United Kingdom: drugs and health restrictions, explosive cocktail for Johnson

The discovery of these traces of drugs in the British Parliament comes as Boris Johnson has just announced a major plan to fight against drug use.

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Does anyone in the UK Parliament take drugs?

Do we celebrate Christmas during the sanitary restrictions?

The questions are very serious, since Boris Johnson must currently juggle between harsh announcements from his government, and apparently contradictory behavior on the subject observed in Westminster.

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With our correspondent in London,

The pulse quickens and the sweating is excessive in Westminster.

An effect of stress or of cocaine?

No doubt a bit of both for the government, which is bogged down with the discovery of traces of the said drug in Parliament, in living rooms and toilets, including those adjacent to the Prime Minister's office.

Bad luck, because Boris Johnson has just announced a big plan to fight against drug use.

The Tories are waging a war on drugs - but there is cocaine all over the parliamentary loos |

Zoe Williams https://t.co/4Ev0NRHSB1

- The Guardian (@guardian) December 6, 2021

Resignation of a councilor

On the other hand, on the evening of Wednesday, it was a crying counselor who announced her resignation following the leak of a video.

We see her joking about the Christmas party without barriers last year, in the offices of the head of government.

He apologized, while denying the existence of this type of party.

But according to a survey, more than nine out of ten people think they have taken place, in full overload of hospitals and ban on celebrating Christmas with family or friends.

A majority of those polled, even among the conservatives, believe that members of the government have not respected health measures.

Then again, this scandal comes as new restrictions come into force.

We are seeing growth in Omicron cases in the UK that mirrors the rapid increases seen in South Africa.

That is why it is now the proportionate and responsible thing to move to Plan B in England, to slow the spread of the virus.

Find out more: https://t.co/bZZYbzs59L pic.twitter.com/ulvovWoL41

- Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 8, 2021

►Reread: Omicron in the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson against scientists

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