![]() Pressed on whether the entries showed him "mingling with friends", Mr Johnson insisted "that is absolutely not what these diary entries show".Įvery week there are stories in the newspapers about resignation honours supposedly expected imminently, but yet to materialise. Mr Johnson was referred to the police by the Cabinet Office on Wednesday over events in Chequers and Downing Street following a review of his official diary as part of the official COVID inquiry. "I think it's ridiculous that elements in my diary should be cherry-picked and handed over to the police, to the privileges committee without even anybody having the basic common sense to ask me what these entries referred to." ![]() ![]() The former prime minister was confronted by Sky News about the allegations as he made his way through the Dulles International Airport in Washington following a brief tour of the US.Īsked if he broke the rules he told Sky's US correspondent James Matthews: "This whole thing is a load of nonsense from beginning to end. Boris Johnson has insisted fresh claims he broke lockdown rules are "total nonsense" and that elements of his ministerial diary were "cherry-picked and handed to police". ![]()
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