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MP Jamie Stone calls for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to quit over lockdown party fines





Boris Johnson is set to be fined after lockdown parties at No.10.
Boris Johnson is set to be fined after lockdown parties at No.10.

Far north MP Jamie Stone has called for the Prime Minister and Chancellor to resign after it emerged they would be fined for taking part in lockdown parties.

Boris Johnson's wife Carrie Johnson will also be fined for breakdown laws imposed to control the spread of Covid-19.

It is not clear which event or events the fines relate to.

But Mr Stone, the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross joined calls from opposition parties across the House of Commons for the PM and Rishi Sunak to step down.

"We know we're in a desperate situation when the fact that our Prime Minister and the Chancellor – two of the most senior lawmakers in the UK – being fined by the police does not come as a surprise," said Mr Stone.

"They broke the laws that they made. Laws that kept millions of people from seeing loved ones, from getting married, from saying hello, and from saying the most painful goodbyes. All the while, parties were taking place in Downing Street. It is detestable.

"Families across the nation are struggling to make ends meet, meanwhile the Conservative Party is in crisis.

"It is time to cut the head from this rotting fish – Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak must resign."


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