Borris johnson is just clinging to the one thing that might save him, which is time. He needs time just to hope that something comes about that shifts the conversation and moves it away from this sort of roll scandal he has not got control of. Now, the next thing that he is waiting for is an official report by a woman called sue grey, who is a senior civil servant. And she's looking into exactly what happened over the last two years, which parties happened when, who attended, who organized,. She's going t lay it all out in a report that everyone can then look at. If it gives him something of a pass he loks, he may be able
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing political ruin because his aides partied while the UK locked down.
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