A campaigner whose dad died in hospital alone after contracting Covid says MPs have a 'moral duty' to remove Boris Johnson if he refuses to resign as Prime Minister.
Hannah Brady, from Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, says her father Shaun, 55, died just a few days before the 'bring your own booze' event on May 20 2020, having caught the virus on the way to his job as a key worker in Wigan.
His death certificate was signed on the day it was held.
While Mr Johnson apologised at Prime Minister’s Questions for attending the event, and acknowledged the public’s 'rage' over the incident, he insisted he thought it could technically have been within the rules.
He told MPs he went to the gathering for around 25 minutes to 'thank groups of staff,' adding that he 'believed implicitly that this was a work event.'
But, speaking on behalf of the campaign group, Ms Brady rejected his explanation.
She said: “The Prime Minister’s lies have finally caught up with him. Not content with kicking bereaved families like mine in the teeth by breaking the rules he set and then lying to us about it, he’s now taking the British public for fools by pretending he ‘didn’t know it was a party’.
“Every time he lies to us, he pours more salt into the wounds of those who have already lost so much to this pandemic, but that doesn’t stop him.
“He’s incapable of telling the truth and he needs to go.
“The Prime Minister is now a walking public health hazard who has lost the trust, respect and good faith of the public.
“If restrictions are needed to protect lives in the future, people will simply laugh at him.
“He has no moral authority and will cost lives.
“He has broken his own rules and if he had any decency he would now resign, rather than hide behind an internal ‘inquiry’.
“If he doesn’t, his MPs should remove him. They have a moral duty to do so.”
Ms Brady was among bereaved relatives who met Mr Johnson in the Rose Garden at Downing Street last year, where she said the Prime Minister looked her in the eyes 'and told me you had done everything you could to save him'.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford are among MPs who have called for Boris Johnson to resign over the 'Partygate' scandal.
Earlier this week, ITV News released a screenshot of an e-mail inviting more than 100 No 10 employees to a 'bring your own booze' gathering on 20 May 2020.
In the email marked 'official sensitive, No10 only', Mr Reynolds wrote: "Hi all, after what has been an incredibly busy period it would be nice to make the most of the lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinks in the No10 garden this evening.
"Please join us from 6pm and bring your own booze!"
Less than 60 minutes before the gathering, Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden told the public at the daily Downing Street briefing to stick to meeting in couples outdoors despite the sunshine.
