invasion threat to ukraine we will discuss this further with our guests. hello and a very warm welcome. could this be one party too many? tonight borisjohnson is facing further questions this evening about a surprise birthday party that s alleged to have been held at number 10 during the first lockdown in 2020, despite government rules in place that banned any social gatherings indoors. itv news says the prime minister s wife, carriejohnson, helped organise the surprise get together onjune 19th just after the prime minister returned from this school visit in hertfordshire. # happy birthday to you # happy birthday to you # happy birthday dear prime minister. up to 30 people are said to have attended the party in the cabinet room, including interior designer, lulu lytle who was not a member of number 10 staff but was there in downing street helping renovating boris johnson s flat. the organisers are understood to have laid on a cake and some m&s nibbles, with the gathering la
a video he d obtained from a practice press briefing inside number ten last december in which we saw downing street staff laughing, joking about a party at number ten during lockdown. the issue has been everywhere in the media, it dominated prime minister s questions as well. and we re going to get into exactly how those scoops happened with help of pippa and with paul. the first of all, the prime minister s adviser, allegra stratton, has resigned. she was one of those people in the video and this is what she said about that resignation. my remarks seem to make light of the rules, rules that people were doing everything to obey, that was never my intention. i will regret those remarks for the rest of my days and i offer my profound apologies to all of you at home for them. there s allegra stratton explaining her resignation. we also want to look at this story and what it tells us about the broader relationship between government and the press lobby. to help us do that we have
more on all the stories coming up at four, of course. now on bbc news, it s time for the media show. and a warning that this programme contains flash photography. hello, i m roz atkins. welcome to this week s edition of the media show. we are going to talk about two enormous scoops and one resignation. it was it was pippa crerar from the daily mirror who first reported on a christmas party in downing street last week. and then we had paul brand from itv news putting out a video he obtained from a practice press briefing inside number 10 last december in which we saw downing street staff laughing, joking about a party at number 10 during lockdown. the issue has been everywhere in the media, it dominated prime minister s questions as well. and we re going to get into exactly how those scoops happened with help of pippa and with paul. the first of all, the prime minister s adviser allegra stratton has resigned, she was one of those people in the video, and this is what she said
and a warning that this programme contains flash photography. hello, i m roz atkins. welcome to this weeks addition of the media show. we are going to talk about two enormous scoops and one resignation. it was it was pippa crerar from the daily mirror who first reported on a christmas party in downing street last week. and then we had paul brand from itv news putting out a video it obtained from a practice press briefing inside number ten last december in which we saw downing street staff laughing, joking about a party at number ten during lockdown. the issue has been everywhere in the media, it dominated prime ministers questions as well. and we re going to get into exactly how those scoops happened with help of peppa and with paul. the first of all, the prime ministers adviser allegra stratton has resigned, she was one of those people in the video was up and this is what she said about that resignation. my remarks seem to make light of the rules rules that people were doing
labour calls the latest revelations shameful. they are treating the public with contempt. the prime minister needs to step up, accept what happened, and apologized. unfortunately we have but a prime minister who is socially distanced from the truth. the government defends itself after a whistle blower claims its evacuation of people from afghanistan was chaotic and dysfunctional. of course, sometimes decisions took hours longer than we wanted to, but you know you have to be careful about how you do it. but it was still an astonishing thing to get 15,000 people good evening and welcome. itv news has obtained footage tonight of senior downing street aides apparentlyjoking about the christmas gathering at the centre of a row over whether downing street staff broke lockdown rules last year. the footage was reportedly filmed as part of preparations for televised briefings which were subsequently abandoned. the labour leader kier starmer this evening called the latest development