Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the Prime Minister after photos appearing to show him raising a glass at an alleged Downing Street party during the second coronavirus lockdown emerged.
The Cabinet minister told Sky News that Boris Johnson does not think he was attending a party in the image, showing him raising a glass and surrounded by wine bottles at a leaving do. Mr Shapps said: “I don’t think the fact of the pictures, us seeing them for the first time, changes what the police and Sue Gray already know."
He said that Mr Johnson's red 'work box' is in the photo, adding: "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. And indeed the police have looked into this and spent a lot of time and resources.”
