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When Boris Johnson became mayor of London in 2008 he claimed he found a “secret cellar” of over 100 bottles of fine wine left behind by his predecessor Ken Livingstone in City Hall.
Now, after the latest lurid allegations of late-night parties on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral last year, it appears it’s Mr Johnson who has allowed a drinking culture to develop inside 10 Downing Street.
The evidence is stacking up:
• The photo of the PM, wife Carrie, his aide-turned-sworn enemy Dominic Cummings and civil servant Martin Reynolds sitting at a table enjoying wine and cheese on May 15 2020
• Then the email from Mr Reynolds – now dubbed “Party Marty” – inviting staff to a “bring your own booze” to “socially distanced drinks” in the garden, five days later.
But the latest reports, in The Daily Telegraph, are like to appal and shock the public and politicians much more, because of the crass and insensitive timing of this alleged late night revelling.
Let’s not be prudish. The earlier disclosures were amusing, making the prime minister and his inner circle a laughing stock. The latest reports are more serious.
Opposition MPs, led by the Lib Dems’ Sir Ed Davey and Labour’s Angela Rayner are already suggesting that the behaviour of those at the heart of government made them guilty of an insult to the Queen in her most painful moment of grief.
Renewed calls for PM to resign after reports Number 10 staff partied on eve of Prince Philip’s funeral
The latest allegations
This is what’s alleged: Two separate parties, at which it’s claimed “excessive booze” was drunk, are said to have taken place on 16 April 2021, the night before Philip’s socially distanced funeral at Windsor Castle.
They were leaving parties, it’s reported, for former Director of Communications James Slack and for one of the PM’s personal photographers. (Yes, really. Personal photographers!)
Among a series of colourful allegations about the events reported in the Telegraph, it’s claimed…
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