Ruth Davidson fights back tears as she accuses Boris Johnson of 'degrading' politics

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Ruth Davidson fought back tears on live TV tonight as she accused Boris Johnson of 'degrading' politics. In an emotional interview with Channel 4 News, the former Scottish Conservatives leader tore into the Prime Minister following the part-publication of a civil service report into the Downing Street party scandal.

Davidson, who quit Holyrood last year to accept a Tory peerage, said members of the public had been made to feel "like idiots" for following strict lockdown rules in 2020 while Johnson's Downing Street staff allegedly held boozy social gatherings.It comes as Johnson was forced to apologise on Monday as he faced fresh calls to resign after Sue Gray’s limited inquiry criticised “failures of leadership and judgment”.Gray’s full investigation into claims of lockdown-busting parties in No 10 has been sidelined while the Metropolitan Police look into 12 separate alleged breaches of the rules in 2020 and 2021.They include events where the Prime Minister has admitted being present and another in the flat he shares with his wife Carrie Johnson in Downing Street.Davidson has been a vocal critic of Johnson for several years but her accusations chime with wider discontent among Tories north of the Border.Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross and the majority of his MSPs at Holyrood have openly called for the Prime Minister to resign in the wake of partygate.Asked what the consequences would be for the country if Johnson clings to power, Davidson replied: "It doesn't matter the colour of rosette you wear come election time."If you believe in the institutions of this country, and I do, you don't want to see them undermined, you don't want to see them degraded."To have a fabric of a society you need to have trust in