UK lawmaker says he'll go to police with 'blackmail' claims
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Callum Wilson, senior PR manager at the Oddschecker betting odds comparison company poses for photographs with a betting chalk board showing their odds for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson exiting his role as Prime Minister and odds for who the next Prime Minister might be, backdropped by the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Some Conservative lawmakers in Britain are talking about ousting their leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, over allegations that he and his staff held lockdown-breaching parties during the coronavirus pandemic. The party has a complex process for changing leaders that starts by lawmakers writing letters to demand a no-confidence vote. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)FILE - Jeremy Hunt, left, congratulates Boris Johnson after the announcement of the result in the ballot for the new Conservative party leader, in London, July 23, 2019. Revelations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff partied while Britain was in a coronavirus lockdown have provoked public outrage and led some members of his Conservative Party to consider ousting their leader. If they manage to push Johnson out or if he resigns the party would hold a leadership contest to choose his replacement. Hunt, a former health secretary and foreign secretary, ran against Johnson in the 2019 leadership race, billing himself as the more sensible, serious candidate. He lost heavily, and was dumped from the Cabinet when Johnson took over. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool photo via AP, File)FILE - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street, London, on Jan. 4, 2022. For Boris Johnson, facts have always been flexible. The British prime ministers career is littered with doctored quotes, tall tales, exaggerations and mistruths. When called out, he has generally offered an apologetic shrug or a guilty grin, and moved on. At least until now. Revelations that the prime minister and his staff partied while Britain was under coronavirus restrictions has provoked public outrage. (Jack Hill, Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Callum Wilson, senior PR manager at the Oddschecker betting odds comparison company poses for photographs with a betting chalk board showing their odds for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson exiting his role as Prime Minister and odds for who the next Prime Minister might be, backdropped by the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Some Conservative lawmakers in Britain are talking about ousting their leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, over allegations that he and his staff held lockdown-breaching parties during the coronavirus pandemic. The party has a complex process for changing leaders that starts by lawmakers writing letters to demand a no-confidence vote. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
