Staff at Downing Street held ‘wine-time Fridays’ during coronavirus lockdowns, according to new revelations.
Summary
- Calls are growing for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after more revelations came to light about regular parties organised at Downing Street that broke COVID-19 lockdown rules, with Labour party leader Keir Starmer saying Johnson was “unable to lead”.
- In response, a Downing Street spokeswoman said the government was awaiting Gray’s inquiry “to establish the facts around the nature of gatherings” during the pandemic.
- We hired 100 Boris Johnson’s and threw a party outside Downing Street… Main channel is BACK early next week.
- pic.twitter.com/Pc9iNBrBGk — Jaack (@Jaack) January 14, 2022Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba, reporting from Downing Street, said that many citizens were ridiculing the prime minister because of the excuses given for organising the parties.
- Downing Street sent apologies to Buckingham Palace, calling them “deeply regrettable”.