Boris Johnson: Down but not out

Politico says An investigation into claims of a Christmas party in Downing Street at the height of last year’s lockdown is expected to report in the next few days. The U.K. faces the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, with pressure building on already-strained NHS services.

Johnson’s Conservative MPs are preparing to rebel en masse over new public health restrictions which include vaccine certification for some hospitality venues. And on Thursday the Conservatives face an uphill battle to hang on to the previously safe seat of North Shropshire, in a by-election prompted by an avoidable scandal over lobbying by one of Johnson’s MPs.

https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-christmas-party-investigation-uk-covid/