Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak fined by police for breaking lockdown rules – 30 favourite responses
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been fined by police for breaching Covid laws during lockdown.
BREAKING: Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak set to receive fines for Covid-19 breaches #Partygate
No 10: “The PM and Chancellor have today received notification that the Metropolitan police intend to issue them with fixed penalty notices.”
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) April 12, 2022
The PM’s wife Carrie Symonds has also been fined. The fixed penalty notices relate to parties held in Downing Street, believed to include a birthday gathering for Johnson which was also attended by Sunak.
Here’s BBC News announcing Johnson and Sunak being fined for breaking lockdown rules pic.twitter.com/DBbBzTdSu8
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) April 12, 2022
Just in case you need a reminder of what Johnson has previously said about allegations of parties in Downing Street.
Boris Johnson told the House of Commons on December 8th that "I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no party."
We now know he is to be fined by the police for attending one pic.twitter.com/eM4PCahzgq
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) April 12, 2022
Also this, very much this.
A reminder of when Boris Johnson said he was "furious" to see footage of staff joking about holding illegal parties in Downing Street.
All the while he knew he had attended them himself. pic.twitter.com/kiJw2iBQZw
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) April 12, 2022
And here are just a few of the many things people were saying about the beleaguered prime minister and his chancellor right now.
1.
Bet Boris Johnson’s pretty pissed off at whoever made up that law he broke right now
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 12, 2022
2.
Boris Johnson is the first sitting Prime Minister in history to have broken the law
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) April 12, 2022
3.
BREAKING: Carrie Johnson has announced she is pregnant with twins x
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) April 12, 2022
4.
That sound you can hear is the shit hitting the fan. https://t.co/BBnz1Si2P8
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) April 12, 2022
5.
Come on, off you fuck pic.twitter.com/PlaxangK5w
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) April 12, 2022
6.
[bursts in sweating, covered in post-its] NOW THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL PARTY POLITICS
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) April 12, 2022
7.
The sleaze of the Major years looks positively quaint by comparison, doesn’t it?
— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) April 12, 2022
8.
There were no parties
Ok there were a parties but no cake
Ok there was cake but all guidelines were followed
We need to wait for sue gray report
We need to wait for the police
I have been fined for having parties by the police— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 12, 2022
9.
A spokesman for me said "GET THE FUCK OUT YOU CUNTSSSSSSSSSSS"
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) April 12, 2022
10.
I’ve told Boris Johnson that checkout time is 11am and that he can take his wallpaper with him. #Partygate
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) April 12, 2022
11.
50 fucking parties. In your own house. That you said in Parliament didn’t happen. Tin pot dictatorship shit. Unacceptable.
— Jolyon Rubinstein (@JolyonRubs) April 12, 2022
12.
not sure Boris Johnson’s brilliant strategy of saying “wait until the police investigation is over” tactic has paid off
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 12, 2022
13.
The PM now has no defence. When he told Parliament that all the rules were followed, he was lying. He hadn’t followed the rules himself and he knew that. He has been fined. Government requires moral authority. He must resign now.
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) April 12, 2022
14.
He's currently texting donors asking if anyone can lend him fifty quid.
— Adam Kay (@amateuradam) April 12, 2022
15.
And Rishi is finding out if it’s tax deductible https://t.co/SDG0A6Kmwi
— bootlesshacker (@bootlesshacker) April 12, 2022
