Theresa May challenges Boris Johnson on Covid lockdown parties after Gray report

The former prime minister asked Johnson whether he had either not read Covid rules, or did not understand them, or thought he was exempt.

May said people had the right to expect the prime minister to have understood the rules, and to follow them. Johnson said May would have to wait for the conclusion of the Met inquiry.

[gia_b]

You know you are a horrible Prime Minister when the *former Prime Minister turns against you.*

[reeniem]

To be fair, as much as I’ve had so much disdain for the Conservative party, I agree absolutely with Theresa May.

[michaelc]

Obviously it was option C: he didn't feel the rules applied to him. That's been a central story of his whole life.

[ShanKatOD]

Say what you will about the Tories, Ms May is speaking facts

[dawn]

Never thought I would be on the same side as Theresa May, but here I am.

[dthejc]

She's been waiting for this ever since he removed her as PM

[neilg]

Comes to something when Theresa may looks competent and honest compared to the prime minister

[ianwheeler]

When anybody watches Theresa resignation speech they can see she was an honorable PM, now she seems to be one of the few who are holding BJ accountable. Speaks volumes.

[alasdaircook]

Never thought I would be agreeing with Theresa May!

[RaiderReborn]

Bring her back. She wasn't faultless but she treated it like a job, not a jolly.

[brianjohnson]

Have to say I loved the "daggers" look exchanged between May and Johnson when Johnson rose.

[darrynmurphy]

Say whatever else you want about her, but her leaving in 2019 was tragic in the sense that she likely would've handled Covid immeasurably better than Johnson

[SpaceMonke]

I can’t believe I feel like this, but I unironically miss Theresa May

[Guesswhokk]

How do we expect Boris to run the country, when he doesn't even know what happening (allegedly) in his own house?

[thomasoroarke]

Calm capable and very dignified .Well done Mrs May .

[naynay]

The look she gives when she says "which was it?" Ouuccchhh

[harrietlyall]

She asked him a plain question, couldn’t be clearer, yet he says “No, that’s not what it said” ??? His answer isn’t an answer at all, more a complete non-sequitur, in the hope nobody will notice! He’s getting desperate!

[vincenzoanzoletti]

Well, she stated the obvious, but I liked her directness and her not trying to cover the prime minister. Like someone else said, as prime minister she has never been so assertive. Fun fact: I don't live in England and never have been to England and I am commenting from italy. This story is so typically italian and reminds of an italian say we have, which has first been spoken by a former italian prime minister, Giovanni Giolitti: "Law is to be interpreted for friends(in this case, we would say for "politicians in positions of power"), for enemies(in this case, the citizens) it must be strictly applied instead". I really think this phrase really explains why corona regulations have been broken.

[jakobtoftfrandsen]

Insane. His own predessor is on opposite terms - that alone ought to make him resign.

[EvilPikachu]

How bad do you have to have messed up in life that even Theresa May can dunk on you?