“Now, you could have it after Christmas, the problem is after Christmas it’s probably too late, it’s probably by then we will have had a huge surge of infections with all the impact upon society."

Well this is embarrassing...

"'We must put faith in Boris’ screams Tory fanzine aimed at the under 10s and the wildly gullible. Why. On. Earth. Would. We. Do. That?" Said one Twitter user.

The newspaper reported that the event was listed in digital calendars as “Christmas party!” and was organised by a private secretary in Mr Case’s team.

“I was fighting for a cause I felt strongly about,” Roberts said.

DSI Hastings has shown up outside New Scotland Yard to get stuck in to the Metropolitan Police.

"Every Lib Dem victory now has to involve a stunt straight out of The Thick Of It."

"This is a quite superb response from Prof Whitty."

Simon Case allegedly had two Christmas parties in his Whitehall office last year.