LONDON — British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday (Jan 20) for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a social media clip in the back seat of a moving car, a potentially embarrassing blow as he tries to revive his party's fortunes. Sunak, who apologised on Thursday for a 'brief error of judgement', had uploaded...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears to not be wearing his seat belt, in an unknown location in England, Britain in this screen grab taken from a social media video on Jan 19, 2023.LONDON — British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a social media clip in the back seat of a moving car, a potentially embarrassing blow as he tries to revive his party's fortunes.
Local police had said later that day they would investigate, and confirmed late on Friday that an offence had taken place. "The prime minister fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologised. He will of course comply with the fixed penalty," a spokesman from Sunak's Downing Street office said in a statement.
Sunak's video comprised an update on the government's "levelling up" plans to reduce regional disparities.
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