UK PM sorry for attending garden party in lockdown

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a garden party during the first coronavirus lockdown. Some members of his Conservative Party say he should resign if he can’t quell the furor.

Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister said Mr Speaker, I want to apologise. I know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months. I know the anguish that they have been through, unable to mourn their relatives, unable to live their lives as they want, or to do the things they love. And I know the rage they feel with me, and with the government I lead, when they think that in Downing Street itself the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules.

 Johnson acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he went to the May 2020 garden party at his Downing Street office, though he said that he had considered it a work event to thank staff for their efforts during the pandemic.