UK's Johnson, Sunak fined over illegal lockdown-busting parties | Malay Mail

LONDON, April 14 ― UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered a “full apology” on Tuesday after being fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws in the so-called “Partygate” scandal, but looked set to defy calls for his resignation.

Johnson's office said his fine was for attending a surprise birthday gathering in his honour on the afternoon of June 19, 2020 in the Cabinet Room at Number 10. The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, swiftly called for the two most senior members of the government to resign. If the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee receives such letters from 54 of Johnson's 360 MPs, it would spark a confidence vote.

“So any reaction to this is going to have to wait until we have dealt with the main crisis which is Ukraine and the Donbas,” he said, referring to the eastern Ukrainian region where Moscow is now concentrating its assault.London's Metropolitan Police earlier announced they had issued more than 50 fines over the parties, without disclosing the number or identities of those being fined.

London police are still investigating claims that Johnson and government officials organised and attended at least a dozen boozy events in 2020 and 2021 that violated Britain's then-strict virus curbs.

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