"There is nothing more frustrating for the vast majority who do comply—the law-abiding majority—than the sight of a few brazenly defying the rules," the PM told the House.

"I don't need Sue Gray to tell me I went" to a party, the shadow climate secretary said during a blistering attack on LBC.

One reader called the group "deluded", while another questioned why they show a "relentless lack of faith in their own country".

It came as Britain’s cost-of-living crisis is expected to worsen with energy bills soaring by more than 50 per cent.

Ireland’s deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said the Irish will "absolutely be making their views known" on the matter.

A leaked email shows the prime minister's principal private secretary invited more than 100 staff to a BYOB evening gathering.

“As Brexit has been busy falling flat and failing to find any opportunities, the European Movement has been quietly building up its membership," Mike Galsworthy told TLE.

Judging by the replies many staff were appalled by the idea, with one asking why Martin Reynolds was "encouraging a mass gathering in the garden" and another saying "is this for real?"

Last month, he appeared at Court where it was claimed he had raped one woman he met on dating app Tinder, falsely imprisoned another in a cupboard under the stairs, and sexually assaulted three of the complainants by urinating on them.