Respondents in survey say prime minister should resign, as Labour overtakes Conservatives
12 December 2021 - 17:00Boris Johnson, engulfed by a string of crises that have angered Tory legislators, could face more ire over a report that he personally breached Covid-19 lockdown rules a year ago.
In the Mirror report the prime minister was pictured on screen with at least two aides as he read out questions to staff, who participated via computer from their offices at No 10 in teams of up to six people. Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi defended Johnson on Sunday, telling Sky News that no regulations were breached during the event involving various teams of co-workers.
Conservative MP Steve Baker, though, told Sky it was critical the country’s leaders, from Johnson down, comply with the spirit of regulations, not just the letter. Labour raced to a six-point lead over Johnson’s Conservative Party in a Savanta ComRes poll for the Daily Mail taken on December 9-10, a nine-point swing from December 3-5.
The question of whether the string of controversies marks the beginning of the end for Johnson is now being openly debated, even in Tory-friendly papers.
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