British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he accepts “full responsibility” for the “partygate” scandal after an official inquiry blamed the “senior leadership” in his government for the culture which led to the COVID-19 breaches.
The police investigation into breaches of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus rules in Downing Street and Whitehall has ended, with a total of 126 fines issued to 83 people, including Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
The widely-anticipated report by senior civil servant Sue Gray, which was published on Wednesday, condemned the wider culture that had been allowed to develop under Johnson’s leadership.
“The events that I investigated were attended by leaders in government. Many of these events should not have been allowed to happen,” Gray said….