While a video of these illegal parties held by the Prime Minister (where he was seen dancing, pint in hand, with one of his collaborators), as well as a copy of the leaked invitation specifying "Bring a bottle", was circulating on social networks, the conservative PM, far from being embarrassed or encumbered by the truth, denied the facts, insisting that these were business meetings. In spite of the multiplication of damning evidence. And the ever-increasing number of parties under investigation: 12 at present.

At the same time, Boris Johnson is accused of "Trumpizing" British politics after knowingly telling fake news about a political opponent. At the bottom of the polls and hoping to discredit the other side, Johnson insinuated that Labour's Keir Starmer had misused his time as head of the British prosecution service by prosecuting journalists rather than convicted pedophile Jimmy Saville. The outcry was immediate. The outrage was widespread.

There were already many calls for his resignation before this latest stunt. Now he's a loose cannon. BoJo made a small reshuffle of his Downing Street team, but these appointments of former loyalists have had the opposite effect and continue to weaken his position. Will his next blunder be his last? In the meantime, the lack of strong rivals in the labour party is working in Boris' favour for the time being.

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