I'm A Celeb hosts double down on criticism of the government

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! hosts and fired more shots at the government during Wednesday’s episode of the show.

Viewers couldn’t help but laugh after the presenters doubled down on their criticism of the Prime Minister during the live segments.

Ant and Dec, both 46, joked about their mention in the Prime Ministers Questions and poked fun at the lack of inquiry into the No.10.party last year.

After spokesperson Allegra Stratton — who has today resigned — was recorded joking about the party days later, the presenters couldn’t resist making a dig.

Ant and Dec discussed how campmates hid the fact they lost the challenge from David Ginola, because it meant he didn’t receive his letter from home. 

Dec said: ‘Not a great idea that, is it?’

While Ant added: ‘If we’ve learned one thing in the last 24 hours, you can’t cover something up.’

Dec continued: ‘No, that will come back to bite them at some point.Might take a year — but it will happen.

‘The situation was as clear as day, we all watched of them getting the question wrong. It was obvious what happened. Even Ant and Dec are ahead of the Prime Minister — sorry… Danny Miller…on this one.’

He added: ‘Don’t worry, we’ll launch an inquiry on something — not that that’ll do anything.’ 

Anyway back to camp, where Frankie’s been hitting Naughty Boy with a few personal music questions,’ before Dec added: ‘Or PMQs for short.’

Many viewers praised the presenting duo for their comments and insisted they had done the right thing by holding the government to account.

One person said: ‘Evening Prime Minister.2nd night in a row that Ant & Dec have single handledly destroyed Boris’ reputation on live primetime TV & I’m absolutely here for it.

‘2 Geordie lads are doing a much better job at jolding this shambolic goverment to account than Starmer is.’

While another agreed, and said: ‘Well done Ant & Dec, it’s about time we had an opposition which were credible.’ 

Ant and Dec were mentioned by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday during Prime Minister’s Questions — after making comments about the PM during Tuesday’s episode.

Starmer said: ‘We’ve all watched the video of the Prime Minister’s staff…they knew there was a party, they knew it was against the rules, they knew they couldn’t admit it, they thought it was funny.

‘It’s obvious was happening.Ant and Dec are ahead of the Prime Minister on this. The Prime Minister has been caught red-handed.’

Another view joked: ‘Once Ant & Dec turn on you you’re screwed!’

While another said: ‘When a govt loses Ant & Dec they’ve lost the entire Nation.’ 

The TV duo mocked ‘s Number 10 Christmas party cover up as they brand him ‘the PM, for 벳이스트축구 now’ during a live taping of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

The show’s crew cheered behind the camera as Dec branded Mr Johnson ‘the PM, for now’ during the jibe at the Government’s handling of claims a party was held in Downing Street despite measures last year.

Ant insisted the I’m a Celeb stars had not celebrated a change of camp leader with ‘cheese, wine and a secret Santa’.

The joke comes after  aides laughed as they branded their party a ‘business meeting’ to hide the fact it broke Covid laws, a new video suggested.

They they took part in a fake press conference just days after the alleged December 18 event last year which has raised legal questions and denials of wrongdoing from No10.

The clip, discovered by , shows , then the PM’s press secretary, and Ed Oldfield, No10’s head of digital, rehearsing a question and answer session in the No9 briefing room. 

Dec said: ‘It is all change in camp now because yesterday the celebs chose a new leader via the gift of a secret vote.’

Ant added: ‘That means David’s reign is over but they weren’t celebrating.They didn’t have a party. 

‘They categorically deny any suggestions that they had a party. And this fictional party definitely didn’t involve cheese and wine or a secret Santa.’

A dramatic Dec pointed at the camera as he said: ‘Evening Prime Minister, for now.’

The show’s crew erupted into laughter behind the scenes as the camera cut back to the campmates.

In the leaked video Oldfield asks a question about ‘a Downing Street Christmas party on Friday night’, to which Ms Stratton laughs and replies: ‘I went home.’ 

When he asks if the Prime Minister would condone such a party, Ms Stratton appears unsure how to respond and asks the room: ‘What’s the answer?’

A third voice can be heard saying ‘it wasn’t a party, it was cheese and wine’, before Ms Stratton added: ‘It was a business meeting …this fictional party was a business meeting and it was not socially distanced.’

The footage was released after Johnson had earlier refused to answer questions about the gathering, with questions raised over whether it breached social distancing rules in place at the time.

Asked about it on a visit to a London prison he would only say that all the rules had been followed at the time.Other ministers have refused to confirm if a party happened or not. 

Starmer responded to the footage of Downing St aides joking about the party by saying that Mr Johnson needed to ‘come clean and apologise’.

The Labour leader said: ‘People across the country followed the rules even when that meant being separated from their families, locked down and — tragically for many — unable to say goodbye to their loved ones. 

‘They had a right to expect that the government was doing the same.

‘To lie and to laugh about those lies is shameful. The Prime Minister now needs to come clean, and apologise. 

‘It cannot be one rule for the Conservatives and another for everyone else.’

In response to the footage, a Downing Street spokesman said: ‘There was no Christmas party.Covid rules have been followed at all times.’

The leaked footage was shot in the media room at 9 Downing Street, which was refurbished at a cost of £2.6 million in preparation for the televised broadcasts before the plan was ditched. 

Parties were banned under Covid restrictions at the time. Mr Johnson has not confirmed or denied reports that members of his Downing Street team staged a party on December 18 last year when London was under Tier 3 restrictions but he has insisted that no rules were broken.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab reignited the party row after he said it would have been a clear breach of Covid rules at the time if Mr Johnson’s staff held a party in Number 10 in the run-up to last Christmas. 

The PM has insisted no rules were broken after the Times reported that staff wore festive jumpers and were asked to bring ‘secret Santa’ gifts.

They were reported to have brought alcohol and food to the event said to have been attended by dozens of colleagues

Mr Johnson’s official spokesman has insisted ‘there was not a party’ but the Prime Minister declined to characterise the event during a visit to a prison in London on Tuesday.

‘What I can tell you is that all the guidelines were observed, continue to be observed,’ he told reporters. 

Asked if he investigated personally, Mr Johnson said: ‘I am satisfied myself that the guidelines were followed at all times.’

The spokesman later added that ‘our position has not changed’ following Mr Johnson’s comments