British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday January 12 presented his "
apologies
" and admitted having made an appearance at a rally in Downing Street Gardens in full lockdown, arguing that he then "
implicitly
" believed it was of a working meeting.
In front of the deputies, he explained that he believed that the event respected the sanitary rules then in force, assuming the “
responsibility
” of the “
errors
” which were made.
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In response, Labor opposition leader Keir Starmer called for Boris Johnson's resignation.
“
His defense of saying he didn't know he was at a party is so ridiculous it's actually insulting to the British public
,” he said in the weekly question-and-answer session at the government.
"
Will he now have the decency to resign?"
", He added, accusing the conservative leader of"
lying like a tooth puller
".