Boris Johnson became the first Prime Minister to have been found to have committed a criminal offense while in office

when he was issued with a police find this week for attending a rule-breaking party.

I understand the anger that many will feel that I myself felt short when it came to observing the very rules which the government I lead had introduced to protect the public.

And I accept, in all sincerity, that people had the right to expect better.

Welcome to Pains Politics, your insider guide to British politics from the Financial Times, with me Sebastian Paine.

In this episode, we'll be discussing the fallout from the party gate fines for the Prime Minister and his Chancellor, Rishi Sunak.

How significant is it that they are the first holders of their respective officers to have accepted a criminal offense?

Is Johnson's position at risk? And what about Sunak? And what happened with the Chancellor's seven-hour silence?

And has the government's new migration strategy distracted from the party gate row?

I'm delighted to be joined by I top trio to dissect the story of the week. Chief political correspondent Jim Picard, Chief political commentator Robert Strimsley,

plus our political correspondent Jasmine Kamen Sileshi, who joined us on the ground from Lee in Greater Manchester.

Thank you all for joining the pod on this lovely Easter weekend.

Boys Johnson and Rishi Sunak imagined it was probably going to be a quiet recess with the Ukraine war and the cost of living crisis rumbling on in the background of British politics.

But at 1pm on Tuesday lunchtime news arrived that neither expected. Both would be fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a surprise birthday party for the PM in June 2020.

There was shock in number 10 and number 11 Downing Street, followed by outrage from voters.

A significant majority in three opinion polls said Johnson should resign, or position politicians felt the same way.

Sir Kierstama, the Labour leader, Kord and Johnson and Sunak to quit to protect the integrity of their offices.

My thoughts are with all of those who did the right thing and for whom this is a real slap in the face.

They made the most unimaginable heart-wrenching sacrifices. And many were overcome by guilt, guilt at not seeing elderly relatives, not going to funerals or weddings or even seeing the birth of their own children.

But the guilty men are the prime minister and the chancellor.

Robert Trimsley, welcome back to the pod before we get into the weeds of what's happened this week.

It's worth standing back to a knowledge of how far we've come. When these stories first broke back in December,

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