PM ‘did not break law’ on bike ride

DOWNING Street has insisted that Boris Johnson’s highly controversial bike ride in east London last weekend did not break Covid restrictions.

The remarks came after Labour accused the Prime Minister of hypocrisy over the incident last Sunday when Mr Johnson was seen cycling in Olympic Park, seven miles away from his home.

Official regulations brought in by the Prime Minister say that exercise is limited to once a day and you should not leave your local area, in a bid to halt the surge in coronavirus cases.

Mr Johnson’s official spokesman told a Westminster briefing: “The Prime Minister acted in accordance with the Covid guidance while he was exercising.

“We have always trusted the public to exercise good judgement throughout the pandemic when we have asked them to exercise locally.”

The spokesman did not say how far someone can travel to take exercise and sidestepped a question on whether people can drive or take public transport to exercise. The comments come after Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said Mr Johnson had not broken the law during the bike ride.