Boris Johnson refuses to step down despite scathing 'partygate' report

Boris Johnson refuses to step down despite scathing ‘partygate’ report

Holly Stearnes 26 May 2022, 7:38am AEST ·Updated 3 weeks ago·1 min read

Boris Johnson has apologised again for breaking covid lockdown rules at Downing Street, as Sue Gray’s investigative report was handed down

The U.K. Prime Minister says he “full responsibility for everything that took place.”

The report clearly indicates that the blame for the illegal gatherings during the nation’s strict lockdowns lies on the top of the Government, Boris Johnson.

A total of 16 gatherings were investigated in the critical report that Johnson and his staff attended in 2020 and 2021.

Gray concluded there had been “failures of leadership and judgment in No. 10”.

However, Johnson has continued to deny that he knowingly broke the rules he set.

Now, Johnson wants to put it all behind in and is determined to carry on as Prime Minister saying he’s “humbled” and has “learned a lesson”.

However, it might not be that easy, as he faces renewed calls the resign.

Critics say the Prime Minister misled Parliament and the people of the United Kingdom.

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Re the Sue Gray report which is just as enraging and vomit-inducing (literally) as suspected, any other boss who presided over this scale of illegal lockdown-breaking partying wouldn’t resign – they’d be fired.
And Boris Johnson was the guy who MADE THE LAWS.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 25, 2022

The door of 10 Downing Street is one of the great symbols of British democracy.

A democracy which relies on the principles of honesty and integrity.

Its current inhabitant has failed to uphold these principles.

Boris Johnson must go.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) May 25, 2022

Imagine being a Downing Street cleaner, having your social life cancelled by lockdown and then having to clean-up vomit and wine spilt on the walls at a party, only to be mistreated by the government staff responsible?

That's the elitist culture Boris Johnson is responsible for.
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) May 25, 2022