4: Now that's what we call Downing Street!

After the Daily Mirror's political editor Pippa Crerar broke the story two weeks ago, we had a full week of denial about whether Boris Johnson broke COVID lockdown rules during Christmas 2020, a time when we were all facing lockdown with devastating consequences for families across the country. 

Now with 'that' video reported by Paul Brand at ITV News showing Downing Street staff joking about holding a party and the Prime Minister's former COP26 spokesperson Allegra Stratton laughing at the lectern, we have seen consequences but not for the PM. Allegra Stratton has resigned and we now know that the Metropolitan Police won't be investigating (for now). 

With parties being held at Number 10, rumours of loud music are the reason for our episode 4 title! But Secret Santa's? Cheese and Wine? It all seems that the government have done their very best to bury the story beneath the ground. A reference to Samuel Pepys aside, Boris Johnson is now under intense pressure from not just the opposition but within his own Conservative ranks.

We react to the bombshell political week, the announcement of new 'Plan B' COVID restrictions, whether the PM can be trusted and how the national newspapers reacted to everything going on in Westminster.

Beyond the Westminster bubble, how will the public see all this? Angry bereaved families losing loved ones to COVID while Downing Street partied,  the jokes doesn't seem funny anymore.

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NOTE: THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE A NEW SUNDAY MIRROR STORY WAS REPORTED ABOUT A DOWNING STREET XMAS QUIZ