UK's Boris Johnson faces confidence vote after 'partygate'

06.06.2022, 11:59 dw.com

The British prime minister is to face an immediate no-confidence vote, lawmakers within his Conservative Party say. Johnson has faced months of accusations over lockdown parties at his home and offices. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to face a vote of no-confidence in his leadership on Monday evening, according to a senior official within his Conservative Party. Johnson has been fending off accusations of multiple breaches of ethics in the past months, most notably over the repeated breaking of his own government's COVID-19 lockdown rules at parties in government buildings.