“I paid the fine,” Johnson was quoted as saying by Sky News.
He noted that he again apologizes for this incident.
At the same time, the prime minister "does not discuss his resignation in connection with the incident."
On 31 January, the Prime Minister's office reported that a number of gatherings in Downing Street violated the lockdown rules, and the British government should not wait for the end of the police investigation and consider the lessons learned from this.