UK Deputy PM Rebukes Claim That Boris Johnson Lied About Lockdown Party
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UK Lockdown Party: Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week apologised to parliament for attending a "bring your own booze" party, saying he had thought it was a work event
A claim by a former senior adviser to Boris Johnson that the British prime minister lied to parliament about not knowing about a lockdown party in Downing Street is nonsense, his deputy said on Tuesday.
Asked if the prime minister's premiership was over if it could be proved that he had lied to parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said: "Look, the suggestion that he's lied is nonsense."
"He's made it very clear to the House of Commons, took questions on this, that he thought it was a work event," he told Times Radio.
Johnson last week apologised to parliament for attending a "bring your own booze" gathering in the garden of Downing Street on May 20, 2020, but said he had thought it was a work event.
