Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Boris Johnson: UK MPs approve probe into prime minister's alleged 'partygate' lies" video.

  1. This is political opportunism by the opposition parties. They are attempting to manipulate people's grief at the losses they suffered during the covid pandemic to remove the PM. Technically he broke the covid restriction laws, but there is a difference between an impromptu birthday party, with a cake, in a government office, with colleagues, and visiting a seriously infected loved one on hospital. The increased risk of spreading the infection in the former case is negligible, while that in the latter case is significant. This is cruel, but true, and it is obvious. The real mistake is in the way the rules were framed in the first place. They were not designed to take into account the risk of an activity spreading the infection, presumably to keep the rules simple. The PM broke the law and was fined, but the law he broke was not fraud in high office, or any of the other criminal offences which would justify his immediate removal from his job. He did not lie to parliament, if he truly believed that that colleagues, with whom he worked, wishing him a happy birthday did not break the rules. The media and opposition parties want the PM replaced, something they have been unable to do through the ballot box, so they are trying to conjure up a lynch mob from those hurt by covid. Looking at the potential replacements, I would prefer if the PM was given the benefit of the doubt, until a more substantial charge can be made against him. Something more important than eating birthday cake.
    1