According to internal records leaked on Tuesday, a large gathering was held in the garden at the Prime Minister’s office in London during the first anti-epidemic shortcut ordered by the British government in the spring of 2020. Scotland Yard also contacted the Cabinet Office over the issue, the second of a similar story In a few weeks. The story was published on the ITV UK commercial channel after an email reached its newsroom inviting officials Martin Reynolds, the personal secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to a garden party on May 20, 2020.
According to BBC sources quoting on Tuesday, about 30 people attended, including Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Symonds. At their request, Downing Street has not yet provided information on whether the prime minister is actually present at the party.
According to the restrictions imposed in England on March 23, 2020 to curb the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic, which was still in force at the time of the garden party, no more than two people who do not live in the same house can stay with each other. Others, they couldn’t visit each other either.
In a few weeks, this will be the second similar case around Johnson. According to unanimous press reports in December, a Christmas party was held at the Prime Minister’s office in Downing Street in late 2020, in violation of more stringent restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Boris Johnson has repeatedly denied that Downing Street employees violated any regulations at the time, but news of the party has remained stubborn ever since.
In the wake of another case that broke out on Tuesday, London police said they had contacted a ministerial office to coordinate the work of the British government, following widespread media reports. Scotland Yard has not yet said whether a formal police investigation will be launched into the case.
(via MTI)
