Partygate reports 'million miles from reality' - Johnson

The former PM said he "continues to regret" what happened in Downing Street over lockdown parties in Downing Street.

Boris Johnson said the version of events people heard was "absolutely absurd", claiming hundreds of civil servants were working hard and following the rules.

Politicians, including himself and then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak, and civil servants later received fines for breaking the lockdown rules they put in place across the UK.

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