Pressure on British Prime Minister Johnson mounts

Numerous MPs of his Conservative Party demanded the removal of the head of department, as reported by British newspapers on Saturday. The opposition accuses Johnson, who trusted the minister, with a lack of backbone. Not only is the 42-year-old’s affair in Corona times criticized. Hancock had to explain whether he hired his alleged lover before the start of the affair or only afterwards, it was said in London.

The newspaper “The Sun” published photos from a surveillance video on Friday, which should show how the married Hancock kisses his also married employee in his office. The minister admitted a violation of the corona distance rules he had introduced himself, which forbade close contact with members of other households at the time of the pictures. But he refused to resign. Johnson accepted the apology and declared the case closed.