In the News: Boris Johnson in the hot seat after a new party scandal in full confinement
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson, January 12, 2022. Forty people, including the British Prime Minister and his wife, are said to have shared a drink in the garden at 10 Downing Street in May 2020 as the country was severely confined, the press revealed. country.
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By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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This new scandal triggered a real barrage in the British press. "
The party is over, Boris
", headlines the
Daily Mirror
which denounces "
the contempt of the Prime Minister
" who at the height of the confinement in May 2020 would have organized a
garden party
in his own garden in Downing Street with about forty guests "
to take advantage of the good weather
”. "
An indefensible violation of sanitary rules
", while at the same time the government "
prohibited the meeting of more than two people outside
", underlines the
Times
.
The "
Party-gate
", as the press calls it, also arouses the anger of his own party, "
high-ranking conservatives call on the Prime Minister to explain
himself ", and believe "
that this new revelation could cost him his post
. ", Reports the
Financial Times
, while the
Daily Mail
also judges"
that Boris Johnson is engulfed in the most serious crisis of his mandate
".
While the Metropolitan Police asked for information to open an investigation, "
the Prime Minister still hopes to get away with bragging
," writes the
Guardian
columnist, "
but if it turns out that he has flouted the rules and cheated on Parliament, he will have to pay the price
”and“
resign
”.
A few months before the local elections next May, "
the polls are in any case starting to fall
", underlines the Belgian daily
Le Soir
"
56% of Britons believe that he should leave his post, against only 27% who think the opposite
" .
NATO in turn engages in dialogue with Moscow
Still with the objective of "
defusing the Ukrainian crisis
", the Americans and their European allies meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels "
will continue the discussions initiated in Geneva which, despite their character considered"
useful
"by the two parties. have resulted in no breakthrough
, "said the
Wall Street Journal
, which reports that"
the United States proposed to limit the deployment of missiles in Europe, but rejected the main demand of Vladimir Putin, namely that Ukraine never becomes a NATO country
”.
The main difficulty of these negotiations lies "
in the mystery which surrounds the intentions of the Russian president
", analyzes for its part the
Washington Post
, which describes an unpredictable Putin who "
takes pleasure in keeping the West in suspense
", which can "
after to have massed 100,000 men on the Ukrainian border, to assure that he does not intend to invade the country
”.
And the
Post
pointed out that the Russian envoys at the negotiating table in Geneva, as in Brussels "
probably do not themselves know whether Putin is seriously considering a war with Ukraine
".
Biden goes all out to push through sweeping electoral reform
President Biden, who is lowest in the polls, intends to dynamise parliamentary rules to protect African-Americans' access to the vote under threat in many conservative states. A few days before the vote on the two electoral reform projects, still blocked by the Republicans, "
Biden puts all his weight in the balance so that the Democrats in Congress pass these laws, even if it means changing the rules of the Senate
”, reports the
Wall Street Journal
and“
in particular the rule of the “filibuster”, of the minority obstruction in the Senate which makes it possible to block fundamental laws for democracy
”.
"
Failure is not an option
", insists in the Biden camp while nothing is played, underlines for its part the
Washington Post
which notes "
that at least two Democrats, of which the (famous ) Senator Manchin, do not wish to change the rules
", which makes"
the prospects for action at best very uncertain
", comments the
Post
.
Djokovic admits error in Australian visa application
Even as the Australian Immigration Minister examines the possibility
of "canceling the tennis star's visa
," Djokovic admitted "
that he had made a mistake in his travel form, claiming that he did not had not traveled in the 14 days prior to arriving in Melbourne
, ”reports The
New York Times.
The German
Spiegel
reveals for its part "
that its PCR tests also seem to have been falsified
".
Enough to enrage the Australian press already not tender with the Serbian player, "
if he is found guilty of lying on his entry form, he risks up to 12 months in prison
," said
The Australian
.
"
He can be imprisoned or deported at any time
", also said the
Washington Post
, for which this case places the Australian government in a "
delicate situation
" while "
a second deportation attempt could not only aggravate the dispute with Serbia , but also jeopardize the Australian Open, one of the country's flagship events
”.
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