Talk:Timeline of Partygate

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 10:48, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

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Boris Johnson's 56th birthday party

• ... that after he attended a birthday party on 19 June 2020 (pictured), Boris Johnson became the first serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to be found to have broken the law?

• Source: "Mr Johnson is the first serving PM to be sanctioned for breaking the law." BBC News

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Zhang Zhenglang
• Comment: The best time to run this would probably be 19 June, but I recognise that I may have missed the boat on that date.

Moved to mainspace by A Thousand Doors (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 20:44, 15 June 2024 (UTC).

• Comment not review As this is an article featuring election candidates, it should not appear on the main page until after 4 July, see WP:DYKELECT. TSventon (talk) 21:19, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
• New enough and long enough. QPQ present. This is a unique contribution to DYK as it is three paragraphs and a list; even though one paragraph does not end in an inline citation, I am treating it as a lead-section paragraph. All the list bullet points contain at least one inline citation. The hook fact checks out and is included. Image is OGL-licensed and acceptable for the Main Page. Good to go after 4 July per above. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:49, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Thank you very much for the review, Sammi! If you've got concerns over the amount of prose in this article, I've expanded the lead with another paragraph. Let me know if you think this has improved things. Thanks, A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 15:32, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Despite what the sources say, I find it hard to believe that in the hundreds of years there have been prime ministers in the UK, not a single one of them before Boris Johnson has ever broken some law. In fact, it only took me a couple of minutes to find in Robert Walpole: In 1712, Walpole was accused of venality and corruption in the matter of two forage contracts for Scotland. Although it was proven that he had retained none of the money, Walpole was pronounced "guilty of a high breach of trust and notorious corruption".[16] He was impeached by the House of Commons and found guilty by the House of Lords; he was then imprisoned in the Tower of London for six months and expelled from Parliament.

@RoySmith: I believe the distinction is that Johnson is the first serving Prime Minister to be found to have broken the law – the Walpole incident that you're describing occurred nine years before he became Prime Minister. A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 22:40, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

@A Thousand Doors and Sammi Brie: I have unpromoted this, becaue I now feel the hook violates WP:DYKHOOKBLP. I recognise that this is a currently-fraught subject, and other promoters might see differently, but I don't intend on promoting this hook. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:42, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Same. I am not taking a chance. SL93 (talk) 02:46, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm ambivalent. I think that any hook is DUE as long as it is not unduly negative compared to the article. But I'm not sure if there are BLP problems with this article existing in the first place. If there aren't, I'd be okay with promoting it. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 22:14, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

If the community feels that the current hook is too contentious, then here are some alts that I hope might be preferred instead:

• ALT1: ... that the UK government's "Partygate" scandal, involving lockdown-breaking gatherings at Downing Street, led to the issuance of 126 fixed penalty notices to 83 individuals?
• ALT2: ... that the Sue Gray report into the Partygate scandal criticised the senior leadership at Downing Street and the Cabinet Office for "failures of leadership and judgment" during the COVID-19 lockdown?
• ALT3: ... that during the Partygate scandal, Downing Street staff were revealed to have held "Wine Time Fridays" every Friday afternoon during the COVID-19 pandemic?
• ALT4: ... that a £142 wine fridge was smuggled into Downing Street on 11 December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom?
• ALT5: ... that the initial Partygate story was broken by Pippa Crerar of the Daily Mirror and Paul Brand of ITV News, who later won multiple journalism awards for their reporting?

I still feel that the original is the most interesting and "hook"-y, but I'm happy to go with consensus on this. Thanks, A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 10:33, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

How about running this image instead? This zoomed-in shot of Boris raising a Coke just has that inherently funny quality. Bremps... 05:18, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie: As the original reviewer, can you review the above hooks and determine which, if any, are approved? Z1720 (talk) 00:40, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

All five are approved. My preference for hooks is 3, 4, 1, 2, 5. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:26, 4 August 2024 (UTC)