- Political and official leadership must bear responsibility for the culture at No 10
- Staff partied – some until after 4am – on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral
- At another party, in June 2020, there was “excessive alcohol consumption by some individuals. One individual was sick. There was a minor altercation between two other individuals”
- A No 10 official sent a message referring to “drunkenness” and advising staff to leave No 10 via the back exit after a December 2020 Christmas quiz to avoid press photographers
- “Multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff”
The PM’s key aide Martin Reynolds was urged to cancel a “bring-your-own-booze” party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020, as it posed “somewhat of a comms risk”.
An unnamed special adviser also told Mr Reynolds via WhatsApp that it would be “helpful” if people avoided “walking around waving bottles of wine etc” ahead of the event, as it was taking place immediately after a televised Covid press conference.
Mr Reynolds later told an unnamed adviser “we seem to have got away with” the party. He has since left Downing Street, returning to his job at the Foreign Office.
Source: Sue Gray report: Drunken No 10 party culture in lockdown laid bare – BBC News
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