DC Edit | Boris, the party animal, must go
Deccan ChronicleIn an extraordinary twist to the long running drama over parties thrown at 10 Downing Street in the time of the pandemic, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie and chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak have been fined by Metropolitan Police. A remarkable aspect of the fines imposed on Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak, once tipped to succeed him as PM, is that such partying was never a crime until the rulers said so and legislators passed some of the most restrictive constraints in modern times on individual freedoms. Britons could not hug loved ones, grieve over near and dear kin in the event of death, get married or celebrate birthdays because Covid was thought to be so dangerously infectious that commoners were forced to endure virtual imprisonment for close to two years. It’s also significant that Mr Johnson lied to Parliament in denying there were no such office parties while there were at least a dozen as well as a quiz show at the seat of power.
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