
( Time is Over ) Mr Boris Do mor Party’s At your home #HomeTime #TimeisOver
Boris likes to party 🎊 🎉
Boris would fit in well being a tradesmen lol
That's unfair to tradesmen!! They don't make the laws of the land
Boris has always had the appearance of a lush in my view.
I always wondered why Boris the Spider always looked starry eyed when he was in the House of Commons.It’s all these parties he has in No.10,with all the drink he is consuming.
…and most of them probably drive home afterwards 🤔
Tube.
Their is some sort of ufo in Edinburgh
I want a job where I can drink & get hammered on wine!!. Work meetings inc. snacks & as much booze as I can drink. All in the name of "public service" you understand🤷♂️!🍺🍷🥂🧀
I honestly have to say this, and I don't know if I am in the minority, and this is not meant to marginalise the loss of the pandemic.
But I cannot take this scandal seriously as news. The idea that people want to topple the government or at least the current prime minister because they did not stick to a no party rule is quite silly to me. Yes they did not practice what they preached, but the amount of attention, focus and the sheer demands for apology on this whole event is honestly just insane.
Yes slap them on the wrist, yes be upset. But the whole drive by the media to keep pushing this as the greatest scandal that ever was is honestly like watching a wet fart deflate.
I get that many are angry over the pandemic, lost loved ones and a feeling of a unfair lockdown. But at the end of it I am sitting here looking at the media make this out to be the greatest betrayal of trust in the modern age.
we got fined thousands of pounds, got banned from seeing our loved ones in their last moments, had our children's educations scarred and they lounged around and partied? why am i not surprised