U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced fresh fury from his Conservative lawmakers after a report into partying in Downing Street during lockdown slammed “failures of leadership and judgment” at the top of his government and criticized “excessive” drinking.
London’s Metropolitan Police is now investigating 12 lockdown gatherings in government buildings, including in Johnson’s own apartment, and said Monday it was reviewing “more than 300 images and over 500 pages of information.”
In her 12-page interim report, senior civil servant Sue Gray said “too little thought” was given to the conditions faced by people across the U.K. under strict Covid-19 restrictions, and that some events “should not have been allowed to take place.”
“I get it, and I will fix it,” Johnson told Parliament in a session that lasted nearly two hours. He vowed an overhaul of the way his office is run, apologized “for the things we simply didn’t get right” and said it was time to “look ourselves in the mirror and learn.”
Later he appealed for calm from Conservative members of Parliament at a packed private meeting, pledging to bring back election strategist Lynton Crosby for regular strategic advice to get his government back on track.
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