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A Conservative lawmaker submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson on Friday and another quit a role as an assistant to Britain’s interior minister, putting new pressure on the prime minister over illegal parties at his Downing Street residence

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons

Bob Neill, the chair of parliament’s justice committee, said an official report on the parties issued on Wednesday showed a pattern of “unacceptable behaviour” over months during Britain’s coronavirus crisis, and said he did not find Johnson’s explanations to be credible. Johnson said after the report was issued that he took responsibility for the events but refused to quit.

“It is clear to me that a deep mistrust in both the government and the Conservative Party has been created by these events. It is distressing to me that this work on your behalf has been tarnished by the toxic culture that seemed to have permeated Number 10,” Holmes said in a statement.

 

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Even his hair confirms that he was in an illegal party.

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