“The Prime Minister has demeaned his office. Boris Johnson made the rules, and then broke them. Boris Johnson said repeatedly that he knew nothing about law-breaking – there’s no doubt now, he lied. Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said: “While the British public were making huge sacrifices, Boris Johnson was breaking the law. Ministers who knowingly mislead the House of Commons are expected to resign. The PM already faces an inquiry by the committee of privileges over whether he misled Parliament when he claimed no rules had been broken in No 10. But I’m sure that, whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times." Speaking under privilege in the House of Commons, Mr Johnson replied: "No. He was asked by Labour MP Catherine West on December 8: "Will the Prime Minister tell the House whether there was a party in Downing Street on the 13th of November?" The photos, leaked on the eve of Sue Gray's Partygate report, emerged five months after Mr Johnson explicitly denied a party took place in No 10 on November 13, 2020.Ī photograph obtained by ITV News of the Prime Minister raising a glass at a leaving party on November 13, 2020, with bottles of alcohol and party food on the table in front of him. Sources previously claimed he had instigated the event, gathering staff around the table and pouring drinks. The Mirror revealed last week that Mr Johnson was not investigated for the event and therefore, to the surprise of many in Downing Street, did not receive a fine. Read more: When will Sue Gray's Partygate report be published and what is in it ITV News chose to blur the faces of other attendees.
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The picture shows eight people, plus the photographer, though others were believed to have been present out of shot. Yet images appear to show the PM making a toast next to a table with two bottles of champagne or cava, four bottles of wine and half a bottle of gin. Just eight days earlier England had been put back into strict lockdown due to soaring cases of Covid-19. Sources told both ITV and the Mirror that they were taken at a leaving do for his communications chief Lee Cain on November 13, 2020.
The pictures also show over half a dozen people also standing around a table laden with booze and party food. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of lying to Parliament after four pictures, published by ITV News, show him raising a toast at a Downing Street party he categorically stated never took place.
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