And can a prime minister who has repeatedly and flagrantly misled parliament remain in office? Every day that they allow him to stay there, Tory MPs are choosing to say yes to both those questions. To be fair to the Conservatives, some of them are greatly troubled that they are led by a rogue prime minister. Yet even those Tory MPs who share his disdain for ethical standards must worry that this is not going away. That’s the one Mr Johnson claims he attended because he mistook a garden packed with people chugging alcohol for a “work event”.

Source: The Guardian April 24, 2022 19:27 UTC