Johnson said on Tuesday that they had paid their fines. Sunak was also issued a fine - called a fixed penalty notice. Johnson had been вЂњin a sense, ambushed with a cake.вЂќДЇor his attendance, Mr. Johnson was fined: a birthday celebration for the prime minister in Downing Street in 2020 - an event at which one of his allies later claimed to some ridicule that Mr. Sunak briefly attended the gathering for which Mr. Johnson has also been fortunate in the way the scandal has embroiled the man who until recently was considered his most likely potential successor, the chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak. They include Roger Gale, who on Tuesday wrote on Twitter that вЂњ there will be a day of domestic reckoning for the Prime Minister but that time is not now.вЂќДЄnd while there was one resignation from the government in protest of вЂњpartygateвЂќ on Wednesday it was a junior justice minister in the House of Lords, David Wolfson.Д«y reputation a lucky politician, Mr. Several Conservative lawmakers who had wanted to oust the prime minister earlier have changed their minds, saying that with an international crisis underway, now is not the time for him to quit. Johnson has successfully reinvented himself as EuropeвЂ™s leading supporter of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Not only has the war in Ukraine distracted from domestic politics, but Mr. Yet it would require 54 of them to do so and, since the вЂњpartygateвЂќ scandal erupted in January, the momentum has switched from Mr. More important, the only people with the real power to topple the prime minister are his own Conservative Party lawmakers who could trigger a no-confidence motion. JohnsonвЂ™s defense is that he was not deliberately deceptive, and it will be hard to prove he was intentionally not telling the truth in the House of Commons. Lying to lawmakers is considered a resigning issue in Britain though Mr. Johnson, the polling expert, вЂњstill lots of palpable anger about the вЂpartygateвЂ™ situation, and particularly about the lying and the cover-up after it all came out.вЂќДЇor many, TuesdayвЂ™s decision by LondonвЂ™s Metropolitan Police to fine the prime minister has confirmed that narrative, exposing him not just as a lawbreaker but also as someone who misled Parliament by denying that parties took place. вЂњThe picture has been pretty entirely consistent over the last four months,вЂќ said Mr. While earlier government crises failed to register with voters, he said, Britons took notice in January at revelations that guests were invited to вЂњbring your own boozeвЂќ to one Downing Street gathering, and that staffers partied hard there on the eve of the funeral of Prince Philip.Д«y contrast most people in Britain adhered to strict coronavirus laws that even prevented some from spending time with dying relatives. вЂњMy view is that this was one of those rare moments where prime ministers see their brand change irrevocably,вЂќ said James Johnson, a polling expert who worked in Downing Street for the previous prime minister, Theresa May. Johnson can ride out the immediate storm, the danger is far from over for a prime minister who could face further fines in a swirling scandal called вЂњpartygateвЂќ over lockdown-busting social events held in Downing Street and other government buildings.Д®ven if he isnвЂ™t fined again, a number of analysts believe the damage is done. Only one lawmaker from his Conservative Party gave media interviews calling on him to quit. JohnsonвЂ™s cabinet had defended their boss against demands for his resignation after he was fined by the police for breaching lockdown laws in Downing Street. LONDON - One said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had вЂњtaken responsibility,вЂќ another that he had вЂњapologized unreservedly,вЂќ while a third appealed to Britons to look at the bigger picture and cut some slack to a politician who was вЂњdelivering for Britain.вЂќД«y Wednesday nearly every member of Mr.

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