Posted by Sinister Burt on May 11, 2020, 3:34 pm, in reply to "Tonight with Johnson"
Not they were originally not going to have press, but then after a 'backlash' (probably a blue tick one), they announcced they'd made a mistake and press would be included.
"Press Gazette asked Number 10 if journalists would be excluded from today's Covid-19 press conference and were initially told yes they would be. Two hours later (after an almighty backlash) we were told that was a mistake."