British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday ordered an inquiry and said he was “furious” after a leaked video showed senior members of his staff joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christmas party.
The video has poured fuel on allegations that government officials flouted coronavirus rules they imposed on everyone else.
“I understand and share the anger up and down the country” at staff members seeming to make light of lockdown rules, Johnson said.
“I was also furious to see that clip,” he told lawmakers in the House of Commons. “I apologize unreservedly for the offence that it has caused up and
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