nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220423-182125-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220423s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220423-182125-0 doi eng 342 23 Young, Alison Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-9881-965X Why ‘Partygate’ May Be the Beginning of the End Young, Alison Verfassungsblog 2022-04-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 12 April, the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, received fixed-penalty notices for breaching Covid regulations, regarding their attendance at a surprise birthday party for the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street on 19 June 2020. Both paid the fine. Both apologised. Neither resigned.  CC BY-SA 4.0 Boris Johnson Checks and Balances constitutional convention Partygate Political Constitution Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-partygate-may-be-the-beginning-of-the-end/ raw object