EXCLUSIVE

Downing Street staff drank into the early hours at two leaving dos the night before Prince Philip’s funeral.

April 16 2021. UK in public mourning. Indoor mixing was barred. The next day the Queen sat alone as she mourned. (With @Tony_Diver)
https://t.co/qd435fn35A

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) January 13, 2022

Goodbye @BorisJohnson

— Eddie Mair (@eddiemair) January 13, 2022

Prescient. https://t.co/cI6V9kcr7Z

— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) January 13, 2022

This – I feel – won’t go down well in The Red Wall.

— . (@twlldun) January 13, 2022

It is quite the feat for a Conservative leader to lose both the Scottish Tory party and the Sutton Coldfield Tory party.

— davidallengreen (@davidallengreen) January 13, 2022

Johnson to Conservative MPs in the tea room, minutes after the “apology”: “Sometimes we take the credit for things we don’t deserve and this time we’re taking hits for something we don’t deserve.” https://t.co/2W9Yi2UknR

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) January 13, 2022

“Johnson’s allies are increasingly confident that he can survive the report, which is due to be published at the end of next week” – ⁦the impeccably connected ⁦@Steven_Swinford⁩ reports pic.twitter.com/iQi9qBVcve

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 13, 2022

BREAKING: The Metropolitan Police will NOT investigate any of the Downing Street parties unless and until the Sue Gray inquiry finds evidence of criminality.

ie the Met are relying on an internal inquiry to decide for them whether a crime was committed.

Full statement 👇 pic.twitter.com/m0AUF7xvLw

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) January 13, 2022

Slogan for the next election – the Conservatives, putting the party into politics https://t.co/51z72pvZv2

— Sara-endipidy🇪🇺 #FBPE (@sara_endipidy) January 13, 2022

The amazing thing is 16% still deem him trustworthy. With what? In what situation? Where have they been the past four years? https://t.co/Vz7mrtDpPe

— Sam Thompson (@JarrieSam) January 13, 2022

Brexiteer Andrew Bridgen becomes fifth Tory MP this week to submit Boris Johnson no confidence letter https://t.co/gE1E3O0Fxf

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) January 13, 2022

The Owen Paterson strategy re-emerges for Boris Johnson now.

Jacob-Rees Mogg undermines the validity of the rules themselves, in the middle of an investigation, in order to assist a colleague under pressure.pic.twitter.com/ZtTkdSZmGL

— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 13, 2022

Do the Cabinet members who tell us what a decent bloke and good leader Johnson is realise that they are showing us just how vacuous the current government is? #BBCQuestionTime

— Tim McKane (@timmckane) January 13, 2022

Every Tory today: "I support the PM for apologising for a thing that he may or may not have done but until Sue Gray reports I can't say whether or not the thing he apologised for was wrong or indeed happened. Vaccines."

— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) January 13, 2022

Rules are rules, after all. pic.twitter.com/s36HIautW6

— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) January 13, 2022

You are no longer required to isolate if a family member tests positive for Covid, as long as you are fully vaccinated. In cancelling engagements today, Johnson is now following guidelines which do not even exist, having constantly broken rules that were actually in place.

— Anne Greensmith 💙 (@snowleopardess) January 13, 2022

What's the betting the party-goers claimed their booze and cabs on expenses?

— Chrissie💙 Grech (v)🇪🇺 #JohnsonOut (@ChrissieGrech) January 13, 2022

The claim that Johnson “got the big calls right” on Covid is right up there with Andrew Windsor claiming he can’t sweat.

— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) January 13, 2022

Britain's domestic spy service MI5 has warned lawmakers the Chinese Communist Party has been employing a woman to exert improper influence over members of parliament https://t.co/K2MppE2cQH 1/6 pic.twitter.com/vFsu8QihcL

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 13, 2022

NEW: Since 2005, suspected Chinese agent Christine Lee has donated £675,586.88 to either Barry Gardiner's office or directly to the Labour Party. https://t.co/J1Lu9ZEV7n

— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) January 13, 2022

I keep wondering why The Sun (Deputy Editor: James Slack) aren’t going in harder on the Downing Street parties. You may not know his name but if you remember the Mail’s utterly despicable ‘Enemies Of The People’ front page, you’ll be familiar with his work. https://t.co/03Vyson3rg

— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) January 13, 2022

Bang on time. pic.twitter.com/LO9nb3HZJ4

— My Sweet Landlord (@MySweetLandlord) January 13, 2022

BREAKING: Prince Andrew stripped of his military roles and royal patronages by his mam. pic.twitter.com/bRM0fURDBN

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) January 13, 2022

Breaking News: Prince Andrew has given up his military titles and royal charities, Buckingham Palace said, a stinging rebuke by the British royal family a day after a New York judge allowed a sexual abuse case against him to go ahead. https://t.co/x88Gc5EOYN

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 13, 2022

🔴The Duke of York has been stripped of all military titles and patronages and will no longer use his HRH title, Buckingham Palace has said.

He will defend his sexual abuse case as a "private citizen"https://t.co/RQ1P5qXNM2

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 13, 2022

Stewart Rhodes charged with seditious conspiracy, a major development in the DOJ’s Jan. 6th investigation and the first time that charge has been filed in connection with the attack on the Capitol. https://t.co/NCfmZjRoax

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 13, 2022

Just like to say, I've filmed the Oath Keepers since Charlottesville and on Jan 5th and 6th. They are NOT a brain trust, they are soldiers following orders. We still have to hold the generals who gave the orders

— Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) January 13, 2022

'How high does this conspiracy go?': @joycewhitevance breaks down new Jan. 6 charges against Oath Keepers leader https://t.co/7iAsDNFLZN

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 13, 2022

NEW: US House Select Jan 6th Committee announces it's issued subpoenas to social media giants, including Twitter

In letter to Twitter, committee says it wants documents about "warnings… received regarding the use of the platform to plan or incite violence on January 6th"

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 13, 2022

Days after January 6th Sandberg sought to play down the role Facebook was used in organIzing the riot.

Will these comments line up with what the committee finds through subpoena?
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— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 13, 2022

Oh wow. The Jan. 6th Committee has in its possession forged certificates of ascertainment declaring Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence the winners of both Michigan and Arizona and their electors after the 2020 election.

This is a BFD. https://t.co/pZd87pCQgs

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) January 10, 2022

Sinema doubles down on support for filibuster citing "disease of division" https://t.co/XWjArzKcDi pic.twitter.com/aTjMMMbfCz

— The Hill (@thehill) January 13, 2022

US politics: voting rights are under attack, the senate is broken, the Supreme Court thinks COVID isn’t a big health risk and is probably going to overturn abortion rights soon

UK politics: politicians had parties when they told people not to have parties 😡

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 13, 2022

BREAKING: The Supreme Court BLOCKS the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces. The court ALLOWS a vaccine mandate for workers at federally funded health care facilities to take effect nationwide.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) January 13, 2022

Supreme Court blocks Biden’s coronavirus vaccination rules for businesses but lets mandate for health-care workers proceed https://t.co/XFWAkTzem1

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2022

Nominated by a president who lost the popular vote. https://t.co/XVdTjLbWqZ

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 13, 2022

America's judicial priest-kings for life are objectively pro-pandemic.

— manu #BLM 🖖 (@trekonomics) January 13, 2022

I wonder why this party can't get anyone to care about Jan. 6th! https://t.co/IPIAXvbcQD

— Will Stancil (@whstancil) January 12, 2022

For Ashling and her family and friends. RIP #shewasgoingforarun #AshlingMurphy pic.twitter.com/H2qjLwXSq9

— Kate Brennan-Harding (@KateBHdj) January 13, 2022

Tributes have been paid to Co Offaly teacher Ashling Murphy, who was murdered along the banks of the Grand Canal yesterday afternoon.

The 23-year-old was a talented musician and was well-known in music circles around the country | Read more: https://t.co/4nbMONUVFS pic.twitter.com/3Sn83UeD4p

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) January 13, 2022

4pm. Daylight. A public place. You think you’re safe. You think you can switch off the hyper-vigilance, the keys in the hand, calculating the distance to the car park, your front door. This poor woman (and the woman who found her). #SheWasJustOutForARun. https://t.co/KcfaNQNO6C

— Sinéad Gleeson (@sineadgleeson) January 13, 2022

Hard to put into words how it feels sitting at my classroom desk this morning, knowing that the children Ashling Murphy taught will not be greeted by their beautiful teacher. 💔

She was just going for a run. #RIPAshlingMurphy

— Seána Brady (@seanabrady20) January 13, 2022