The prime minister was already facing other allegations of violating lockdown rules.
. “We’ll have to look into it, but it’s very hard to see how that’s compliant with the rules,” he said. “He must have known that other groups were in other rooms in his own building.” Angela Rayner, the deputy Labour Party leader, said the numerous events shows how Johnson “presided over a culture of disregarding the rules at the heart of government.”
Even before this latest revelation, news of the multiple parties that seem to have flouted the rules, appeared to be hurting Johnson’s popularity. A recent poll showed Labour now enjoys a nine-point advantage over Johnson’s Conservative Party. The prime minister’s clear plunge in popularity could make it more difficult for him to receive support from lawmakers for new COVID-19 restrictions.