Johnson in crisis after Tories crushed in vote - Taipei Times

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday vowed to listen and learn, but refused to quit, after his Conservative Party suffered crushing defeats in two parliamentary elections and a staunch ally stepped down. In a pointed resignation letter to Johnson, party chairman and Cabinet member Oliver Dowden said that “somebody” had to shoulder the blame for “recent events.” That was widely seen as a reference to “Partygate” and other scandals dogging the prime minister, who only narrowly survived a no-confidence vote this month among Tory lawmakers. Johnson framed the election setbacks as mid-term blues for the Conservatives, as Britain contends with inflation reaching