UK Conservatives Pushing for Johnson’s Resignation Should ‘Forget It’: Minister

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel speaking to the media outside the Ukrainian embassy in London on March 6, 2022. Yui Mok/PA

Conservative MPs pushing for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign over the “partygate” scandal should “forget it,” Home Secretary Priti Patel has said.

Since the publication of an official report on May 25 on COVID-19 breaches inside Downing Street, 12 Conservative MPs have openly called for Johnson to resign, taking the total number to 28.