Bottles of champagne-style sparkling wine delivered to Downing Street in January 2020. Leon Neal via Getty ImagesAnother day, another allegation about boozy rule-breaking antics at Downing Street. The Mirror reported on Friday that regular “wine time Friday” gatherings in No 10 took place while strict lockdown rules were in place. AdvertisementThe newspaper said the weekly events are a “long-standing Downing Street tradition”, including under previous administrations, but that they continued even after Covid restrictions were introduced prohibiting indoor mixing between households. The celebrations at Downing Street were fuelled by a “suitcase of wine”.

Source: Huffington Post January 15, 2022 05:09 UTC