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Daily Record
National
Jon Brady

'Betrayed us all' Son unable to give Scots mum proper funeral in lockdown slams No10 over partygate

A grieving son who was unable to give his mum a proper funeral because of coronavirus restrictions says Boris Johnson has "betrayed" the country by permitting parties in Number 10 during lockdown.

Robert Sherman lost his mother Mary nine days after the first UK-wide lockdown began in 2020.

Restrictions put in place at the start of the pandemic by the Prime Minister meant only a handful of relatives were allowed to spend 10 minutes at her graveside where she was buried one week later.

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