1 00:00:02,043 --> 00:00:05,883 This programme contains very strong language and scenes that some viewers may find upsetting 2 00:00:05,923 --> 00:00:07,203 People have different stories 3 00:00:07,243 --> 00:00:09,563 about what happened in Downing Street during lockdown. 4 00:00:09,603 --> 00:00:11,243 Your callers seem to agree with you, 5 00:00:11,283 --> 00:00:13,563 but I think you're completely wrong. Tell me why. 6 00:00:14,683 --> 00:00:17,323 Just...just sit down here? Yeah, that's good. 7 00:00:17,363 --> 00:00:19,083 Here's your paper. 8 00:00:19,123 --> 00:00:20,803 If you need that document. OK. 9 00:00:20,843 --> 00:00:24,203 You call it Partygate, yeah? Mm-hm. 10 00:00:25,963 --> 00:00:29,723 The Government kept working - they had to. 11 00:00:29,763 --> 00:00:31,923 They were running the country. 12 00:00:31,963 --> 00:00:37,923 If, during their working time, they take ten minutes, whatever, 13 00:00:37,963 --> 00:00:39,683 to have a drink, have a cup of tea, 14 00:00:39,723 --> 00:00:41,563 to wish the Prime Minister happy birthday - 15 00:00:41,603 --> 00:00:43,963 and it was never more than 10-15 minutes, was it? 16 00:00:44,003 --> 00:00:45,843 That's not a party. Well, you... 17 00:00:45,883 --> 00:00:47,763 It never has been a party. OK. 18 00:00:51,043 --> 00:00:52,843 Hello, I'm Grace Greenwood, 19 00:00:52,883 --> 00:00:55,603 former special adviser in the Brexit Unit 20 00:00:55,643 --> 00:00:57,243 at Number 10 Downing Street. 21 00:00:58,283 --> 00:01:00,243 I loved him from the start. 22 00:01:00,283 --> 00:01:01,603 He wasn't like the others. 23 00:01:01,643 --> 00:01:02,763 What do you do to relax? 24 00:01:02,803 --> 00:01:04,803 What do you do to switch off? Er, I... 25 00:01:05,963 --> 00:01:08,483 I - well, I like to... 26 00:01:08,523 --> 00:01:10,923 ..paint, erm, or I make things. 27 00:01:12,123 --> 00:01:14,523 I like to... What do you make? I make... 28 00:01:16,883 --> 00:01:19,603 I have a thing where I make models of... 29 00:01:20,883 --> 00:01:23,443 ..buses. I put passengers... 30 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:24,843 You really want to know this? 31 00:01:24,883 --> 00:01:27,483 You're making buses, you're making cardboard buses. I paint... 32 00:01:27,523 --> 00:01:29,243 OK, that's what you do to enjoy yourself. 33 00:01:29,283 --> 00:01:31,083 I paint, no, I paint the passengers... 34 00:01:31,123 --> 00:01:32,563 ..enjoying themselves. OK. 35 00:01:32,603 --> 00:01:33,763 Sedgefield! 36 00:01:33,803 --> 00:01:35,643 He got Brexit done. 37 00:01:35,683 --> 00:01:39,243 And now, he was giving the North the chance to take back control. 38 00:01:39,283 --> 00:01:40,843 Darlington! CHEERING 39 00:01:40,883 --> 00:01:44,843 ..Once-in-a-lifetime chance for us to take back control. 40 00:01:44,883 --> 00:01:46,203 And, even more amazing... 41 00:01:46,243 --> 00:01:48,883 SHE SCREAMS ..I had a job in his Government. 42 00:01:48,923 --> 00:01:53,523 My bracket is more to do with, erm, implementing struc... Yes. 43 00:01:53,563 --> 00:01:55,763 I'm not really qualified to be having this kind 44 00:01:55,803 --> 00:01:57,283 of conversation, because... 45 00:01:57,323 --> 00:01:59,163 I couldn't actually believe it, 46 00:01:59,203 --> 00:02:02,563 but I had always wanted to make a difference. 47 00:02:02,603 --> 00:02:05,043 I didn't know anyone else in Number 10. 48 00:02:05,083 --> 00:02:07,243 I think the scientific evidence is, well... 49 00:02:07,283 --> 00:02:10,123 And, to be honest, people weren't that friendly. 50 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:11,563 Our judgment is wash, er, 51 00:02:11,603 --> 00:02:13,803 washing your hands is the crucial thing. 52 00:02:13,843 --> 00:02:15,963 But then, after a few weeks, 53 00:02:16,003 --> 00:02:17,563 the events started to happen. 54 00:02:17,603 --> 00:02:19,003 I'm shaking hands continuous... 55 00:02:19,043 --> 00:02:21,203 I was at a hospital the other night where, 56 00:02:21,243 --> 00:02:24,003 I think there were actually a few coronavirus patients, 57 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:26,643 and I shook hands with everybody, you'll be pleased to know, 58 00:02:26,683 --> 00:02:29,123 and I continue to shake hands and, er... 59 00:02:29,163 --> 00:02:31,123 Our judgment is wash. Er... 60 00:02:33,203 --> 00:02:34,803 ..before you shake hands, obviously. 61 00:02:34,843 --> 00:02:37,763 Good afternoon. Here's the latest on the coronavirus outbreak... 62 00:02:37,803 --> 00:02:40,123 There are now 90 confirmed cases of the corona... 63 00:02:40,163 --> 00:02:41,723 ..bringing the total to 500... 64 00:02:41,763 --> 00:02:43,123 ..After nearly 300 deaths, 65 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,843 the Italian Prime Minister announced drastic limits on... 66 00:02:45,883 --> 00:02:48,683 ..In Denmark, schools, libraries, and leisure facilities are shut, 67 00:02:48,723 --> 00:02:50,763 and most schools are also closed in Spain. 68 00:02:50,803 --> 00:02:53,403 The UK increasingly looking alone in Europe... 69 00:02:53,443 --> 00:02:55,603 Other European countries were locking down, 70 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:57,003 but the boss was resisting. 71 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:59,683 ..Seems to go against the freedom-loving instincts 72 00:02:59,723 --> 00:03:00,843 of the British people. 73 00:03:00,883 --> 00:03:03,483 French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France 74 00:03:03,523 --> 00:03:04,883 and most European Union... 75 00:03:04,923 --> 00:03:06,403 Death rates were rising fast. 76 00:03:06,443 --> 00:03:08,363 In the end, there was no choice. 77 00:03:08,403 --> 00:03:11,923 Will this square be empty in two weeks' time? 78 00:03:11,963 --> 00:03:15,363 And should it, like Italy, be empty now? 79 00:03:15,403 --> 00:03:16,603 Good evening. 80 00:03:16,643 --> 00:03:19,283 From this evening, you must stay at home. 81 00:03:19,323 --> 00:03:22,123 If your friends ask you to meet, 82 00:03:22,163 --> 00:03:23,803 you should say no. 83 00:03:23,843 --> 00:03:26,843 You should not be meeting family members who do not live 84 00:03:26,883 --> 00:03:28,043 in your home. 85 00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:31,923 This is a message from the Port Talbot Council. 86 00:03:31,963 --> 00:03:35,563 Please follow the Government rules at this time. 87 00:03:35,603 --> 00:03:38,763 If you don't follow the rules, the police will enforce them 88 00:03:38,803 --> 00:03:41,403 through fines and dispersing gatherings. 89 00:03:41,443 --> 00:03:43,763 Go home, please. It's not a holiday. 90 00:03:43,803 --> 00:03:46,843 It's a lockdown, which means you don't just come in and sunbathe. 91 00:03:46,883 --> 00:03:48,323 Can you please just leave? 92 00:03:49,803 --> 00:03:51,563 When they started, 93 00:03:51,603 --> 00:03:53,083 it was really nice. 94 00:03:53,123 --> 00:03:58,523 If this, if this virus were a, erm, were a physical mugger... 95 00:03:58,563 --> 00:04:00,283 I'm Annabel. Hello. 96 00:04:00,323 --> 00:04:03,243 I'm Grace. Hi. Erm... 97 00:04:03,283 --> 00:04:06,323 I'm in the Brexit unit, doing COVID, like everyone else. 98 00:04:06,363 --> 00:04:09,043 Yeah, I'm on COVID messaging, along with... 99 00:04:09,083 --> 00:04:12,203 ..being the deputy head of the PM's diary and visits, which... 100 00:04:12,243 --> 00:04:15,363 Oh, wow. It's not "wow", it's a fancy way of saying nanny. 101 00:04:15,403 --> 00:04:18,723 I essentially schedule his nap times and take his temperature, 102 00:04:18,763 --> 00:04:20,483 walk the dog, that sort of thing. 103 00:04:23,043 --> 00:04:25,803 A-Are we, erm, are we still in a meeting? 104 00:04:25,843 --> 00:04:29,323 Yeah, but, I mean, we're having a drink now. 105 00:04:29,363 --> 00:04:32,003 OK. It's lovely to meet you. 106 00:04:32,043 --> 00:04:34,763 BORIS JOHNSON CONTINUES SPEAKING 107 00:04:36,283 --> 00:04:37,843 Through the protective doors, 108 00:04:37,883 --> 00:04:40,643 down a corridor, and on to a unit 109 00:04:40,683 --> 00:04:43,003 that few will even know exists. 110 00:04:43,043 --> 00:04:45,603 There are six of these centres in the UK. 111 00:04:45,643 --> 00:04:48,323 All have been striving to keep some of the very sickest 112 00:04:48,363 --> 00:04:52,363 COVID-19 patients alive after ventilators have failed. 113 00:04:52,403 --> 00:04:55,963 It's no wonder they're sometimes called the Hail Mary wards. 114 00:04:56,003 --> 00:04:58,163 ALARM BLARES 115 00:04:59,323 --> 00:05:01,643 We're interrupted by the cardiac arrest alarm 116 00:05:01,683 --> 00:05:03,283 going off in a side bay. 117 00:05:03,323 --> 00:05:06,963 Staff who we hadn't even seen before, suddenly appear. 118 00:05:07,003 --> 00:05:10,363 Everyone now well-versed in an emergency. 119 00:05:12,763 --> 00:05:15,523 A few days after drinks in the garden, 120 00:05:15,563 --> 00:05:20,163 I got an invitation from the boss's principal private secretary. 121 00:05:20,203 --> 00:05:21,563 "Hi, all. 122 00:05:21,603 --> 00:05:24,843 "After what has been an incredibly busy period, 123 00:05:24,883 --> 00:05:28,043 "we thought it would be nice to make the most of this lovely weather 124 00:05:28,083 --> 00:05:29,643 "and have some socially distanced 125 00:05:29,683 --> 00:05:31,483 "drinks in the Number 10 garden 126 00:05:31,523 --> 00:05:32,843 "this evening. 127 00:05:32,883 --> 00:05:36,163 "Please join us from 6pm, 128 00:05:36,203 --> 00:05:40,723 "and bring your own booze." 129 00:05:40,763 --> 00:05:43,483 Martin Reynolds had actually invited 200 people, 130 00:05:43,523 --> 00:05:45,763 and there were a few things to organise. 131 00:05:45,803 --> 00:05:47,203 "Could you please pop out 132 00:05:47,243 --> 00:05:50,003 "a couple of tables for us to host 133 00:05:50,043 --> 00:05:52,043 "these drinks in the garden 134 00:05:52,083 --> 00:05:53,963 "on Weds eve?" 135 00:05:54,003 --> 00:05:55,563 Stay safe. Thank you. 136 00:05:55,603 --> 00:05:57,763 "Just to flag that 137 00:05:57,803 --> 00:05:59,483 "the press conference will probably 138 00:05:59,523 --> 00:06:01,523 "be finishing around that time. 139 00:06:01,563 --> 00:06:05,563 "So, helpful if people can be mindful of that 140 00:06:05,603 --> 00:06:09,243 "as speakers and cameras are leaving, 141 00:06:09,283 --> 00:06:12,363 "not walking around, 142 00:06:12,403 --> 00:06:16,003 "waving bottles of wine, etc." 143 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:20,123 "Will do my...best." 144 00:06:25,243 --> 00:06:28,123 OK, who wants to come with me to get some booze for tonight? 145 00:06:28,163 --> 00:06:29,843 Josh? 146 00:06:29,883 --> 00:06:32,043 I mean, Martin said to bring your own bottle. 147 00:06:32,083 --> 00:06:33,603 I know, but in case you run out. 148 00:06:33,643 --> 00:06:34,763 Yeah, of course. 149 00:06:34,803 --> 00:06:36,123 Yeah. Yeah, I'll go. 150 00:06:36,163 --> 00:06:37,483 Yep, great. Come on, then. 151 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:44,603 Ooh. 152 00:06:47,003 --> 00:06:51,403 One, six, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12... 153 00:06:54,643 --> 00:06:56,843 So, are we... 154 00:06:56,883 --> 00:06:59,083 Are we - are we having a party? 155 00:06:59,123 --> 00:07:01,003 No, just socially distanced drinks. 156 00:07:11,243 --> 00:07:13,283 Er, it's for a work event, actually. 157 00:07:13,323 --> 00:07:18,323 That's an increase of 2,472 cases since yesterday. 158 00:07:18,363 --> 00:07:23,883 9,953 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus. 159 00:07:23,923 --> 00:07:31,043 That is down 13%, from 11,443 this time last week. 160 00:07:31,083 --> 00:07:33,083 And sadly, of those who have... 161 00:07:33,123 --> 00:07:35,163 THEY LAUGH ..tested positive for coronavirus 162 00:07:35,203 --> 00:07:37,043 across all settings, 163 00:07:37,083 --> 00:07:40,763 35,704 have now sadly died. 164 00:07:40,803 --> 00:07:45,643 That is an increase of 363 fatalities since yesterday. 165 00:07:45,683 --> 00:07:48,083 But, as the Prime Minister announced this week, 166 00:07:48,123 --> 00:07:50,803 you can spend time outdoors and you can meet one person 167 00:07:50,843 --> 00:07:53,203 outside your household in a public place, 168 00:07:53,243 --> 00:07:55,523 provided that you stay two metres apart. 169 00:07:56,763 --> 00:08:01,163 BORIS JOHNSON: I-I implicitly believe this to be a work event. 170 00:08:01,203 --> 00:08:04,403 So, where are you from? Er, Darlington. 171 00:08:04,443 --> 00:08:05,643 Right near Durham. 172 00:08:05,683 --> 00:08:07,643 Oh, the famous Red Wall. Yeah. 173 00:08:07,683 --> 00:08:09,843 So who do you know? Here? Yeah. 174 00:08:09,883 --> 00:08:11,643 No, I don't know anyone. 175 00:08:11,683 --> 00:08:12,963 You don't know anyone? 176 00:08:13,003 --> 00:08:15,203 How'd you end up in Number 10? 177 00:08:15,243 --> 00:08:17,403 Erm, I worked at Vote Leave for a bit. 178 00:08:17,443 --> 00:08:20,123 So, is this a job for you, or something more? 179 00:08:20,163 --> 00:08:23,763 N-No, I...I really want to help change things. 180 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:26,123 ..Speech, but cometh the hour. 181 00:08:30,443 --> 00:08:32,083 In the seventh week of the lockdown, 182 00:08:32,123 --> 00:08:33,603 the United Kingdom has now recorded 183 00:08:33,643 --> 00:08:36,443 Europe's highest number of deaths linked to the coronavirus. 184 00:08:36,483 --> 00:08:39,243 We have overtaken Italy, the first country in the world 185 00:08:39,283 --> 00:08:41,323 to instigate a national lockdown. 186 00:08:42,523 --> 00:08:46,123 This is a gathering that cannot happen under the current COVID-19 187 00:08:46,163 --> 00:08:48,523 legislation and restrictions! 188 00:08:54,923 --> 00:08:57,563 HIGH-PITCHED:Hello! WOMAN CHUCKLES 189 00:08:57,603 --> 00:08:58,603 Hello. 190 00:09:00,443 --> 00:09:02,483 I'm holding her - mine's all steamed up cos... 191 00:09:02,523 --> 00:09:04,363 Drop your head. ..the air thing's... 192 00:09:06,563 --> 00:09:07,563 Just drop your head. 193 00:09:07,603 --> 00:09:10,003 So it's now one metre-plus, not two metres. 194 00:09:10,043 --> 00:09:12,923 And they've just spent the last 15 years renovating 195 00:09:12,963 --> 00:09:14,723 this huge chateau in France. 196 00:09:14,763 --> 00:09:17,203 No, I-I don't think that's actually the case. 197 00:09:17,243 --> 00:09:19,203 I think we've all done different figures here. 198 00:09:19,243 --> 00:09:21,363 We're not, kind of - yeah, we all have different ways 199 00:09:21,403 --> 00:09:22,883 of measuring our death rates. 200 00:09:22,923 --> 00:09:25,723 "Leaving drinks - can we discuss handling? 201 00:09:25,763 --> 00:09:28,203 "Is it safe to do a larger event indoors, 202 00:09:28,243 --> 00:09:30,043 "but with some people carrying on 203 00:09:30,083 --> 00:09:31,443 "outside afterwards?" 204 00:09:31,483 --> 00:09:35,003 "Well, I'm not sure it works at all for me. 205 00:09:36,123 --> 00:09:39,243 "I don't see how we can have any kind of party." 206 00:09:40,443 --> 00:09:43,443 "So, you're saying nothing?" 207 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:45,163 "Well, it's your decision, 208 00:09:45,203 --> 00:09:46,643 "but it obviously comes with 209 00:09:46,683 --> 00:09:48,763 "rather substantial comms risks." 210 00:09:55,923 --> 00:09:57,803 What a knob end. 211 00:09:57,843 --> 00:09:59,603 Oh, it's nice, it's like - 212 00:09:59,643 --> 00:10:00,843 it's basically just like... 213 00:10:00,883 --> 00:10:03,043 How do I get from being jolly, having a glass of wine... 214 00:10:03,083 --> 00:10:04,843 There's no blend, it's literally... 215 00:10:04,883 --> 00:10:07,443 ..to not remembering running through St Vincent portmanteau? 216 00:10:07,483 --> 00:10:10,203 Sounds nice! Really beautiful at this time of year. Great food. 217 00:10:10,243 --> 00:10:12,563 I just literally just, like, jumped... 218 00:10:12,603 --> 00:10:13,963 ALL GASP 219 00:10:14,003 --> 00:10:15,443 Oh, dear. Yeah, that's not good. 220 00:10:15,483 --> 00:10:17,803 Erm, do you think maybe we switch rooms? Yeah. 221 00:10:17,843 --> 00:10:19,363 Guys, we're going to... 222 00:10:19,403 --> 00:10:20,883 We're going to move next door. 223 00:10:20,923 --> 00:10:22,363 Shall I get my... 224 00:10:22,403 --> 00:10:24,003 Shall I get the karaoke machine? 225 00:10:24,043 --> 00:10:25,323 Ooh! 226 00:10:27,883 --> 00:10:30,563 Highest standards, highest standards... 227 00:10:30,603 --> 00:10:32,283 Highest standards of integrity. 228 00:10:35,003 --> 00:10:38,043 I'm delighted to be taking on this important role. 229 00:10:38,083 --> 00:10:42,443 I'm looking forward to building on the excellent work of Sue Gray, 230 00:10:42,483 --> 00:10:46,723 and supporting the Prime Minister in upholding the highest standards 231 00:10:46,763 --> 00:10:48,763 of integrity within Government. 232 00:10:52,523 --> 00:10:56,283 # The power of love 233 00:10:56,323 --> 00:10:59,963 # A force from above... # 234 00:11:00,003 --> 00:11:02,763 # Every now and then I fall apart! 235 00:11:02,803 --> 00:11:04,003 CHEERING 236 00:11:04,043 --> 00:11:07,003 ALL: # And I need you now tonight 237 00:11:07,043 --> 00:11:09,843 # And I need you more than ever... # 238 00:11:09,883 --> 00:11:13,043 CHANTING: One more song! OK, OK, OK. One more song! 239 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:15,123 # Some people think I'm bonkers 240 00:11:15,163 --> 00:11:17,043 # But I just think I'm free 241 00:11:17,083 --> 00:11:18,523 # Man, I'm just living my life 242 00:11:18,563 --> 00:11:20,483 # There's nothing crazy about me... 243 00:11:23,723 --> 00:11:24,923 # Bonkers! # 244 00:11:24,963 --> 00:11:26,843 CHEERING 245 00:11:28,323 --> 00:11:31,363 MUSIC: Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran 246 00:11:32,683 --> 00:11:34,803 Pretty much all this lot, actually, 247 00:11:34,843 --> 00:11:36,923 have tried to cop off with me at some point, 248 00:11:36,963 --> 00:11:39,203 whether at school, your think tanks. 249 00:11:39,243 --> 00:11:40,603 Right. 250 00:11:40,643 --> 00:11:42,323 That's Josh Fitzmaurice. 251 00:11:42,363 --> 00:11:44,883 He is incredibly available. 252 00:11:44,923 --> 00:11:46,843 Eton, loves a party, clearly. 253 00:11:46,883 --> 00:11:49,243 Oh, he knows Alice, from the Taxpayers' Alliance - 254 00:11:49,283 --> 00:11:50,563 and Oxford, of course. 255 00:11:50,603 --> 00:11:53,003 I think, actually, they used to go out together. 256 00:11:53,043 --> 00:11:55,083 Oh, my God, Hermione Villers. 257 00:11:55,123 --> 00:11:57,843 She is a complete bitch. 258 00:11:57,883 --> 00:12:00,923 She went to Westminster with Josh, and she goes on and on about 259 00:12:00,963 --> 00:12:03,283 how she's a far-back, and she fucking isn't. 260 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:04,683 "Far-back?" Oh, far-back. 261 00:12:04,723 --> 00:12:07,283 Says her family go far back in history, when they don't. 262 00:12:07,323 --> 00:12:09,803 My father, however, is a peer, and you d... 263 00:12:09,843 --> 00:12:12,723 All right, Rory, you know Rory - Oxford, one of Dom's boys, 264 00:12:12,763 --> 00:12:15,203 Policy Exchange, Vote Leave, that kind of thing. 265 00:12:15,243 --> 00:12:17,163 Do you want me to add you to the WhatsApp? 266 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:18,803 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 267 00:12:18,843 --> 00:12:21,483 Oh, I don't have your number. Oh, sacrilege! 268 00:12:21,523 --> 00:12:23,203 Here. Put it in. 269 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:24,563 Don't fake-number me. 270 00:12:24,603 --> 00:12:26,923 I don't think I've never done that in my whole life. 271 00:12:26,963 --> 00:12:28,963 Oh, you will here. 272 00:12:29,003 --> 00:12:31,643 MUFFLED DANCE MUSIC 273 00:12:33,323 --> 00:12:35,963 MUSIC: One More Time by Daft Punk 274 00:12:37,403 --> 00:12:39,923 MUSIC: Easy Love by Sigala 275 00:12:43,243 --> 00:12:45,243 MUSIC DROWNS OUT SPEECH 276 00:12:53,483 --> 00:12:55,843 Where did - where did you say you were from, again? 277 00:12:55,883 --> 00:12:58,083 From D... From Darlington. Darlington, yeah. 278 00:12:58,123 --> 00:13:01,323 Like, you don't know what - where I'm talking about. 279 00:13:01,363 --> 00:13:02,363 No-one goes there. 280 00:13:02,403 --> 00:13:04,883 Just even, like, repatriating power to the North, 281 00:13:04,923 --> 00:13:06,803 like, we used to be, like... 282 00:13:06,843 --> 00:13:08,243 They need to... We need to level up. 283 00:13:08,283 --> 00:13:10,003 They need to be given back control. 284 00:13:10,043 --> 00:13:12,803 Yeah. And I just think, you know, Brexit's our chance to do that. 285 00:13:12,843 --> 00:13:15,603 I feel like places like Darlington could become, like, tech hubs, 286 00:13:15,643 --> 00:13:16,883 and it, you know... Yeah. 287 00:13:16,923 --> 00:13:19,843 Yeah, yeah. Darlington could be, like, the new Cheltenham. 288 00:13:19,883 --> 00:13:21,003 Yes. You know, like... 289 00:13:21,043 --> 00:13:23,963 What it's done for Cheltenham - it was already good, you know... 290 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:25,843 We have to peg back globalisation, like... 291 00:13:25,883 --> 00:13:28,163 Could you believe those fucking cunts tried to pull down 292 00:13:28,203 --> 00:13:29,563 the statue of Churchill? Yeah. 293 00:13:29,603 --> 00:13:31,763 And essentially, like, "Oh, you're a racist - 294 00:13:31,803 --> 00:13:34,803 "if you don't celebrate, like, every other culture 295 00:13:34,843 --> 00:13:37,363 "other than your own, then sorry, you're a racist." 296 00:13:37,403 --> 00:13:39,283 Like... It's dog shit. It-It's a coup. 297 00:13:39,323 --> 00:13:40,763 We're witnessing a cultural coup. 298 00:13:40,803 --> 00:13:42,283 It's humiliating working people. 299 00:13:42,323 --> 00:13:43,923 Boris doesn't talk down to people. 300 00:13:43,963 --> 00:13:46,123 He's on our side. D'you know what I mean? It's like... 301 00:13:46,163 --> 00:13:49,043 He's amazing, and you could just go to the pub with him, maybe. 302 00:13:49,083 --> 00:13:52,163 I can actually picture my grandad, like, sitting down and having 303 00:13:52,203 --> 00:13:53,843 a pint with Boris, and they would, 304 00:13:53,883 --> 00:13:55,723 like, talk about actual, real things. 305 00:13:55,763 --> 00:13:57,603 Your grandad would've fucking loved Boris. 306 00:13:57,643 --> 00:13:59,443 Boris would've loved your fucking grandad. 307 00:13:59,483 --> 00:14:00,803 He worked in a steel mill. 308 00:14:00,843 --> 00:14:03,403 Your grandad sounds fucking amazing. He was. To your grandad. 309 00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:04,723 Thank you. What a lege. 310 00:14:07,403 --> 00:14:09,603 TEARFULLY: Like, sorry, but I have moved on. 311 00:14:09,643 --> 00:14:12,643 Like, I just want to, like, have fun and live my life. 312 00:14:12,683 --> 00:14:15,803 Yeah. Maybe we should stop drinking now. 313 00:14:15,843 --> 00:14:18,803 Does it taste...taste nice? What? 314 00:14:18,843 --> 00:14:20,883 Boris's massive...penis. 315 00:14:20,923 --> 00:14:22,283 Oh, fuck off. What the fuck? 316 00:14:22,323 --> 00:14:24,363 ..Penis. You're such a prick. I don't... 317 00:14:24,403 --> 00:14:27,283 WHISPERING: I don't fucking suck up to Boris. Fuck off. 318 00:14:27,323 --> 00:14:29,643 We see him for, like, once a week, maybe, 319 00:14:29,683 --> 00:14:32,603 like, we can get him to focus for, like, eight, nine seconds? 320 00:14:32,643 --> 00:14:35,003 We still don't have any PPE. We haven't got enough. 321 00:14:35,043 --> 00:14:38,003 And fucking Track or Trace is a total fucking fuck-up. 322 00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:39,283 I know, I know. 323 00:14:39,323 --> 00:14:42,843 Yeah, and all you want to do is talk about Festival of Brexit. 324 00:14:43,923 --> 00:14:46,123 Rory, he wants it delivered. 325 00:14:46,163 --> 00:14:47,923 He's Prime Minister and... 326 00:14:47,963 --> 00:14:50,363 You're constantly up his arse. It's fucking... 327 00:14:50,403 --> 00:14:52,483 Mate... It's fucking pathetic. ..fuck off. 328 00:14:52,523 --> 00:14:54,963 No, you fuck off. Fuck off. Fuck off. 329 00:14:55,003 --> 00:14:56,963 You fuck off. No, you tell him to fuck... 330 00:14:57,003 --> 00:14:58,203 Don't fucking touch me. 331 00:14:58,243 --> 00:14:59,683 Fuck off! Actually fuck off. 332 00:14:59,723 --> 00:15:01,683 You've gotta stop. OK, OK, OK, OK, OK. 333 00:15:01,723 --> 00:15:03,243 He's in my face! Don't, don't... 334 00:15:03,283 --> 00:15:05,963 I'm sorry, he's in my face the entire fucking time. 335 00:15:06,003 --> 00:15:08,523 He's telling me I'm up Boris's fucking arse. That's bollocks. 336 00:15:08,563 --> 00:15:10,723 We can all agree that you're up Boris's arse. 337 00:15:10,763 --> 00:15:12,963 It's not even a criticism. Stop goading him! 338 00:15:13,003 --> 00:15:14,963 MUSIC: Praise You by Fatboy Slim 339 00:15:15,003 --> 00:15:17,363 THEY VOCALISE 340 00:15:20,803 --> 00:15:23,443 VOCALISING CONTINUES 341 00:15:25,403 --> 00:15:27,723 VOCALISING INTENSIFIES 342 00:15:30,283 --> 00:15:32,963 VOCALISING CONTINUES 343 00:15:38,283 --> 00:15:39,563 Oh, my God. Oh... 344 00:15:46,043 --> 00:15:48,203 VOMITING CONTINUES 345 00:15:56,163 --> 00:15:58,083 DISTANT DOGS BARKING 346 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:12,763 When Ruby's cancer had returned 347 00:16:12,803 --> 00:16:15,283 and we knew she was going to die, 348 00:16:15,323 --> 00:16:18,243 she couldn't see anybody. 349 00:16:18,283 --> 00:16:20,163 The rules were very, very strict. 350 00:16:20,203 --> 00:16:24,283 And I actually said to her at that point, "There are... 351 00:16:24,323 --> 00:16:26,483 "There are friends of yours, your grandparents, 352 00:16:26,523 --> 00:16:28,643 "they would so love to see you. 353 00:16:28,683 --> 00:16:32,163 "I'm sure if we asked them, they would come and see you," 354 00:16:32,203 --> 00:16:34,763 even though at that point, it wasn't allowed. 355 00:16:34,803 --> 00:16:36,603 There was no socialising allowed. 356 00:16:36,643 --> 00:16:39,003 You weren't allowed to have anybody in your house. 357 00:16:39,043 --> 00:16:41,203 But actually, Ruby said... 358 00:16:41,243 --> 00:16:42,763 She said, "No, it's... 359 00:16:42,803 --> 00:16:45,843 "The rules are there for a reason. We're not taking that risk. 360 00:16:45,883 --> 00:16:48,203 "I know I'm going to die, 361 00:16:48,243 --> 00:16:50,923 "but I don't want to take anyone with me." 362 00:16:50,963 --> 00:16:53,323 She had to say goodbye to them on Zoom. 363 00:16:54,763 --> 00:16:57,123 And so, on the 15th of May, 364 00:16:57,163 --> 00:17:00,843 she died at home, with just myself 365 00:17:00,883 --> 00:17:02,923 and her father, and her sister with her. 366 00:17:15,483 --> 00:17:17,923 OK. Well, maybe that's something we could say is, you know, 367 00:17:17,963 --> 00:17:20,363 two metres is id-ideal. No, I think that's implied. 368 00:17:20,403 --> 00:17:21,723 Just one metre-plus, I think. 369 00:17:21,763 --> 00:17:24,923 The-The "plus" implies it, I think. Yeah. Yeah. 370 00:17:24,963 --> 00:17:26,803 Down from - two metres was the minimum, 371 00:17:26,843 --> 00:17:29,203 and that's no longer the minimum, that's the ideal. 372 00:17:29,243 --> 00:17:31,723 But that's not the minimum. So, erm... I don't know, just, 373 00:17:31,763 --> 00:17:34,403 one metre-plus is the key messaging we've been given, 374 00:17:34,443 --> 00:17:35,923 so let's just stick with that. 375 00:17:38,643 --> 00:17:39,643 HE SIGHS 376 00:17:39,683 --> 00:17:41,203 So... 377 00:17:42,363 --> 00:17:44,083 ..just to confirm... 378 00:17:47,323 --> 00:17:49,243 ..someone's been dancing on my desk? 379 00:17:51,683 --> 00:17:53,363 Erm... 380 00:17:53,403 --> 00:17:55,803 HE STAMMERS 381 00:17:55,843 --> 00:17:57,323 I mean, I... 382 00:17:57,363 --> 00:17:58,563 Grace? 383 00:17:58,603 --> 00:18:01,403 I think just, just a drink. Yeah. 384 00:18:01,443 --> 00:18:04,523 End of the day, drink wind-down... 385 00:18:06,763 --> 00:18:11,043 ..seeing the state of play for tomorrow sort of situation. 386 00:18:11,083 --> 00:18:13,643 What was an office is now a shithole. 387 00:18:13,683 --> 00:18:16,083 Yeah, I'm so sorry, I am... 388 00:18:16,123 --> 00:18:17,843 I don't know what to say, this is... 389 00:18:17,883 --> 00:18:19,483 This is awful. This is shocking. 390 00:18:20,603 --> 00:18:23,363 I mean, we-we'll get over this and we'll, erm, find out. 391 00:18:23,403 --> 00:18:25,843 Yeah, I can go and... 392 00:18:25,883 --> 00:18:27,403 Get someone to clean it up. 393 00:18:27,443 --> 00:18:29,323 Mm-hm. Yeah. 394 00:18:29,363 --> 00:18:30,963 Well, off you go. Yes. Thank you. 395 00:18:37,683 --> 00:18:38,803 DOOR SHUTS 396 00:18:40,403 --> 00:18:42,683 WHISPERING: God, it was genuinely like being told off at 397 00:18:42,723 --> 00:18:44,963 the headmaster's office. SHE EXHALES 398 00:18:45,003 --> 00:18:46,243 WHISPERING: Why is it us? 399 00:18:46,283 --> 00:18:49,243 Why did we go in there? I don't know. 400 00:18:49,283 --> 00:18:51,123 I have to go. Just remember. 401 00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:53,283 What happens in Number 10... 402 00:18:53,323 --> 00:18:56,043 ..stays in Number 10. OK. 403 00:18:56,083 --> 00:18:57,363 "Hi. 404 00:18:57,403 --> 00:19:00,643 "PM birthday today. 405 00:19:00,683 --> 00:19:04,963 "Have organised sandwiches 406 00:19:05,003 --> 00:19:10,083 "and cake for around 1pm in the Cabinet Room. 407 00:19:10,123 --> 00:19:12,803 "Do you mind letting peeps know?" 408 00:19:14,563 --> 00:19:15,563 Ooh! 409 00:19:16,803 --> 00:19:18,163 "Will do." 410 00:19:19,563 --> 00:19:20,563 SHE GASPS 411 00:19:20,603 --> 00:19:22,203 IN FRENCH 412 00:19:30,043 --> 00:19:31,243 Yeah? 413 00:19:43,163 --> 00:19:46,123 So, are we - we're having another party today? 414 00:19:46,163 --> 00:19:49,243 No, it's a working lunch, on the PM's birthday. 415 00:19:52,203 --> 00:19:54,923 So, do we get to hang out with Boris? 416 00:19:54,963 --> 00:19:55,963 We do. 417 00:19:57,203 --> 00:19:59,163 THEY LAUGH 418 00:19:59,203 --> 00:20:02,403 CHEERING # Happy birthday to you 419 00:20:02,443 --> 00:20:05,883 ALL: # Happy birthday to you 420 00:20:05,923 --> 00:20:10,163 # Happy birthday, dear Boris 421 00:20:10,203 --> 00:20:13,683 # Happy birthday to you! # 422 00:20:13,723 --> 00:20:16,083 CHEERING 423 00:20:16,123 --> 00:20:20,443 BORIS JOHNSON: I'm really humbled, greatly, deeply, erm... 424 00:20:20,483 --> 00:20:22,883 ..lots of everything that... LAUGHTER 425 00:20:22,923 --> 00:20:26,643 ..you should've gathered in this way for this morale-boosting... 426 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:28,803 Hear, hear! THEY CHEER 427 00:20:28,843 --> 00:20:30,843 It is a morale-boosting work event. 428 00:20:30,883 --> 00:20:33,563 I-I suppose this is your doing, isn't it, my dear? 429 00:20:33,603 --> 00:20:35,523 Shush. Quiet, all of you. LAUGHTER 430 00:20:35,563 --> 00:20:37,243 I do think... 431 00:20:37,283 --> 00:20:40,323 ..the spirit that we are gathered in today is very much at odds 432 00:20:40,363 --> 00:20:43,403 with the kind of spirit we are seeing not too far from here, 433 00:20:43,443 --> 00:20:46,523 at the statue of Winston Churchill, 434 00:20:46,563 --> 00:20:48,363 where protesters and - 435 00:20:48,403 --> 00:20:50,643 yobbos would be my description for them - 436 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:53,563 where they threatened to deface and destroy the statue 437 00:20:53,603 --> 00:20:55,163 of Winston Churchill. 438 00:20:55,203 --> 00:21:00,283 Just as, erm, our great leader, Churchill, led the nation, 439 00:21:00,323 --> 00:21:04,403 he was a beacon at our most perilous time, our darkest hour, 440 00:21:04,443 --> 00:21:09,323 I do feel an incumbency upon myself, at this time, 441 00:21:09,363 --> 00:21:13,203 where we face different, but-but perilous challenges. 442 00:21:13,243 --> 00:21:18,363 I believe, with every fibre of my being, that I-I must do... 443 00:21:18,403 --> 00:21:19,923 ..I-I must... 444 00:21:19,963 --> 00:21:22,443 ..I must do, erm, that, er, as well. 445 00:21:22,483 --> 00:21:25,123 Hear, hear. Cheers. Well said. 446 00:21:25,163 --> 00:21:28,163 Well done. Well done. CLAPPING 447 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:29,763 ALL: # For he's a jolly good fellow 448 00:21:29,803 --> 00:21:31,523 # For he's a jolly good fellow 449 00:21:31,563 --> 00:21:34,443 # For he's a jolly good fellooow 450 00:21:34,483 --> 00:21:36,603 # And so say all of us 451 00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:38,323 # And so say all of us 452 00:21:38,363 --> 00:21:40,123 # And so say all of us 453 00:21:40,163 --> 00:21:43,163 # For he's a jolly good fellow, For he's a jolly good fellow 454 00:21:43,203 --> 00:21:45,763 # For he's a jolly good fellooow 455 00:21:45,803 --> 00:21:48,083 # And so say all of us! # 456 00:21:48,123 --> 00:21:51,243 CHEERING 457 00:21:51,283 --> 00:21:53,563 No, don't praise me, I'll become unbearable. 458 00:21:53,603 --> 00:21:55,803 Never! LAUGHTER 459 00:21:55,843 --> 00:21:58,083 CAR HORNS BEEPING So, it was my birthday two days ago, 460 00:21:58,123 --> 00:22:00,363 and I'm really sad because I wasn't able to have a party, 461 00:22:00,403 --> 00:22:02,363 as the UK is still very much in lockdown. 462 00:22:02,403 --> 00:22:04,003 But I'm told to go on the balcony, 463 00:22:04,043 --> 00:22:06,563 and two of my best friends are beeping, and they're in my road, 464 00:22:06,603 --> 00:22:10,083 they're driven a really long way to come and see me. 465 00:22:10,123 --> 00:22:12,403 And we had a socially distanced meet-up with, 466 00:22:12,443 --> 00:22:14,763 Yasmin on the laptop, as she's up in Manchester 467 00:22:14,803 --> 00:22:16,163 and it's way too far to come. 468 00:22:16,203 --> 00:22:17,803 It was so lovely. 469 00:22:17,843 --> 00:22:20,963 And hey, a lockdown birthday isn't so bad if you have 470 00:22:21,003 --> 00:22:23,243 amazing friends like mine. 471 00:22:23,283 --> 00:22:24,683 Made my day so special. 472 00:22:24,723 --> 00:22:27,643 MUFFLED BAGPIPES PLAYING 473 00:22:30,163 --> 00:22:33,203 BAGPIPES ON PHONE 474 00:22:51,363 --> 00:22:54,683 BAGPIPES PLAY "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" 475 00:23:08,403 --> 00:23:11,043 People had been locked in their homes for months. 476 00:23:11,083 --> 00:23:14,443 And finally, COVID deaths had begun to drop. 477 00:23:14,483 --> 00:23:17,523 So, in June, the boss decided it was time to start 478 00:23:17,563 --> 00:23:19,243 relaxing the lockdown laws. 479 00:23:19,283 --> 00:23:20,763 BORIS JOHNSON: Good evening. 480 00:23:20,803 --> 00:23:23,363 From the 4th of July, the following premises will be 481 00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:26,043 allowed to reopen, provided they are COVID-secure. 482 00:23:26,083 --> 00:23:28,003 Restaurants and cafes. 483 00:23:28,043 --> 00:23:30,523 Bars. Pubs. 484 00:23:30,563 --> 00:23:34,163 And, of course, it goes without saying they should do so in a way 485 00:23:34,203 --> 00:23:35,923 that is COVID-secure, 486 00:23:35,963 --> 00:23:39,163 keeping customers and staff safe. 487 00:23:40,883 --> 00:23:44,763 At all times, you should maintain social distancing from anyone 488 00:23:44,803 --> 00:23:46,843 outside your household. 489 00:23:46,883 --> 00:23:50,683 This obviously requires everyone to act responsibly, 490 00:23:50,723 --> 00:23:53,923 which I have no doubt they will do. 491 00:23:53,963 --> 00:23:57,283 But, as people took advantage of the new freedoms, 492 00:23:57,323 --> 00:24:00,163 COVID cases started to rise. 493 00:24:00,203 --> 00:24:04,163 The last two days, it's been almost 3,000 cases per day. 494 00:24:04,203 --> 00:24:05,643 People have relaxed too much. 495 00:24:05,683 --> 00:24:09,363 Now is the time for us to re-engage and realise that 496 00:24:09,403 --> 00:24:12,403 this is a continuing threat to us. 497 00:24:12,443 --> 00:24:13,963 We've got to change this now. 498 00:24:14,003 --> 00:24:16,883 We've got to start taking it seriously, very seriously again. 499 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:19,603 Coronavirus is now spreading faster through England 500 00:24:19,643 --> 00:24:22,003 than the Government's own worst-case scenario... 501 00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:23,203 ..10,000 cases a day. 502 00:24:23,243 --> 00:24:24,843 Now, that is potentially very scary. 503 00:24:24,883 --> 00:24:27,523 Today's figures will increase pressure on the Government 504 00:24:27,563 --> 00:24:29,603 for wider national restrictions. 505 00:24:29,643 --> 00:24:31,923 BORIS: We cannot lockdown again. 506 00:24:31,963 --> 00:24:35,123 Lockdown was a dreadful, appalling, horrible mistake. 507 00:24:35,163 --> 00:24:36,763 We cannot go there again. 508 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:40,683 Dom and the boss weren't really talking any more. 509 00:24:40,723 --> 00:24:42,523 And if they were, it was to have a row. 510 00:24:42,563 --> 00:24:46,243 I should be like the mayor of Jaws, keeping the beaches open. 511 00:24:46,283 --> 00:24:48,843 Dom Cummings says he was saying that, 512 00:24:48,883 --> 00:24:50,283 but it's not been confirmed. 513 00:24:50,323 --> 00:24:51,843 ..set of circumstances would be... 514 00:24:51,883 --> 00:24:54,243 Anyway, deaths kept rising. 515 00:24:54,283 --> 00:24:56,363 I-I think to revisit that set of circumstances... 516 00:24:56,403 --> 00:24:57,763 In the end, he had no choice. 517 00:24:57,803 --> 00:25:00,323 No responsible Prime Minister can ignore 518 00:25:00,363 --> 00:25:02,203 the message of those figures. 519 00:25:02,243 --> 00:25:06,763 And, unless we act, we could see deaths in this country 520 00:25:06,803 --> 00:25:09,283 running at several thousand a day. 521 00:25:09,323 --> 00:25:12,243 And so, now is the time to take action, 522 00:25:12,283 --> 00:25:14,563 because there is no alternative. 523 00:25:14,603 --> 00:25:17,323 Stay at home, protect the NHS, 524 00:25:17,363 --> 00:25:18,563 and save lives. 525 00:25:20,203 --> 00:25:23,563 The boss wasn't happy about the national lockdown. 526 00:25:23,603 --> 00:25:27,283 We got the feeling he'd been pushed into it by Dom Cummings. 527 00:25:27,323 --> 00:25:29,883 Infighting at the heart of Government spilled out into 528 00:25:29,923 --> 00:25:31,003 the public eye this week, 529 00:25:31,043 --> 00:25:33,163 as Dominic Cummings left Downing Street. 530 00:25:33,203 --> 00:25:35,923 And one night in November, things finally came to the boil. 531 00:25:35,963 --> 00:25:37,563 ..Propelled out of the door after 532 00:25:37,603 --> 00:25:39,443 a power struggle that erupted publicly, 533 00:25:39,483 --> 00:25:41,243 and left Downing Street in turmoil. 534 00:25:41,283 --> 00:25:42,923 MUFFLED CHEERING 535 00:25:42,963 --> 00:25:46,083 CHANTING: Boris! Boris! Boris! 536 00:25:46,123 --> 00:25:49,283 Boris! Boris! Boris! Boris! 537 00:25:49,323 --> 00:25:53,483 We must cope and adapt to the Lee Cain and, indeed, 538 00:25:53,523 --> 00:25:55,203 Dominic Cummings-shaped holes... 539 00:25:55,243 --> 00:25:57,683 THEY CHEER ..in-in our midst. 540 00:25:57,723 --> 00:26:02,723 I do think that what humanity, yes, humanity really does need 541 00:26:02,763 --> 00:26:07,323 at this moment is a nation that is willing to throw off 542 00:26:07,363 --> 00:26:08,843 its Clark Kent spectacles... 543 00:26:08,883 --> 00:26:10,203 LAUGHTER 544 00:26:10,243 --> 00:26:16,163 ..and dive into the nearest phone booth and emerge, 545 00:26:16,203 --> 00:26:20,163 yes, emerge with its cloak flowing 546 00:26:20,203 --> 00:26:22,363 as the supercharged champion. 547 00:26:22,403 --> 00:26:25,403 I-I should add, I think this is probably the most 548 00:26:25,443 --> 00:26:27,443 unsocially distanced party 549 00:26:27,483 --> 00:26:30,603 in the country right now. LAUGHTER 550 00:26:30,643 --> 00:26:32,723 I thank you for your morale and dedication, 551 00:26:32,763 --> 00:26:34,523 and long may it continue. Bravo. 552 00:26:40,403 --> 00:26:43,003 MUFFLED CHEERING 553 00:26:43,043 --> 00:26:48,363 MUFFLED CHANTING: Boris! Boris! Boris! Boris! Boris! 554 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:55,203 MUSIC: The Winner Takes It All by Abba 555 00:26:59,483 --> 00:27:01,323 KNOCK ON DOOR 556 00:27:01,363 --> 00:27:02,723 SHE SHOUTS: He's got the sack! 557 00:27:02,763 --> 00:27:05,323 I can tell you're devastated. Absolutely. 558 00:27:05,363 --> 00:27:07,363 SHE LAUGHS 559 00:27:14,683 --> 00:27:17,723 Gracie, sorry, Gracie, can you help me get a bit more booze? 560 00:27:17,763 --> 00:27:20,283 Yeah? I think we're running a little bit dry. Yeah. 561 00:27:21,763 --> 00:27:23,003 Gracie. 562 00:27:23,043 --> 00:27:25,763 MUFFLED MUSIC: The Winner Takes It All, by Abba 563 00:27:27,923 --> 00:27:30,403 MUSIC CONTINUES 564 00:27:30,443 --> 00:27:34,043 "Dear sirs and madams..." 565 00:27:34,083 --> 00:27:35,443 Hm. 566 00:27:37,043 --> 00:27:39,123 "..I'm writing to express our concern about 567 00:27:39,163 --> 00:27:40,963 "recent parties in the building." 568 00:27:42,283 --> 00:27:44,523 "Recent gatherings... 569 00:27:44,563 --> 00:27:45,843 "Custodians... 570 00:27:47,923 --> 00:27:50,803 "Our concern that these... 571 00:27:50,843 --> 00:27:53,643 "..events are creating an actual COVID hazard 572 00:27:53,683 --> 00:27:55,683 "for Number 10 staff. 573 00:27:55,723 --> 00:27:57,483 "The custodians request... 574 00:27:58,803 --> 00:28:01,083 "..that all meetings be... 575 00:28:02,843 --> 00:28:06,243 "..concluded by 8.07." 576 00:28:07,763 --> 00:28:10,843 "I'm writing to express our concern about staff staying late 577 00:28:10,883 --> 00:28:11,883 "in the building. 578 00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:14,963 "We are concerned about the noise levels within Number 10 at night, 579 00:28:15,003 --> 00:28:17,203 "and ask you to respect that 9pm is the latest 580 00:28:17,243 --> 00:28:18,803 "that anyone should be here. 581 00:28:18,843 --> 00:28:21,003 "Please refrain from staying any later. 582 00:28:21,043 --> 00:28:23,443 "Yours sincerely, Michael Port." 583 00:28:23,483 --> 00:28:26,203 MUFFLED MUSIC CONTINUES 584 00:28:27,923 --> 00:28:29,523 SILENCE 585 00:28:38,803 --> 00:28:41,923 We had the phone call to say that 586 00:28:41,963 --> 00:28:44,283 it could be... 587 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:47,123 ..it could be hours, or it could be days, 588 00:28:47,163 --> 00:28:51,203 but there was nothing else they could do for my gran. 589 00:28:51,243 --> 00:28:53,163 Being told to stay at home, 590 00:28:53,203 --> 00:28:54,723 "You've got to stay at home." 591 00:28:54,763 --> 00:28:58,683 And I remember seeing Boris saying, 592 00:28:58,723 --> 00:29:00,843 "You must stay at home." 593 00:29:00,883 --> 00:29:02,403 I couldn't go and see her. 594 00:29:03,963 --> 00:29:05,963 And my gran died of COVID. 595 00:29:06,003 --> 00:29:09,523 She caught COVID in her care home, and she died alone. 596 00:29:10,723 --> 00:29:12,483 And that breaks my heart. 597 00:29:13,643 --> 00:29:15,523 If I could go back, 598 00:29:15,563 --> 00:29:18,043 I would've gone to see my gran... 599 00:29:20,563 --> 00:29:24,083 ..if I knew now what happened. 600 00:29:30,083 --> 00:29:32,763 BORIS: You do me proud, but, erm... 601 00:29:32,803 --> 00:29:35,003 We are all here to say - and we've got Cleo, 602 00:29:35,043 --> 00:29:37,883 Cleo Watson with us. CHEERING 603 00:29:37,923 --> 00:29:41,243 We wish you well. Thank you, Cleo. Cleo! 604 00:29:41,283 --> 00:29:42,723 CHEERING 605 00:29:42,763 --> 00:29:47,443 So, leaving dos, birthdays, Christmas... 606 00:29:47,483 --> 00:29:49,243 Yeah, lovely weather. 607 00:29:49,283 --> 00:29:51,923 Is there anything that we don't have a party for? 608 00:29:51,963 --> 00:29:53,763 International Workers' Day? 609 00:29:53,803 --> 00:29:55,723 Putin's birthday. Oh, Lent. 610 00:29:55,763 --> 00:29:57,683 Veganuary. THEY LAUGH 611 00:29:57,723 --> 00:30:01,163 A-A gracefulness, which, of course, earned you the name The Gazelle. 612 00:30:01,203 --> 00:30:02,523 The Gazelle! 613 00:30:02,563 --> 00:30:06,003 Are you going to go to the Christmas quiz on the 15th? Mm! 614 00:30:06,043 --> 00:30:08,643 Oh, I don't think I've been invited to the... 615 00:30:08,683 --> 00:30:11,923 Oh, no, I think everyone's invited, actually, yeah, check your messages. 616 00:30:11,963 --> 00:30:14,483 OK. Can we be a team for the quiz, then? 617 00:30:14,523 --> 00:30:15,843 Where did you go to school? 618 00:30:15,883 --> 00:30:17,723 Er, Durham Cathedral. 619 00:30:17,763 --> 00:30:19,083 Yeah, that'll do, that'll do. 620 00:30:19,123 --> 00:30:23,003 BORIS: ..A cavernous void where your wonderful... 621 00:30:23,043 --> 00:30:25,843 LOUD THUD Oh, my God! 622 00:30:25,883 --> 00:30:27,763 The fuck is that? 623 00:30:27,803 --> 00:30:29,243 It's a wine fridge. 624 00:30:29,283 --> 00:30:30,683 EXCITED GASPS 625 00:30:33,483 --> 00:30:35,523 It fits 34 bottles. 626 00:30:35,563 --> 00:30:37,603 142 quid. Let's get it, get it... 627 00:30:37,643 --> 00:30:39,163 This is very heavy. OK. 628 00:30:39,203 --> 00:30:41,083 INDISTINCT WHISPERING 629 00:30:41,123 --> 00:30:45,363 "..And, depending on how full it gets, 630 00:30:45,403 --> 00:30:51,923 "we can put Friday's cheese in there. 631 00:30:51,963 --> 00:30:56,603 "Looking forward to a chilled WTF." 632 00:31:00,403 --> 00:31:02,003 "Wine Time Fridays." 633 00:31:02,043 --> 00:31:05,963 Wine Time Fridays were built into the Downing Street calendar. 634 00:31:06,003 --> 00:31:07,923 And when the fridge arrived, 635 00:31:07,963 --> 00:31:11,083 everyone started getting really excited about Christmas. 636 00:31:11,123 --> 00:31:12,723 "A-Team. 637 00:31:12,763 --> 00:31:15,963 "Do you want to participate 638 00:31:16,003 --> 00:31:20,163 "in press office Secret Santa?" 639 00:31:20,203 --> 00:31:23,243 "We will do gift exchange and cheese, 640 00:31:23,283 --> 00:31:27,763 "and lots of wine on 18th December." 641 00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:29,843 "And the people in Wellbeing Group 642 00:31:29,883 --> 00:31:32,643 "have arranged a Christmas quiz 643 00:31:32,683 --> 00:31:33,683 "on the 15th. 644 00:31:33,723 --> 00:31:35,003 More and more countries are 645 00:31:35,043 --> 00:31:38,203 applying travel bans with the UK, after it reported a more infectious 646 00:31:38,243 --> 00:31:40,723 and out-of-control variant of coronavirus. 647 00:31:40,763 --> 00:31:41,963 Denmark, Italy, and... 648 00:31:42,003 --> 00:31:46,083 The boss said he was going to relax COVID restrictions for Christmas. 649 00:31:46,123 --> 00:31:47,643 EU ambassadors will meet for... 650 00:31:47,683 --> 00:31:49,923 The problem was, we had a new variant, 651 00:31:49,963 --> 00:31:53,483 and deaths were back up to around 500 people a day. 652 00:31:53,523 --> 00:31:56,563 BORIS: We don't want to, as I say, 653 00:31:56,603 --> 00:31:59,963 to ban Christmas, to-to cancel it. 654 00:32:00,003 --> 00:32:02,883 And I think that would be, frankly, inhuman, 655 00:32:02,923 --> 00:32:06,963 and against the instincts of many people in this country. 656 00:32:07,003 --> 00:32:09,723 We did go ahead with the Christmas quiz. 657 00:32:09,763 --> 00:32:13,163 Some teams were online and some were in various offices. 658 00:32:13,203 --> 00:32:15,443 And we got to sit with the boss. 659 00:32:15,483 --> 00:32:17,723 BORIS: You've excelled yourself with the names. 660 00:32:17,763 --> 00:32:20,763 Hands, Face, Space, the Six Masketeers, 661 00:32:20,803 --> 00:32:22,883 Team Next Slide Please, 662 00:32:22,923 --> 00:32:24,883 er, the PPE All Stars. 663 00:32:24,923 --> 00:32:27,203 So, let's test you out with some of these. 664 00:32:27,243 --> 00:32:29,523 OK, complete the line. 665 00:32:29,563 --> 00:32:30,763 "It's Christmas-time. 666 00:32:30,803 --> 00:32:33,283 "There's no need to be afraid. # It's Christmas-time... 667 00:32:33,323 --> 00:32:36,603 "At Christmas-time, we let in light, and we...?" 668 00:32:36,643 --> 00:32:38,683 # Banish aid? # 669 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:41,203 Not aid. Aid? Banish aid? We don't banish aid. 670 00:32:41,243 --> 00:32:42,843 Banishing aid? LAUGHTER 671 00:32:42,883 --> 00:32:44,523 Carpe diem... 672 00:32:44,563 --> 00:32:46,323 Oh! Erm... 673 00:32:46,363 --> 00:32:47,923 Oh! Oh, my God. Sorry. 674 00:32:47,963 --> 00:32:50,763 Quam, quam, quam minimum credula...postero? 675 00:32:50,803 --> 00:32:53,203 Is it that one? I just loved the way you pronounced that. 676 00:32:53,243 --> 00:32:56,243 That was such a flourish, such flair. Thank you very much. 677 00:32:56,283 --> 00:33:00,043 I-I could imagine that being sung by Dean Martin, 678 00:33:00,083 --> 00:33:02,403 such was the, er, yes... 679 00:33:02,443 --> 00:33:04,083 Bravo! Bravo! 680 00:33:13,723 --> 00:33:16,243 The 15th of December 681 00:33:16,283 --> 00:33:18,243 was the day of Susan's funeral. 682 00:33:19,483 --> 00:33:24,323 Only eight family members were permitted to attend. 683 00:33:24,363 --> 00:33:27,123 Ordered to sit two metres apart. 684 00:33:28,363 --> 00:33:31,443 We couldn't view Susan before the ceremony. 685 00:33:33,403 --> 00:33:35,083 We couldn't dress her. 686 00:33:35,123 --> 00:33:40,523 We couldn't place cherished keepsakes with her. 687 00:33:40,563 --> 00:33:42,443 Everything was sealed. 688 00:33:45,283 --> 00:33:47,323 And that's all we could do, 689 00:33:47,363 --> 00:33:49,403 or I could - was allowed to do. 690 00:33:50,843 --> 00:33:56,243 After having a cherished life together for 47 years, 691 00:33:56,283 --> 00:33:59,963 it was all condensed into a final goodbye 692 00:34:00,003 --> 00:34:02,443 in 20 minutes. 693 00:34:02,483 --> 00:34:04,403 It's quite simply abhorrent. 694 00:34:14,443 --> 00:34:17,523 People were confused about whether or not COVID laws 695 00:34:17,563 --> 00:34:19,843 were changing for Christmas. 696 00:34:19,883 --> 00:34:23,083 Josh was replying to questions from the public. 697 00:34:23,123 --> 00:34:24,363 Hi there. 698 00:34:24,403 --> 00:34:26,963 Can a Christmas party be held in a workplace 699 00:34:27,003 --> 00:34:29,763 at the end of a working day, with staff members only? 700 00:34:30,883 --> 00:34:31,883 "Hi. 701 00:34:31,923 --> 00:34:35,403 "Although there are exemptions for work purposes, 702 00:34:35,443 --> 00:34:40,123 "you must not have a work Christmas lunch or party..." 703 00:34:41,883 --> 00:34:43,763 Oh, my God. 704 00:34:43,803 --> 00:34:46,203 "..where that's primarily social activity, 705 00:34:46,243 --> 00:34:48,683 "and is not otherwise permitted. Thanks." 706 00:34:50,123 --> 00:34:51,123 I wanted to explain... 707 00:34:51,163 --> 00:34:53,683 We actually had three parties that night. 708 00:34:53,723 --> 00:34:55,443 Steve Higham had his leaving do... 709 00:34:55,483 --> 00:34:58,003 Captain Higham! Let's have it right, Captain Higham! 710 00:34:58,043 --> 00:35:01,363 ..the head of the civil service, Simon Case, had his quiz night... 711 00:35:01,403 --> 00:35:04,643 ..and the head of the COVID task force had sent out 712 00:35:04,683 --> 00:35:06,523 40 invitations to her leaving do. 713 00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:10,283 "We'd love it if you could join us for a COVID-secure drink." 714 00:35:12,843 --> 00:35:15,883 The intention is to follow the social-distancing guidance 715 00:35:15,923 --> 00:35:19,283 by observing a one-way system, social distancing, 716 00:35:19,323 --> 00:35:21,643 and any other precautionary measures. 717 00:35:21,683 --> 00:35:24,003 # I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want 718 00:35:24,043 --> 00:35:26,403 # So tell me what you want, what you really, really want 719 00:35:26,443 --> 00:35:28,443 # I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha, I wanna ha 720 00:35:28,483 --> 00:35:30,683 # I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah... # 721 00:35:30,723 --> 00:35:32,523 # And I'll miss your ginger hair 722 00:35:32,563 --> 00:35:35,683 # And the way you like to dress 723 00:35:35,723 --> 00:35:38,043 # Oh, won't you come on over? 724 00:35:38,083 --> 00:35:41,283 # Stop making a fool out of me 725 00:35:41,323 --> 00:35:43,243 # Valerie... # 726 00:35:45,803 --> 00:35:47,643 CHEERING 727 00:35:47,683 --> 00:35:49,083 I had, like, the most amazing... 728 00:35:49,123 --> 00:35:50,763 Which one's...which one's that? 729 00:35:50,803 --> 00:35:51,803 Oh, my God. 730 00:35:51,843 --> 00:35:53,723 It's quite hard to tell... 731 00:35:53,763 --> 00:35:55,123 My head was just like... 732 00:35:55,163 --> 00:35:57,243 Oh, is that...? I think it's vegan. 733 00:35:57,283 --> 00:35:59,083 Am I the only one who's, am I...? 734 00:35:59,123 --> 00:36:01,723 I'm the only one who's staying in London? 735 00:36:01,763 --> 00:36:03,923 I think so, yeah. I don't know, I'm... 736 00:36:03,963 --> 00:36:06,483 Alice hasn't been back home since two of her dogs died 737 00:36:06,523 --> 00:36:08,683 this year, didn't they? Oh, no... 738 00:36:09,963 --> 00:36:11,603 LAUGHTER 739 00:36:11,643 --> 00:36:13,883 That is so mean, George. 740 00:36:13,923 --> 00:36:15,443 So, Grace, even if we... 741 00:36:15,483 --> 00:36:18,763 Even if we, erm, don't lock down, are you staying in London? 742 00:36:18,803 --> 00:36:19,803 I don't know. 743 00:36:19,843 --> 00:36:21,203 We've also - we've... 744 00:36:21,243 --> 00:36:23,923 We've also been doing this, so it just makes me a bit... 745 00:36:23,963 --> 00:36:26,443 ..And I would just be so worried. The house is enormous. 746 00:36:26,483 --> 00:36:29,043 You know, I won't even be in the same room... 747 00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:30,683 Yeah. I'm going... 748 00:36:30,723 --> 00:36:32,843 LAUGHTER 749 00:36:35,723 --> 00:36:37,643 It's an estate, actually, but, yeah. 750 00:36:37,683 --> 00:36:39,523 Are you in Hampshire? No. 751 00:36:41,683 --> 00:36:46,043 SAMANTHA: I was working in Manchester as a very junior doctor 752 00:36:46,083 --> 00:36:48,003 when the pandemic hit. 753 00:36:48,043 --> 00:36:51,163 I have a stepson who's very vulnerable. 754 00:36:51,203 --> 00:36:54,683 But eat...egg boiling... 755 00:36:54,723 --> 00:36:58,243 I can't finally eat eggs, 756 00:36:58,283 --> 00:37:00,643 because it's too tricky! 757 00:37:00,683 --> 00:37:04,323 So, I moved out to a hotel in Manchester, 758 00:37:04,363 --> 00:37:06,523 and lived there for about ten weeks. 759 00:37:06,563 --> 00:37:08,643 I didn't see any of my family or my friends. 760 00:37:08,683 --> 00:37:09,683 Look! 761 00:37:09,723 --> 00:37:12,243 I didn't say goodbye to him, because he wasn't there, 762 00:37:12,283 --> 00:37:14,203 cos we were trying to protect him... 763 00:37:14,243 --> 00:37:16,283 ..from me being at work. 764 00:37:16,323 --> 00:37:19,363 Those first couple of months were just... 765 00:37:19,403 --> 00:37:21,243 It was awful. 766 00:37:21,283 --> 00:37:23,763 I think there was one weekend where, 767 00:37:23,803 --> 00:37:26,683 the one Saturday night, I lost five patients in two hours. 768 00:37:28,083 --> 00:37:30,043 If I wasn't at work, I was in a hotel room. 769 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:33,363 And the rest of the time, it was the high-dependency COVID patients. 770 00:37:41,323 --> 00:37:42,443 Right, you coming? 771 00:37:43,723 --> 00:37:44,923 What are you doing? 772 00:37:46,083 --> 00:37:48,323 I'm just going to clean up a little bit. 773 00:37:48,363 --> 00:37:49,963 Why? 774 00:37:50,003 --> 00:37:52,483 Erm, you know, we-we've really made a mess, 775 00:37:52,523 --> 00:37:54,323 so I think it's good to just clean up. 776 00:37:57,043 --> 00:37:58,883 This isn't your job. 777 00:37:58,923 --> 00:38:01,963 I know, but, you know, I-I don't think it's fair. 778 00:38:02,003 --> 00:38:03,283 Sorry? 779 00:38:03,323 --> 00:38:05,283 I don't think it's fair to the cleaners. 780 00:38:05,323 --> 00:38:08,083 To clean? No, if we just don't clean up after ourselves. 781 00:38:08,123 --> 00:38:11,563 So, I really don't - I really don't mind doing it. 782 00:38:11,603 --> 00:38:13,643 Tomorrow night is going to be huge. 783 00:38:13,683 --> 00:38:15,523 And, yeah, there are cabs downstairs. 784 00:38:15,563 --> 00:38:17,723 I don't mind doing it. 785 00:38:17,763 --> 00:38:19,443 You guys go. Honestly, it's fine. 786 00:38:19,483 --> 00:38:21,083 Mm-hm. 787 00:38:21,123 --> 00:38:22,283 OK. 788 00:38:23,443 --> 00:38:25,603 Well, enjoy. 789 00:38:25,643 --> 00:38:27,323 OK. 790 00:38:27,363 --> 00:38:29,323 MUTTERING: She's always so weird. 791 00:38:29,363 --> 00:38:30,843 Bye. Bye. 792 00:38:32,483 --> 00:38:33,763 CHEERING 793 00:38:33,803 --> 00:38:36,083 Four years on from the Brexit vote, 794 00:38:36,123 --> 00:38:37,683 we were still trying to work out 795 00:38:37,723 --> 00:38:41,203 what the border between the EU and Britain was going to look like. 796 00:38:42,643 --> 00:38:45,323 There's no border between, erm, 797 00:38:45,363 --> 00:38:48,603 Islington, or Camden and Westminster. 798 00:38:48,643 --> 00:38:50,763 There's no border between Camden and Westminster. 799 00:38:50,803 --> 00:38:52,883 But when I was Mayor of London, 800 00:38:52,923 --> 00:38:55,923 we, anaesthetically and invisibly, 801 00:38:55,963 --> 00:38:58,283 took hundreds of millions of pounds 802 00:38:58,323 --> 00:39:01,323 from the accounts of people travelling between 803 00:39:01,363 --> 00:39:05,283 those two boroughs without any need for border checks whatever, 804 00:39:05,323 --> 00:39:06,563 there are all sorts of... 805 00:39:06,603 --> 00:39:08,803 Come on, you can't compare two boroughs of London with 806 00:39:08,843 --> 00:39:11,683 the kinds of difference in the arrangements that would be 807 00:39:11,723 --> 00:39:14,083 in place between the UK... No, I think, I think... 808 00:39:14,123 --> 00:39:16,443 ..I think it's a very relevant comparison. 809 00:39:16,483 --> 00:39:19,763 People were confused by the boss's idea 810 00:39:19,803 --> 00:39:22,803 for an invisible smart border in Ireland. 811 00:39:22,843 --> 00:39:25,963 Without a deal on this, we were going to be crashing out of the EU 812 00:39:26,003 --> 00:39:27,843 in 13 days' time. 813 00:39:27,883 --> 00:39:31,723 We'd been looking into how the smart border was going to operate. 814 00:39:31,763 --> 00:39:35,123 Grace, where are we on smart borders? 815 00:39:35,163 --> 00:39:36,883 Erm... 816 00:39:36,923 --> 00:39:42,043 ..so I've been talking to the guys at the Policy Exchange, and... 817 00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:46,283 ..they just haven't been able to point to anywhere that actually 818 00:39:46,323 --> 00:39:48,403 has a smart border. 819 00:39:53,723 --> 00:39:57,283 So, so, like, it's like borders 2.0. 820 00:39:57,323 --> 00:40:00,123 OK? So it's like borders, which embraces... 821 00:40:00,163 --> 00:40:02,083 Don't write that down. ..innovation. 822 00:40:02,123 --> 00:40:04,803 Well, they just haven't got, you know, they just haven't got, 823 00:40:04,843 --> 00:40:07,163 like, customs posts or, like, cameras and stuff. Yeah. 824 00:40:07,203 --> 00:40:10,483 It's like a fully joined-up approach to border design. 825 00:40:10,523 --> 00:40:13,763 Yes. Yeah. I mean, I-I feel like they're just smart... 826 00:40:13,803 --> 00:40:16,483 They're smart. ..smart borders. Stop saying "smart borders". 827 00:40:16,523 --> 00:40:18,483 Doesn't mean anything. Frictionless. 828 00:40:18,523 --> 00:40:20,883 So, it's literally a case of just, like... What? 829 00:40:20,923 --> 00:40:23,963 It's innovative, erm... border tech. 830 00:40:25,283 --> 00:40:29,083 Yeah, they're primed to flex to changing circumstances 831 00:40:29,123 --> 00:40:30,443 using technology. 832 00:40:30,483 --> 00:40:32,003 What technology? 833 00:40:32,043 --> 00:40:33,123 I don't actually know. 834 00:40:33,163 --> 00:40:35,203 I think, leave that to the tech guys. 835 00:40:35,243 --> 00:40:39,043 What - essentially, what I'm going with is just a case of, like, 836 00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:40,843 scanning and, erm... 837 00:40:40,883 --> 00:40:43,843 Yeah, tap in, tap out. Yeah, it's, it's... 838 00:40:43,883 --> 00:40:47,003 What, like, you want like an Oyster card? 839 00:40:50,323 --> 00:40:53,203 Can I just confirm that Big Ben's going to bong on the 31st? 840 00:40:53,243 --> 00:40:56,083 Oh, my God. No, no, we're not talking about Big Ben. 841 00:40:56,123 --> 00:40:58,923 Because, on actual Brexit Day this year... No, thank you, 842 00:40:58,963 --> 00:41:01,483 we are not talking about Big Ben again. ..it only bonged once. 843 00:41:01,523 --> 00:41:03,763 And it wasn't even a real bong. It was a light display... 844 00:41:03,803 --> 00:41:05,523 You and your obsession with bonging Bens! 845 00:41:05,563 --> 00:41:07,083 It's got nothing to do with anything. 846 00:41:07,123 --> 00:41:09,363 Can we get back to the subject of this meeting? It was... 847 00:41:09,403 --> 00:41:11,523 It was a projection. Thank you. It was a projection. 848 00:41:11,563 --> 00:41:13,603 I'm just saying... the boss would like an update. 849 00:41:13,643 --> 00:41:16,483 Right, come here! No, Sarah, we're in the middle of a meeting. 850 00:41:16,523 --> 00:41:17,603 Wine Time Friday? Yes! 851 00:41:17,643 --> 00:41:19,843 No, I'm sorry, we're in the middle of a meeting. At last. 852 00:41:19,883 --> 00:41:22,083 Look, we're getting absolutely nowhere and it's 4pm, 853 00:41:22,123 --> 00:41:23,243 so we know what that is. 854 00:41:23,283 --> 00:41:24,843 GRACE: But we also need to sort it. 855 00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:27,483 It's not going to get sorted, we need - we do need to sort it. 856 00:42:00,723 --> 00:42:03,003 And the first prize... 857 00:42:03,043 --> 00:42:06,683 ..for the Best Dressed SpAd of the Year, 2020, 858 00:42:06,723 --> 00:42:11,363 goes to, perhaps inevitably, the... 859 00:42:11,403 --> 00:42:13,083 I-It's for Eleanor, there you go. 860 00:42:13,123 --> 00:42:14,843 LAUGHTER 861 00:42:14,883 --> 00:42:16,203 There you go, Eleanor. 862 00:42:16,243 --> 00:42:18,643 CHEERING 863 00:42:18,683 --> 00:42:22,123 MUSIC: Last Christmas by Wham! 864 00:42:22,163 --> 00:42:25,323 ALL: # But the very next day, you gave it away... # 865 00:42:31,283 --> 00:42:33,363 MUSIC: Fairytale of New York by The Pogues 866 00:42:33,403 --> 00:42:36,203 ALL: # ..Singing Galway Bay 867 00:42:36,243 --> 00:42:40,443 # And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day... # 868 00:42:40,483 --> 00:42:42,683 MUSIC: Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley 869 00:42:52,643 --> 00:42:55,763 MUSIC: Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust 870 00:42:57,763 --> 00:42:58,763 Jeez! 871 00:42:58,803 --> 00:43:01,643 ALARM BLARES 872 00:43:01,683 --> 00:43:03,643 MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYS 873 00:43:05,563 --> 00:43:08,483 MUSIC: Dance Wiv Me by Dizzee Rascal 874 00:43:16,323 --> 00:43:18,523 Has anyone triggered an alarm? 875 00:43:21,803 --> 00:43:23,803 Oh, it's fine, just have fun! 876 00:43:23,843 --> 00:43:25,963 Relax! Alice, Alice, Alice... 877 00:43:29,523 --> 00:43:32,283 THEY MOUTH 878 00:43:35,123 --> 00:43:37,283 ..You need to fuck off him, Alice! 879 00:43:37,323 --> 00:43:38,883 You need to get the fuck off him. 880 00:43:38,923 --> 00:43:41,603 You need to get the fuck off him. OK, OK, OK. 881 00:43:50,443 --> 00:43:52,483 Sue Gray doesn't say what happened next, 882 00:43:52,523 --> 00:43:55,723 so we don't know what the police officer did or was said. 883 00:43:55,763 --> 00:43:59,243 But officers from the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Unit 884 00:43:59,283 --> 00:44:02,603 were here at Downing Street 24 hours a day, 885 00:44:02,643 --> 00:44:04,963 all through the lockdowns. 886 00:44:05,003 --> 00:44:08,923 And it is believed that there's CCTV cameras inside Downing Street, 887 00:44:08,963 --> 00:44:12,603 and there is evidence that Sue Gray gave the police, 888 00:44:12,643 --> 00:44:16,883 over 300 photographs from the various parties, so... 889 00:44:16,923 --> 00:44:19,043 It was just such a frenzy. Honestly, I wouldn't go... 890 00:44:19,083 --> 00:44:21,603 Cos honestly, I think she's slightly unhinged... 891 00:44:21,643 --> 00:44:23,843 Oh! Mate, we've... 892 00:44:23,883 --> 00:44:25,483 Honestly, mate, we can just get - 893 00:44:25,523 --> 00:44:26,883 we'll get cleaners. 894 00:44:31,083 --> 00:44:33,363 IN FRENCH 895 00:44:48,483 --> 00:44:51,163 BORIS JOHNSON: 896 00:45:01,043 --> 00:45:03,563 ..to protect the people of this country. 897 00:45:03,603 --> 00:45:05,003 Emphasise "heavy heart". 898 00:45:07,283 --> 00:45:09,443 That's clear... 899 00:45:09,483 --> 00:45:11,563 No, no, no, it's perfect. ..all very good. 900 00:45:24,923 --> 00:45:27,563 Are you a natural blonde? I really have no idea. 901 00:45:29,003 --> 00:45:30,083 OK. 902 00:45:41,163 --> 00:45:43,843 Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you for joining 903 00:45:43,883 --> 00:45:46,483 the latest coronavirus press conference. 904 00:45:46,523 --> 00:45:50,083 As Prime Minister, it's my duty to take difficult decisions, 905 00:45:50,123 --> 00:45:54,803 to do what is right to protect the people of this country. 906 00:45:54,843 --> 00:45:57,243 It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you, 907 00:45:57,283 --> 00:46:01,283 we cannot continue with Christmas as planned. 908 00:46:01,323 --> 00:46:04,683 The boss was not happy with the PR train wreck 909 00:46:04,723 --> 00:46:06,443 of his cancelled Christmas. 910 00:46:08,403 --> 00:46:11,923 He decided he wanted an American-style press secretary 911 00:46:11,963 --> 00:46:13,283 to handle the media. 912 00:46:14,723 --> 00:46:17,243 And we were asked to sit in on rehearsals before 913 00:46:17,283 --> 00:46:19,123 she went live to the nation. 914 00:46:19,163 --> 00:46:21,603 We were supposed to lob in random questions, 915 00:46:21,643 --> 00:46:23,203 so she could practise her answers. 916 00:46:28,723 --> 00:46:29,803 SHE CHUCKLES 917 00:46:29,843 --> 00:46:31,723 I went home. LAUGHTER 918 00:46:31,763 --> 00:46:33,643 Hold on, hold on. Erm... 919 00:46:33,683 --> 00:46:35,563 Er, ah... 920 00:46:43,723 --> 00:46:45,283 Don't answer that. 921 00:46:45,323 --> 00:46:46,483 What's the answer? 922 00:46:49,963 --> 00:46:51,403 Is cheese and wine all right? 923 00:46:53,483 --> 00:46:54,803 It was a business meeting! 924 00:46:54,843 --> 00:46:56,123 LAUGHTER 925 00:46:56,163 --> 00:46:57,963 Is this recorded? 926 00:46:58,003 --> 00:47:00,443 This fictional party - it was a business meeting. 927 00:47:01,883 --> 00:47:04,163 And it was not socially distanced. 928 00:47:04,203 --> 00:47:06,603 Erm, one more, and then, we'll, one more... 929 00:47:06,643 --> 00:47:09,123 Ask - anybody have any questions today? 930 00:47:22,403 --> 00:47:24,923 INTERVIEWER: So, did you go home for Christmas? 931 00:47:24,963 --> 00:47:26,843 I...no. 932 00:47:28,763 --> 00:47:30,123 So, who'd you spend it with? 933 00:47:30,163 --> 00:47:31,483 I was just on my own. 934 00:47:34,763 --> 00:47:36,163 I was... 935 00:47:37,763 --> 00:47:41,043 To be honest, I was really worried about giving it to my mum and dad. 936 00:47:46,723 --> 00:47:49,483 So, it was about the 27th of December. 937 00:47:49,523 --> 00:47:51,083 Erm... 938 00:47:51,123 --> 00:47:53,683 I've come home from work, I've gone to the garden, 939 00:47:53,723 --> 00:47:55,643 and the police was there. 940 00:47:55,683 --> 00:47:58,123 My niece was having a gathering in the shed, 941 00:47:58,163 --> 00:48:00,363 away from the house. 942 00:48:00,403 --> 00:48:04,603 Erm, the police asked me for my details and I gave them my details. 943 00:48:04,643 --> 00:48:08,043 And then, I ended up with a £14,300 fine. 944 00:48:10,003 --> 00:48:13,963 Like, I've never seen £14,300 in my life. 945 00:48:14,003 --> 00:48:16,803 Like, probably I could work for a year and probably potentially 946 00:48:16,843 --> 00:48:18,403 could make that amount of money. 947 00:48:18,443 --> 00:48:20,843 But I've never seen 14,300, and I haven't got it. 948 00:48:20,883 --> 00:48:23,043 I don't know where that's going to come from. 949 00:48:23,083 --> 00:48:28,483 And wh-what scares me the most is the fact that, potentially, 950 00:48:28,523 --> 00:48:31,323 I could spend three months in prison for that. 951 00:48:38,363 --> 00:48:40,883 LAUGHING Hold on, hold on... 952 00:48:40,923 --> 00:48:44,043 It definitely wasn't meant for public consumption, 953 00:48:44,083 --> 00:48:47,803 but Allegra's rehearsal video was doing the rounds inside Number 10. 954 00:48:49,723 --> 00:48:51,723 Er, I, er... 955 00:48:51,763 --> 00:48:55,123 I was just rewatching...Allegra. 956 00:48:55,163 --> 00:48:58,443 Yeah, I don't really think she answered everything. 957 00:48:58,483 --> 00:49:01,523 Erm, I know it's not really my department... 958 00:49:01,563 --> 00:49:04,843 Well, I think that ship sailed, so... 959 00:49:04,883 --> 00:49:06,443 Thank you. 960 00:49:06,483 --> 00:49:07,723 Do you want to...? 961 00:49:07,763 --> 00:49:09,123 Close it? Yeah. 962 00:49:12,483 --> 00:49:15,083 OK.OK.Yeah. NERVOUS CHUCKLING 963 00:49:18,883 --> 00:49:23,123 The new variant was 70% more transmissible. 964 00:49:23,163 --> 00:49:25,203 And, by the start of January, 965 00:49:25,243 --> 00:49:27,723 1,000 people a day were dying. 966 00:49:29,003 --> 00:49:31,923 The boss had no other option but a third national lockdown. 967 00:49:31,963 --> 00:49:34,843 BORIS: We now have a new variant of the virus, 968 00:49:34,883 --> 00:49:39,243 and it's been both frustrating and alarming to see 969 00:49:39,283 --> 00:49:43,323 the speed with which the new variant is spreading. 970 00:49:43,363 --> 00:49:46,243 We must therefore go into a national lockdown 971 00:49:46,283 --> 00:49:49,403 which is tough enough to contain this variant. 972 00:49:50,803 --> 00:49:52,843 That means the Government is once again 973 00:49:52,883 --> 00:49:54,883 instructing you to stay at home. 974 00:49:56,843 --> 00:50:00,323 They released a new ad campaign to make sure people got the message. 975 00:50:28,923 --> 00:50:32,523 It was on the 14th of January, 2021. 976 00:50:32,563 --> 00:50:36,883 I organised a snowball fight on Facebook at the local park. 977 00:50:36,923 --> 00:50:39,443 A few days later, police were at my door. 978 00:50:41,203 --> 00:50:43,443 They were like, "OK, yeah, we're going to issue you 979 00:50:43,483 --> 00:50:45,323 "with a £10,000 fine." 980 00:50:46,363 --> 00:50:47,883 So... Sorry, how much? 981 00:50:47,923 --> 00:50:49,683 £10,000. 982 00:50:49,723 --> 00:50:51,163 Erm... 983 00:50:53,003 --> 00:50:56,683 Yeah, I-I actually don't know what to do, really. 984 00:50:56,723 --> 00:51:00,843 I've not being given any support or guidance, or anything. 985 00:51:00,883 --> 00:51:02,723 Just been chased. 986 00:51:04,123 --> 00:51:06,523 Yeah. I don't know what to do. I genuinely don't. 987 00:51:08,963 --> 00:51:13,523 CHANTING: Boris! Boris! Boris! Boris! Boris! Boris! Boris! 988 00:51:13,563 --> 00:51:15,843 CHANTING CONTINUES 989 00:51:15,883 --> 00:51:17,323 CHEERING 990 00:51:17,363 --> 00:51:20,123 BORIS: I always feel humbled by, er, by such greetings. 991 00:51:20,163 --> 00:51:22,963 I consider that your reaction is a microcosm of the reaction 992 00:51:23,003 --> 00:51:25,243 of the nation itself. WHISPERING: What are you doing? 993 00:51:25,283 --> 00:51:26,843 I'm tired. 994 00:51:26,883 --> 00:51:29,083 What? Don't be so silly. 995 00:51:29,123 --> 00:51:30,123 It's, he's... 996 00:51:30,163 --> 00:51:32,043 He's going to finish rambling in a minute. 997 00:51:32,083 --> 00:51:35,283 You know, we're having a drink. Yeah, I-I'm going to go. 998 00:51:35,323 --> 00:51:37,523 Why, what's wrong? What's wrong? 999 00:51:37,563 --> 00:51:38,723 Are you all right? 1000 00:51:40,683 --> 00:51:42,403 Those who were left, are frankly... 1001 00:51:42,443 --> 00:51:43,763 SHE WHISPERS: Crazy. 1002 00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:48,163 Look, this is fine. 1003 00:51:48,203 --> 00:51:51,963 We are allowed to have a drink. It-It's... 1004 00:51:52,003 --> 00:51:53,443 We're just letting off steam. 1005 00:51:53,483 --> 00:51:56,923 We are here every single day, slogging our guts out. 1006 00:51:59,163 --> 00:52:01,243 Look, the... 1007 00:52:01,283 --> 00:52:05,643 OK, I don't want to sound patronising, but... 1008 00:52:05,683 --> 00:52:07,563 ..people need boundaries. 1009 00:52:07,603 --> 00:52:09,283 They... 1010 00:52:09,323 --> 00:52:10,883 They respond well to boundaries. 1011 00:52:10,923 --> 00:52:13,163 And it's our job to give them those boundaries. 1012 00:52:13,203 --> 00:52:14,443 That is what we are doing. 1013 00:52:16,443 --> 00:52:18,723 Bu-But they are not... 1014 00:52:18,763 --> 00:52:20,363 They're not meant for us. 1015 00:52:23,043 --> 00:52:25,283 BORIS CONTINUES 1016 00:52:27,203 --> 00:52:28,683 It's our job to make the rules, 1017 00:52:28,723 --> 00:52:31,843 but it's not up to us to follow those rules. It just... 1018 00:52:31,883 --> 00:52:33,603 It's just not realistic. 1019 00:52:35,403 --> 00:52:37,483 You do you get that? 1020 00:52:37,523 --> 00:52:40,083 ..And this is a girl who can... 1021 00:52:40,123 --> 00:52:41,843 SHE WHISPERS: You're one of us now. 1022 00:52:42,883 --> 00:52:44,523 It's OK. SHE CHUCKLES 1023 00:52:44,563 --> 00:52:45,883 ..We are to get them right! 1024 00:52:45,923 --> 00:52:48,963 ALL: Hear, hear! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1025 00:52:49,003 --> 00:52:50,283 Come on. 1026 00:52:50,323 --> 00:52:51,963 Thank you, Boris! 1027 00:52:52,003 --> 00:52:53,443 Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow. 1028 00:52:53,483 --> 00:52:55,323 CHEERING CONTINUES 1029 00:53:31,003 --> 00:53:36,563 We have just received a statement from Buckingham Palace 1030 00:53:36,603 --> 00:53:40,643 confirming that the Duke of Edinburgh has died. 1031 00:53:40,683 --> 00:53:42,523 Prince Philip had died. 1032 00:53:42,563 --> 00:53:45,563 The night before his funeral, we had two parties. 1033 00:53:45,603 --> 00:53:48,763 Upstairs, there was a leaving do for James Slack... 1034 00:53:48,803 --> 00:53:51,283 To James! ALL: To James! 1035 00:53:51,323 --> 00:53:53,163 CHEERING 1036 00:53:53,203 --> 00:53:55,043 ..and down in the basement, 1037 00:53:55,083 --> 00:53:58,123 Shelley Williams-Walker was throwing down a DJ set 1038 00:53:58,163 --> 00:53:59,483 for the cool people. 1039 00:53:59,523 --> 00:54:01,523 # I'm never gonna dance again 1040 00:54:01,563 --> 00:54:04,923 # Guilty feet have got no rhythm... # 1041 00:54:04,963 --> 00:54:07,283 Shelley was the boss's head of operations. 1042 00:54:07,323 --> 00:54:08,483 She followed him around 1043 00:54:08,523 --> 00:54:10,723 and made sure he didn't make any PR blunders. 1044 00:54:17,643 --> 00:54:20,123 Back in Downing Street, she was the cool DJ. 1045 00:54:20,163 --> 00:54:24,323 Sue Gray doesn't actually say that I actually DJd at this party. 1046 00:54:24,363 --> 00:54:26,883 Erm, and the real me hasn't commented. 1047 00:54:26,923 --> 00:54:33,043 But it's been widely reported that they called me "DJ SWW". 1048 00:54:33,083 --> 00:54:35,403 And the Mirror and the Telegraph said that I was 1049 00:54:35,443 --> 00:54:37,003 in charge of the music. 1050 00:54:37,043 --> 00:54:38,243 No comment. 1051 00:54:39,563 --> 00:54:40,763 Anyway, whatevs. 1052 00:54:40,803 --> 00:54:43,163 There was definitely music. SHE LAUGHS 1053 00:54:43,203 --> 00:54:47,483 ALL: # I get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before 1054 00:54:47,523 --> 00:54:48,763 # I get a good feeling... # 1055 00:54:48,803 --> 00:54:50,883 Do you think people knew it was wrong? 1056 00:55:01,483 --> 00:55:03,563 No. 1057 00:55:03,603 --> 00:55:06,243 MUSIC: Good Feeling by Flo Rida 1058 00:55:21,283 --> 00:55:22,563 Excuse me. 1059 00:55:25,963 --> 00:55:28,443 I need everybody in the garden now! 1060 00:55:30,283 --> 00:55:32,483 Could you go outside, please, to the garden? 1061 00:55:32,523 --> 00:55:33,763 What?! 1062 00:55:33,803 --> 00:55:36,003 There are too many people in here! 1063 00:55:38,803 --> 00:55:41,843 I'm just saying, if I can touch this many people, 1064 00:55:41,883 --> 00:55:43,283 you know what I mean? 1065 00:55:43,323 --> 00:55:46,683 I really touch people with my music... 1066 00:55:46,723 --> 00:55:48,723 ..and could I make a go of it? 1067 00:55:48,763 --> 00:55:50,003 Do you know what I mean? 1068 00:55:50,043 --> 00:55:54,323 Cos, OK, I have done mainly children's parties, 1069 00:55:54,363 --> 00:55:59,283 but, you know, six-year-olds respond to my set, as well, 1070 00:55:59,323 --> 00:56:01,043 like, if it's... LOUD SNAP 1071 00:56:02,563 --> 00:56:05,363 Hey! Wahey! 1072 00:56:05,403 --> 00:56:07,483 SCATTERED CHEERING Thank you, everyone. 1073 00:56:07,523 --> 00:56:11,283 Oh, my God, Wilf is going to have a meltdown! 1074 00:56:11,323 --> 00:56:13,083 SCATTERED LAUGHTER 1075 00:56:13,123 --> 00:56:16,683 Wilf is going to go crazy. 1076 00:56:16,723 --> 00:56:18,523 He's going to have you all beheaded. 1077 00:56:18,563 --> 00:56:21,123 INDISTINCT CHATTER 1078 00:56:21,163 --> 00:56:24,563 Do you...do you think we should go back inside and get another drink? 1079 00:56:24,603 --> 00:56:27,363 I think it's... EXCITED CHATTER 1080 00:56:27,403 --> 00:56:29,923 # ..Guilty feet have got no rhythm 1081 00:56:29,963 --> 00:56:32,203 # But it's easy to pretend... # 1082 00:56:33,243 --> 00:56:35,803 Oh. We'll go in there. 1083 00:56:35,843 --> 00:56:38,763 OK, we've had a call to say there's a party at this location. 1084 00:56:38,803 --> 00:56:42,163 I'll be reporting you all for breaching COVID conditions, OK? 1085 00:56:42,203 --> 00:56:44,523 You're not under arrest, but I'm going to caution you, OK? 1086 00:56:44,563 --> 00:56:47,323 So, you don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you 1087 00:56:47,363 --> 00:56:50,763 do not mention now something which you later rely on in court, OK? OK. 1088 00:56:50,803 --> 00:56:53,563 MUSIC: Careless Whisper by George Michael 1089 00:57:00,923 --> 00:57:03,003 It's definitely not in the Gray Report... 1090 00:57:03,043 --> 00:57:05,643 But, to be fair, widely reported. 1091 00:57:05,683 --> 00:57:07,443 Yeah, we were actually in The Times. 1092 00:57:07,483 --> 00:57:09,163 Although I think it first emerged 1093 00:57:09,203 --> 00:57:10,803 in Paul Brand's ITN podcast? 1094 00:57:10,843 --> 00:57:12,283 Oh, that was such a good podcast. 1095 00:57:12,323 --> 00:57:13,923 Yeah, it was really cool. 1096 00:57:13,963 --> 00:57:15,243 It was so good. 1097 00:57:19,923 --> 00:57:21,563 MUFFLED MOANING 1098 00:57:24,483 --> 00:57:26,883 Hugh texted me the other day. 1099 00:57:26,923 --> 00:57:28,123 Did you meet him? 1100 00:57:29,883 --> 00:57:31,163 No, I don't think so. 1101 00:57:31,203 --> 00:57:32,963 Leaky Hugh. 1102 00:57:33,003 --> 00:57:36,363 He was the one who had to resign... 1103 00:57:36,403 --> 00:57:38,683 ..after, I think it was two weeks, 1104 00:57:38,723 --> 00:57:40,243 because he was disloyal. 1105 00:57:42,163 --> 00:57:46,083 No. I don't think anyone was talking to me then. 1106 00:57:48,323 --> 00:57:49,643 Hm. 1107 00:57:52,123 --> 00:57:54,163 Well, I don't think he's found anything. 1108 00:57:59,683 --> 00:58:03,003 Because people who... 1109 00:58:04,563 --> 00:58:05,923 ..talk to journalists - 1110 00:58:05,963 --> 00:58:09,963 I mean, all of us talk to journalists, that's... 1111 00:58:10,003 --> 00:58:14,963 But people who talk to the wrong journalists, 1112 00:58:15,003 --> 00:58:17,443 unhelpful ones, disloyal ones... 1113 00:58:19,923 --> 00:58:22,083 ..Grace, they just, they don't work again. 1114 00:58:25,923 --> 00:58:27,843 I mean, not people like Govie. 1115 00:58:27,883 --> 00:58:30,443 They're so slippery, they always seem to land on their feet, 1116 00:58:30,483 --> 00:58:33,403 I mean, but for people like us... 1117 00:58:36,483 --> 00:58:39,003 Look, this lot, they just make you pay a price 1118 00:58:39,043 --> 00:58:40,443 if you ever cross them. 1119 00:58:45,403 --> 00:58:48,723 Yeah. What happens in Number 10 stays in Number 10. 1120 00:58:48,763 --> 00:58:49,963 Yes. 1121 00:58:56,683 --> 00:58:58,243 Because if any of us talk, 1122 00:58:58,283 --> 00:59:00,363 they'll just see us for what we are, right? 1123 00:59:00,403 --> 00:59:02,003 Like, they'll see that... 1124 00:59:02,043 --> 00:59:04,083 ..we're just taking the piss out of them, 1125 00:59:04,123 --> 00:59:07,003 the people who actually follow the rules, they'd see that 1126 00:59:07,043 --> 00:59:11,603 those same rules don't apply to people like us, or... 1127 00:59:11,643 --> 00:59:13,363 ..actually, people like you. 1128 00:59:13,403 --> 00:59:15,963 SHAKY BREATHING And they'd... 1129 00:59:17,563 --> 00:59:19,923 ..they'd probably wonder why that was. 1130 00:59:19,963 --> 00:59:21,563 Do you think? 1131 00:59:32,083 --> 00:59:36,483 How did the truth about these parties come out? 1132 00:59:36,523 --> 00:59:37,723 Do you know? 1133 00:59:42,323 --> 00:59:43,643 Erm... 1134 00:59:47,643 --> 00:59:49,683 I don't work at Number 10 anymore. 1135 00:59:52,723 --> 00:59:55,083 I'm not sure how much more I can say. 1136 01:01:00,523 --> 01:01:01,723 COMPUTER CHIMES 1137 01:01:07,603 --> 01:01:09,443 IN FRENCH 1138 01:01:17,643 --> 01:01:20,083 To be honest, we were confused, 1139 01:01:20,123 --> 01:01:22,803 unable to say what this white powder was. 1140 01:01:22,843 --> 01:01:26,403 But The Guardian newspaper reported that it was found, 1141 01:01:26,443 --> 01:01:29,883 along with some old plastic bags, the morning after the party. 1142 01:01:31,283 --> 01:01:33,923 We were pleased to dispose of it 1143 01:01:33,963 --> 01:01:38,683 and restore the Number 10 Downing Street to its usual shipshape. 1144 01:01:38,723 --> 01:01:43,163 Well, last night, ITV News obtained video of a mock press conference 1145 01:01:43,203 --> 01:01:45,843 that was chaired by Stratton last December. 1146 01:01:45,883 --> 01:01:48,163 TEARFULLY: Can you stop, please? Can you stop? 1147 01:01:48,203 --> 01:01:50,283 I'm going to make a statement. You don't... 1148 01:01:50,323 --> 01:01:53,243 Erm, the British people have made immense sacrifices in 1149 01:01:53,283 --> 01:01:56,203 the ongoing battle against COVID-19. 1150 01:01:56,243 --> 01:01:57,923 I now fear that my comments in 1151 01:01:57,963 --> 01:02:00,403 the leaked video of the 20th of December last year 1152 01:02:00,443 --> 01:02:03,643 have become a distraction in that fight. 1153 01:02:03,683 --> 01:02:07,203 My remarks seemed to make light of the rules - 1154 01:02:07,243 --> 01:02:10,723 rules that people were doing everything to obey. 1155 01:02:10,763 --> 01:02:12,923 That was never my intention. 1156 01:02:12,963 --> 01:02:16,083 I will regret those remarks for the rest of my days, 1157 01:02:16,123 --> 01:02:17,363 and this afternoon, 1158 01:02:17,403 --> 01:02:20,363 I am offering my resignation to the Prime Minister. 1159 01:02:20,403 --> 01:02:21,563 Thanks for your time. 1160 01:02:21,603 --> 01:02:25,763 I have been repeatedly assured that there was no party. 1161 01:02:25,803 --> 01:02:29,963 I can tell you, once again, that I certainly broke no rules. 1162 01:02:30,003 --> 01:02:34,403 I want, I want to repeat that, er, I thought it was a work event. 1163 01:02:34,443 --> 01:02:37,483 Will the Prime Minister tell the House whether there was 1164 01:02:37,523 --> 01:02:40,803 a party in Downing Street on the 13th of November? 1165 01:02:40,843 --> 01:02:44,043 No, but I'm sure that - whatever happened, 1166 01:02:44,083 --> 01:02:45,443 the guidance was followed, 1167 01:02:45,483 --> 01:02:47,883 and the rules were followed at all times. 1168 01:02:47,923 --> 01:02:51,923 Let me begin, in all humility, 1169 01:02:51,963 --> 01:02:53,883 by saying... JEERING 1170 01:02:53,923 --> 01:02:56,323 ..that on the 12th of April, 1171 01:02:56,363 --> 01:03:00,283 I received a fixed penalty notice relating to an event 1172 01:03:00,323 --> 01:03:04,123 in Downing Street on the 19th of June, 2020. 1173 01:03:04,163 --> 01:03:07,043 I paid the fine immediately, 1174 01:03:07,083 --> 01:03:11,763 and I offer the British people a full apology. 1175 01:03:11,803 --> 01:03:16,323 And I take this opportunity on the first available sitting day 1176 01:03:16,363 --> 01:03:19,123 to repeat my wholehearted apology to the House. 1177 01:03:32,603 --> 01:03:35,723 I know that people around the country will look at those events 1178 01:03:35,763 --> 01:03:39,243 and think they look like the very kind of events that we, 1179 01:03:39,283 --> 01:03:42,323 or I were forbidding to everyone else. 1180 01:03:58,603 --> 01:04:01,243 It was not a large social gathering, it was, it was... 1181 01:04:01,283 --> 01:04:02,843 ..it was a gathering intended - 1182 01:04:02,883 --> 01:04:06,443 and I really must insist on this point. 1183 01:04:06,483 --> 01:04:10,043 People who say that we were partying in lockdown, 1184 01:04:10,083 --> 01:04:12,523 simply do not know what they are talking about. 1185 01:04:45,523 --> 01:04:47,523 Subtitles by Red Bee Media