Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a COVID-19 media briefing in Downing Street, London, Jan. 4. Johnson has insisted he personally broke no rules, but British media reported Tuesday that the prime minister and his wife, Carrie Johnson, attended the garden gathering. But outrage is mounting since this is not the first time Johnson's Conservative government has been accused of flouting pandemic rules that imposed the most severe restrictions on Britons' individual freedoms since World War II. People wearing face masks to curb the spread of coronavirus walk through the Covent Garden district of central London, Jan. 11. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing more allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules, this time by holding a garden party in 2020 while Britons were barred by law from mingling outside the home.

Source: The Times January 12, 2022 01:23 UTC