‘I was in labour for 10 hours alone’: how people spent the day of the Downing Street leaving drinks

(From left) Dr Helen Kalaher and son Zachary outside Chester crematorium; Xenia Davis and her newborn son, Rowan, in November 2020; Dr Gareth Jones. Photograph: Supplied

While photos of the prime minister at a gathering on 13 November 2020 have raised questions about the credibility of the Partygate inquiry, they have also caused some to reflect on what they were doing that day.

As England was under a 28-day “circuit-breaker”, its second lockdown, Boris Johnson appeared to be raising a glass at a colleague’s No 10 leaving drinks.