‘Nobody Warned Me’: UK PM Denies Knowing Party Was Against Lockdown Rules

U. K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted he was not warned that a garden party at his residence in May 2020 broke pandemic protocols during the country’s first lockdown, BBC News reported.

“Nobody warned me that it was against the rules,” Johnson said, BBC News reported. “I would have remembered that.”

A former aide, however, said that he warned Johnson the party violated COVID-19 restrictions and accused the prime minister of misleading other lawmakers about the event, BBC News reported. The aide, Dominic Cummings, said he would swear under oath that his statement was true, while two former Downing Street officials reportedly told the outlet they remembered Cummings’ warning.

A report on alleged COVID-19 policy violations at lockdown gatherings is expected to be published by senior civil servant Sue Gray, BBC News reported. Johnson was asked whether he would resign if he was found to have misled lawmakers about how he perceived the event, to which he reportedly responded, “let’s see what the report says.”

Johnson previously acknowledged that he attended the party for 25 minutes. He told lawmakers that, at the time, he b... (Read more)

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