“The prime minister has accepted the Met’s decision and apologized. “I fully support the Prime Minister and the Chancellor as they focus on maintaining the UK’s international leadership against Russian barbarism in Ukraine and providing our recovery from the pandemic for the British people at home,” Raab wrote on Twitter. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, widely regarded as a contender for any future Conservative leadership battle, said Johnson and Sunak had “100 per cent support”. Ben Wallace, who played a key role in Britain’s response to the invasion of Ukraine, said he could “understand the outrage” over the sentences. But he added: “Undoubtedly many will want to focus on this issue, but right now the war in Ukraine is an urgent challenge and this prime minister has led the international response. As Minister of Defense, he gave me his full support to deliver the help that was desperately needed. He has my full support. “ As of Wednesday, 67 lawmakers had either issued their own statements of support or shared positive comments about Mr Johnson’s recent fine.
