U.K. ministers are closing ranks around Boris Johnson amid calls for his resignation
Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of the prime minister's Downing Street office and residence in May 2020.
LONDON — With varying degrees of enthusiasm, senior British government ministers on Thursday expressed support for Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson and rejected demands he resign for attending a garden party during the country's first coronavirus lockdown.
Many other Conservatives held their tongues, waiting to see whether the crisis threatening Johnson's premiership will fade or intensify.
Johnson apologized in the House of Commons on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze"
