UK partygate scandal: Johnson says he accepts fine for lockdown breach Issued on: 13/04/2022 - 16:49 Modified: 13/04/2022 - 17:00 00:26 Video by: FRANCE 24 Follow British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that he accepted a fine by police for breaking lockdown rules in 2020 and he understood public anger over the issue, but he had not believed he was in breach of the law at the time. Boris Johnson Conservative Party (UK) Coronavirus (Covid-19) UK UK politics investigation lockdown police