‘It’s a joke’: Britons who received Covid fines react to Boris Johnson’s £50 penalty

Those fined up to 1,000 during UK lockdowns contrast their experience with the prime minister's

In May 2020, David Wilson received a 1,000 fine after hosting an outdoor party he says followed coronavirus rules at his restaurant, Calypso, in Blackburn. He's still fighting the fine in court, and is terrified that if his case fails and he's asked to pay, he'll be forced to close an 11-year-old family business that delivered food to vulnerable people during the pandemic.

This, he said, was the reality for the small man", contrasting his experience with that of the prime minister and his associates, who have been fined for attending parties at 10 Downing Street during lockdown.