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Boris Johnson claims nobody told him the boozy Downing Street garden party he went to was actually a party and against lockdown rules. However, he made the law and urged everyone to follow it

Former Downing Street chief adviser has alleged PM intentionally misled MPs

'I think they should fine Boris 20 per cent of his wage for four months like they have in my case, or all lockdown penalties should be repaid'

Boris Johnson appeared distressed as he breathed heavily behind his mask and said he apologised to the Queen and country but insisted he didn't know the bash breached Covid rules

The PM looked drawn and tired as he faced a barrage of questions about fresh party revelations and whether he had misled Parliament

Prit Buttar, who tweeted about comforting grieving woman, says he wanted to show difference in experience between ordinary people and Downing Street

Boris Johnson again apologised during a visit to the Finchley Memorial Hospital in north London on Tuesday.

Dr Dean Burnet spoke his last words to his father Peter over the phone, as lockdown had meant he was unable to visit his dad during the two weeks or so that he was in hospital

Road pricing is the third rail of British politics. It ranks alongside local property taxation (regular reminder that Council tax bands in England are still based on property values from April 1991) and inadvertently hosting a series of boozy parties in Downing Street during lockdown.

The beleaguered Prime Minister maintained his defence that the Downing Street BYOB party in May 2020 was a 'work event'