Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has caused more controversy with his latest attempts to defend Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Both Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak have been fined in relation to rule-breaching gatherings at Downing Street during lockdown.
Fabricant attempted to defend Johnson and Sunak by suggesting that nurses and teachers had themselves commonly broken lockdown rules by holding private, after-work gatherings. The remarks have prompted an indignant response.
Despite calls for Johnson and Sunak to resign having been found to have broken the law, Tory MPs appear to be rallying around them. But who exactly is Michael Fabricant - and what has he said about Boris Johnson?
