simply is not willing to give any additional information or answers, so they claim that no covid rules were broken. let's walk through what were broken. let's walk through what we know about what was happening in london on december the 18th last year when this bash happened. london was in tier 3 which meant you could not socialise with anyone outside your domestic bubble. there was an exemption as far as meeting reasonably for work was concerned, but we are told by someone who was at this particular party that food, drink and games were under way. it went on until past midnight. so that on the face of it looks and sounds and smells perhaps as well like a party. so how on earth was it possible? we are continuing to ask downing street, they said they did not break any rules. we have the daily lobby briefing for westminster reporters, we suspect there will be one or two questions along exactly these lines coming up in the next