UK’s Johnson Faces Calls to Resign From Senior Conservatives Over Lockdown Party

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, on Jan. 12, 2022. House of Commons/PA

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to resign by senior Conservative politicians after he admitted attending a social gathering in the Downing Street garden during England’s first COVID-19 lockdown.

At Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Jan. 12, Johnson said he attended a gathering in the garden for around 25 minutes to “thank groups of staff,” as he “believed implicitly that this was a work event.”