Local elections could spell end of the party for UK's Johnson

Conservative Party Councillor Trevor Johnson delivers election leaflets to houses in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Britain, April 26, 2022. Picture taken April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, England (Reuters) - John Jones is the sort of voter that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cannot afford to lose – but already has.

Jones, who backed Johnson's Conservatives at the national election three years ago when the party swept to a landslide victory, regrets his decision after the prime minister broke his own coronavirus lockdown laws to attend alcohol-fuelled gatherings in his Downing Street office.