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Dec 2021
Harrogate district MPs silent on Downing Steet Xmas party allegations
All three MPs representing the Harrogate district have declined to answer questions from the Stray Ferret about the alleged parties held at 10 Downing Street and in Whitehall last year.
We asked Andrew Jones, who represents Harrogate and Knaresborough, Julian Smith, who represents Skipton and Ripon, and Nigel Adams, who represents Selby and Ainsty, what they knew about the parties and what reaction they had received on the matter from constituents.
As usual, the three Conservative MPs did not respond.
However, Lord Newby, the Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, who lives in Ripon, did speak out today.
He tweeted:
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It was revealed today that civil servants will launch an official investigation into the alleged parties.
There has been considerable coverage of the issue since the Daily Mirror claimed on November 30 that the Prime Minister and his staff broke coronavirus rules by attending parties at Number 10 in the run-up to last Christmas.
That report said 40 to 50 people attended a party on December 18, when London was in tier three lockdown restrictions.
Under those restrictions indoor mixing was banned and thousands has to spend Christmas away from their families.
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