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Coffee House Shots

Boris and Rishi fined: what happens now?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Politics, Government, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have been told that they are going to be fixed penalty notices by the Metropolitan Police over parties held in Downing Street. The Chancellor has already had a tough week – might he now resign? Could Tory MPs push the Prime Minister out of No. 10? Isabel Hardman speaks to Fraser Nelson and Katy Balls.

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0:17.8

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectators' Daily Politics podcast.

0:22.0

I'm Isabelle Harbman and I'm joined by Katie Bulls and Fraser Nelson.

0:25.9

Well, we've just had a confirmation that Boris Johnson and Rishisunak and indeed

0:31.4

Boris Johnson's wife, Carrie, are to receive fixed penalty notices from the Metropolitan Police

0:37.4

over lockdown parties. Katie, just give us a few more details on what we've learnt.

0:44.3

Yes, so we had the news as we discussed because this is a twice-a-day podcast, you know,

0:48.5

it could be free depending on what happens next. We had the news that 30 more fixed plans

0:53.2

you noticed had been issued and now, as you say, confirmation that that includes Boris Johnson,

0:59.4

his wife, Carrie Johnson and the chancellor. Now, of the three, I think the most surprising

1:03.9

is Rishisunak. We know that the incident relating to Rishisunak is the birthday cake meeting

1:09.8

where Boris Johnson was presented with a cake some reports it was by his wife, Carrie Johnson

1:15.1

and Rishisunak was there, they ate cake, I think there was some happy birthday singing and that

1:20.1

was only one relating to Rishisunak. I think, therefore, there was the sense that the

1:24.9

chancellor was less likely, still was possible because we knew you had a questionnaire to receive

1:28.9

a fine whereas Boris Johnson was facing more charges in terms of various events that had been

1:34.6

referred and were being looked at by Sue Gray. In terms of where this goes, I mean, I think

1:39.8

is an interesting one. It does feel as though, you know, two months ago, we were talking about

1:46.0

Boris Johnson receiving a fine as there was no way for a Tory Prime Minister to get away with that

1:50.8

that would be the end of Boris Johnson. We are just in the immediate aftermath of this, but

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