Cumbria’s only Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron is calling on Boris Johnson to resign as Prime Minister after reports of another party at Downing Street.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government is coming under intense pressure after it emerged yesterday that 100 people were invited to a “bring-your-own-booze” drinks event in the Downing Street garden in May 2020 – during the first coronavirus lockdown.
The Prime Minister and his wife are among 30 who are said to have attended the party. Mr Johnson has so far declined to rule out his attendance at the parties.
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted that the Prime Minister needs to “come clean” about the gathering.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron said: “It’s absolutely appalling that while people were spending miserable months alone, forced to spend Christmas alone, not able to see dying loved ones, the people running the country were ignoring the rules they’d made for everyone else and were living it up, having parties in Downing Street. One rule for us – no rules for them.
“This is a resignation matter, there’s no question about it. The Prime Minister has clearly lied to the country, never mind the House of Commons and has broken rules that he set at a time of national crisis.”
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