MPs asked for comment on Boris Johnson lockdown party revelations

ALL AREAS: Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised to the nation this week for attending a social gathering in the Number 10 garden during the first coronavirus lockdown.

The Conservative MP came under fire after details emerged of an event organised on May 20, 2020, where Downing Street staff were told to ‘bring your own booze’.

Mr Johnson appeared at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday and told the House of Commons: “I know the rage they feel with me and with the Government I lead when they think in Downing Street itself the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules.

“I have learned enough to know there were things we simply did not get right and I must take responsibility.”

The Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP said he ‘believed implicitly’ he had been attending a work event.

The Advertiser contacted MPs in Maidenhead, Windsor, Beaconsfield and Slough for their response to the latest revelations.

Adam Afriyie, MP for Windsor, said: “People are rightly concerned about all the rumours about parties and the Prime Minister was right to explain and apologise. We must now wait for the report into the facts of what actually happened.

“He has done wonders for this country with our vaccine rollout and keeping people in work and he has my full support in levelling up our country.”

The offices of Theresa May and Joy Morrissey had not responded to a request for comment at the time of going to press.

Slough’s Labour MP Tan Dhesi said Mr Johnson should do the honourable thing and resign.