Michael Gove.Credit:Getty
The 45-second clip shows revellers partying in December 2020 when the British public in London werebanned from socialising indoors to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
People can be seen dancing and drinking in the video. Two of those at the gathering,which had previously been investigated by police when a still photo of it emerged,were given honours by Johnson in his resignation list earlier this month.
“It’s terrible,” Gove,the housing minister,toldSky News. “I think it’s completely out of order. I just want to apologise to everyone really.”
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said of the video:“We are aware of the footage and are considering it”,theTelegraph of London reported.
The issue of rule-breaking during COVID lockdowns helped bring down Johnson,who left office last year,and still hangs over the Conservatives and current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Johnson stepped down as a member of parliament on June 9,days before the privileges committee - the main disciplinary body for MPs - issued its damning verdict on him,re-opening divisions in the party and re-igniting public anger.