British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, fighting to save his premiership amid a storm over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street, told parliament on Wednesday he would not resign. Starmer, who welcomed the defection of lawmaker Christian Wakeford, who left Johnson’s Conservatives to join Labour, asked Johnson if a prime minister should resign if he misled parliament. Leading rivals within the Conservative Party include Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, 41, and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, 46. Does the prime minister realize how ridiculous that sounds?” Starmer said to parliament. The Downing Street lockdown parties — some held when ordinary people could not bid farewell in person to dying relatives — have undermined Johnson’s authority.

Source: The Times January 19, 2022 13:18 UTC