Lanarkshire MP calls for Prime Minister to resign over lockdown socialising

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A Lanarkshire MP demanded Boris Johnson resign as he faced the Prime Minister at today’s heated Westminster session following revelations of a lockdown drinks party in the Downing Street garden.Steven Bonnar faced Mr Johnson across the House of Commons floor, calling him “morally distant” and saying: “The best thing he can do now is go.” The Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill representative said after the exchange: “My constituents, and indeed the rest of this nation, have been treated with utter contempt.”The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The Prime Minister today admitted attending the garden party for 25 minutes, saying he “believed implicitly it was a work event”, and apologised by saying: “I know the rage [people] feel with me and the government I lead, when they think that the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules.”Speaking in a busy House of Commons, Mr Bonnar