Messages also reveal how Hancock and colleagues gave “the plod their marching orders” to enforce lockdown regulations just days before No10 staff held a party in Downing Street
Mr Case replied: “I just want to see some of the faces of people coming out of first class into a premier inn shoe box.”Mr Hancock responded: “None. But 149 chose to enter the country and are now in Quarantine Hotels due to their own free will!”, to which Mr Case replied: “Hilarious.”
These messages were just weeks before No 10 staff held a party in Downing Street on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in breach of lockdown rules. At the height of the pandemic, members of the public were fined by police for leaving home “without a lawful reason” including going for a walk with a cup of coffee.also showed how Mr Johnson took the decision to create a Tier 4 alert level in December 2020, which led to strict measures for 16 million people and Christmas plans to be cancelled, while a lockdown party was taking place in the same building.
Mr Case and Mr Hancock attended the “Covid O” meeting remotely on 18 December but their messages reveal that the talks took place at the same time as a now-notorious Christmas party in Downing Street.described the gathering as involving “significant levels of noise” and that some officials present “left to attend official meetings”.
The latest tranche also reveals that Mr Johnson was worried that he had “blinked too soon” by imposing a second national lockdown in November 2020.
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