Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Party over for UK PM? Boris Johnson apologises amid calls to resign

The UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted he attended a potentially rule-breaking party in his Downing Street residence in May 2020, when the country was still in a Covid-19 lockdown. 

 

Amid mounting anger, including from his own MPs, he faced a grilling in Parliament over a gathering of dozens of people in Number 10's garden, at a time when social contact was strictly limited.


Mr Johnson apologised for any "misjudgements" and says he accepts "full responsibility" for what happened. But the opposition Labour Party is calling for him to step down. 

 

From London, Benji Hyer reports.


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