themselves have done something similar? themselves have done something similar? i themselves have done something similar? i suspect their response will be. similar? i suspect their response will be, this wasn t similar, this was an will be, this wasn t similar, this was an actual work event, not a government work event, which was obviously government work event, which was obviously code now for party centraif obviously code now for party central. ~ obviously code now for party central. ~ . obviously code now for party central- obviously code now for party central. ~ . ., ., ., central. we have time for one more away from politics, central. we have time for one more away from politics, i ll central. we have time for one more away from politics, i ll get central. we have time for one more away from politics, i ll get a - away from politics, i ll get a word from both of you because this is very much your area, martin gopac, djokovic, is the headline the
and the boss of the uk s biggest energy supplier warns that high energy bills will last for two years. i m ben brown, live at downing street, where the prime minister has confirmed he was at a drinks party in the garden of number 10 during the first lockdown, and apologised for attending. breaking days of silence over the matter, borisjohnson said he believed the gathering was a work event and that, in hindsight, he should have sent everyone back inside. at the time, in may 2020, across the uk, meeting more than one person from outside your household was not allowed. but it s claimed more than 30 people attended the bring your own booze event.
in the house of commons. it s after borisjohnson admitted attending a party in the downing street garden during the first lockdown in 2020. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. the chill of a westminster morning, and a prime minister in trouble. the question in the cold light of a new day is his apology enough? in the commons yesterday, borisjohnson did finally admit he had been at a party but said his garden was a workspace. technically, it was within the rules. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. many watching including bereaved families didn t believe him. it wasn t an apology. he didn t say sorry. he basically gaslit the entire nation by saying that he thought that the event that was actually illegal at the time was a work event, and not a party. we all know that s not true.
restrictions. he also said he d thought that it was a work event. some people do not accept that description. just like tory mp caroline nokes. he is damaging us now, he is damaging the entire conservative brand with an unwillingness to accept the strictures that others have lived by. three more conservatives have publicly called for borisjohnson to go. one of them is roger gale. first of all he made an apology, which was the right thing to do, i accept that. but unfortunately he then went on to say that he spent 25 minutes at a, what he described, as a work event, which was in fact a party, having said on the 8th of december at the despatch box that he was not aware of any parties in downing street. well, he clearly attended one which means he misled the house. well, an investigation by senior civil servant sue gray will determine whether rules were broken at that gathering and other alleged parties. her report is due next week.
you in the next hour. good to have all the good news from down under in the tennis. more sports news coming in the next hour. good afternoon to you. you are watching bbc news. we can take a look at the main stories. let s hear a bit more from the prime minister because you might know in the last hour he has been giving his first reaction to those claims made today by his former adviser dominic cummings that the prime minister had lied to parliament about that bring your own booze event in the downing street garden. to remind you, this is one in may 2020, right at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and certainly during the first lockdown. it s hard to keep up with all the different dates. dominic cummings has been writing about that particular party and he said he was prepared to swear under oath that borisjohnson new it prepared to swear under oath that boris johnson new it was prepared to swear under oath that borisjohnson new it was a drinks party, not that it was a work event,