{A photograph} exposing Boris Johnson, his spouse and his aides at a lockdown-busting Downing Road gathering final summer season was taken from a room utilized by Rishi Sunak and his crew, it was claimed in the present day.
Sources mentioned the image of the supposed occasion was probably captured from one of many state rooms utilized by the Chancellor and his staffers.
In the meantime former shadow chancellor Ed Balls claimed the picture was shot from ‘the 11 Downing Road first ground balcony’, which is considered exterior an workplace utilized by Mr Sunak.
It comes as names for a few of these on the occasion – the place company drank wine and dined out on a cheeseboard – have been put ahead.
These pictured apparently included a few of Mr Johnson’s high crew – corresponding to principal non-public secretary Martin Reynolds, non-public secretary Imran Shafi and his political secretary Declan Lyons.
Dominic Raab defended the Authorities this morning after the image emerged final night time of the ‘occasion’ throughout the first nationwide lockdown.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary confused the backyard was a ‘place of job’ and typically workers would have a ‘drink after an extended day or an extended week’.
The picture, obtained by the Guardian, confirmed Mr Johnson, his then-fiancee Carrie, and 17 different workers members within the backyard on Could 15, 2020, with bottles of wine and a cheeseboard on a desk in entrance of the PM.
The PM and his spouse – apparently holding their new child child Wilf – have been seen sitting at a desk with two individuals, whereas one other 4 have been pictured with bottles of alcohol at a close-by desk and the remainder on the garden.
On the time – Friday Could 15, 2020 – solely two individuals have been allowed to socialize exterior, which has infuriated anti-lockdown politicians and Britons who suffered underneath tight restrictions.
The image was plastered throughout the entrance web page of The Guardian this morning. Pictured on the correct is Boris and Carrie, apparently holding their new child child, Wilf
In an interview in the present day, Dominic Raab incorrectly claimed that the PM had hosted a press convention on Could 15 – the day of the gathering – when in actual fact it was held by Well being Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured on the occasion)
Insiders in the present day claimed the angle of the {photograph} being simply above the terrace in the back of 10 Downing Road urged it was taken from one of many rooms utilized by Mr Sunak and his crew.
One instructed MailOnline the image was almost certainly shot subsequent to some state rooms utilized by the Chancellor and his crew for ‘ceremonial duties’.
In the meantime former shadow chancellor of the exchequer and financial secretary to the Treasury Ed Balls tweeted he was ‘fairly positive’ it was taken from the No 11 first ground balcony.
A map of the structure of the places of work on Downing Road from across the identical time the picture was taken reveals the terrace the place the PM was sat was missed by a flat roof which it’s believed could be walked on.
Rooms which have entry to the balcony are marked on the plan as a library and subsequent to it the Chancellor’s non-public workplace.
Mr Sunak’s non-public research – the place Mr Johnson has labored throughout components of the pandemic – can be understood to be close by overlooking the terrace.
Names emerged for a few of these proven within the picture on Monday morning, with it believed to incorporate a few of Mr Johnson’s high crew.
Mr Reynolds, the PM’s principal non-public secretary was outed by the Telegraph as the person gesturing to the correct of his boss.
He’s understood to be seen within the image carrying glasses whereas demonstrating along with his arms, whereas a cheeseboard sits on a desk in entrance of him.
Mr Reynolds has labored in authorities for over a decade, with him serving because the PM’s PPS since October 2019 after 4 years in the identical position on the International Workplace.
Earlier than transferring again to Britain, he was Deputy Excessive Commissioner in Pretoria from 2001 to 2014 in addition to a UK consultant to the EU.
In his earlier, pre-politics life, Mr Reynolds labored as a lawyer within the Metropolis, having learn legislation on the Faculty of Legislation, York, following an MA in Legislation at Cambridge and an undergraduate at Oxford College.
One other man mentioned to be proven within the picture is the Prime Minister’s Political Secretary Mr Lyons, a former particular adviser for Michael Gove.
Mr Lyons is considered pictured sitting down at a desk behind Mr Johnson on the terrace taking to 3 different males with what gave the impression to be a drink in hand.
The staffer began work as a desk officer within the Conservative Analysis Division at Conservative Marketing campaign Headquarters earlier than becoming a member of Mr Gove’s crew at Defra. He’s seen by some as a key ally of Mr Gove.
However he moved to the analysis and briefing crew at Downing Road, engaged on media briefings for Cupboard ministers.
Mr Lyons stepped up when Ben Gascoigne went on paternity go away and was performing political secretary from final 12 months – taking up the position completely in Could.
Non-public Secretary Mr Shafi is a 3rd man believed to be proven on the Downing Road drinks, with him mentioned to be pictured in the back of the backyard in a white shirt and pale trainers.
Mr Shafi bought a first-class diploma from Oxford College in philosophy, politics and economics from 2005, earlier than he went on to achieve an MPhil in Worldwide relations from Cambridge a 12 months later.
He went straight from college to be International Affairs Committee Specialist on the Home of Commons earlier than becoming a member of the Treasury in 2008.
He remained right here for six years and had 4 completely different jobs – coverage advisor, Worldwide Improvement & G20, assistant non-public secretary to the chief secretary to the Treasury, Head of North Sea Oil/Vitality and Local weather Change Tax Coverage and senior coverage advisor, Technique, Planning and Price range Crew.
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Martin Reynolds, the PM’s principal non-public secretary was outed by the Telegraph as the person gesturing to the correct of his boss
One other man mentioned to be proven within the picture is the Prime Minister’s Political Secretary Declan Lyons, a former particular adviser for Michael Gove
Non-public Secretary Imran Shafi (centre) is a 3rd man believed to be proven on the Downing Road drinks, with him mentioned to be pictured in the back of the backyard in a white shirt and pale trainers
Ministers got here out combating after the image emerged final night time, claiming it was captured by somebody with ‘an animus’ in opposition to the PM.
Mr Raab mentioned the picture didn’t present a social event however individuals ‘having a drink after a busy set of labor conferences’ – including that the very fact attendees have been ‘all in fits, or predominately in formal apparel’ backed this up.
In a single interview, he incorrectly claimed that the PM had hosted a press convention that day, when in actual fact it was Well being Secretary Matt Hancock.
He instructed Occasions Radio: ‘Downing Road used that backyard as a place of job. They used it for work conferences. The picture is from a day when, I feel, the Prime Minister had simply achieved a press convention. And typically they’re going to have a drink after an extended day or an extended week. And that is not in opposition to the rules.’
On Friday, No10 denied claims a social occasion involving wine, spirits and pizza had taken place each inside and outdoors Downing Road on Could 15. As an alternative a spokesman mentioned Mr Johnson ‘held a sequence of conferences all through the afternoon’, together with within the backyard.
However the brand new image, obtained by The Guardian, raises critical questions over the assertion that this was merely a piece occasion. It reveals three teams of individuals – together with Boris and his then-fiancée Carrie – with bottles of wine and alcohol on their tables.
Requested why Carrie, was on the occasion, Mr Raab mentioned: ‘It’s not only a place of job for all of the workers that work in Quantity 10 and the Prime Minister, however it is usually the the residence of the Prime Minister and his very younger household.
‘I genuinely do not suppose it will get categorised as a celebration as a result of Carrie popped down and spent somewhat little bit of time there along with her husband.’
Mr Raab instructed Sky Information that the backyard was ‘used for work’, including: ‘They’re all in fits, predominantly in formal apparel.’ When questioned over this by presenter Kay Burley, he mentioned: ‘I feel numerous them… to be sincere with you… the Prime Minister in a swimsuit, the officers there… A few of them have taken their jackets off.’
When requested on BBC Radio 4’s Immediately programme whether or not he believed ‘somebody or some group’ was ‘dripping out leaks to carry Boris Johnson down’, Mr Raab mentioned ‘it is actually being achieved with an animus’ however added he was in opposition to ‘speculating on these items’.
In Could final 12 months, the UK was in lockdown and solely two individuals from completely different households have been allowed to satisfy exterior – and so they should be at a distance of two metres. Immediately’s revelation heaps additional strain on PM, who 51 per cent of Conservative voters in 2019 now regard as dishonest.
Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves in the present day mentioned an outline of the picture as a piece assembly ‘defies all sense of reasonableness’.
Ms Reeves instructed Good Morning Britain: ‘Final 12 months, the Authorities have been partying, this 12 months the Authorities’s hiding. We’d like management from this Authorities and that’s desperately missing in the present day. This can be a Authorities who set the principles for everyone else and but suppose they do not apply for them. It’s not acceptable.’
Requested if she thinks Mr Johnson ought to step down, she mentioned: ‘I feel it’s actually troublesome for the Prime Minister to set guidelines now and count on different individuals to comply with them.
‘(It) is simply so clear on a number of events now that him and his ministers do not stick by the very guidelines that they’re requiring the remainder of us to stay by … I feel, frankly, quite a lot of us are simply sick of it.’
In the meantime, Labour chief Keir Starmer mentioned ‘critical questions’ must be answered.
He instructed Sky Information: ‘Everyone may have checked out that {photograph} and to recommend that that could be a work assembly is a little bit of a stretch by anyone’s evaluation. I feel there are very critical inquiries to be answered, however simply have a look at the picture and ask your self: is {that a} work assembly occurring or is {that a} social occasion? I feel the reply is fairly apparent.’
Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) mentioned it was ‘thoughts boggling for Raab to assert this was a obligatory assembly’, including: ‘But once more the Conservative occasion is taking the general public for fools. The proof is staring us all within the face. It’s scary to suppose Dominic Raab is meant to run our justice system when he cannot even see blatant wrongdoing in a photograph.’
Jo Goodman, co-founder of Covid-19 Bereaved Households for Justice, insisted it’s ‘exhausting’ for everybody throughout the nation ‘who sacrificed a lot to see the fixed, flagrant disregard we’ve all been held in’.
She added: ‘We’re unsure how rather more the Prime Minister expects us to take earlier than he’ll settle for that he must be open with the general public about these occasions.
‘This supposed work assembly, with no pen, paper or laptop computer in sight, as an alternative changed with very important cheese and wine, reveals that he presided over a tradition of believing that the principles utilized solely to different individuals since early within the pandemic.’
Angela Rayner, the deputy chief of the Labour occasion, mentioned that the {photograph} was ‘a slap within the face of the British public’.
Rayner added: ‘The prime minister constantly reveals us he has no regard for the principles he places in place for the remainder of us.
‘Alleged ingesting and partying late into the night [at No 10] when the remainder of us have been solely just lately getting one every day stroll.’
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It’s the newest in a ‘partygate’ row over celebrations inside No 10, with Downing Road accused of holding 4 events that broke Covid restrictions final 12 months.
Mr Johnson was compelled to order a civil service enquiry, however the civil servant he selected to guide the injuiry give up after it emerged a quiz was held in his personal division that he was conscious of and spoke at.
The Prime Minister suffered one other hammer blow yesterday after his ally Lord Frost dramatically give up as Brexit Minister slating Covid curbs and excessive taxes.
Lord Frost, to date an in depth ally of Mr Johnson, walked out with a parting shot on the ‘path of journey’ and saying he had hoped the top of lockdown can be ‘irreversible’.
Within the new picture, Boris and Carrie Johnson are seen sitting at a desk with a cheeseboard and wine with two individuals – believed to be a civil servant and an aide.
On the identical day, the then Well being Secretary Matt Hancock had held a press convention urging the British public to stay to the Covid guidelines and to not socialise in teams exterior.
Whereas individuals have been allowed to return to work on the time, steering mentioned social distances of two metres should be adopted always and ‘solely completely obligatory individuals ought to attend conferences and may keep 2-metre separation all through’.
A Downing Road spokesperson mentioned on Sunday: ‘As we mentioned final week, work conferences usually happen within the Downing Road backyard in the summertime months. On this event there have been workers conferences after a No 10 press convention.
‘Downing Road is the prime minister’s residence in addition to his office. The prime minister’s spouse lives in No 10 and subsequently additionally legitimately makes use of the backyard.’
In the meantime, Tory backbencher Brendan Clarke-Smith instructed MailOnline: ‘I can perceive why individuals would wish to examine whether or not precise correct events happened, however I feel they’re scraping the barrel a bit now.
‘I would put it on par with individuals reporting their neighbours for going out for a stroll for too lengthy, going to the grocery store twice or someone being photographed only one.8 metres quite than 2 metres away from others.
‘They appear to neglect that Quantity 10 is a office and so they have been additionally the primary individuals to show a blind eye to the violent BLM clashes and what went on in Hyde Park.
‘I feel most individuals see this as overreaching and they’re extra bothered in regards to the right here and now.
‘The message I get on the doorstep is that folks need to have the ability to get on with their lives, quite than dwelling underneath the fixed risk of restrictions.’
Downing Road has now been accused of holding 5 events over lockdown, including a quiz attended by dozens of workers and which the Prime Minister helped to host on December 15 – three days earlier than one other Christmas occasion which is being investigated.
No10 beforehand insisted that Downing Road have been ‘usually required to be within the workplace to work on the pandemic response’ throughout the numerous lockdowns, and subsequently ‘those that have been within the workplace for work might have attended just about from their desks’.
However the Mirror mentioned a message despatched by No10’s head of HR on the night time of the quiz suggested that those that had stayed behind to participate ‘exit the again’ after they left.
Mr Johnson mentioned an inquiry can be held to analyze the allegations. However Cupboard Secretary Simon Case give up his position main the inquiry into a variety of alleged gatherings on Friday, after it emerged a quiz was held in his personal division that he was conscious of and spoke at.
MailOnline understands that one occasion was held on December 17 final 12 months, with an e mail despatched out to round 15 individuals in Mr Case’s Non-public Workplace titled ‘Christmas Quiz’.
Whitehall heavy hitter Sue Grey has been put in in his place to hold out inquiries into three alleged gatherings at Downing Road and the Division for Training in November and December final 12 months, when indoor mixing was banned.
The Johnsons have been seen within the No10 backyard at a desk of cheese and wine with as much as 17 individuals close by throughout lockdown when solely two individuals have been allowed to socialize exterior. They’re seen collectively in October
Whitehall heavy hitter Sue Grey (proper) has been put in in Simon Case’s (left) place to hold out inquiries into three alleged gatherings at No10 and the Division for Training in November and December final 12 months, when indoor mixing was banned
The phrases of what was then Mr Case’s investigation mentioned it may very well be widened to incorporate any related allegations.
Ex-No 10 chief of workers Gavin Barwell mentioned he ‘cannot suppose from his time in authorities of a greater individual to place accountable for this evaluation than Sue Grey.’
In the meantime, Chris Bryant, chair of the Committee on Requirements, mentioned it appeared that no-one knew what was occurring in Downing Road.
The Labour MP instructed BBC Breakfast the state of affairs over the events in Whitehall was ‘farcical’ and he mentioned: ‘It feels a bit like Downing Road is totally dysfunctional. No one appears to know what is going on on.’
And Labour’s deputy chief Angela Rayner mentioned Ms Grey now has the duty of restoring public belief.
Ms Grey, who’s second everlasting secretary on the Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, was as soon as described by BBC Newsnight’s then coverage editor as ‘probably the most highly effective individual you’ve got by no means heard of’.
Chatting with that very same programme on Friday, Tory MP Richard Holden described her as ‘formidable’ and mentioned she was ‘not a pushover’.
She oversaw the Plebgate inquiry in 2012 after ex-chief whip Andrew Mitchell was accused of calling a policeman a ‘pleb’ on the Downing Road gates, and was as soon as described as ‘deputy God’ by then Labour MP Paul Flynn in a gathering the identical 12 months.
A Downing Road spokesman mentioned in a press release: ‘To make sure the continued investigation retains public confidence the Cupboard Secretary has recused himself for the rest of the method.
‘The work will likely be concluded by Sue Grey, second everlasting secretary on the Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
‘She’s going to confirm the details and current her findings to the Prime Minister.’
Sources admitted that alcohol was consumed at desks with about six individuals current, and others collaborating just about, however there was apparently no catering.
Lord Barwell instructed BBC Radio 4’s Immediately: ‘I can not suppose from my time in authorities of a greater individual to place accountable for this evaluation than Sue Grey.
‘She had the position accountable for propriety and ethics in authorities once I was chief of workers. I noticed her deal with a variety of investigations in a manner that was fully impartial and her dedication all the time to get to the reality and current the Prime Minister with all of the proof.
‘So for these of your listeners who do not know who this individual is, let me simply offer you my testimony that I feel she is strictly the correct of individual and we could be assured that we are going to get the details.’
Mr Bryant additionally mentioned he had been impressed by Sue Grey, who was now main the investigation, when he met her.
He urged her handy any proof she discovered of lawbreaking over to the police.
He added: ‘If the principles are damaged … in the event that they have been damaged in some other line of labor, the police can be investigating and I do not know why the police aren’t investigating this example.’
He mentioned: ‘In the long run, the ultimate evaluation must be achieved by (a) fully impartial individual. I feel that that ought to be the police.’
And Ms Rayner mentioned: ‘In the meanwhile, individuals are saying ‘which division did not have a celebration?”
She added: ‘It is extremely disappointing as a result of everyone knows what was occurring when these events have been occurring, individuals could not see their family members who have been dying, and have been making unbelievable sacrifices.
‘So I do suppose that the investigation has to get to the underside, however I feel that the proof already is displaying that Boris Johnson has set a tone for this authorities and has allowed this to occur underneath his watch.’
She mentioned Ms Grey ought to hand over any proof of law-breaking which she uncovers to the police.
Ms Grey was beforehand director-general of propriety and ethics within the Cupboard Workplace from 2012 to 2018, and is seen as a determine who wouldn’t pull any punches in an inquiry.
Former Tory MP and Cupboard workplace minister Oliver Letwin is reported to have mentioned of Ms Grey: ‘It took me exactly two years earlier than I realised who it’s that runs Britain. Our nice United Kingdom is definitely solely run by a woman known as Sue Grey, the pinnacle of ethics or one thing within the Cupboard Workplace. Except she agrees, issues simply do not occur.’
She can be a part of the panel deciding on who will likely be subsequent chair of the media regulator Ofcom.
Nevertheless, the SNP’s Westminster chief, Ian Blackford, mentioned ‘having someone else from the Civil Service marking their very own is not adequate’.
Mr Blackford instructed the BBC’s Newsnight programme that ‘it must be somebody from authority from outwith Authorities, from outwith the Civil Service. I might recommend that one of the simplest ways to try this can be by having a judge-led inquiry’.
Ms Grey was introduced in after the Guido Fawkes web site reported on Friday that two Christmas events have been held in Mr Case’s division, the Cupboard Workplace, in December 2020, when restrictions have been in place.
Though Mr Case didn’t participate he was ‘conscious of what they have been doing’ simply exterior his personal private workplace, and at one level stopped to ‘thank them for his or her onerous work’ as he moved between conferences.
A second occasion final December allegedly featured drinks for a bunch of individuals in Mr Case’s workplace earlier than attendees continued the occasion elsewhere. Nevertheless, the Cupboard Workplace denies that occasion happened.
The allegations surfaced as Tory chairman Oliver Dowden insisted that Mr Case’s inquiry will ‘vindicate’ Mr Johnson’s place that no guidelines had been damaged.
He has been wanting into alleged No10 Christmas occasion on December 18, in addition to leaving dos and a Cupboard Workplace quiz.
Boris Johnson ordered Mr Case to analyze final week after extraordinary footage emerged of his former press secretary Allegra Stratton and No10 aides laughing a few ‘occasion’ that was held in Downing Road final 12 months.
The findings of Mr Case’s probe have been anticipated by in the present day, however they’ve been pushed again.
The damaging scandal has been blamed for the Tories’ disastrous loss within the North Shropshire by-election in a single day.
Chatting with reporters on a go to in his Uxbridge constituency in the present day, Mr Johnson insisted the general public was extra excited about different issues corresponding to coronavirus, and urged the media reporting on lockdown-busting events had triggered the Tories to lose the North Shropshire by-election.
He instructed broadcasters ‘what individuals have been listening to is only a fixed litany of stuff about politics and politicians and stuff that is not about them’.
Earlier, Scottish Nationwide Get together’s Westminster chief Ian Blackford known as for Mr Case to be faraway from the investigation and to resign.
Mr Blackford mentioned: ‘The Prime Minister’s appointed lead investigator into the Downing Road events has additionally been reported to have hosted a celebration in his workplace – while 1000’s have been compelled to spend the Christmas season aside on account of obligatory coronavirus restrictions. He, alongside along with his inquiry report, should go.’
He mentioned it was ‘very important there be an inquiry led by an impartial arbitrator – somebody who owes the UK authorities nothing’, and in a letter to the PM urged it ought to be judge-led.
Ms Rayner additionally mentioned: ‘Boris Johnson as Prime Minister has set the tone for the civil service and the remainder of authorities.
‘Which every new revelation there’s rising proof of a tradition of turning a blind eye to the principles.
‘Labour made it clear when the investigation was launched that the individual in cost ought to be uncompromised and capable of make a good and impartial judgement. These recent revelations put that into query.’
Mr Dowden instructed BBC Radio 4’s Immediately programme: ‘I perceive and I respect that there was a notion, significantly from the media protection surrounding these alleged occasions, that we weren’t abiding by the principles.
‘I’ve to say to you that there’s an ongoing inquiry by the Cupboard Secretary and I am assured that that inquiry will vindicate the Prime Minister’s assertion that all the things that occurred was inside the guidelines.
‘However I do respect the noise and the sound round that was one thing that was of concern to voters.’
Mr Johnson was accused of breaking the principles imposed by his personal authorities after it was revealed he acted as an impromptu quiz grasp in Downing Road amid Tier 2 restrictions final 12 months.
In a picture printed within the Sunday Mirror, Johnson is seen in entrance of a laptop computer within the No. 10 library intently shadowed by two colleagues, one draped in tinsel, the opposite carrying a Christmas hat.
The quiz is believed to have taken place on December 15 – simply three days earlier than the now notorious Downing Road occasion.
Authorities sources cited by the Occasions mentioned the Cupboard Secretary ‘would have a look at credible allegations of different gatherings and you may’t actually say {that a} picture of the prime minister will not be a reputable allegation.’
Training Secretary Nadhim Zahawi defended the Prime Minister after it emerged Mr Johnson personally hosted a Christmas quiz in Downing Road final 12 months.
Mr Zahawi mentioned Mr Johnson had not damaged any coronavirus guidelines by collaborating within the occasion.
Johnson ordered Mr Case to analyze final week after extraordinary footage emerged of his former press secretary Allegra Stratton and No10 aides laughing a few ‘occasion’ that was held in Downing Road final 12 months (left – the leaked video; and proper – Ms Stratton apologising afterwards)
Downing Road has insisted the quiz was ‘digital’ however studies claimed many workers have been huddled by computer systems in Quantity 10 as they conferred on questions and drank alcohol.
On the time of the quiz, London was in Tier 2 which dictated there ought to be no mixing of households indoors, other than help bubbles, and a most of six individuals exterior.
The Sunday Mirror reported Mr Johnson shocked workers by turning up on display screen as quiz grasp for one spherical lasting between 10 and quarter-hour.
A Quantity 10 spokeswoman mentioned: ‘This was a digital quiz.
‘Downing Road workers have been usually required to be within the workplace to work on the pandemic response so those that have been within the workplace for work might have attended just about from their desks.
‘The Prime Minister briefly took half just about in a quiz to thank workers for his or her onerous work all year long.’
Employees reportedly held a Christmas bash in Quantity 10 on December 18, with a leaked video – filmed 4 days after the alleged gathering – displaying senior Downing Road aides joking a few ‘fictional’ occasion.
A second reported Downing Road occasion – an aide’s leaving do which is claimed to have taken place on November 27 – was allegedly attended by the Prime Minister, who The Mirror mentioned made a speech.
Mr Case is investigating each alleged occasions, together with a festive celebration organized on the Division for Training, which officers have admitted did happen and have expressed remorse over.
The Division for Work and Pensions (DWP) has since confirmed that workers working for Therese Coffey drank alcohol and ate takeaways ‘late into the night’ on a variety of events whereas coronavirus restrictions have been in place.
It comes after the Sunday Mirror reported political workers and officers ceaselessly drank after work till the early hours of the morning, and ordered meals to the Work and Pension Secretary’s workplace on the division’s Whitehall headquarters.
The DWP has confirmed there have been instances when alcohol was consumed in a piece area exterior the Cupboard minister’s Whitehall workplace however confused it happened whereas work was persevering with previous regular employment hours.
A supply mentioned the desks within the workplace are socially distanced and there was ‘no occasion environment occurring’.