British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized on Wednesday after admitting he attended an alcohol-filled garden party at 10 Downing Street at the height of the country's first Pandemic.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended a party.
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At the start of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament, Johnson admitted to attending a gathering in the garden of Number 10 on May 20, 2020, at which point the U.K. was under a Covid lock down.
Johnson said that he should have sent everyone back inside after he attended the gathering for 25 minutes.
Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition, said that Johnson was a man without shame and that he didn't know the gathering was a party.
The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, called on the prime minister to resign.
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, said that Johnson could not stay on as prime minister if he attended the party.
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There have been a number of scandals involving the government's handling of the Pandemic, the awarding of valuable contracts, and the refurbishment of buildings. Johnson had previously claimed that he broke no rules when he attended the events during the lock down.
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"The party is over, prime minister, apathetic spectacle of a man who has run out of road," Starmer said. The Labour leader said that when the former health secretary broke the rules, he resigned and when the prime minister's spokesman laughed about it, they also resigned. The prime minister thinks that the rules don't apply to him.
Johnson apologized to the speaker. Millions of people have made extraordinary sacrifice over the last 18 months. I know how hard it is for them to mourn their relatives, unable to live their lives as they want or do the things they love. I know the rage they feel with me and the government when they think that the people who make the rules are not following them.
I have learned that there were things we did not get right and I must take responsibility for that. The garden is an extension of the office and has been used constantly because of the fresh air's ability to stop the virus. When I went into the garden just after six to thank the staff, I believed it was a work event because I was going back to my office 25 minutes later.
I should have sent everyone back inside and found another way to thank them, even if it was technically possible, because millions of people would not see it. People who were forbidden from meeting their loved ones inside or outside. I apologize to them and to this house. Sue Gray should be allowed to complete her inquiry into that day and several others so that the full facts can be established.
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Boris Johnson apologized after admitting that he attended a garden party for 25 minutes.
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