A Conservative peer has resigned as justice minister of the UK government, saying the “repeated rule-breaking” in Downing Street during the COVID-19 lockdown is “inconsistent with the rule of law.”
David Wolfson, a member of the House of Lords who has served as a minister in the Ministry of Justice since December 2020, quit on April 13 after Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were fined by police for breaching CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds take part in a doorstep clap in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore outside 10 Downing Street in London on Feb. 3, 2021. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
In a letter to the prime minister, Wolfson said: “I regret that recent disclosures lead to the inevitable conclusion that there was repeated rule-breaking, and breaches of the criminal law, in Downing Street.
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