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Will partygate fines be the end of Boris Johnson?

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🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Carrie Johnson have all received fixed-penalty notices for attending parties in Downing Street during lockdown, but could the Prime Minister now be safer than he was at the height of partygate?


Harry Lambert, Senior Correspondent, joins Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea to discuss the fines, the downfall of Rishi Sunak and why we won’t know the real mood among MPs until they return to Westminster.


Then in You Ask Us, they answer a listener’s question on whether the plan to send migrants to Rwanda is just a distraction?


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0:31.0

Hi, I'm Anouche. I'm Alfa. I'm Harry. And on today's New Statement podcast,

0:35.6

we discuss partygate and whether the fines for Boris Johnson and Rishisunak will have any consequences.

0:41.0

And you ask us, is the offshoring of migrants to Rwanda a dead cat?

0:45.0

We're delighted to be joined today by our senior correspondent Harry Lambert.

0:53.3

Thanks for having me. So this is the first time on this podcast that we're actually discussing

0:57.6

the impact of the fixed penalty notices that have been issued to Boris Johnson,

1:01.6

Rishisunak and Boris Johnson's wife over partygate. We know that they've had one fine each so far,

1:07.5

but we expect there may be more down the line. So far, it doesn't look like Tory MPs are using this

1:13.8

as an opportunity to act against Boris Johnson, but there has been a resignation, David Walson,

1:18.8

from the Lords. He was a Justice Minister and he's resigned over this. And there's a couple of MPs

1:23.2

who are saying that the Boris Johnson ought to resign, but it's a very different atmosphere

1:28.1

than what it was when these revelations were coming out earlier this year, isn't it, Alfa?

1:31.7

So I mean, it was weird. I was in Parliament that day as the news broke sitting in a completely

1:36.3

dead PCH. There was no feeling of urgency before when those stories were breaking. You could feel

1:43.3

the electricity going through that big open area where people gather in the House of Commons.

1:47.6

Then there was just none of that because it's recess, but I think that actually does have an

1:52.1

impact on how this plays out among Conservative MPs. It's funny. I don't know what you think Harry

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