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Downing Street parties during confinement: British police impose 20 fines

2022-03-29T09:17:42.952Z


First round of sanctions after weeks of scandal in the United Kingdom, around 20 breaches of health restrictions have been ad


London police announced on Tuesday that they would impose 20 fines for breaching anti-Covid rules.

These sanctions follow the investigation into parties organized in British power circles in full confinement, a scandal which had weakened Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

“We will start today to return 20 notices of fines for breaches of the Covid-19 regulations,” Scotland Yard said in a statement on this investigation relating to a dozen gatherings in 2020 and 2021, without specifying who were. the people concerned.

A time considered to be on an ejection seat in January in the face of defections in his majority, the conservative leader seems to have overcome the crisis, especially in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But the conclusions of the police, who therefore consider that offenses have indeed taken place, could relaunch the case, especially if it were revealed that Mr. Johnson is directly targeted by a fine.

A birthday celebrated in full confinement

On November 30, a very trying sequence for the Johnson government opened in the United Kingdom, ranging from revelations to revelations about parties having taken place in Downing Street in defiance of the health rules in force at the time when they would have taken place. outfits.

Read also Boris Johnson's "Party gate": all these parties in full confinement which weaken him

The Prime Minister is said to be involved in several of them.

He would also have celebrated his birthday with his relatives in full confinement, according to the ITV channel.

The Prime Minister promised on January 31 to learn from the mistakes made, after very strong criticism from the opposition, following this scandal.

Scotland Yard did not specify the identity of those sanctioned on Tuesday, saying that it was following the rules of professional conduct of the police.

The events concerned were also not specified in order to avoid identifying the perpetrators.

The police have not completed their investigation into this case and have promised to do “everything” to make it progress “rapidly”.

Further fines could follow if there is enough evidence of violations, police said.

Source: leparis

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