Boris Johnson, accused again of violating his own anti-covid rules

Johnson, 58, was forced to resign in July last year due to a series of scandals, including illegal parties held in his Downing Street offices during lockdowns.

The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday that a government department, the Cabinet Office, had passed on to police new information that had emerged during the investigation into the management of the health crisis.

London police said they are “assessing” evidence of “potential” Downing Street breaches between June 2020 and May 2021.

Scotland Yard also received information about events taking place at Chequers, the country home of British prime ministers.

The new charges were announced shortly before a parliamentary committee investigating whether Johnson intentionally lied to Parliament when he claimed all rules were respected announced its findings.

The former prime minister's lawyers have written to police to "explain in detail why the office's allegations are completely wrong", a statement said.

“No contact was made with Johnson before the incorrect allegations were made (…). This is strange and unacceptable”, adds the note.

“Whatever the political objective, it is clear that this is an attempt to prolong the (parliamentary) inquiry as it draws to a close and to weaken Johnson,” the statement concluded.

A Johnson spokesperson cited by several British media outlets called the new allegations “politically motivated fraud” and accused “people within the government.”

The former prime minister was questioned in March for more than three hours by the commission investigating the Downing Street parties.

Johnson assured “with his hand on his heart” that he did not lie to Parliament. If proven otherwise, he could lose his deputy seat.

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Boris Johnson, accused again of violating his own anti-covid rules

The controversial former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denounced, this Wednesday (24), as “strange and unacceptable” the new information transmitted to the police, which accuses him of further violations of anti-covid regulations during the pandemic.

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