FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London
The use of text messages rather than more formal means of communication raised accusations by Labour and other opposition parties that Johnson's government employed a so-called "chumocracy", where friends of the prime minister and his Conservative Party got preferential treatment. The Labour Party have called on the government to publish all communications between ministers and their business contacts or links who were awarded contracts over the pandemic under emergency procurement measures put in place in March 2020.-- The government was forced to bring forward an announcement of a second COVID-19 lockdown last year when details of its plans were published in several British newspapers.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said on Friday: "The PM has never interfered in a government leak inquiry."On Monday, Johnson denied a report in the Daily Mail that Johnson said he would rather bodies piled "high in their thousands" than order a third social and economic lockdown to stem coronavirus infections.
A government spokeswoman said on Friday: "At all times, the government and ministers have acted in accordance with the appropriate codes of conduct and electoral law. Cabinet Office officials have been engaged and informed throughout and official advice has been followed.
People like Boris and Trump give me confidence that you do not need brains to be placed on the pedestal. ❤️
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