My dad died of Covid: this is how I reacted to the new Partygate video

Leshie Chandrapala is one of the hundreds of members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK group to express anger and frustration over a newly released video appearing to show a Christmas party at Tory party headquarters during Covid restrictions in 2020. Leshie said she was ‘living a nightmare’ and felt a ‘physical sickness’ after watching the video. Her father, Ranjith Chanrapala, 64, a bus driver, died from the virus in May 2020. The video appears to show staff members drinking alcohol and dancing on 14 December 2020 at a gathering held by the campaign team of the unsuccessful London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey, who has since been given a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list. 232 people lost their lives to the pandemic that day