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Boris Johnson made virtual PMQs neither from his flat nor from his office, even though it is supposed to be isolated.
The Prime Minister responded today to his weekly Wednesday questions via video for the first time in Commons history.
But the broadcast was not filmed in his flat above 11 Downing Street, where he is supposed to isolate himself.
He was not even filmed in his office number 10, where he has been working walking from his apartment and through the backyard.
Instead, he was filmed in “a room outside his office,” despite the legal order to isolate, the prime minister’s official spokesman said.
The spokesperson suggested that staff installed a remote camera for the prime minister before he entered the room.
“It was in a room outside his office,” the spokesperson said, hastily adding: “We can do this.
“It is a working house, and we can do this without the prime minister coming into contact with other people.”
He continued: “No10 is a workhouse and the prime minister can move between his flat and his office without coming into contact with any other employee.”
Johnson will have to isolate himself until Thursday of next week after organizing a meeting for half a dozen Conservative MPs at No. 10.
One of those MPs, Lee Anderson, later tested positive for coronavirus, forcing everyone else at the meeting to isolate themselves.
Coronavirus laws say that people told by Test and Trace to self-isolate must stay in their ‘home’ or face £ 1,000 fines.
However, No10 claims that Johnson is not breaking the law because he can access his No10 office and other rooms without contact.
No doubt by total coincidence, Downing Street began referring to number 10 as “the house” after Johnson began to isolate himself.
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