By Prime Minister allegedly unaware of rules regarding drinks parties
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed that he was allegedly not warned about the rules regarding drinks parties before he attended them.
He told the BBC: “Nobody warned me that it was against the rules” to hold a garden party at No. 10 Downing Street.
Dominic Cummings claimed that he personally warned Mr Johnson at the time back in May 2020.
When confronted about this accusation, the Prime Minister denied knowing that drinks parties would be a breach of the rules that he himself set.
He believed that the gathering was merely a ‘work event’, but that he would do things differently if he could go back to that date.
Deputy leader for the Labour party Angela Rayner reportedly called for Mr Johnson to ‘do the decent thing’ and resign.
The news comes after Downing Street apologised to Buckingham Palace for holding two staff parties whilst restrictions prohibited them on Friday 16 April 2021.
The following day, the Queen was forced to sit alone whilst she mourned her husband at his funeral.
The government’s drinks parties initially began in May 2020, just five days after the Prime Minister announced that people could only meet with one other person outdoors, Downing Street staff held a garden party.
Another party was held just five days after the first, with around 30 guests in attendance.
Moving on to November 2020, during another lockdown, Downing Street held two more drinks parties.
In December 2020, an office gathering also broke the Covid rules in place at the time, as well as a Christmas quiz and a leaving party.
Several former and current members of Parliament have called for action to be taken with regard to the blatant lack of respect Mr Johnson showed to the British public during such a difficult time.
Hundreds of members of the public released their stories of the isolation and pain they went through during the pandemic on the days Downing Street partied.
PM Boris Johnson continues to stand his ground and refuses to resign as the current Prime Minister for the UK.
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