The UK Prime Ministery now has already paid a £50 fine[/B] imposed by the Metropolitan Police for his June 2020 surprise mini-birthday party in the Cabinet Room, despite lockdown bans due to the pandemic.
The British press reckons that at least one more fine is imminent for Mr. Johnson for the farewell gathering in Downing Street for the Prime Minister's Office communications officer Lee Kane on 13 November 2020.
The Sunday Times quoted a source who claims that this gathering turned into a party when Boris Johnson arrived, who in addition to making a speech started filling the glasses of those present with drinks and drinking himself. The source points out that there are photos of this event showing the Prime Minister drinking.
Asked earlier in Parliament about this gathering, Mr Johnson had replied that there had been no party and that all the rules of the pandemic had been followed.
In response to the report, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rainer accused the Prime Minister of "deliberately misleading the British people at every turn".
The Daily Telegraph quotes a former Conservative minister as noting that if renewed criticism of partygate is accompanied by disappointing results in the May 5 local elections, then talk of an internal party attempt to oust Boris Johnson may be reignited.
However, the British Prime Minister is expected on Tuesday to refer before MPs to the fine he has already received, apologising again but insisting that he was not aware of the breach of the rules
[/P]and will ask that no more dimension be given to the event than is appropriate and that the correct perspective be understood. To this end, he is expected to stress that on the day he was fined for the partygate he was on the phone with US President Joe Biden about the future prevention of Russian attacks on Ukraine.
The Speaker of the House of Commons is also expected[/B] to approve[/B] later this week an opposition request for a vote to refer the question of whether the Prime Minister misled the House to the relevant parliamentary immunity committee.
If Mr Johnson loses the vote, the seven-member committee could rule that the conduct constitutes contempt of parliament, potentially leading to the Prime Minister's temporary suspension from the legislature.
On Thursday, Boris Johnson will travel to India for talks with his counterpart Narendra Modi.
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