{"id":1432809,"date":"2022-04-12T10:14:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432809"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:14:58","slug":"boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-fined-by-police-over-downing-street-partygate-lockdown-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-fined-by-police-over-downing-street-partygate-lockdown-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak Fined by Police over Downing Street &#039;Partygate&#039; Lockdown Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboris-johnson-rishi-sunak-fined-by-police-over-downing-street-partygate-lockdown-violations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">LONDON (AP) \u2013 U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s office said Tuesday he will be issued a fine for breaching COVID-19 regulations following allegations of lockdown parties at government offices. Treasury Chief Rishi Sunak will also be fined.<\/p>\n<p>The news came after London\u2019s Metropolitan Police force said earlier Tuesday that they were issuing 30 more fixed penalty notices in relation to the \u201cpartygate\u201d scandal, which has angered many in Britain and seen dozens of politicians and officials investigated over allegations that the government flouted its own pandemic restrictions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have today received notification that the Metropolitan police intend to issue them with fixed penalty notices,\u201d a spokesperson for Johnson\u2019s office said. \u201cWe have no further details, but we will update you again when we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear how much Johnson and Sunak were fined.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has denied any wrongdoing, but he is alleged to have been at several of the dozen events in his 10 Downing St. office and other government buildings that are being investigated by the police.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Johnsons government has been shaken by public anger over revelations that his staff held \u201cbring your own booze\u201d office parties, birthday celebrations and \u201cwine time Fridays\u201d in 2020 and 2021 while millions in Britain were barred from meeting with friends and family because of his governments COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Average British citizens are reportedly being fined thousands of pounds by closed-door courts over COVID-19 lockdown breaches. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d0cflaWt6B\">https:\/\/t.co\/d0cflaWt6B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1510601670459375620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thousands of people were fined between 60 pounds ($79) and 10,000 pounds ($13,200) by police for rule-breaking social gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents, and some members of the governing Conservative Party, have said that Johnson should resign if he is issued a fine for breaking rules he imposed on the rest of the country during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This government is a complete shower. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zsfYeODCuM\">pic.twitter.com\/zsfYeODCuM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1513864995347521537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In total, police say they were issuing at least 50 fines for the breaches, but did not identify who the recipients are. Police say they have sent questionnaires to more than 100 people, including the prime minister, and interviewed witnesses as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In January, civil servant Sue Gray published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/31\/bojo-partygate-report-serious-failures-by-govt-to-follow-its-own-lockdown-rules\/\">report<\/a> into some of the gatherings, the ones not under criminal investigation. She said \u201cfailures of leadership and judgment\u201d in Johnson\u2019s government allowed events to occur that should not have happened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boris Claims \u2018Nobody Told Me\u2019 Boozy Lockdown Party Wasn\u2019t Work-Related<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DaROP7keTn\">https:\/\/t.co\/DaROP7keTn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1483484331305840645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) \u2013 U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s office said Tuesday he will be issued a fine for breaching COVID-19 regulations following allegations of lockdown parties at government offices. 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