A Tory MP who has defended Boris Johnson in the wake of Sue Gray’s damning 37-page report over lockdown parties in Downing Street has been widely pilloried for suggesting NHS workers were also “letting their hair down” during the pandemic.
Richard Bacon, who has held the safe seat of South Norfolk since 2001, made the bizarre claims during an interview on BBC regional news programme Look East, when he attempted to justify the boozy gatherings at No.10 by implying that NHS staff across the UK were also getting up to similar antics.
“The fact he ( Boris Johnson ) goes round thanking his staff for working very, very hard, 18 hours a day trying to keep the show on the road while we were in a global pandemic, is not a crime and I don’t think it is something he should be condemned for and I certainly don’t think it is something he should resign for – I support Boris,” retorted Mr Bacon in defence of the prime minister.
