Boris Johnson: I’m sorry I said sorry for Partygate scandal – POLITICO
by Matt Honeycombe-Foster · POLITICOBoris Johnson retracted his apology for the Covid rule-breaching Partygate scandal that helped call time on his stint as British prime minister.
In his upcoming memoir “Unleashed,” Johnson wrote that he made a “mistake” in offering “pathetic” and “groveling” apologies for the row, which “made it look as though we were far more culpable than we were.”
Multiple coronavirus rule-breaking parties were held in Downing Street while the country faced pandemic restrictions.