Social media has once again been awash with debate over the position of the Prime Minister this week after one of his close allies said Boris Johnson may not have been aware he was at a party while in a room raising a glass with colleagues and friends surrounded by alcohol.
Pictures were released hours before Sue Gray’s report was published showing Johnson at a leaving party for senior advisers, Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain, in Downing Street on November 13, 2020. There were at least eight other people in the room at a time when people were banned from social mixing, other than to meet one person outside, and at least one person has received a fine in relation to the event - but not Boris himself.
In an interview last week Transport Secretary Grant Shapps suggested that his boss was unaware he had broken rules. "I see his red box is there, which is his work box, it looks to me like he goes down on his way out of the office and thanks the staff and raises a glass, and doesn't in his mind recognise it as a party,” he told Sky News. “And indeed the police have looked into this and spent a lot of time and resources." You can get more politics news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
