Former prime minister Boris Johnson joked that he was at the 'most unsocially distanced party in the UK' at a leaving do held during the Covid pandemic, it has been claimed.
Mr Johnson made the remark to staff a 'boozy party' in No 10 while coronavirus restrictions were in place, ITV reports. The comments have been put to Mr Johnson and Downing Street.
ITV said that when it put the quote to the former prime minister, who was pressured by his party into announcing his departure from Downing Street in the summer, the former Conservative leader 'did not deny saying it'. The claim is part of a number of new allegations made in an ITV podcast, Partygate: The Inside Story.
