Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister of Britain, has been referred to the police for potential new Covid rule breaches. Last year, while still in office, he was fined for breaking Covid rules in 2020, one of a series of scandals that eventually led to his resignation. The latest allegations are linked to new claims about his behavior in Downing Street and visits to his country residence, Chequers.
The Metropolitan Police and the Thames Valley Police are assessing the information they received from the Cabinet Office last week. A spokesman for Mr. Johnson has denied any wrongdoing, but the allegations have already drawn swift condemnation from his political opponents and from the family members of those who died of the coronavirus.
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, a group that represents those who died from the coronavirus, said the new revelations “make a grim mockery of Boris Johnson’s claims that he didn’t break his own lockdown rules.” It is now up to the police to investigate the matter and determine if Mr. Johnson has indeed broken the rules.