“People, I’m afraid, are looking at Britain through the lens of these scandals,” Gordon Brown told CNBC’s Tania Bryer.
"People, I'm afraid, are looking at Britain through the lens of these scandals," Brown told CNBC's Tania Bryer on Friday.
The scandal, dubbed"partygate," is the latest in a string of political dramas to have rocked Johnson's premiership and prompted calls for his resignation — including from within his own party. The outcome of those calls will largely hinge an inquiry into the parties, which is due to be published as soon as this week.
"Outside of the European Union, we've been trying to formulate this idea that there can be a global Britain, a Britain that can be a problem solver," said Brown, a staunch advocate of remaining in the EU.
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