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Torcuil Crichton

Douglas Ross refuses to call for Boris Johnson's resignation over new partygate pictures

Douglas Ross has called on Boris Johnson to “explain himself” for pictures showing him drinking at an illegal lockdown party in Downing Street.

The flipflopping Scottish Tory leader, who first demanded the PM should resign over partygate and then defended him using the Ukraine war as a cover, ducked another U-turn on Monday as photos of the Prime Minister at a booze littered event in Downing Street emerged.

Ross once again minced his words as voters were left aghast by the photos, issuing a statement saying that “to most” the pictures would seem “unjustifiable and wrong”.

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