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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

BIZARRE: Kemi badenoch faces backlash after claiming covid partygate row was overblown | Mind Blowing Facts

Bereaved families who lost loved ones to Covid have condemned Kemi Badenoch for hailing Boris Johnson as a “great prime minister” and claiming that the Partygate scandal was “overblown”.

The newly elected Tory leader said the story was exaggerated as she claimed the government should not have been fining people for “everyday activities” during lockdown.

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