Boris Johnson broke the law. Will the Met's Partygate fines be the PM’s undoing?

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🗓️ 14 April 2022

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He says he will pay the penalties issued by the Met police, but he is not resigning – at least, not yet. Are Tory MPs prepared to push the prime minister out of office?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:08.4	Today, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor
0:11.5	have been fined by the police for attending
0:14.0	law-breaking parties during lockdown.
0:17.3	What happens now?
0:19.3	We're cracking out of the break because we have some breaking news to come from Westminster.
0:33.3	It was the news that everyone was waiting for.
0:36.3	Two and a half months ago.
0:38.3	I had the Prime Minister misled Parliament when he said there were no parties
0:42.3	holding downing street.
0:44.3	A later that he hadn't attended any.
0:46.3	And even later than that, that he didn't realise he was breaking the law when it was found
0:51.3	that he actually did go to a party or few.
0:55.3	Through the twists and turns of the party gate scandal that of dogged government,
0:59.3	Boris Johnson has managed to cling onto power.
1:01.3	But on Tuesday, in a jaw-dropping moment,
1:05.3	the Metropolitan Police criminally sanctioned him and his Chancellor.
1:10.3	The very first Prime Minister in the history of the office
1:15.3	to have been found to have broken the law while in office.
1:22.3	And this is an old office,
1:24.3	10 Downing Street and the Office of Prime Minister.
1:26.3	It is centuries old and none of the other scoundrels and rascals going back over centuries
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