Boris Johnson , Faces Growing Calls , for His Resignation .<br />NPR reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces calls to step down, even from members of his own party. .<br />The calls for Johnson's resignation come amid a scandal over gatherings the prime minister hosted while the rest of the U.K. remained under a strict pandemic lockdown. .<br />Johnson reportedly claims that the 2020 and 2021 <br />parties, held at the prime minister's London home, <br />were not in violation of lockdown rules. .<br />On January 18, Johnson told Sky News that he was <br />unaware that the parties went against the same social <br />distancing protocols that his own government drafted. .<br />Nobody told me <br />and nobody, nobody said <br />that this was something that <br />was against the rules, Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister, <br />Sky News Interview, via NPR.<br />NPR reports that last week, <br />opposition Labor Party leader Keir Starmer <br />called for Johnson to step down. .<br />This week, that call has been echoed <br />by members of the prime minister's own party. .<br />On January 19, Conservative Party MP <br />Christian Wakeford wrote Johnson a letter <br />explaining his defection to the Labour Party. .<br />You and the Conservative Party <br />as a whole have shown themselves <br />incapable of offering the leadership <br />and government this country deserves, Christian Wakeford, Conservative Party MP, <br />Letter to Boris Johnson, via NPR.<br />Meanwhile, David Davis, another Conservative member of parliament said that he was done defending Johnson against "angry constituents.".<br />I expect my leaders to shoulder the responsibility for the actions they take. Yesterday he did the opposite of that, David Davis, Conservative Party <br />member of parliament, via NPR.<br />I expect my leaders to shoulder the responsibility for the actions they take. Yesterday he did the opposite of that, David Davis, Conservative Party <br />member of parliament, via NPR
