'In the name of God, go': UK's Johnson faces demands to resign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday rebuffed calls to resign from opponents and some of his own lawmakers, fighting to save his premiership amid a deepening revolt inside his party over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street.

Propelled into the top job to "get Brexit done", Johnson in 2019 won his party's biggest majority in more than 30 years. But he now faces calls for his resignation after a series of revelations about parties in Downing Street - the prime minister's home and office - during COVID lockdowns.

Johnson has repeatedly apologised for the parties and said he was unaware of many of them. However, he attended what he said he thought was a work event on May 20, 2020 which revellers had been told to "bring their own booze".

"I have spent weeks and months defending the prime minister against often angry constituents," Brexit-supporting Conservative lawmaker David Davis told parliament.