British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised and his adviser resigned on Wednesday after a video emerged of senior aides joking about a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social events were banned under COVID-19 rules.
The leaked footage appears to contradict more than a week of denials by Johnson and his ministers that a party took place, following newspaper reports that dozens of staff had attended an evening-long gathering on 18 December 2020.
The embattled leader, facing calls for his resignation from some opposition politicians during a raucous parliamentary questions session, vowed “disciplinary action” would be taken if the investigation found rules had been broken.
“I understand and share the anger up and down the country at seeing No 10 staff seeming to make light of lockdown measures,” he said.
“I apologise unreservedly for the offence that it has caused… and I apologise for the impression that it
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