Boris Johnson wax statue from Madame Tussauds London. File photoLONDON, Apr 21 A Parliamentary Commission will investigate whether British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lied to Parliament when he said he did not violate anti-COVID restrictions at Downing Street parties during the lockdown. The proposal for an investigation was put forward by the Labor Party, which was also supported by Conservative MPs on Thursday.Johnson pays fine and apologizes for lockdown partying fined Johnson for violating anti-COVID rules during a government lockdown. Earlier, during parliamentary hearings, Johnson repeatedly stated that he did not break the rules, and he called the events in which he participated «working.» Last week, Johnson apologized for parties on Downing Street during the COVID-19 lockdown and said, that he paid the fine issued by the Metropolitan Police. When asked if he would resign, Johnson stated that he wanted to continue working. According to him, on June 19, on his birthday in question, he worked from 7 in the morning, held eight meetings, including a meeting on combating COVID-19. Johnson claims that there was a “brief meeting” of less than 10 minutes in the office that day, and it “didn’t occur to him” that this could be a violation of sanitary rules. Johnson was under a barrage of criticism and was threatened with losing his post due to the scandal around parties at the Downing Street Government House during the nationwide lockdown. The situation worsened when it was revealed that two more parties took place on April 16, 2021 — on the eve of the funeral of Prince Philip, when restrictions were still in place in the United Kingdom and national mourning was declared in the country. Queen Elizabeth II then had to sit alone at a memorial service in the church. The Cabinet had to apologize to the Royal Family.
