UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologises for attending a garden party during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but brushes aside demands to resign
Some members of Johnson's Conservative Party have also joined in the criticism, saying he must quit if he can’t quell the furore.
“I want to apologise. With hindsight, I should have sent everyone back inside," Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons. At the time, people in Britain were barred by law from meeting more than one person outside their household.Thousands fined for breaking the ban Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said Johnson's statement was "the pathetic spectacle of a man who has run out of road.
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