until the outcome of an inquiry. it comes a day after officials apologised to buckingham palace for two parties held on the eve of prince philip s funeral. our political correspondent ione wells reports. it is the expectation that more and more will come out the fear of one brexiteer tory mp, who previously backed borisjohnson, who is worried about the stream of allegations about parties that took place behind these doors during covid restrictions. one former minister said the prime minister was toast . another said their email inbox was horrendous . one senior tory said they have had more than 200 angry emails against the prime minister and said many colleagues now believe boris won t be leader at the next general election. for many of us, this feels terminal. borisjohnson admitted this week that he attended drinks in the downing street garden
speaking this morning, the labour leader sir keir starmer reiterated his call for the prime minister to resign saying borisjohnson lacked the moral authority to lead. the government has urged people to reserve judgment until the outcome of an inquiry. it comes a day after officials apologised to buckingham palace for two parties held on the eve of prince philip s funeral. our political correspondent ione wells reports. it is the expectation that more and more will come out the fear of one brexiteer tory mp, who previously backed borisjohnson, who is worried about the stream of allegations about parties that took place behind these doors during covid restrictions. one former minister said the prime minister was toast . another said their email inbox was horrendous . one senior tory said they have had more than 200 angry emails against the prime minister and said many colleagues now believe boris won t be leader at the next general election. for many of us, this feels terminal
out without scoring. and it is a frosty and foggy start to saturday for many of us. the good news is, it should be a bright day. it s saturday, the 15th of january. our top story: there are more allegations of parties in downing street during the pandemic this morning, with newspaper reports that staff at number 10 held regular drinks on friday evenings while restrictions were in force. it comes a day after officials apologised to buckingham palace for two parties held on the eve of prince philip s funeral last april. meanwhile some conservative mps have told bbc news they ve been inundated with emails over the issue from angry constituents as our political correspondent ione wells reports. it is the expectation that more and more will come out. the fear of one
brexiteer tory mp, who previously backed borisjohnson, and is worried about the stream of allegations about the stream of allegations about parties that took place behind these doors during covid restrictions. one former minister said the prime minister was toast . another said their email inbox was horrendous. one senior tory said they have had more than 200 angry emails against the prime minister and said many colleagues now believe boris won t be leader at the next general election. for many of us, this feels terminal. borisjohnson this feels terminal. boris johnson admitted this week he attended drinks in the downing street garden on may 20, 2020. for the government minister guy opperman, this revelation felt personal. he could not support his wife and twins at the time in hospital, and his two sons died shortly after birth. 1 don t think it is acceptable sons died shortly after birth. i don t think it is acceptable and i feel pretty emotional about the fact that i wasn t able to
the impact it had on his career and i were weigh that up and i made the decision. that decision is well within my power and i had some evidence to go by. whilst some of the grounds have some legs, i don t think they re going to be enough to get over the threshold, from my experience in immigration law. daniel estrin, thank you very much forjoining us. daniel estrin, thank you very much forjoining us a prominent conservative mp has told the bbc that borisjohnson must lead or step aside . tobias ellwood, who chairs the defence select committee, said leadership was required. it comes as some conservative mps say they ve been inundated with emails from constituents, angry about reports that downing street staff held parties during lockdowns. the government has urged people to reserve judgment until the outcome of an inquiry. it comes a day after officials apologised to buckingham palace for two parties held on the eve of prince philip s funeral. our political correspondent ione wells rep