A prominent pro-Brexit lawmaker has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “unacceptable failings of leadership” over the COVID-19 breaches in Downing Street, putting further pressure from an increasing number of party colleagues for him to resign.
Former Cabinet minister Dame Andrea Leadsom, who was an ally of Johnson during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, said in a letter to her constituents that the “extent and severity” of the rule-breaking in Number 10 meant it was “extremely unlikely” the senior leadership did not know what was going on.
