Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has savaged Boris Johnson over the Downing Street Christmas party scandal.
The Prime Minister is facing calls for his resignation after it was revealed a party was thrown at the heart of the UK Government during a time of strict lockdown rules last December.
Leaked footage also emerged showing staffers laughing about the event.
Tories have lined up to criticise Johnson and Baroness Davidson - who stood down as an MSP in May - is the latest to weigh in.
She tweeted: “None of this is remotely defensible. Not having busy, boozy not-parties while others were sticking to the rules, unable to visit ill or dying loved ones.
“Nor flat-out denying things that are easily provable. Not taking the public for fools.”
Davidson added: "And today's "we'll investigate what we've spent a week saying didn't happen and discipline staff for rules we continue to say weren't broken" was pathetic.
"As a Tory, I was brought up to believe in playing with a straight bat. Believe me, colleagues are furious at this, too."
Her fury came after Johnson issued an unreserved apology over the row and promised that those involved would face the sack.
A defensive Johnson said: “I understand public anxiety and I understand public indignation.”
But he still maintained that he had no previous knowledge of the party and said he had asked the country’s top civil servant to investigate.
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