Sue Gray Report Reveals MP's were Fighting, Vomiting and Spilling Wine on Walls at Downing Street and Whitehall Parties

Senior civil servant Sue Gray's report into Downing Street and Whitehall parties has revealed that MP's were fighting, vomiting and spilling wine on the walls.According to the 37-page report, at one party in June 2020, "there was excessive alcohol consumption by some individuals". The report continues: "One individual was sick. There was a minor altercation between two other individuals."

After a 10 Downing Street gathering on 18 December 2020, "a cleaner who attended the room the next morning noted that there had been red wine spilled on one wall and on a number of boxes of photocopier paper".Gray notes in the report that many of these events "should not have been allowed" and that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and his officials "must bear responsibility for this culture"

.After the report was published, Boris Johnson commented on the matter. He told MPs that he took "full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch". He said that he had been "humbled by the whole experience" and he had learned several lessons. After calls intensified for him to resign, Johnson continued to rule this out.

He said: "I've got to keep moving forward."Gray's findings in the report include that political and official leadership must bear responsibility for the culture at No 10 after staff partied - some until after 4am - on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral. A No 10 official sent a message referring to "drunkenness" and advised staff to leave No 10 via the back exit after a December 2020 Christmas quiz to avoid press photographers. Gray reported that there were "multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff".The PM said he had not seen the empty bottle-filled bins, the altercation or the vomiting. Even when he was present and raising a glass at some of the controversial events, he was merely showing ''leadership" - wishing departing staff well. He had left before any parties had really got started and had "no knowledge of subsequent proceedings because I simply wasn't there".The PM originally apologised after photographs were leaked to the media that he had attended parties.