ICYMI: UK PM Johnson said he took full responsibility but would not quit after a damning official report detailed a series of illegal lockdown parties at the British leader's Downing Street office
Opposition politicians and some in his own party have repeatedly called for him to resign over the alcohol-fuelled gatherings in violation of COVID-19 rules all but banning people from socialising outside their households.
"Many of these events should not have been allowed to happen," Gray said. "The senior leadership ... must bear responsibility for this culture." Gray's interim findings were published in January, but details were withheld until the end of a police inquiry that concluded last week with 126 fines handed out.
At one June 2020 event, Gray said "excessive alcohol consumption" led to one person being sick and a fight between two others.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during his statement on the Sue Gray Report, at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, May 25, 2022.
Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer said Johnson should quit and that the report showed the government believed there was one rule for them and another for everyone else. One who had reserved judgment, Julian Sturdy, said he now felt it was in the public interest for Johnson to resign.
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