A grieving woman who had to watch her brother's final breaths over FaceTime days after the Downing Street BYOB drinks party says it is time for the Prime Minister to go.
Jenni Lang, from Edinburgh, was unable to be with brother Graeme Wilkie, 36, who was in intensive care fighting for his life on May 20, 2020.
Police are probing claims an aide to the Prime Minister organised an event on the same day, which is said to have been attended by Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie.
Three days later, Jenni watched on FaceTime as Graeme died - but a limit on visitor numbers meant she was not allowed into the hospital to be by his side.
Jenni told the Daily Record : “They were telling us to stick to the rules but they thought it was okay to have a party.
"We couldn’t comfort one another but they’re having cheese and wine in the garden. They’re laughing at us and think this is okay?
“We feel traumatised by what has happened, almost like we have PTSD because of our experience and then all these revelations come out that Boris and his staff are telling us to do one thing while they do another.
"I just don’t get it. It’s time for him to go.”
Jenni, 44, is one of thousands forced to stay away from loved ones during lockdown as they suffered illness or passed away.
Her younger brother Graeme had been feeling unwell for some weeks when he collapsed at home in the capital.
Jenni said: “When my brother collapsed at home on May 18 and my sister had to phone 999, the dispatchers were telling her to cover his face to do CPR - such was the scale of fear of transmitting the virus.
“By the May 20, Graeme was in ICU. He was suspected of having pneumonia and antibiotics hadn’t worked. We asked if it was Covid but they couldn’t tell us.
"They said they would need to wait until the post mortem. Three days later, my dad and I watched him take his final breaths on FaceTime.”
It was a terrible blow for dad Victor as Graeme was his primary carer at that time. Victor later contracted coronavirus himself and passed away in a double tragedy for the family.
Visitors at Graeme’s bedside were not allowed on May 20 as he fought for his life.
Three days later as his life slipped away visitors were limited to two, so Jenni and her dad bravely allowed Graeme’s mum Nancy and other sister Lisa to be with him as his condition deteriorated.
Jenni said: “When they were switching off his life support my mum and sister were allowed to be with him.
"But during those first few days before he died my mum was sitting in her home in Glasgow on her own unable to be with her son or her family.
"We were all following the rules and keeping apart during the most traumatic time when all you want to do is be with your family and comfort each other.
“Graeme died on the May 23. Three days after this alleged drinks party.”
Jenni, a communications specialist, said she and her family were furious at Boris Johnson for dodging questions on whether he attended Downing Street parties on May 15 and 20, 2020.
She said: “It’s the lies. He stands up in parliament and just lies to everyone. My dad contracted Covid in December 2020 while in hospital and died in January.
"Thankfully by then I was allowed in to hold his hand. I can’t fault the NHS, they were just doing what they were told.
"Ten people at my brother’s funeral, no wake. Twenty at my dad’s. But we’re hearing of another party at Downing Street now.
"It has tipped me over the edge.”
A Whitehall investigation is already under way into multiple allegations of coronavirus rule-breaking in both Number 10 and other government buildings, which was prompted by initial claims of Christmas parties in Downing Street in 2020 by The Daily Mirror.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: “The Metropolitan Police Service is aware of widespread reporting relating to alleged breaches of the Health Protection Regulations at Downing Street on May 20 2020 and is in contact with the Cabinet Office.”
