Boris Johnson may be desperate to move on from his embarrassing Partygate fine, but grieving Covid families and even some of his own MPs are standing firmly in his way.
As he becomes the first PM to address Parliament as a law-breaker, jittery Tories fear the scandal and the fact their boss is facing further fixed penalty notices could cost them dearly at May’s local elections.
Mr Johnson also faces a vote as early as tomorrow on whether he will be referred to the Commons privileges committee to investigate if he had misled MPs over Partygate. If guilty, he could be suspended from Parliament.
