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Calling UK PM "disgraceful", Conservative lawmaker defects to opposition

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley

A lawmaker quit Boris Johnson's Conservative Party on Wednesday to join the opposition, describing the British prime minister's behaviour over lockdown parties as "disgraceful" and fuelling a rebellion against his premiership.

Christian Wakeford, who represents the Bury South constituency in northern England, said Johnson's policies were doing nothing to help the people he represents and that he was joining the main opposition Labour Party.

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