Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Credit:Getty
Johnson has been hit by a string ofmedia stories in recent weeks overalleged Christmas parties in government offices,including his own,last year in breach of COVID-19 lockdowns and has ordered an investigation.
The reports have dismayed voters who were told by government to sacrifice their Christmas events last year,and who face the possibility of being told to curb their Christmas plans for a second year running asthe Omicron variant spreads rapidly.
The picture published was reported to be from May 2020,not long after Johnson was discharged from hospital where he had spent several nights in intensive care with COVID-19.
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It shows Johnson with his wife Carrie,who appears to be holding their newborn son,and two other people at a table on a terrace in the Downing Street garden with cheese and wine.
Nearby is another table of four other people,and a short distance away are a larger group standing on the grass around a table with bottles of wine.
Asked about the picture,a Downing Street spokesperson said:“Work meetings often take place in the Downing Street garden in the summer months. On this occasion there were staff meetings following a No. 10 press conference.”