Which UK political scandal was the most jaw-dropping of the last 20 years?

Boris Johnson and Downing Street staff held gatherings during Covid lockdowns, while the rest of the country missed funerals and birthdays. The nation collectively reached for the biscuit tin in disbelief.

The 2009 Telegraph exposé revealed MPs had been claiming expenses for everything from second homes to bath plugs. It shook public trust in Parliament to its very foundations.

Rupert Murdoch's News of the World was found to have hacked the phones of celebrities, politicians, and even murder victim Milly Dowler. It brought down a 168-year-old newspaper overnight.

During the strictest Covid lockdown, Boris Johnson's chief adviser drove to Durham and visited a tourist castle — then explained it was an eyesight test. Britain's collective jaw hit the floor.

Tony Blair's government faced a police investigation in 2006 over claims that wealthy donors received peerages in exchange for loans to the Labour Party. No charges were brought, but the whiff never quite went away.