Watch: MP dismantles PM’s ‘work event’ excuse in under a minute
"How stupid does the prime minister think the British people are?", Chris Bryant exclaimed.
"How stupid does the prime minister think the British people are?", Chris Bryant exclaimed.
Even the international press piled on, with one German newspaper saying “Boris Johnson does not govern. He only plays premier”.
Douglas Ross said the prime minister's position was "no longer tenable" after the latest Partygate revelations.
"I believed implicitly that this was a work event," the prime minister protested at PMQs.
Tim Stanley said "there is a whiff of revenge for Brexit" with the attacks on Boris Johnson.
Meanwhile, Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf accused the PM of “mocking” those who lost loved ones to the virus.
Labour former minister Dame Angela Eagle joked: “Perhaps it would be faster if Sue Gray were to investigate the days there weren’t parties.”
A leaked email shows the prime minister's principal private secretary invited more than 100 staff to a BYOB evening gathering.
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?"
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