“There were failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of No. The full civil service report has been withheld pending the police probe. Its findings have sparked London's Metropolitan Police to open a criminal probe into whether Johnson and his staff broke lockdown rules. The report, despite it being only a 12-page summary, was scathing in its indictment of Johnson. His appearance in the packed and tense parliament chamber followed the afternoon release of an abridged civil service investigation into the parties. Monday saw Johnson vigorously defend his actions and refuse to consider resigning. Johnson is in the midst of a bruising scandal over drinking parties he, his wife and staff allegedly held in violation of the same strict rules against socializing that they were ordering everyone else to obey in England. (CN) - The House of Commons was the scene of high emotions and political drama on Monday as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson bullishly defended himself in the face of growing evidence that he held boozy parties at Downing Street in violation of lockdown rules.
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