Sir Keir also urged all the Conservative leadership candidates to 'put their money where there mouth is' and call a general election.
In a question and answer session following his speech, the Labour leader was asked by Sky News' political correspondent Liz Bates whether he is"too boring" to be prime minister.Johnson 'determined' in final weeksElsewhere, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has officially joined the race for the Tory leadership, with Home Secretary Priti Patel potentially set to announce her candidacy.
Both had vowed to step down if they were found to have breached regulations during a trip to the city in April 2021, ahead of the Hartlepool by-election.This is in stark contrast to the 126 fixed-penalty notices by the Metropolitan Police for rule breaches in Downing Street and Whitehall. Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie Johnson, and then chancellor Mr Sunak were all fined for attending a birthday gathering for the prime minister in June 2020 when indoor mixing was banned.told a news conference:"People said to me I was taking a risk by saying I would step down if I was fined. But it was never about that.
"For me it was a matter of principle. It shouldn't be controversial to say those who make the law can't break the law. But we have to set the bar far higher than that."
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