Express.co.uk. Downing Street originally denied a report that a party took place in Downing Street on 18 December 2020, and a number of ministers appeared on television and radio to repeat the denials.However, a video obtained by ITV News showed the prime minister's then press secretary Allegra Stratton joking about reports of a party.She said: "This fictional party was a business meeting and it was not socially distanced."At the time of lockdown in 2020, the government would have strongly breached their own guidelines which said Christmas or lunch parties were not allowed "where that is a primarily social activity".Also, by this time London had moved into Tier 3 restrictions, banning gatherings of two or more people indoors.Speaking about.
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