A prominent pro-Brexit lawmaker has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “unacceptable failings of leadership” over the COVID-19 breaches in Downing Street, putting further pressure from an increasing number of party colleagues for him to resign.
Former Cabinet minister Dame Andrea Leadsom, who was an ally of Johnson during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, said in a letter to her constituents that the “extent and severity” of the rule-breaking in Number 10 meant it was “extremely unlikely” the senior leadership did not know what was going on.
An official report on the so-called “partygate” scandal by senior civil servant Sue Gray, 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 due to pandemic restrictions….