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Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
A categorical denial. Should he sue Cummings for slander?
Quote:
Johnson: Nobody warned me drinks event was against rules
Boris Johnson has "categorically" denied he was warned a drinks party in the No 10 garden risked breaking lockdown rules.
"Nobody warned me that it was against the rules," the prime minister said, adding: "I would have remembered that."
Former aide Dominic Cummings says he warned Mr Johnson at the time, and has accused him of misleading MPs about it.
Asked if he would resign if he was found to have misled MPs, Mr Johnson said: "Let's see what the report says."
Senior civil servant Sue Gray is due to publish a report into alleged Covid rule breaking at lockdown get-togethers in Downing Street and government departments.
In his blog, Mr Cummings, who was still working in Downing Street at the time of the drinks party on 20 May 2020, said the prime minister had been told that it would break Covid guidelines.
He added that he had warned Mr Johnson about the gathering but the PM had "waved it aside".
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60039868
Last edited by 1andrew1; 18-01-2022 at 14:23.
Reason: Nobody not no one
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