Johnson Resists Pressure to Apologise After Starmer Confronted by Protesters

Johnson Resists Pressure to Apologise After Starmer Confronted by Protesters
Screenshot from video of clashes between police and protesters as officers use a police vehicle to escort Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to safety near Parliament in Westminster on Feb. 7, 2022. Courtesy of Conor Noon via PA
Lily Zhou
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls for him to apologise for taking a swipe at Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer after the opposition leader was surrounded and followed by a group of protesters.

Police had to bundle Starmer into a car near Parliament on Monday evening after around one or two dozen protesters chased him, shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, and three other individuals, shouting at Starmer and making accusations seen by some as echoing Johnson’s comments.