No 10 staff were told to leave lockdown Xmas quiz 'by back door'

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While many of us were banned from mixing socially under Tier 2 restrictions, Downing Street staff quaffed fizz and enjoyed a quiz. Then No 10’s head of HR sent a message to the quiz group advising they leave ‘out the back’.

No 10 staff were told to ‘go out the back’ after staying in Downing Street to take part in a Christmas quiz while lockdown restrictions were in place, it has been reported., Downing Street staff are said to have quaffed fizz and competed under team names including ‘Hands, Face, First Place’, ‘The 6 Masketeers’, and ‘Professor Quiz Whitty’.

Official guidance at the time stated: ‘You must not have a work Christmas lunch or party, where that is a primarily social activity and is not otherwise permitted by the rules in your tier.’ No 10 previously said Downing Street staff were ‘often required to be in the office to work on the pandemic response’ during lockdowns – and ‘those who were in the office for work may have attended virtually from their desks’.

 

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HR staff should be sacked as well.

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