Knowledge of ‘industrial-scale partying’ at No 10 means there is no need to wait for Sue Gray report, says Labour leader
Boris Johnson broke the law and lied about it, Keir Starmer said on Sunday.
Starmer told the BBC: “I think [Johnson] broke the law. I think he’s as good as admitted that he broke the law. And, after all, Downing Street has now apologised to the Queen for some of the parties that have gone on.” To justify this claim, Starmer said Johnson originally told MPs he had been assured no parties took place at No 10. Then, after the private video of staff, the PM told MPs he was angry to learn about this. Then he admitted he had been at the 20 May event, and he told MPs last week that in retrospect he realised he should have stopped the gathering that evening. Starmer said that showed his initial claim to have no knowledge of partying was false.
In his column in the Sunday Times, Dominic Lawson claimed that Johnson was clearly warned in advance, twice, that the 20 May event was party taking place against the rules. Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, said this showed that Johnson was lying when he told MPs last week that when he attended the 20 May gathering, he thought it was a work event.
The image, which was taken several days before the Hartlepool byelection, was captured through the window of a building in Durham and shows Starmer drinking a bottle of beer and standing close to two people while another pair can be seen in the background.
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