Three more Conservative MPs have publicly demanded Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister following the publication of an official report into COVID-19 breaches inside Downing Street, bringing the total number of Tory MPs who have done so to 19.
The widely anticipated report by senior civil servant Sue Gray, which was published on May 25, detailed events at which officials drank so much they were sick, sang karaoke, became involved in altercations, and abused security and cleaning staff at a time when millions of people across the country were unable to see friends and family.
Gray wrote that “the senior leadership at the centre” must bear responsibility for the breaches, which resulted in a total of 126 fines issued to 83 people, including Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak….