Invitations for the gathering Tory HQ during lockdown described it as a "Jingle & Mingle Christmas Drinks" party.
New footage captured officials joking about the rule-bending as they partied in the basement of the Conservative Party’s headquarters on December 14, 2020.
It has been confirmed Scotland Yard officers are assessing the shocking video of a Christmas bash at Tory HQ. The party workers mocked Covid rules as the continued drinking, dancing and laughing into the night, reports the Mirror.
The Metropolitan Police said: "We are aware of a video showing a December 2020 event that was previously the subject of an investigation into alleged Covid breaches. Officers are assessing that video."
Now, furious relatives have accused campaign staff filmed twirling each other around in the footage of “dancing on the graves of those who died”. The Christmas bash was held when socialising indoors was banned in many parts of the country, including London.
The footage shows one pair knocking over glasses as they spiral into a buffet table. The Pogues' Fairytale of New York can be heard as the staff joke about how the gathering is against the rules.
It is the first time footage has emerged of one of the rule-breaking parties in Westminster. Cabinet minister Michael Gove yesterday described the video as "terrible" and “unacceptable” in a live TV interview.
Downing Street today announced Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not strip gongs from two Tories who were at the illegal bash.
Failed London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and campaign aide Ben Mallet also attended the party. Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list revealed the pair will receive a peerage and an OBE respectively.
Families who lost loved ones during the pandemic have called for them to be blocked from getting the awards. But the Prime MInister’s spokesman said there were “no plans” to do this.
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