How the world reported Boris Johnson’s lockdown scandals

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Boris Johnson on a visit to a police station in Uxbridge
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A photograph of Boris Johnson, his wife and up to 17 aides in the Downing Street garden with bottles of wine and a cheeseboard during lockdown has prompted criticism and bemusement from the international press.

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