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No surprise No.10 laughed at cleaners – it did nothing to stop them dying

Security guards and other low-paid staff were laughed at by a government that didn’t care about their lives

No surprise No.10 laughed at cleaners – it did nothing to stop them dying
Low-paid staff were left to clean up after boozy Number 10 parties and mocked if they raised concerns
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In a week of sickening revelations, the thought of Downing Street partygoers laughing at cleaners and security guards who tried to warn them they were breaking lockdown rules leaves a particularly nasty taste in the mouth.

A security guard was left “shaking his head” after being laughed at for warning about rule breaking, BBC’s Panorama reported this week. And today’s Sue Gray report shows this was no isolated incident.

Gray highlighted “multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment” of security guards, and of cleaners, who were left to regularly clean up bottles and rubbish littered everywhere, red wine splashed all over the walls, and, presumably, vomit (Gray heard that one person had thrown up following a Downing Street gathering).