Come clean on party, says First Minister
NICOLA Sturgeon has urged Boris Johnson to “come clean” over an alleged party at Downing Street.
Speaking to the BBC yesterday, the First Minister said: “The Prime Minister appears to be not being straight and truthful about it.
“That really matters because he is likely to be asking people to do difficult things again over this Christmas and it’s really important that he’s straight and honest with people – if mistakes were made, to own them, to apologise for them.
“I think this is a really serious issue for the Prime Minister and I think he has to come clean.”
Ms Sturgeon went on to say that at the time the alleged party took place, a new strict lockdown was a little more than a week away.
“This was last Christmas – 18 and 19 December are dates engraved on my mind as perhaps one of, if not the lowest, darkest point in the whole pandemic.”
Meanwhile, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross claimed there was a “party of sorts” in Downing Street last Christmas despite Boris Johnson saying no gathering took place.
Speaking to STV, Ross said: “I think we need an inquiry. Clearly what we have seen over the last 12 hours or so with the video emerging, there are serious questions that need to be answered.
“Now looking at what I have seen, there was a party of sorts.
“I don’t think you can get away from that, and there are questions to be answered on why that was allowed as it was absolutely against the guidance this time last year.”