If the PM is found to have broken Covid laws by police, he must resign

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It is Tory MPs and Conservative Party members who are responsible for Johnson being in charge of their party (PA Wire)

The cabinet line on Partygate now seems to be that the prime minister should not resign if fined by police for breaking laws he brought in and made everyone follow, as it would be “undemocratic” for the police to decide who is the prime minister.

Boris Johnson is not a president; he was democratically elected only by a small number of the country’s voters as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. It is Conservative MPs and party members who are responsible for him being in charge of their party.

It would actually be undemocratic for the police to give in to pressure from the government, and fail to uphold the rule of law because Johnson happens to be prime minister; it smacks of dictatorship.