The Partygate affair, as it became known, dealt a major blow to Johnson’s administration, and he resigned as prime minister in 2022 following an exodus of top ministers.Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

Boris Johnson: I’m sorry I said sorry for Partygate scandal – POLITICO

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Boris 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.