NHS and healthcare staff have spoken of their anger after Boris Johnson and the chancellor were both fined for breaking Covid rules while in Downing Street. One nurse, whose petition calling for the Prime Minister's resignation has had 300,000 signatures, said: "While members of this Government were partying and drinking, we were at the coalface, saving people’s lives. It was a horrible time. We weren’t thinking about partying. We were just missing our families. It was so stressful and there was nothing we could do to make things better."
On Tuesday, Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were issued with fixed penalty notice fines by police investigating their actions in breaching the law. They have since faced numerous calls from opponents to resign, something both politicians are resisting, and you can see what our readers said here.
In the wake of news of the fines, Conservative MP Michael Fabricant attempted to defend the Prime Minister by suggesting that healthcare workers also broke the rules. He said: "Many teachers and nurses who after a very, very long shift would tend to go back to the staff room and have a quiet drink…which is more or less what he has done." Those comments have sparked huge anger.
