UK’s Johnson, Sunak fined over illegal lockdown-busting parties

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by Charles Onians © Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered a “full apology” on Tuesday after being fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws in the so-called “Partygate” scandal, but looked set to defy calls for his resignation. Embattled finance minister Rishi Sunak and Johnson’s wife Carrie will also be fined, as the political storm following revelations of a swathe of lockdown-busting parties in and around Downing Street threatens […]