The British Prime Minister broadcast a video for his Instagram account as he sat in the back seat of a car, but without wearing the mandatory seat belt
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined by Lancashire police in the north of England after airing an advertising video for his Instagram account that showed him in the back seat of a vehicle but without his seatbelt fastened. as requested. The head of government has acknowledged his mistake and his willingness to pay the fine of 100 pounds, about 115 euros.
In the video, the prime minister greets his audience in conversational style – with a ‘hi’ rather than the more formal ‘hello’ – then explains that he is heading to Morecambe, a run-down seaside town, to announce a nearby grant of 60 million euros to build a theme park based on plants and ecological education. The project, which is one of the expansions into different parts of the country of the ‘Eden Project’ that already exists in Cornwall, was announced in 2018, when Theresa May was Prime Minister. But Sunak is prolific on social networks and took advantage of the minutes between the airport and his destination to film the video, dressed in a suit and tie, sitting awkwardly to be filmed and not realizing that by recording the footage he was could be sanctioned.
And it’s the second in a year. The Prime Minister, who describes himself as a “polite radical”, is the British leader who has received the most fines from police in UK history. As head of the economy, he was already sanctioned in April for the ‘partygate’, the parties that organized in Downing Street while the government demanded confinement. Sunak and his then boss, Boris Johnson, were fined for participating in a second anniversary party.
The 60 million that Sunak personally announced to boost his popularity in the north of England is part of the regions’ ‘equalisation’ policy. They have again drawn criticism from the Prime Minister, as 63% of the identifiable destinations for the funds announced will go to constituencies that voted Conservatives in 2019. Only 23% go to Labor districts, according to the Financial Times newspaper.
The Conservative leader has already had to rectify himself three times in parliament, less than three months into his mandate, because deputies from his own party would reveal themselves when voting on government bills. Sunak now has on his table the issue of agreeing with Brussels to end the dispute over Northern Ireland’s Brexit protocol. The subject is very complicated and tedious and, according to some British analysts, could even lead to his overthrow.
Source: La Verdad
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