London, Thanasis Gavos
A Downing Street spokesman insisted that Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended the Downing Street Garden party on May 20, 2020, amid a lockdown, as he considered it a business meeting.
The spokesman once again called “untrue” the claim that the Prime Minister had been warned by his officials that the rally was a party and should be canceled.
The accusation was made on Monday night via his blog and Twitter by Dominic Cummings, former chief adviser to Boris Johnson and now one of the most vocal critics of the British Prime Minister.
Mr Cummings said he and another senior Downing Street official had warned Boris Johnson and his special secretary, Martin Reynolds, who had invited about 100 Downing Street workers to the prime minister’s garden to ask the prime minister that the “party” violated the rules. However, Boris Johnson agreed to attend.
“The prime minister had been warned about the invitation, he knew it was a drink party, he lied to parliament,” Cummings wrote, in a statement that Boris Johnson misled parliament when he apologized for being “unreserved.” how it was a business meeting.
The deliberate deception of the parliament member of the parliament constitutes a violation of the ministerial code and as the Minister of Justice Dominic Raab admitted this morning, implies resignation. Nevertheless, Mr. Raab defended Boris Johnson, stating that he was confident that the Prime Minister was honest before the House of Commons.
However, Cummings’ complaint intensifies the pressure on Boris Johnson but also on Sue Gray, the senior state official who has undertaken the investigation for the parties.
The leader of the Scottish National Party in Westminster Ian Blackford stressed that Dominic Cummings should be one of the key witnesses in the investigation, otherwise the long-awaited conclusion “will not be worth the paper on which it is written”. It is noted that Mr. Cummings stated in his text that he is willing to testify under oath what he knows.
Meanwhile, Labor’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for Boris Johnson’s resignation, saying the post has become “unsustainable”.
There are currently six MPs from the Conservative Party who have clearly stated that Boris Johnson should resign. The party, however, is in turmoil, as at the same time two new polls give Labor a lead in the intention to vote with 13% and 9%.
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