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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Oh, ye of little faith. They are digging in…

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...olation-email/

Boris Johnson will not resign, a minister insisted on Tuesday, as pressure continued to grow over an email inviting more than 100 people to drinks at Downing Street at the height of the first lockdown.

The email was sent by Martin Reynolds, Mr Johnson's Principal Private Secretary, and emerged on Monday night.

It asked staff to attend a "bring your own booze" party in the Downing Street garden on May 20, 2020 from 6pm onwards, and urged them to "make the most of the lovely weather" at a "socially distanced drinks reception".

Asked if Mr Johnson would resign if he broke the law, Michael Ellis, the paymaster general, told MPs: "The Prime Minister is going nowhere.

"He seeks to draw me into making a supposition about the result of any inquiry, but the Prime Minister retains the confidence of the people of this country and he did so two years ago with the biggest majority in decades."

Mr Reynolds will stay in his role as principal private secretary and has the "full confidence" of Mr Johnson, No 10 has said.

It came as Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, accused Boris Johnson of "lying to the British public" and urged him to "come clean" on what had happened at Downing Street.

If Boris was on the invite list, why doesn't he publish his reply instructing the PPS to cancel the party?