this is nearly two years ago now and may 2020 when the rest of us mere mortals were only meant to meet one person outside. to make we ve triple report things after these gatherings in downing street which have really come to this report that in downing street which have really come to this report come to this report that they published come to this report that they published a come to this report that they published a leaked come to this report that they published a leaked report . come to this report that they l published a leaked report from come to this report that they - published a leaked report from the prime published a leaked report from the prime minister private sector number ten prime minister private sector number ien staff prime minister private sector number ten staff to prime minister private sector number ten staff to invite them to a drinks gathering ten staff to invite them to a drinks gathering in the garden and this is vaguely gathering in the garden
for him to resign despite his apology in the house of commons yesterday. it s after borisjohnson admitted attending a party in the downing street garden during the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. the children of the westminster morning, and a prime minister in trouble rush the chill. questioning the cold night in a new day is whether his apology is enough. in the commons yesterday, borisjohnson had finally admitted had been at a party but said his garden was a workspace and technically it was within the rules. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. believed implicitly that this was a work event. . .- was a work event. many watching, was a work event. many watching, including - was a work event. many i watching, including bereaved families, didn t believe him. it wasn t an apology he didn t say sorry, he basically gasly the entire nation by saying that he thought that the event that he thought that the event that
lancashire today but the visit was cancelled. one of his family members tested positive for covid. some of his own mps have been on the airwaves. the prime minister, the dispatch box yesterday, first of all made an apology, which was the right thing to do, i accept that. but unfortunately, then went onto say that he spent 25 minutes a day, what he described as a work event, which was in fact a party. having said on the 8th of december, at the dispatch box, that it was not aware of any parties in downing street. when he clearly attended one, which means he misled the house. the mood isn t great. there is a lot of concern among colleagues about the damage that these revelations are doing to the conservative party. but i do think yesterday there was a bit of a turning of colleagues s opinion. it was a very contrite, a very heartfelt apology. do you still support borisjohnson? absolutely, 100%. the cabinet is backing borisjohnson. he said he had been right to apologise and agreed there sho
as they want or to do the things they love. and i know the rage they feel with me and with the government i lead, when they think that in downing street itself the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules. and though i cannot anticipate the conclusions of the current inquiry, i have learned enough to know that there were things we simply did not get right. and i must take responsibility. after the apology, an admission that he did attend. an explanation that he believed it was a work event, but also and an acceptance that others wouldn t see it that way. well, there we have it. after months of deceit and deception, the pathetic spectacle of a man who has run out of road his defence that he did not realise he was at a party.
let s go to back to victoria in downing street. just reading some of your messages coming in from all over the country about what you thought of the prime minister in prime minister s questions yesterday and what you thought of his defence. he said he believed implicitly it was a work event he was at, in the sunshine, on may the 20th, 2020, during lockdown. charlotte says i want a job where i can drink wine and call it a meeting! a number of conservatives are asking for borisjohnson to resign over what happened back in may 2020, and his admission that he was there for 25 minutes, at that occasion in the downing street garden, and this while thousands of families in the uk said their last goodbyes to loved ones by video link or through the phone.