LONDON: UK police said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) they would not investigate allegations of illegal Christmas parties at Downing Street last year during coronavirus lockdown measures due to lack of evidence. Footage of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's aides making jokes about a Christmas party has aired on national television, following newspaper reports that staff inside his Number 10 Downing Street office held parties there in November and December last year. The allegations have prompted public fury and damaged Johnson's government, just as the fast spread of the Omicron variant has pushed him to announce stringent new virus restrictions.
