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Tory aides invited to 'Jingle and Mingle' at Covid party (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In December 2020, Conservative activists were filmed attending a "Jingle and Mingle" Christmas party at the Conservative party headquarters in London, in violation of then-active Tier-2 Covid restrictions.

Shaun Bailey, who subsequently received a peerage, had hosted this event during his unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of London; footage reveals attendees dancing and socializing indoors, with one attendee suggesting it was alright to film provided they didn't broadcast their rule-breaking.

While initially no action was taken against the attendees, including Bailey, the police are now reassessing the situation based on newly provided video footage.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

What a bunch of cunts

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

They really didn't give a shit did they? To be so bloody arrogant that you videoed the party AND made actual bloody invites... bunch of absolute tossers

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Wonder what the next thing they are praying the public won’t see is? Maybe there was a bit of light child sacrifice after the drinks? What an absolute shower of hypocrisy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

“Not a party”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Just another nail in their coffin. Wankers, the lot of ‘em.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Proper wankers, the lot of em. Disgraceful.

[–] sijt 2 points 1 year ago

We all laugh when we see kids filming themselves doing illegal things for TikTok and getting caught but these idiots sent out invites for their illegal event.

Remember when politics used to attract the best and brightest? Those days are long gone.