Will partygate fines be the end of Boris Johnson?
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Show Notes
Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Carrie Johnson have all received fixed-penalty notices for attending parties in Downing Street during lockdown, but could the Prime Minister now be safer than he was at the height of partygate?
Harry Lambert, Senior Correspondent, joins Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea to discuss the fines, the downfall of Rishi Sunak and why we won’t know the real mood among MPs until they return to Westminster.
Then in You Ask Us, they answer a listener’s question on whether the plan to send migrants to Rwanda is just a distraction?
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