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COVID: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Under Fire, Asked To Resign | READ DETAILS

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Jan 13, 2022

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British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been called to resign after apologizing for attending an alcohol- incited party at the peak of the first COVID-19 pandemic lock-down that teetered the country.

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The British Politician had been under fire for attending a garden party at 10 Downing Street amid the total lockdown in the country in 2020.

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His admission has attracted extreme backlash with many registering displeasure that the 57 year old partied in a dark time when people could not leave their homes or see their loved ones.

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In response to Boris' apology, leader of the opposition,Keir Starmer insisted Johnson was "a man without shameÔÇØ and the excuse that he had no idea the gathering was a party was "so ridiculous that it is offensive to the British public."

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According to Boris;

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"Mr Speaker, I want to apologise. I know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months.

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I know the anguish that they have been through - unable to mourn their relatives, unable to live their lives as they want or do the things they love. And I know the rage they feel with me and with the government I lead, when they think that in Downing Street itself the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules.

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And though I cannot anticipate the conclusions of the current inquiry I have learned enough to know there were things we simply did not get right and I must take responsibility. Number 10 is a big department with the garden as an extension of the office - which has been in constant use because of the role of fresh air in stopping the virus. And when I went into that garden just after six on the 20th of May 2020, to thank groups of staff before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working, I believed implicitly that this was a work event.

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— Thompson Nsisongabasi

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