Boris Johnson mocked by Twitter for claiming No10 lockdown-breaking party was WORK event
PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has been mocked online for claiming that he thought that the Downing Street party was a “work event”.
The trolling started after the PM finally admitted that he did attend the garden party and apologised – but claimed he believed it was a work event.
He told furious MPs in the House of Commons that he had only gone into the garden for 25 minutes before going back to work.
Twitter has exploded with hundreds of users reacting to his comments, many poking fun at Boris’ claims.
One user compared the Prime Minster to Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Wolf of Wall Street.
Another mocked up a meme of the Prime Minister taking part in hit show “Would I Lie to You” – with the caption “I once spent 25 minutes at a party but mistook it for a work event.
Others showed Johnsons face superimposed onto people drinking in the street, while another changed a war time poster to say “rules only apply to you.”
Humbled BoJo told MPs: "I certainly wish that things would have happened differently on the evening of May the 20th and I apologise for all the misjudgements that have been made, for which I take full responsibility."
Mr Johnson insisted he attended the event with hard-working aides for just 25 and believed it was a "work event".
But today he grovelled: "With hindsight, I should have sent everyone back inside and found some other way to thank them.
"I should have recognised that even if it did fall within guidance, there would be millions of people who would simply not see it that way".
Mr Johnson broke cover this lunchtime to an onslaught coming from all sides - including enraged Tories already sharpening their knives.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer branded his Tory foe "pathetic" and demanded he resign.
The Prime Minister also claimed that the No 10 garden was used to reduce the spread of covid regularly – and rebutted Sir Kier’s claims and urged him to wait for the conclusion of the official probe.
His leadership was plunged into crisis this week following bombshell revelations that a booze bash was held in the No10 garden during the first lockdown.
In a now notorious email Mr Johnson's top official Martin Reynolds invited more than 100 Downing St staff to a "socially distanced drinks" after work.
But 18 months after the May 20, 2020 booze-up the PM is now suffering the hangover from hell as a Whitehall probe threatens to strike a devastating blow.
The string of hypocrisy accusations started more than a year ago with Dominic Cummings' Barnard Castle fiasco, and has also seen former Health Secretary Matt Hancock resign.
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