British cabinet officials and Conservative MPs left one after another, and said that Prime Minister Johnson is no longer suitable for power, Johnson also announced his resignation as prime minister earlier.
Johnson fought for many days to maintain the position of party leader and prime minister. Except for a few allies still support each other, all the other allies left him because a series of recent scandals have made them lose their willingness to support Johnson. Reuters lists five major scandals that damage Johnson's political career:
●Johnson appointed deputy party whip to resign due to sexual harassment scandal
British Conservative Party Deputy Party whip Christopher Pincher resigned last week for being involved in a sexual scandal. A former senior foreign ministry official accused Johnson of knowing that he had faced similar charges several times before appointing Pincher, and the Prime Minister's Office also lied about whether Johnson knew he was misconduct.
Johnson appointed Pincher as the deputy party whip in February, with his position involving strengthening party discipline and giving party members spiritual care. Pincher resigned from his deputy party whip last week, saying that he was too drunk, not only embarrassing himself but also unhappy others. British media reported that Pincher sexually harassed two men at a London club.
Johnson's office claimed last week that Johnson had no knowledge of Pincher's allegations before appointing him. His spokesperson changed his words on the 4th and said that Johnson was aware of some of the charges, but these allegations were either resolved or had no progress as formal complaints.
●Party Gate Scandal
Party Gate refers to the scandal in which the Prime Minister’s residence in Downing Street illegally held several parties during the lockdown of the new crown epidemic. The officials involved in the case are suspected of breaking the law by knowing that they have violated the law.
Johnson was fined by the police for attending his birthday party. In addition, on the eve of the funeral of Prince Philip, the Downing Street Prime Minister's Office held two more parties on April 16 last year. Johnson's office has apologized to the Queen for this. After the
incident was exposed, a senior civil servant released an investigation report, publicly condemning a series of illegal rallies in the Prime Minister's Office, and also detailed the situation of excessive drinking and vomiting among the participants.
Now Johnson has to face the misleading Congressional investigation initiated by Congress in April. Johnson said he sincerely believed that the rally was not illegal, but now he admitted that he was wrong.
●Sex scandals of other Conservative MPs
After Johnson took office, the Conservative Conservative was hit by multiple sexual scandals of MPs, two of which forced MPs to resign, which also led to the Conservative Party's defeat in two parliamentary by-elections last month.
Conservative MP Ahmed Khan resigned after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Another Conservative MP, Perish, also admitted that he was stunned for a moment and resigned twice after watching pornographic videos on his mobile phone in the House of Commons , .
There is also a Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and other crimes. The MP was released on bail in May and the media did not release his name to protect the victim.
●Conservative MP lobbying case
Last year, the House of Commons Standards Committee recommended suspending Conservative MP and former cabinet official Patterson for 30 days because he was found lobbying cabinet ministers for two companies that paid him, violating paid publicity regulations.
●Downing Street Official Residence Controversy
In April last year, " Sunday Times " revealed that Johnson spent about 200,000 pounds to redecorate the Downing Street Official Residence, and one of the bills was paid directly by a Conservative funder.
After that, the British Election Commission imposed a fine of £17,800 on the Conservative Party on the grounds that it failed to accurately declare the source of the relevant funds.
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