MP Michael Fabricant sorry for lockdown drinks comments
Conservative MP Michael Frabricant has apologised for suggesting teachers and nurses enjoyed a "quiet drink" in staff-rooms during lockdown.In a letter to the NAHT school leaders' union, the Lichfield MP said it was not his intention to demoralise or offend anyone.Mr Fabricant said in the interview earlier this month that he did not think the prime minister knew he was breaking the law when he attended a gathering in Downing Street in June 2020 to celebrate his 56th birthday.
In the letter published on the NAHT website Mr Fabricant said he did not mean to cause offence "and I apologise if I have genuinely done so", while accepting any after-work drinks remained among a small minority. "My error in one part of the programme - which was repeated on TV - was to give the impression this was general practice by nurses and teachers - this was never the case."
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