Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not denied reports of a BYOB party in his backyard at 10 Downing Street in May 2020, with as many as 100 invitees, when the British public was being told not to socialize with more than one person outside of their families. https://t.co/pLdAg89cGs
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 11, 2022
MAIL: Is the party over for PM? #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/psMuGyQQBX
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 11, 2022
YouGov / Sky News poll
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) January 11, 2022
Do you think Boris Johnson should resign from his role as PM
56% Should resign
27% Should remain in his role
17% Don't know
5,931 GB adults surveyed today, Jan 11
On 11 May 2020, nine days before Downing St’s bring-your-own-booze party, @BorisJohnson increased the fines for those who broke the lockdown rules pic.twitter.com/XurKagv2tl
— Robert Peston (@Peston) January 11, 2022
Conservative MP Nigel Mills tells @TimesRadio tonight:
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) January 11, 2022
“I would say anybody who organised or willingly attended a party at that time can't possibly stay in position.”
Including Boris Johnson.
On the day Boris Johnson hosted an illegal party in Downing Street, @MetPoliceUK posted a tweet laying out the law. Time for a criminal investigation (Location: Scotland Yard) pic.twitter.com/XM94p2Rvvo
— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) January 11, 2022
Prefect representation of performative public lying both as metaphor and action https://t.co/XFbVZ7176q
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) January 11, 2022
Dear @BorisJohnson and Co, this is what’s meant by ‘leading by example’. pic.twitter.com/akwqeEH8FM
— Rebecca Front (@RebeccaFront) January 11, 2022
We have today written to @10DowningStreet regarding @BorisJohnson response to the news of the events of 20 May 2020.
— Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK (@CovidJusticeUK) January 11, 2022
A full copy of our letter is below. pic.twitter.com/aPPJ2TExFV
📽️ If he won't go, he must be removed. It's as simple as that. The Tory backbenchers need to find a back bone and quickly. @BorisJohnson lacks any moral authority to govern. The longer he stays in office the worse this will get. pic.twitter.com/nvZOtPmC2Y
— Ian Blackford 🇺🇦🏴 (@Ianblackford_MP) January 11, 2022
This is what made him one of the leading counsel of his generation. Classic court room play out coming.
— Shown (@northernlad18) January 11, 2022
— Steve (@SteveMcGookin) January 11, 2022
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Biden backs filibuster change over voting rights
"I'm tired of being quiet!" President Biden says that he backs changing Senate rules to allow action on Democrats' voting rights legislation. https://t.co/vp3lTSBw6L
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 11, 2022
“Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?”
— The Recount (@therecount) January 11, 2022
— President Biden urges lawmakers to support voting rights legislation pic.twitter.com/cIpacwOFyq
JUST IN: President Biden says the Senate has "no option" but to change filibuster rules if Republicans block voting rights legislation. https://t.co/8pbaeUhnJi
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 11, 2022
Biden points out that 16 *current* Republican Senators voted to approve the last voting rights act and questions why so many of them seem to have lost their voices now.
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) January 11, 2022
Activists Boycott Biden Speech, Citing Lack Of Progress On Voting https://t.co/FDMhC695S6
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 11, 2022
Crucial point by Biden: GOP states passing new voter suppression laws by simple majority vote but Senate requires bipartisan supermajority to protect voting rights
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 11, 2022
"The US Senate should be able to protect voting rights with a simple majority" he says
Breaking: As Biden speaks NC state court upholds extreme gerrymandered maps, including US House map giving GOP 71-78% of seats in state Trump won with 49.9% of vote. This is exactly the kind of partisan & racial gerrymandering Freedom to Vote Act would block
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 11, 2022
The fight for voting rights takes persistence. As MLK exhorted, “The clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now before it is too late.” Thank you, @POTUS, for refusing to relent until the work is finished. Welcome back to Georgia where we get good done. #FTVA #JLVRAA
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) January 10, 2022
Talk is cheap. Vote for the voting rights bills.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 10, 2022
If the 80 million people who voted for Biden said we are going to boycott Fox News sponsors as well as corporate contributors to radical right zealots it would reduce polarization! https://t.co/r4DAlDJDQK
— John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) January 7, 2022
Record turnout in the 2020 election should be viewed as good news for democracy.
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) January 11, 2022
Instead, Republicans see it as a threat to their power.
They know they can't win if so many people vote. And so they're assaulting our election system.
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