13 Rishi Sunak jokes worth paying your taxes for after he’s fined over Partygate
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been fined by police for breaking lockdown rules along with Boris Johnson and the prime minister’s wife, Carrie Symonds.
The fixed penalty notices relate to parties held at Downing Street during the pandemic shutdown, so it looks like the chancellor is about to have his second worst week in a row.
Sunak hasn’t said anything publicly since the fine, but here’s what he previously had to tell the Commons when asked whether he’d attended Downing Street parties.
Here’s Rishi Sunak on December 7th 2021, explicitly denying attending any Downing Street parties.
We now know he is to be fined by the police for attending at least one. pic.twitter.com/1w5suY8rqp
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) April 12, 2022
And while we wait – and wait – for either him or Johnson to do the decent thing and resign, here are the funniest 13 Rishi Sunak jokes we spotted today.
1.
But are we sure Rishi will have the resources to pay the fine? Boris will clearly borrow it from a donor.
— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) April 12, 2022
2.
Hearing Sunak is demanding to be tried as an American citizen
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 12, 2022
3.
Dear Rishi
I’m guessing you and/or missus can afford the fine but to tell the truth I’m a bit strapped. Any chance of tiding me over till I’ve got the readies myself. I’m as broke as Croesus.
Impecunius inebrius
Boris— Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 (@MichaelRosenYes) April 12, 2022
4.
Rishi Sunak’s got a way out: plead the fifth
— Paul Johnson (@paul__johnson) April 12, 2022
5.
Rishi gonna be asking if the fine is tax deductible
— LFG 🌹 (@LabForGov) April 12, 2022
6.
It would take approximately 42,000 no. 10 parties for Rishi Sunak to pay the amount his wife dodged in taxes last year pic.twitter.com/NRwqmgu5Az
— katie spalding (@supermathskid) April 12, 2022
7.
Poor Rishi. If only he knew someone with a few quid. https://t.co/HRrnXdnu9J
— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) April 12, 2022
8.
If Sunak wanted to go full Machiavel he could resign because of the fine, thus putting pressure on Johnson to do the same. Of course neither of them will, because they’re a pair of fetid chancers.
— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) April 12, 2022
9.
This hasn't aged well.
Q – Do you believe you broke lockdown rules?
Rishi Sunak(11th Feb 2022) – No
Rishi Sunak(12th Apr 2022) receives a fine for breaking lockdown rules.pic.twitter.com/Y3xycgfudK
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) April 12, 2022
10.
Will Rishi Sunak be asking for another inquiry if he gets a fine?
— Matthew Payne (@Matthew82069336) April 12, 2022
11.
https://twitter.com/LeftWingSociety/status/1513891945684295687?s=20&t=wLwrofiHWgAQwsSR7KMMeA
12.
Hitting billionaire Rishi Sunak with a £50 lockdown fine ain't gonna break the bank, is it?
— David__Osland (@David__Osland) April 12, 2022
13.
“I was just explaining to Rishi not to worry as the £50 fine is tax deductible” #JohnsonOut78 #Partygate pic.twitter.com/xxQ20f1loQ
— AlanOak #FBPE #FBR #GTTO 🇪🇺 (@AlanOak4) April 12, 2022
To conclude.
Looking forward to hearing what Sunak’s “but what he did was perfectly legal” brigade make of this… https://t.co/heHV5lrRwi
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) April 12, 2022
And this.
If you were advising Rishi Sunak, you'd go for 'resign, do a statement about the problems of Downing Street culture, worse case scenario, you go back to making money out of SW1, best case scenario, you rebuild yourself and come back later', no?
— Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) April 12, 2022
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