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Boris Johnson gives 'wholehearted apology' over 'partygate' fine, but insists he didn't know he was breaking Covid laws
19.04.2022 - 20:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Boris Johnson has issued a 'wholehearted apology' to MPs over his Partygate fine - but insisted he did not know he was breaking his own coronavirus rules. The Prime Minister repeated an apology in the House of Commons on Tuesday, after Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle approved a vote on whether he lied to MPs with his earlier denials.
Mr Johnson said he paid his Fixed Penalty Notice immediately, issued by police for attending his own surprise birthday party in Downing Street in breach of Covid laws. The PM, along with his wife Carrie Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, were fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending the bash thrown in his honour in the Cabinet room in June 2020, while coronavirus restrictions were in place.
He has already apologised and confirmed payment had been made, despite telling the Commons previously that all Covid guidance was followed. This afternoon, Mr Johnson addressed MPs for the first time since the news broke.
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He said: "Let me begin in all humility by saying that on April 12, I received a Fixed Penalty Notice relating to an event in Downing Street on June 19, 2020. I paid the fine immediately, and I offered the British people a full apology and I take this opportunity to repeat my wholehearted apology.
"As soon as I received the notice I acknowledged the hurt and the anger and I said that people had a right to expect better of their PM. And I repeat that again in the House now.
"Let me also say not by way of mitigation or excuse but purely because it explains my previous words in this house that it did not occur to me then, or subsequently, that a gathering in the Cabinet room could amount to a breach of the
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