Mirror
After the Downing Street party email emerged, No10 has refused to repeat Boris Johnson’s promise that ‘I certainly broke no rules’. Now pressure is mounting from Tory leaders and the public over his previous claims
Boris Johnson stands accused of lying about No10 parties after he denied all knowledge of them – and claimed all the rules were followed.
The Prime Minister is due to face the music at PMQs tomorrow after hiding from questions on whether he attended a ‘BYOB’ bash on 20 May 2020.
An e-mail went to around 100 No10 staff from the PM’s principal private secretary – and around 40 No10 staff, including Mr Johnson, reportedly gathered in the Downing Street garden.
It was scheduled 55 minutes after Tory minister Oliver Dowden told the nation not to meet outdoors in groups of more than two at a time.
The reason this is so damaging is because Mr Johnson has repeatedly denied all knowledge of No10 parties, and insisted that as far as he knew, all rules were followed in No10.
If he knew about or attended the 40-person gathering, that raises a big question over the Prime Minister’s claims.
