By Umamah Bakharia

In a opinion piece written for Al Jazeerah, author David Allen Green, writes “The current prime minister, Boris Johnson, faces the loss of his office, but not because of any formal mechanism. His weakening position is because of the publication on Monday of some of the results of an internal civil service investigation.”

An investigation conducted by senior government official Sue Gray, looked into whether the prime minister and his circle on Downing Street disregarded lockdown regulations and hosted a party. This was during a time when the British public were required to comply with strict social distancing rules, including not being able to visit those in hospital or on their deathbeds or host social events.

However, there is no final report only a partial “update”. This is because London’s metropolitan police are also investigating the parties so as to see if there need to be any criminal proceedings.

Radio Islam spoke to Professor of Internal International Politics at the University of Birmingham, David Dunne on what the future might look like for PM Boris Johnson.

“People liked Boris Johnson across the country up until this point and now the clown act has worn thin [and] now they are seeing him for what he is,” says Professor Dunne.

He believes that the report by Sue Gray is not the end to Johnson yet but the agony of the case will continue.

Johnson apologized for the party that occurred in Downing Street during lockdown but the sincerity of the apology is being questioned by the opposition party.

For Johnson to resign, it has to be done through a vote of no confidence by he’s own benches.

“The numbers are not there yet, that’s because they are waiting for the definitive details of both the full Sue Gray report and indeed the criminal investigations by the Metropolitan Police,” says Professor Dunne on why Johnson has not been outed yet.

He adds that as time passes and as Johnson tries to extricate himself from the situation, confidence in him as PM will diminish daily.

UK is set to host its local elections in May, however, the questions if Johnson will still be PM are ongoing.