today at one, police say they re in contact with the government after it emerges 100 people were invited to drinks in the garden at downing street, during the first lockdown. more pressure on the prime minister, as labour and families affected by coronavirus, show their anger. borisjohnson, having survived covid himself, thought it was appropriate to host a party where you could bring your own booze, sit in the garden at downing street where borisjohnson met me and four other bereaved families and told us, to our faces, after listening to my dad s story, i did everything i could to save him. this was organised in advance, mr speaker, so did the prime minister know about the event beforehand and did he give his permission for it to go ahead? one minister has just apologised unreservedly
hello, if you re just hello, if you rejustjoining us, welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has for the first time admitted that he attended a party in downing street at the height of the first lockdown. appearing in front of a packed house of commons, boris johnson apologised, saying he knew the rage people felt with him and the government. he said he was at the drinks in the downing street garden in may 2020 for about 25 minutes to thank staff but insisted that he believed it was technically within the rules . at the time, it was forbidden to meet more than one person outside your household for social reasons. borisjohnson is facing intense pressure from all sides. the labour leader sir keir starmer called on him to resign saying he was a man without shame . the leader of the scottish conservatives, douglas ross, has also called for his resignation saying his position is no longer tenable. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg has the latest. a mess. there is no other word. the
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hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching context on bbc news. the british prime minister says he did attend a downing street party while the rest of the country was in lockdown and he apologises. borisjohnson tells the house he was at drinks with downing street staff for 25 minutes, but still insists that technically it didn t break the rules. i regret the way the event i have described was handled. i bitterly regret it and wish that we could have done things differently, and i will continue to apologise for what we did. the party s over, prime minister. the only question is, will the british public kick him out, will his party kick him out, or will he do the decent thing and resign? cheering