Britain does not need a vacuum at the heart of government right now due to the gravity of the Ukraine crisis, a junior foreign minister said on Sunday when asked if Prime Minister Boris Johnson should resign over lockdown parties.
Johnson has received a police questionnaire as part of an investigation into parties at Downing Street during COVID lockdowns. He has repeatedly been asked if he would resign.
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“I don’t think what the country needs at the moment is a vacuum at the center of government,” Europe minister James Cleverly told Sky, citing the COVID recovery and the Ukraine crisis.
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