Boris Johnson says 'I ate no blooming cake' at partygate birthday event
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBoris Johnson has said he 'ate no blooming cake' at an event held on his 56th birthday. The former prime minister has spoken out about the 'partygate' bash in his new memoir and described it as the 'feeblest event in the history of human festivity'.
Mr Johnson claimed he 'saw no cake, ate no blooming cake' and 'did not sing or dance'. He said it 'never occurred' to him or then-chancellor Rishi Sunak that the birthday gathering was 'in some way against the rules' in place for the Covid-19 pandemic at the time.
In the memoir, according to an extract published in the Daily Mail, Mr Johnson wrote: "Here is what actually happened that day. READ NEXT: Sir Keir Starmer to meet Donald Trump for talks ahead of US election "I stood briefly at my place in the Cabinet Room, where I have meetings throughout the day, while the Chancellor and assorted members of staff said happy birthday.
I saw no cake. I ate no blooming cake. "If this was a party, it was the feeblest event in the history of human festivity. I had only just got over Covid.
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