Boris Johnson to face questions after footage reveals No 10 staff joking about 'Christmas party'

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Boris Johnson will face a day of difficult questions after footage emerged of Number 10 officials joking and laughing about a Christmas party in Downing Street last year during a time of strict COVID restrictions

Health Secretary Sajid Javid was set to tour the broadcast studios on Wednesday morning for interviews to mark the one-year anniversary of the first COVID vaccine being administered.Speaking at an event at Chatham House, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said"I don't know the detail of what happened".The radio silence from Number 10 this morning is deafening. Their line - that there was no party and rules have been followed - remains unchanged.

"I know that the prime minister's spokesman answered those questions in detail yesterday and I'm sure there'll be further discussion of that issue," she added.A Downing Street spokesperson said:"There was no Christmas party. COVID rules have been followed at all times.

Sir Roger added that it was"potentially" a"Barnard Castle moment", a reference to the PM's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings travelling out of London during the first COVID lockdown.

 

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