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Gary Neville is arranging a protest at Downing Street following the Christmas party scandal
Gary Neville means business…
Gary Neville has called for a protest at Downing Street to ‘stand up for truth and integrity in our democracy’ following the highly-publicised Christmas party scandal.
The former Manchester United footballer first shared a poll on Twitter yesterday, writing: “Protest on Downing St anyone to stand up for Truth and Integrity in our democracy! Against the Scoundrel and his disciples?”
He then proposed December 18th as a potential date for the protest, before adding that he has ‘no idea’ how to get it organised.
In just one day, the poll racked up a staggering 90% of yes votes and 10% of no votes out of a massive 148,920 voters, leading Neville to follow up: “Right, let’s go for it! 18th December. Anyone organise for me.”
Though this isn’t the first time Neville has weighed in on the ongoing Downing Street scandal; shortly before the damning video showing Boris Johnson’s former advisor laughing about a gathering with ‘no social distancing’ was aired, he had slammed Johnson and his ‘cronies’ for partying last Christmas while the rest of the country remained under Covid restrictions.
He wrote: “Are we really going to let this Number 10 party go? No chance! Last Xmas was a misery. Listening to him standing up there telling us what we couldn’t do.
“Families not seeing each other , loved ones dying alone. Whilst him and his cronies party in a tax payer funded residence!”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has continuously denied that a Christmas party ever took place, but admitted that he understood the public’s outrage at the clip of his advisor laughing and that he was ‘furious’ himself during yesterday’s PMQs.
He also said that a full internal investigation would be conducted into what happened, and those found to have acted inappropriately would face consequences.
Since the scandal broke, people across the nation have been reacting in horror, particularly those from Greater Manchester, who were living under strict Tier 3 restrictions at the time.