Johnson ‘joked he was at the most unsocially distanced party in UK’ during Covid

Boris Johnson allegedly joked at a boozy No 10 leaving do during the coronavirus pandemic that staff were at ‘the most unsocially distanced party in the UK’ (Victoria Jones/PA)

Boris Johnson allegedly joked at a boozy No 10 leaving do during the coronavirus pandemic that staff were at “the most unsocially distanced party in the UK”.

The claims will put the former prime minister under further pressure as he faces a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled MPs over the so-called partygate scandal.