- Boris Johnson is the subject of yet another report about a lockdown party.
- ITV News reports that Carrie Johnson, his wife, threw him a large surprise party in June.
- Johnson is facing an open rebellion among Tory MPs that could lead to his ouster.
Carrie Johnson, the wife of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, reportedly held a large surprise party for the prime minister amid the United Kingdom's lockdown, ITV News reports.
"ITV News also understands that on the evening of 19 June 2020, family friends were hosted upstairs in the prime minister's residence in an apparent further breach of the rules," the report says. Johnsons' office, per ITV, has denied such a claim.
Johnson has become increasingly embattled over a series of reports that he and top staffers flouted pandemic restrictions that the public was asked to comply to. Johnson, visibly emotional, told SkyNews last week that "nobody told" him that a separate May 2020 party violated lockdown rules.
"As I said in the House of Commons, when I went out into that garden I thought that I was attending a work event," Johnson said.
Conservative backbenchers previously told Insider that Johnson's "political death" was near. If 54 of the 360 Tory MPs send no-confidence letters to the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, it will trigger a formal leadership contest.
Johnson's attempt to quell the brewing scandal hasn't taken. One former Cabinet minister previously told Insider that the prime minister's SkyNews interview was "shockingly awful" and "a sure sign of lying".
The reported birthday party occurred on June 19, 2020. Insider has reached out to 10 Downing Street for comment.
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