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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Kieran Isgin

One million sign up for 'Christmas Eve rave' at Downing Street after party scandal

A parody page on Facebook advertising a Christmas rave at Downing Street has garnered over one million people.

The viral event describes that the rave will offer "no social distancing" and said attendees can "bring who you like and your own nibbles and drink".

The page was set up by DJ and filmmaker Jon Mancini after learning about the alleged Christmas party at Downing Street last year that potentially broke social distancing rules in place at the time.

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At the time of writing, 471,000 people have said they're going while 635,000 have said they're interested.

It comes after the resignation of the Prime Minister's former spokeswoman Allegra Stratton after a video was leaked showing her making jokes about a Downing Street Christmas party.

The recording has sparked a wave of criticism as some MPs have expressed their concern in the public's trust in government.

Tory MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown told BBC’s Newsnight: “What we need from all of this is a really straightforward version from the Prime Minister on all of these serious issues – whether it’s by investigation of the most senior (civil) servant Simon Case on the Downing Street parties, whether it’s by investigation by Lord Geidt on the donations to the Downing Street flat – all of these things need to be investigated and the truth must come out.”

The parody page has been made in response to an alleged party that happened last December at Downing Street (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

An investigation into the incident has been launched by Cabinet Secretary Simon Case as more allegations about parties involving Tory members pop up.

Facebook users have written a wave of comments poking fun at the Prime Minister.

One wrote: “But is it a ‘party’?” Another wrote: “Yes I’m in but working from home!!”

Another user wrote: "Got my sia and CCTV licence. I'll be supplying surveillance looking out for floppy blonde-haired numpties."

A third user added: "1.1 million attending. It's going to be quite the bash."

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