Boris Johnson’s senior media adviser warned that a party in the Downing Street Garden for over 200 people at the height of lockdown was “somewhat of a comms risk” and urged for the event to be cancelled, the Sue Gray report states.
The warning from Lee Cain, whose own leaving party in November 2020 broke lockdown rules, warned that a notorious “Bring Your Own Booze” party on May 20 2020 was too risky.
According to the investigation, Cain sent an email to senior adviser Dominic Cummings and the PM’s private secretary, Martin Reynolds which said: “I’m sure it will be fine – and I applaud the gesture – but a 200 odd person invitation for drinks in the garden of no 10 is somewhat of a comms risk in the current environment.”
