our main story. borisjohnson will face mps at prime minister s questions today, with pressure mounting for him to say whether he attended a drinks party in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. witnesses have said that mrjohnson and his wife were among the 30 people present at the event in may 2020, when outdoor gatherings were banned. conservative mps have joined labour in saying he must explain his actions. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. borisjohnson has so far refused to say if he went to a party in the downing street garden during the first lockdown in england or not. number10 has said it won t comment while a senior official investigates. but in a few hours time, mrjohnson will be at the dispatch box for prime minister s questions, and able to avoid it no longer. labour has said he must come clean. did he attend the drinks event yes or no? some conservative mps have made it very clear they want a categoric answer, too. if the prime minister knowi
having accepted resignations for far less, and the accepted resignation of his spokesperson for not attending a party butjoking about it at a time of much lighter restrictions and i just think that s untenable. anger has been growing across all levels of the conservative party from mps to party members to a major donor. within government, there s an area of hypocrisy, rule breaking and arrogance. how can they have a party for a hundred people when other people are told you can only meet one person in a great big park? it doesn t make any sense, and it s just wrong! the snp s westminster leader said the prime minister should resign now. he really needs to understand that he has to go. he should be resigning tonight. and if it doesn t do that, conservative mps need to hold him to account. some conservative mps have said that how mrjohnson performs today will be a key factor in forming their view on his future. that he s under pressure is certain what happens next is much less so.
she tweeted, nobody needs an official to tell them if they were at a boozy shindig in their own garden, and adds this. there are plenty of my parliamentary colleagues who have no idea what anyone in that email chain was thinking or how. you know, this is utterly indefensible. the opposition labour party also wants answers. there s no need for an investigation into the simple central question today. did the prime minister attend the event in the downing street garden on may 20th 2020? the prime minister has declined to say, pointing each time to the investigation. in december, though, as the allegations mounted, mrjohnson did repeatedly offer assurances. all guidance was followed completely during number 10. we followed the guidance throughout and continue to follow the guidance. all i can tell you is that all the guidelines were observed. were they, though, were the rules followed? we know there was a christmas party in downing street on december 18th 2020.
that the prime minister is a liar and lied over parties? the prime minister has addressed those sorts of questions on numerous occasions, was the reply. i don t have anything to add to that . but while the prime minister has replied to these sorts of questions, he hasn t addressed the substance. mrjohnson won t say if he was there on may 20th. he won t say why the december party didn t break the rules. and on tuesday, this was the government s message. the prime minister is going nowhere. the prime minister retains the confidence of the people of this country. whether that s the case is difficult to gauge. what we do know is that the gathering on may 20th was byob. bring your own booze. but during a lockdown, you can t bring your own rules. and soon enough, sue gray will tell us if the prime minister and his colleagues broke them. ros atkins on lockdown parties at number 10. we re joined now by the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey. he was listening to that. thank you f
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