Enough Boris! You Must End ‘Partygate' Farce Now

Boris Johnson is under pressure after a leaked email revealed No 10 staff were invited to a boozy lockdown garden party.

- Martyn Brown

More than 100 workers were asked to the Downing Street bash when meetings of more than two people were banned, a leaked email from aide Martin Reynolds, left, has revealed.

He asked guests to bring drinks and “make the most of the lovely weather” at the party. The alleged event is said to have taken place on May 20, 2020, when the rest of the country was banned from group social gatherings outdoors.

And last night the Prime Minister’s former adviser Dominic Cummings claimed the PM was there.

The latest revelations have led to fresh calls for Mr Johnson to be questioned as part of the internal inquiry into reports of a series of parties in Downing Street.

Around 40 staff are understood to have attended on May 20, eating picnic food and drinking, say ITV.

Downing Street refused to comment last night as pressure mounted on Mr Reynolds, the PM’s principal private secretary, to resign.

The email was sent to staff members from No.10, including the PM’s advisers, speechwriters and door staff.

In it, Mr Reynolds says: “Hi all. After what has been an incredibly busy period it would be nice to make the most of the lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinks in the No.10 garden this evening.

Please join us from 6pm and bring your own booze.”

The email follows allegations about staff gathering in the garden on a separate occasion on May 15.