Boris Johnson Faces New Threat Over UK By-Elections
June 24, 2022
6:42 am
In two closely watched by-elections in UK, voting started began yesterday. These elections run the risk of mounting pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson after months of scandals and setbacks.
After both Tory MPs resigned in disgrace, his ruling Conservatives are expected to lose both elections for the parliamentary seats of Tiverton and Honiton in southwest England and Wakefield in the north.
While Wakefield’s Imran Ahmad Khan was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a juvenile boy, Tiverton and Honiton’s Neil Parish resigned from the House of Commons after admitting to watching porn on his phone there.
Polls opened at 7am (0600 …
