Boris Johnson will face a make-or-break session of prime minister's questions on Wednesday, with furious Conservative MPs waiting for his explanation of the "bring your own booze" garden party in May 2020.
The British public are devastated by the allegations, and he has an opportunity to come clean, according to Labour's deputy leader.
The prime minister has had a couple of days to answer that question, but he has refused to do so.
The leaked email from Martin Reynolds, Johnson's principal private secretary, shows that more than 10 Conservative MPs have publicly criticized the gathering.
If Johnson attended the party, his position would beuntenable, said the MP. I can't see how the prime minister can survive if he attended a party and accepted resignations for far less.
He joked about the fact thategra had resigned for not attending a party, at a time of lighter restrictions. I think that is not feasible.
Many more Conservative MPs are expressing anger in private, though some are prepared to wait for the results of the inquiry into the parties in Downing Street.
The former minister said the Conservatives would be watching the prime minister. You will get a clear sense of whether colleagues think that is a sustainable position after that.
Several witnesses have said that Johnson and his wife attended the gathering. The leader of the Liberal Democrat called for his resignation.
Millions of people obeyed the rules, which cost them a lot. He said that they missed funerals, canceled weddings and said goodbye to dying loved ones on video calls on the day that No 10 illegally hosted a garden party.
Boris Johnson has become a threat to the health of our nation, and for the sake of the country still gripped by this awful Pandemic he must resign.
Keir Starmer will pose questions to Johnson in the House of Commons after receiving a second negative flow test.
He is expected to accuse the prime minister of lying to parliament.
When the public were allowed to meet outdoors only one person from outside their household, the 20 May party took place.
The government didn't put a minister in the interview. The junior minister Michael Ellis was sent to take questions from the MPs about the party, but he insisted that most of them should wait for the Gray inquiry.
Sue Gray has an important role in the wider investigation, but we don't need to wait for that. She said that the Metropolitan police should investigate the event. The Met said they are talking to the Cabinet Office about the claims.
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