When Downing St held a Christmas party last year, most of the UK was facing another strict lockdown. Just a day after the party was reportedly held, Boris Johnson announced new measures which the media touted as ‘cancelling Christmas’. bigissue.com/news/politics/…
Days before the party, then-health secretary Matt Hancock briefed MPs on the discovery of a more transmissible new Covid variant which was growing exponentially around England.
On December 17 – one day before the party – 35,383 positive cases were recorded across the UK as the latest coronavirus wave hammered the country. It was the most seen in one day since the beginning of the pandemic. 
People across England were living in fear for their jobs while abiding by the government’s restrictions to help stem the spread of Covid. The closure of pubs, restaurants and theatres in London alone put 150,000 jobs at risk.
Nearly 3,000 people died with Covid across England and Wales in the week leading up to the alleged Downing Street party, according to the Office for National Statistics. bigissue.com/news/politics/…
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