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UK PM fights for survival after lockdown party hangover

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on relaxing restrictions imposed on the country during the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic onJuly 12, 2021. PHOTO | AFP 

By  AFP

London, 

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political future on Thursday January 13 as his Conservatives descended into open internal warfare after he belatedly apologised for attending a party during a coronavirus lockdown.

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