Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid has slammed Tory MPs and No 10 staff for “gaslighting” over their alleged Downing Street Christmas party.
Susanna hit out at them for “muddying the waters” after it was revealed that Boris Johnson and his staff were accused of breaking Covid rules by attending alleged Christmas parties at Downing Street last December.
Although No 10 staff have continued to deny that the event took place, a video has emerged of them joking about the party only days after it took place, the Mirror reports.
Discussing the party on Good Morning Britain with co-host Adil Ray, the Mirror's Kevin Maguire and the Mail's Andrew Pierce, Susanna hit out at the denials.
"Of course, everyone is asking - well, we're confident that a party went ahead in Downing Street," she said, before a clip from the mock press conference was aired.
Officials can be heard laughing about "cheese and wine" as Boris Johnson's former spokeswoman Allegra Stratton cracked jokes about a "business meeting" in which there was “definitely no social distancing.”
"When we say we're pretty sure a party went ahead, that's because we have reports from the Mirror that it went ahead," Susanna said.
"We have inside sources who say a party went ahead and we have had the Prime Minister and other Cabinet ministers not denying that a party went ahead.
"However, No 10's official spokesperson says there was no party. That video suggests that they were expecting questions about a party that went ahead.
"This feels like gaslighting where we know something happened, but we are constantly having the waters muddied. The spokesperson there says a year ago, what's the right answer? Well, the right answer is that you say what happened!"
"600 people died on the night that Downing Street had the party," Kevin pointed out. "It's reached the point when Ant and Dec routinely joke about it on I'm A Celeb."
Adil blasted it a "disgrace" as Susanna continued: "If you were holding a funeral, you were only allowed up to 30 people. They had 20 people more than could go to a funeral."
"A little lie becomes a huge lie," Kevin pointed out. "The fish rots from the head. You've got the Prime Minister, who is a serial liar."
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