80 percent think Johnson is a liar - resignation rejected
Created: 2022-04-21Updated: 2022-04-21, 4:30 p.m
Most Brits think Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a liar.
What are the political consequences of the Partygate around illegal lockdown parties in Downing Street?
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The British Prime Minister had categorically ruled out illegal lockdown parties in Downing Street: until it came out that he himself was celebrating.
He is threatened with a parliamentary investigation for lying in Parliament.
LONDON/Gujarat - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected calls for his resignation over his role in illegal lockdown parties at government headquarters.
"I don't think it's the right thing," the prime minister told Sky News on Thursday during a trip to India.
Several MPs from Johnson's Tory party had previously called for his resignation.
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On Thursday, the House of Commons in London wants to vote on whether there should be a parliamentary inquiry into whether Johnson lied to MPs in connection with the affair.
An attempt by the government to postpone the vote at short notice apparently failed due to opposition from Johnson's own party.
It is therefore not unlikely that the prime minister will lose the vote scheduled for the evening.
Almost 80 percent of Brits think Johnson is a liar
Nearly 80 percent of British voters believe Johnson lied about the Partygate affair.
This is the result of a survey by the opinion research institute Yougov on behalf of Times Radio.
Accordingly, only eight percent of voters believe the conservative head of government.
Even among supporters of Johnson's Tories, a clear majority (61 percent) are convinced that he lied.
2,079 voting-age Britons were surveyed on 19 and 20 April.
Now the prime minister is even threatened with a parliamentary investigation.
Johnson has to pay a fine
After reports of parties in London's Downing Street during various corona lockdowns in Parliament, Johnson had repeatedly asserted that the rules had always been followed.
It later emerged that the prime minister himself had attended several of the meetings in question.
In the meantime, he even had to pay a fine imposed by the police.
More could follow.
Johnson now takes the position that he didn't realize it was a party.
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