The British Cabinet Office announced on the 31 day the preliminary findings of a special investigation held during the prime minister's COVID-19 meeting. It was held that the Johnson Administration held several meetings during the "closure of the city" during the epidemic, which seriously violated the epidemic prevention regulations and highlighted "ineffective leadership". The report said that in the context of the pandemic, the British government asked people to abide by the epidemic prevention regulations while organizing gatherings. Such acts are unfair and unreasonable, and do not meet the due ethics standards of key government staff. According to the report, some of these gatherings should not have been allowed, which reflects the Johnson Administration's "poor leadership and misjudgment". The report recommends that the Johnson Administration draw lessons from it and solve relevant problems immediately. British Prime Minister Johnson responded to the investigation report in the lower house of Parliament on the same day. He apologized for the illegal gathering, said he accepted the contents of the investigation report and promised that the government would make rectification. Facing the criticism and condemnation of opposition members, Johnson once again said that he would not resign for this matter. On January 12, Johnson admitted that he had participated in the garden reception of the prime minister's office in May 2020 and said that he would be responsible for the matter, but he would deal with it after the special investigation on the matter was completed. The survey, chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the British Cabinet Office gray, focused on 16 gatherings held by the prime minister's office and other government offices in the past 20 months. London police also announced recently that they had launched an investigation into various gatherings held by the prime minister's office in violation of the provisions on epidemic prevention and control. The Johnson administration has exposed a number of scandals involving violations of epidemic prevention regulations, including Johnson's former senior adviser Cummings and former health secretary Hancock. A poll released by the British polling agency in early January showed that more than half of the respondents believed Johnson should resign. (Xinhua News Agency)