UK’s Johnson Apologises for Attending Downing Street Lockdown Party

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, on Jan. 12, 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a social gathering in the Downing Street garden during England’s first COVID-19 lockdown, though he refused to admit he broke lockdown rules.

According to UK media reports, Martin Reynolds, Johnson’s principal private secretary, sent an email in May 2020 to more than 100 Downing Street employees inviting them to a garden party and asking them to “bring your own booze.”