UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday he was “entirely responsible” for the Downing Street concerts, which violated closure rules during the Covid outbreak, following the release of an internal report condemning him in the so-called “party”. Gate Scandal.
He told MPs: “I bear full responsibility for everything that happened in front of my eyes”, noting that the report called on political leaders and officials “to bear ultimate responsibility, and he is certainly present.” that he would respond to calls for his resignation over the case, and also stressed that he had been absent from most of those parties and denied that he had lied to Parliament.
“Many of these events could not have been allowed to happen,” said Sue Gray, a senior public official who prepared the report, referring to a number of parties attended by senior officials who violated lockdown rules.
