31 January 2022
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay has demanded Boris Johnson resign after a report into parties held in Downing Street during lockdown found there were “failures of leadership” [1].
Ramsay said:
“This report confirms what we all already knew – that there have been serious failings at the top of this government and the buck has to stop with Boris Johnson.
“Despite his insistence in Parliament that he had no awareness of any parties in Downing Street, we know that while the vast majority of people were following the rules to try and keep their loved ones safe, the Prime Minister and his mates were partying in direct defiance of the safety measures.
“Not only has the Prime Minister undermined public trust in the coronavirus safety measures, his desperate attempts to cling onto power are a distraction from urgent issues that are spiralling out of control – the cost of living, potential war in Ukraine, the climate crisis.
“There can be no more excuses, no more distractions, no more pretences. Boris Johnson must go.
“But let’s be clear that Boris Johnson is only a symptom of the much deeper problem of corruption at the top of the Conservative Party. Our political system is so broken that it breeds politicians who think they can get away with anything. It is long past time for an overhaul to end the culture of entitlement and lack of accountability in Parliament.”
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