Susanna Reid shuts down Grant Shapps after minister attempts to draw partygate and beergate comparison
dailyrecord.co.ukSusanna Reid took aim at Grant Shapps after the Tory minister attempted to bring up Keir Starmer's potential breaches of covid rules when discussing partygate in Downing Street.
The Transport Secretary was sent out by the government to defend Boris Johnson after pictures emerged of him drinking at a leaving do in Number 10 in November 2020 during the second covid lockdown.
The leaving do took place just days after the Prime Minister had ordered England's second national lockdown. Images, obtained by ITV, of the Prime Minister raising a glass have led to criticism of the Met Police after some in attendance were fined but others, including Johnson, weren't.
Starmer is being probed by Durham Police after pictures emerged of him holding a beer with Labour workers in a party office on April 30, 2021.
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