Prime Minister Boris Johnson has “categorically” denied that he was warned a garden party on Downing Street during the first lockdown was against the lockdown rules.
Last week the Prime Minister apologised for attending a garden party in Downing Street in May 2020 when the UK was in its first national lockdown.
Dominic Cummings, the PM’s former Aide, recently said he warned Johnson that the event would be a rule-breaking drinks party.
When asked about Cummings’ claim in an interview with Sky News’ Political Editor, Beth Rigby, today Johnson said: “I’m saying categorically that nobody told me, nobody said this was something that was against the rules, doing something that wasn’t a work event because frankly, I can’t imagine why it would have gone ahead or it would have been allowed to go ahead if it was against the rules.
“My memory is going out into the garden for about 25 minutes, which I implicitly thought was a work event, and talking to staff, thanking staff.
“I then went back to my office and continued my work.”
Johnson has asked Sue Gray – a civil servant tasked with investigating the government’s alleged parties – to look into the events which unfolded in May 2020.
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