50 MPs packed into the room to hear the PM speak despite a sign on the door warning only 29 people could be in there at once. 🤦♂️
has been accused of breaking the Government’s own social distancing rules after at least 50 Tory MPs packed into a room ‘cheek by jowl’ to hear him speak.have demanded an investigation after Mr Johnson addressed the MPs in a committee room on Wednesday night, despite a sign on the door warning only 29 people should be in the room to stop the spread of coronavirus.
People who were at the meeting said attendees initially followed social distancing rules by taking seats that were spaced one metre apart.However, later arrivals ‘crammed’ together at the back of the room to hear Mr Johnson speak, three witnesses told Bloomberg. Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse wrote to Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg demanding an inquiry and action be taken if rules were broken.Gatherings of more than 30 people are currently banned
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