We are currently in the midst of Britain's "Partygate" scandal. This is about the government imposing strict rules in an effort to control the Coronavirus and then, led by the prime minister, completely ignoring the rules themselves to hold lavish parties.
The use of the suffix, "-gate" to denote a scandal, goes back nearly fifty years, to the Watergate burglary of 1972. I think the city of Buffalo, NY deserves some credit for the -gate suffix that has spread across the world. Here is a link to the posting where I described how the idea for the Watergate burglary came from a near-identical burglary in Buffalo.
www.markmeeksideas.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-buffalo-ny-connection-to-watergate.html?m=0
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