The mood on the Conservative tables in the Commons tearoom on Wednesday resembled something between a wake and a mutiny. Tory MPs had watched Boris Johnson get pummelled by Sir Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions over No 10’s lockdown-busting party in December last year, when the rest of the country was banned from having social gatherings. A video had come to light of Allegra Stratton, then Johnson’s spokeswoman, doing a mock press conference in which she and other Downing Street aides discussed the “Christmas party” and joked they would have to present it publicly as “a business meeting” to get around the rules. The video sank No 10 claims that “there was no party”. SponsoredThat same day in Portcullis House MPs were seen brandishing

Source: The Times December 12, 2021 09:40 UTC