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Assailed by scandal, UK's PM Boris Johnson fights for his job

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LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Monday (Jan 24) as he faced the publication later this week of an investigation into boozy parties at the heart of the British state during Covid-19 lockdowns. Johnson, who in 2019 won the biggest Conservative majority in more than 30 years, is now assailed by...

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The results of an official investigation by Cabinet Office official Sue Gray into the lockdown parties is due to be published later this week. Johnson has denied a claim that he was told a "bring your own booze" lockdown gathering on May 20, 2020, which he says he thought was a work event, was inappropriate.His former senior adviser Dominic Cummings — now a harsh critic — is due to be interviewed on Monday.

Leading rivals within the Conservative Party include Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, 41, and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, 46.Johnson on Monday ordered an inquiry into claims by a lawmaker who said she was fired from a ministerial job in the government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleagues uncomfortable.

 

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