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Will serial partying amid pandemic prove the one scandal Boris Johnson can’t survive?

LONDON — Being known as a raffish rule-breaker has always been a key element of Boris Johnson’s political brand. And it worked ever so well — until suddenly it didn’t.

The British prime minister, 57, stands at the most precarious juncture of his career, hammered by resignation demands from political foes and an outraged citizenry. Britain has been in an uproar for weeks over revelations of serial revelry at Johnson’s Downing Street office and residence, in violation of restrictions aimed at stemming the more than 2-year-old COVID-19 pandemic.

The calls for his ouster could come to a head as early as this week, with a damning official report by a senior civil servant expected to land at any time.

Scotland Yard is also investigating the extent of the alcohol-fueled parties — some alleged, some already acknowledged — which

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