Boris Johnson ‘made a mockery’ of UK’s Covid sacrifices, says Ruth Davidson

Former Conservative leader Ruth Davidson: ‘The office of the prime minister is traduced when you’ve got somebody that breaks the laws that they himself have brought in.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Ruth Davidson, the former Scottish Tory leader, has renewed her calls for Boris Johnson to resign over the Partygate scandal as she accused him of “traducing” the office of prime minister.

One of the first Tories to call for his resignation when the scandal broke, Davidson echoed a handful of Tory MPs who confirmed on Wednesday they stood by their no-confidence letters after Johnson’s fine for breaching his government’s Covid rules.