British PM Johnson has done irreparable damage to Conservative Party image

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire as his performance is costing his party some of its safest seats.

Mired in controversy and facing mutiny from his own party, Boris Johnson has dealt such damaging blows to the image of the Conservative Party that it may be beyond repair, while he risks losing his job as a result.

By-election defeat, “the party is over”

In another setback for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his Conservative Party has lost its North Shropshire seat to liberal Democrats in a by election, a constituency which the Tories had dominated for nearly 200 years.

In her victory speech, Helen Morgan said the results reflect the British people's views about the Conservative Party.

Conservative lawmaker Roger Gale also says the by-election can be regarded as a referendum on the Prime Minister's performance.

The by-election was called after the former MP for North Shropshire stepped down for breaching parliamentary paid lobbying rules.

The British government tried to avert the resignation by changing the rules, but later faced a backlash and was forced to backtrack.

That was only one in the long list of issues raising questions about Boris Johnson's leadership.

Opposition politicians accused Johnson of being a serial liar and incompetent leader with some demanding that he resign.

Boris Johnson acknowledged that the shocking results of the North Shropshire by-election contained a message for him and his party.

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