Boris Johnson: nobody warned me No 10 party was against the rules

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Boris Johnson: nobody warned me No 10 party was against the rules

Prime minister refuses to rule out resigning should he be censured by Sue Gray’s inquiry into rule-breaking

Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent
@jessicaelgot
Tue 18 Jan 2022 14.28 GMT

Boris Johnson has claimed “nobody warned me it was against the rules” for a drinks party to be hosted in Downing Street during the first lockdown, but also refused to deny the possibility he could resign should he be censured by the inquiry into rule-breaking.

The prime minister, speaking publicly for the first time in almost a week, said he “hoped people would understand the circumstances we were operating in” at No 10 during the first lockdown.

In the interview, Johnson confirmed he had been interviewed by the senior civil servant Sue Gray for her inquiry into lockdown parties. She is expected to report next week.

The prime minister also confirmed he had apologised to the Queen after it was revealed staffers held a leaving party – including wheeling in a suitcase filled with alcoholic drinks – the day before Prince Philip’s funeral when the Queen was required by coronavirus restrictions to sit alone.

On Monday, Johnson’s former senior aide Dominic Cummings accused the prime minister of lying when No 10 denied the prime minister had been warned against allowing a “bring your own booze” garden party during lockdown.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/18/boris-johnson-nobody-warned-me-no-10-party-was-against-the-rules

[FSogol]

1. Dumbass. He should be censured for that weak-ass excuse too. n/t

[TheBlackAdder]

10. It Wasn't My Fault I Swear to God!

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[Ms. Toad]

2. Why would anyone have to warn him?

If that is the case, we are doomed. Who is going to warn every single person about whether every single thing they are contemplating doing complies with health restrictions?

[FSogol]

4. No one told Boris there was a pandemic going on!

[Ms. Toad]

7. I'd have thought that the fact that he had COVID might have given him a clue. n/t

[nycbos]

3. Who actually belives that.

In every country in the world people didn't gather with loved ones in order to protect healthcare workers.


Boris Johnson and the people who work for him seem to be the only ones who didn't understand.


Anti-vaxers make me sick. In the early days when there was no vaccine my godfather was in the hospital with COVID.

Thankfuly he had. One month before vaccines were available en mass to the elderly my uncles father died of COVID. One month would have made the difference between my uncle having his father alive and my cousins having there grandfather alive.


Jonathan Pie has a point How can you ask others to folllow the rules when the people making them don't?

[MoonRiver]

5. LOL! The devil made me do it!

[greenjar_01]

6. He's going full Costanza

[Torchlight]

8. Let's hope someone warned PM Johnson to lift the lid before he pees

And that the rule "please don't pee on the floor' is posted somewhere in No. 10.

[Turbineguy]

9. Rules are for "those people" only.

[UTUSN]

11. Note to Boris: Does UK have "nobody above the rules/law"? - (signed) Mary BEARD

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Hmm, let me check, who did the announcement again?

Ah yes ...

Coronavirus: UK bans gatherings of more than two people, Boris Johnson announces

[Baitball Blogger]

13. What an idiot.

No one told me, this has never happened before etc., etc.

[LiberalFighter]

14. Didn't know it was against the rules? What??