Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted this Friday that he regretted asking for forgiveness for parties held at Downing Street during the pandemic COVID-19[femininea scandal known as ‘Party door‘ that This cost him his resignation.
In an interview on ITV, six days after the publication of his political memoir, the former Conservative leader explained that when apologize and “inadvertently” accepted all the accusations towards various officials in his government affected by the scandal, and that it was not “fair” to them.
“Do you regret apologizing to the Queen?” asked ITV journalist Tom Bradby, to which the former Prime Minister refused to answer, simply emphasizing that he was not going to talk about his conversations with the deceased. Elizabeth II.
Bradby also mentioned a leaked email from Martin, Johnson’s then-secretary. Reynoldsin which he invited more than 100 people to a “socially distanced” drinking party in the courtyard of his official residence; To which Johnson said he didn’t believe officials thought they were breaking the rules and were working around the clock.
“The reason why The Downing Street garden was used because it was seen as a much safer environment. and we had to keep our distance,” he defended.
Johnson, who came to power with an absolute majority in December 2019, pointed the finger at his predecessor David Cameron for having resigned after Brexit and criticizes him for not having any further plans: “It is not normal for the Prime Minister, after having requested a referendum vote, to abruptly leave the scene.”
Likewise, the former conservative leader did not closed the door to a possible return to the front line of British politics, stating that the chances were as good as “being reincarnated in an olive tree, being blinded by a champagne cork, being locked in a disused refrigerator or being decapitated by a frisbee”.
However, Johnson uttered the same cryptic phrase in 2015, after being asked if he would like to succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister.
On the other hand, the former Prime Minister avoided answering questions such as: who is his preferred candidate for the American elections, or Who do you prefer to be the next leader of the Conservative Party, although he implied that Robert Jenrick, or whoever had been the The worst Prime Minister, whether it’s Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak.
The former leader of the British Conservatives will publish his political memoirs on October 10. Detachedof more than 700 pages, which began to be published last Friday in installments in the Daily Mail with some controversial statements on their plans to invade the Netherlands to collect doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine during the pandemic.
Johnson was due to make his first televised remarks this Thursday on the BBC, but the interview was ultimately canceled after journalist Laura Kuenssberg mistakenly sent questions to the former prime minister before the broadcast.
