This week, the Metropolitan police issued greater than 50 fixed-penalty notices to authorities officers. On the high of the listing was Boris Johnson, sanctioned, alongside along with his spouse and the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, for attending his party on 19 June 2020 within the cupboard room whereas the UK was underneath lockdown.
The prime minister is reportedly ‘mortified’ to have damaged the principles, saying he didn’t realise he was in breach of legal guidelines that his administration had put in place. He has promised to pay the tremendous, however seems to haven’t any intention of resigning. Jonathan Freedland tells Nosheen Iqbal that by no means earlier than has a sitting prime minister been discovered to have damaged the legislation. However the timing of the Met’s fines, and the truth that the chancellor shouldn’t be resigning both, would possibly work in Johnson’s favour.
However how lengthy can he cling to workplace? And can an exhausted British public – requested to make monumental sacrifices and steer clear of family members dying in care houses and hospitals for public security – tolerate the prime minister’s excuses?
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