Dominic Cummings has accused Boris Johnson of lying to the House of Commons about his knowledge of the May 20 party at Downing Street.
‘Not only me but other eyewitnesses who discussed this at the time would swear under oath this is what happened,’ he said.
Ian Blackford, the SNP’s Westminster leader said if Mr Cummings is not included in ‘the inquiry will not be worth the paper it is written on’. ‘The prime minister must now confirm that Sue Gray will interview Dominic Cummings as part of her investigation. ‘Amid discussion over the future of the cabinet secretary and PPS himself, which had been going on for days, I said to the PM something like: “Martin’s invited the building to a drinks party, this is what I’m talking about, you’ve got to grip this madhouse,”‘ the former adviser wrote.
Mr Johnson admitted attending but insisted he believed it was a work event that could ‘technically’ have been within the rules.
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