Downing Street has denied Prime Minister Boris Johnson was told in advance about a drinks party in the Number 10 garden in the midst of the first COVID-19 lockdown. Johnson admitted on Jan. 12 that he attended a gathering in the garden for around 25 minutes on May 20, 2020 to “thank groups of staff.” At the time, England was under strict CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions banning groups from meeting socially outdoors. But Johnson insisted the event “could be said technically to fall within the guidance” as he “believed implicitly that this was a work event.” Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s former right-hand man in Number 10 who has now become one of the prime minister’s strongest critics, accused his former boss of lying to Parliament, insisting that Johnson had been warned about the gathering beforehand. In response to the new allegation, a Number 10 spokesman insisted, “It is untrue …