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- In this screen shot taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Johnson faced a grilling from opponents in Parliament as well as a threat from his own party's lawmakers over a string of lockdown-flouting government parties. Conservative legislators are judging whether to trigger a no-confidence vote in Johnson over the “partygate” scandal. Johnson and loyal ministers are trying to bring rebels back into line before they submit letters to a party committee calling for the vote. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
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UK's Johnson defies calls to quit as ouster bid gathers pace
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Wed,01/19/22-5:43AM , 222 Reads
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defied calls to resign in a feisty performance Wednesday in Parliament — but it may be too little to prevent a push by his Conservative Party's lawmakers to oust him over a series of lockdown-flouting government parties.
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- This undated photo issued on Jan. 13, 2022 by GOV.UK shows Sue Gray, second permanent secretary at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Gray is a senior but previously obscure civil servant who may hold Johnson’s political future in her hands. She has the job of investigating allegations that the prime minister and his staff attended lockdown-flouting parties on government property. (GOV.UK via AP)
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UK's Johnson, and his foes, await key 'partygate' report
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Mon,01/17/22-10:08AM , 171 Reads
LONDON (AP) — As he fights for his career, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has one constant refrain: Wait for Sue Gray.
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- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits alone in St. George's Chapel during the funeral of Prince Philip, the man who had been by her side for 73 years, at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Saturday April 17, 2021. Boris Johnson's former communications chief has apologized "unreservedly" on Friday for a lockdown-breaching party in Downing Street last year. The Daily Telegraph said Downing Street staff drank, danced and socialized on April 16 last year, the night before the funeral of Prince Philip. The next day, the widowed Queen Elizabeth II sat alone in the church during her husband's funeral service in order to adhere to social distancing rules. (Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP, File)
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UK leader's office apologizes for party before royal funeral
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Fri,01/14/22-2:27AM , 378 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson's office apologized to the royal family on Friday for holding staff parties in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral last year — the latest in a catalogue of allegedly lockdown-breaching gatherings that are threatening to topple the British prime minister.
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- In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement ahead of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown. He said Wednesday that there are things the government “did not get right.” Johnson is facing anger from public and politicians over claims he and his staff flouted pandemic restrictions by socializing when it was banned. Some members of his Conservative Party say he should resign if he can’t quell the furor. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
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UK ministers rally around embattled Boris Johnson, for now
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Thu,01/13/22-4:11AM , 313 Reads
LONDON (AP) — With varying degrees of enthusiasm, senior British government ministers on Thursday expressed support for Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson and rejected demands he resign for attending a garden party during the country’s first coronavirus lockdown.
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