Johnson
was ultimately undone by his response to fallout from the resignation
last Thursday of deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, amid allegations
Pincher had groped two guests at a private dinner the night before.
While he did not admit the allegations directly, Pincher said in a
letter to Johnson last week that "last night I drank far too much" and
"embarrassed myself and other people." Other historical allegations of
misconduct by Pincher emerged in the ensuing days.
Johnson
initially denied being aware of some of those allegations, but
ultimately the Prime Minister was forced to admit he had been briefed
years before and apologize for his decision-making.
It
was the final straw for many political allies who had supported Johnson
through crisis after crisis over the years. In recent months the Prime
Minister had been facing a barrage of criticism from all sides over his
conduct and that of his government, including illegal, lockdown-breaking
parties thrown in his Downing Street offices, for which he and others
were fined.
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