April 26, 2024

Tearful Stratton quits, says she regrets party remarks

Watch as PM adviser Allegra Stratton makes a tearful resignation speech outside her London home, following a leaked video that showed her joking with Downing Street staff about a Christmas party last year.

Stratton admitted her remarks “seemed to make light of the rules” and she offered her “profound apologies”.

The clip was from a rehearsal for press briefings – which never started – and the former BBC and ITN journalist later took on duties for the COP26 climate change conference.

READ: Allegra Stratton resigns over No 10 Christmas party video

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