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Boris Johnson has said “nobody told me” the Number 10 garden party during lockdown was “against the rules”.
The prime minister said he “humbly apologises” to people for “misjudgements” that were made but he would not have gone ahead with the event, to which 100 people were invited, on 20 May 2020 if he thought it broke the rules.
He said: “I’m saying categorically that nobody told me, nobody said this was something that was against the rules, doing something that wasn’t a work event because frankly, I can’t imagine why it would have gone ahead or it would have been allowed to go ahead if it was against the rules.”
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Mr Johnson’s comments come following claims from his former top adviser Dominic Cummings yesterday that the prime minister knew in advance about the Downing Street drinks party – which Number 10 has denied.
Mr Johnson said: “My memory is going out into the garden for about 25 minutes, which I implicitly thought was a work event, and talking to staff, thanking staff.
“I then went back to my office and continued my work.
“I carry full responsibility for what took place, nobody said to me ‘this is an event that’s against the rules, in breach of what we’re asking everybody else to do’.”
He added that is exactly what he has told the inquiry into several Downing Street lockdown events by top civil servant Sue Gray, who is due to report back next week.
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Mr Johnson admitted on reflection he “should have looked around and told people to go back indoors” after realising it was not a work event.
He said he wanted to “repeat my apologies for misjudgements I’ve made” after saying sorry in the House of Commons last week following…
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Source : skynews
