News emerged today (12 April) that Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and a slew of Downing Street staffers have been issued with fines for breaking lockdown laws.
This is the first time that a British prime minister has admitted breaking the law. Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has led calls for the resignations of both Johnson and Sunak, the Chancellor, and snap surveys from Savanta ComRes and YouGov suggest that the public wants the same. Cynically (or realistically), however, few expect this to happen.
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