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Elaine McCallig
Apr 12, 2022
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak fined over Downing Street lockdown parties
The Independent
There have been renewed calls for Sue Gray’s report to be released in full after the prime minister, his wife, and the chancellor are set to be fined over lockdown-busting parties.
Boris Johnson, Carrie Johnson, and Rishi Sunak will received fixed penalty notices as part of a police probe into alleged lockdown parties held at Downing Street.
It comes after the Metropolitan Police announced 30 additional fines today as part of the Operation Hillman probe, bringing the total number of fines issued to 50.
A No 10 spokeswoman said: “The Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have today received notification that the Metropolitan police intend to issue them with fixed penalty notices.
“We have no further details, but we will update you again when we do.”
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If you don't remember, senior civil servant Gray published her initial findings into the parties as well at the end of January in the wake of the Partygate scandal in the form of a 12-page neutered report.
Despite being hamstrung by the simultaneous Met Police investigation, the senior civil servant did manage to highlight a “serious failure to observe” standards for government, and a drinking culture involving “excessive consumption of alcohol”.
After the news broke of the top Tories being set to receive fixed-penalty notices today, there have been renewed calls for the report to be published in full.
They set the rules & took us for fools & now it is official @BorisJohnson lied & lied to the House of Commons, where is Sue Gray's report?\nBoris and Carrie Johnson fined by police over Partygate - and so is Rishi Sunakhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-26695086?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar\u00a0\u2026— Lady Irene Garth \ud83d\udd36#FBPE/#PR/#PA #Woke (@Lady Irene Garth \ud83d\udd36#FBPE/#PR/#PA #Woke) 1649770169
The Met Police gave up waiting for the Sue Gray report, she's probably been noted or listed as a 'Missing Person' though! #CrimeMinisterhttps://twitter.com/snb19692/status/1513163483977822211\u00a0\u2026— Steve Bray Activist Against Brexit +Corrupt Tories (@Steve Bray Activist Against Brexit +Corrupt Tories) 1649772059
When's Sue Gray's report dropping?— david bartlett (@david bartlett) 1649769563
Now publish the full unredacted Sue Gray report..— Loz Argyle \u2693 (@Loz Argyle \u2693) 1649770043
Can we have the full Sue Gray report now please?— Caroline Lucas (@Caroline Lucas) 1649769843
Others have responded with light-hearted tweets:
Sue Gray walking down Whitehall likepic.twitter.com/jFCzO0C2i9— Kirsty Strickland (@Kirsty Strickland) 1649770268
Because you\u2019re all kinds of fine— John Arthur (@John Arthur) 1649770437
Sue Gray right now\u2026pic.twitter.com/AW7RlBqpGl— Oli \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Oli \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1649769582
There have also been renewed calls for Johnson to resign.
Labour leader Keir Starmer said Johnson and Sunak “must both resign”, and added: “The Conservatives are totally unfit to govern. Britain deserves better.”
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