Tiers before Christmas: Boris Johnson created Tier 4, ordering people in high-risk Covid areas to 'stay at home' and ruining festive plans for millions, while civil servants partied in the same building, leaked WhatsApp messages reveal
Boris Johnson made the decision to implement Tier 4 Covid lockdowns - ruining Christmas plans for millions of Brits - while senior civil servants partied the night away in Downing St, leaked WhatsApp messages reveal.
A No10 Christmas party raged on December 18, 2020, which saw civil servants spill wine on the walls of the press office and partygoers leave the carnage to attend 'official meetings' according to Sue Gray's Partygate report.
All the while, the then Prime Minister was sat in the Cabinet room drawing up plans to announce that regular citizens in high-risk areas were to stay at home.
The timing of the party was revealed by time stamps on WhatsApp messages exchanged between then Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Simon Case, the then permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office, according to The Daily Telegraph who obtained the messages.
MailOnline has contacted No10, the Cabinet Office and Boris Johnson for comment.
Imagine my surprise.. At least the media is finally exposing it. 'Northern Pleb' nails it in the comments.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11814689/Boris-Johnson-decided-Tier-4-lockdown-measures-civil-servants-partied-building.html