Partygate: Insiders tell of packed No 10 lockdown parties

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Partygate: Insiders tell of packed No 10 lockdown parties
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Staff describe bins overflowing with bottles, people sitting on each other's laps and colleagues sleeping in the office.

But a former staffer says how difficult it felt to raise concerns.later on the BBC iPlayer

"People made fun of him because he was so worked up that this party was happening and it shouldn't be happening."All three paint a picture of a Downing Street as a parallel universe. "We saw it as our own bubble" where the rules didn't really apply, says one. But all three point to the culture set by the prime minister himself, suggesting he "wanted to be liked" and for staff to be able to "let their hair down".

"He wasn't saying, 'Can everyone break up and go home? Can everyone socially distance? Can everyone put masks on?'Mr Johnson has been fined for attending one event and denies that he broke the law on other occasions, or was aware that rules were being broken in Downing Street. "Why is he denying this when we've been with him this entire time, we knew that the rules had been broken, we knew these parties happened?"The government has been battered by the scandal for months. Trust in him has been damaged, and he is facing renewed calls from his party to quit.

Many dozens of staff and former staff have been fined, including two of those who opened up to Panorama, and there is hurt and confusion about how they have been treated.

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