'In the name of God, go': UK PM Johnson faces demands to resign

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LONDON — British prime minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (Jan 19) dismissed calls to resign from opponents and some of his own lawmakers, fighting to save his premiership amid a deepening revolt inside his party over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street.

Mr Johnson, who in 2019 won his party's biggest majority in more than 30 years, is now fighting to shore up his authority after a series of revelations about parties in his Downing Street residence during Covid-19 lockdowns.However, he attended what he said he thought was a work event on May 20, 2020 to which staff had been told to"bring their own booze". Mr Johnson said on Tuesday that nobody had told him the gathering was against Covid-19 rules.

Implored to stay by one supporter, Mr Johnson said he had not yet"sat here quite long enough, indeed nothing like long enough." Mr Johnson on Tuesday denied an accusation by his former adviser that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party, saying nobody had warned him the"bring your own booze" gathering might contravene Covid-19 rules.

"My decision is about much more than your leadership and the disgraceful way you have conducted yourself in recent weeks," Mr Wakeford said.

 

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