Boris Johnson resigning would be 'in national interest', says Keir Starmer

LOND0N:  Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is calling on the Prime Minister to resign over multiple revelations about parties held at Downing Street during lockdown. 

It has now been alleged that Downing Street staff were drinking so much during lockdowns that they brought in a fridge for weekly “wine-time Fridays".

U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has renewed his calls Saturday for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign, as the scandal regarding parties held in government buildings during a COVID-19 lockdown continues.

Speaking at a Fabian Society conference in London, Starmer poured scorn on the statements Johnson had given regarding his knowledge of the parties and stressed that his actions have undermined the confidence of the country in the government.

"He's now saying back in 2020, he found out after twenty five minutes it was a party and he should have got everybody in. And I think that has hugely undermined, you know, his moral authority to lead," Starmer said.

The opposition party leader also felt there was a link between the behaviour of Johnson and the government and a possible surge of mental health cases in the UK.

Johnson's office apologized to the royal family on Friday for holding staff parties in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral last year - the latest in a catalogue of alleged lockdown-breaching gatherings that are threatening to topple the British prime minister.