Questioned by the SNP MP Allan Dorans over a picture showing several bottles of alcohol at an event in Downing Street on 14 January 2021, when a strict Covid lockdown was in place, the former prime minister said it was 'customary to say farewell to people in this country with a toast' and that he had not seen 'any sign of drunkenness or excess'. Johnson was speaking during a lengthy evidence session of the privileges select committee
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