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Holly and Phil 'expose' Boris Johnson over new Covid rules allowing work Christmas parties

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield pointed out the true reasoning behind Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new contradictory Covid rules - which advise against working in the office but allow office Christmas parties.

The Mirror revealed earlier this week that Mr Johnson and his staff were accused of breaking Covid rules by attending parties at Number 10 in the run-up to last Christmas.

Despite continually denying that a party took place, staff at No 10 were filmed joking about the party just four days after it happened.

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister announced his new rules as part their Covid Plan B.

Yet the rules have left fans baffled, with scientists warning that the work from home guidance and vaccine passports will do little to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.

Phil and Holly gave their opinion on the new Covid rules (ITV)

Discussing the lack of faith that the public now have in the PM, Matthew Wright and Nick Ferrari joined Holly and Phil on This Morning.

"I'm conservative about Covid, I worry about it," Matthew said. "But the idea that we're going to introduce work from home next week while telling people they can go to office Christmas parties-"

Holly interjected: "Because they can't say you can't have a party! They can't say that!"

Matthew continued: "Then don't work from home! It's just -"

Phil blurted out: "The one thing they can't say is 'don't have a party' because they do!"

They pointed out that the Government couldn't stop office Christmas parties (ITV)

Nick agreed, saying: "Absolutely right. You've got these other extraordinary anomalies - you can't go to the office, you can go to the office party. As of Monday you can position your office in the Dog and Duck or the Crown and Rose or whatever it may be."

It comes after viewers were left speechless earlier this week over Phil's "savage" question to former Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Tuesday.

Tory MP Hancock, 43, appeared on the the show to promote the idea of dyslexia screening for all primary school children, revealing he was not diagnosed with dyslexia until he went to Oxford University.

After addressing the bill, which he is calling for his fellow MPs to back, Phil posed some hard-hitting questions to him about him breaking his own Covid rules.

The Prime Minister announced his new rules as part their Covid Plan B (Getty Images)

Hancock apologised for breaking the rules in June this year after pictures emerged of him kissing a close aide.

Just days later he resigned from his position following an angry public backlash.

Phil asked: "Was it your dyslexia that meant you misread the social distancing rules?"

As Holly tried to stifle a smile, Hancock looked incredibly awkward as he replied: "No, I can't blame that on dyslexia or anything else. In fact, I'm not asking for any special favours or anything because I'm dyslexic and in politics I've got some things to offer.

"In that case, it was a mistake and I've apologised for it and it was a failure of leadership because I came on shows like this and asked people to do this and I didn't follow rules myself."

As if things couldn't get anymore awkward, Holly went on to ask him about his plans for Christmas.

And viewers couldn't believe what they'd heard, with one tweeting: "savage from phil."

While another wrote: "The best question Phil has asked for years."

A third wrote: "Phil you are such a legend."

*This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV

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