https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59967930
Boris Johnson faces calls to quit
after lockdown party apology
Published
8 hours ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a "bring your own booze" party during the first coronavirus lockdown.
He told MPs the event in the Downing Street garden was "technically within the rules" but he should have realised how it would look to the public.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the PM must now quit over what he called his "ridiculous" lies and excuses.
Mr Johnson is also under pressure from his own MPs over the May 2020 party.
Senior backbencher and select committee chairman William Wragg said the PM's position is "untenable" and he should resign before senior civil servant Sue Gray publishes her report on Downing Street parties.
Mr Wragg told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "I don't think it should be left to the findings of a civil servant to determine the future of the prime minister and indeed who governs this country."
