Boris Johnson fails three times to deny boozy Downing Street parties during Christmas lockdown

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Boris Johnson has admitted that there were packed parties in Downing Street last Christmas despite the rest of the country being in lockdown.The Prime Minister failed three times to deny Downing Street hosted boozy parties in the run up to last Christmas when he was confronted in the Commons.

Labour leader Keir Starmer said Johnson was “taking the public for fools” if he though they would believe his claim that no rules were broken at the two events.

The fiery accusations follow the revelations in our sister newspaper, The Mirror, that the PM gave a speech at a packed leaving do for a top aide last November at the height of the second lockdown.