Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson pauses, during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, following a meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Johnson hasn’t been able to escape his domestic woes during a trip to Belgium and Poland aimed at increasing pressure on Russia over its troop buildup near Ukraine. Johnson was trying show NATO’s resolve in response to Russia massing troops near its neighbor’s borders. But he faced questions about a police investigation into lockdown-breaching government parties that has shaken his grip on power.
An anti-Boris Johnson protester holds up a placard calling on him to resign, backdropped by the Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, of the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. Boris Johnson has brought in new senior staffers as he tries to restore his flagging authority — including a communications chief who insisted the British prime minister is “not a total clown.”
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson pauses during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, following a meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, speaks during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, following a meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, gestures with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, during a joint press conference, following a meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves the room after addressing a joint media conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson disimbarks from the plane upon his arrival at Brussels’ military airport, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 ahead of talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
A view of the viewfinder showing Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, listens as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, during a joint press conference, following a meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a joint press conference with Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday Feb. 10, 2022.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a joint press conference with Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday Feb. 10, 2022.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki shake hands at a joint press conference in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday Feb. 10, 2022.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a joint press conference with Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday Feb. 10, 2022.
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson couldn’t escape his domestic woes during a trip to Belgium and Poland on Thursday aimed at increasing pressure on Russia over its military buildup near Ukraine.
Johnson was trying to show NATO’s resolve in response to Russia massing troops near its neighbor’s borders. But he faced questions about a police investigation into lockdown-breaching government parties that has shaken his grip on power.
And a previous Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, excoriated Johnson in a no-holds-barred speech, saying the government’s disregard for rules and truth had corroded democracy and “shredded” the U.K.’s reputation around the world.
“The prime minister and officials broke lockdown laws. Brazen excuses were dreamed up. Day after day the public was asked to believe the unbelievable,” Major said in London.
Major, who led Britain between 1990 and 1997, said Johnson and his government had treated the truth as optional and believed that “they and they alone need not obey the rules.”
“Our democracy requires that the truth and the law should be respected and obeyed, above all by the government,” Major said.
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