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Under fire: the scandal over Downing Street Christmas parties is raising pressure on Boris Johnson

PUBLIC anger over the breathtaking hypocrisy exposed by Downing Street in the Christmas party scandal cannot be understated.

Boris Johnson’s stuttering performance at Prime Minister’s Questions, Health Secretary Sajid Javid being forced to deny that the government has lost credibility on Covid and polls showing Labour edging ahead of the Conservatives all show that the Tories are in trouble.

Some point out that, in the catalogue of the government’s crimes, holding an illicit Christmas party ranks pretty low. 

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