Boris Johnson faces more questions about his team’s attitude towards coronavirus rules today after it emerged that Tory aides threw a raucous Christmas party and senior Downing Street staff held a quiz night. As anger grows among Tory MPs about an event held in No 10 on December 18 last year, The Times can disclose that Conservative Party staff danced and drank wine late into the night at another event that month. Sponsored• Why it ended in tears for Allegra Stratton, the PM’s star hireSenior advisers and officials working in Downing Street also held a Christmas quiz, and one source claimed that Dan Rosenfield, Johnson’s incoming chief of staff, took part. There are suggestions that up to seven lockdown-breaking gatherings took place in November

Source: The Times December 09, 2021 23:17 UTC