New controversy on the side of Downing Street for the British Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak's dog was indeed filmed walking around Hyde Park off-leash, although it is not allowed. The video was widely shared on social network TikTok and prompted a reminder of the rules by local police.

On the images, we can see Nova, the female labrador of the head of government, walking at will in the royal park of London, after a close-up on a sign stipulating that dogs must be kept on a leash. The video then shows the animal being held by the collar by Rishi Sunak, before a woman, who appears to be his wife Akshata Murty, hands him the leash.


🚨 | BREAKING: Rishi Sunak was spoken to by the POLICE for letting his dog off the lead just yards away from a sign telling him not to do so pic.twitter.com/oHSNQECS8K

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A reminder of the rules

"We are aware of a video showing a dog walking off-leash in Hyde Park," a London police spokesman said. "An officer, who was present at the time, spoke with a woman and reminded her of the rules. The dog has been put back on a leash," the same source added. According to the BBC, the officer in question is one of the members of the Prime Minister's close protection. Rishi Sunak's spokesman declined to comment.

Other scandals

Prime Minister since late October, Rishi Sunak was fined for not wearing his seatbelt while shooting a video in the back of a car during a trip to the north of England. He had acknowledged a "mistake" and apologised, Downing Street said.

When he was Boris Johnson's finance minister, Rishi Sunak was fined in the so-called "Partygate" scandal, for being present at a rally for the Prime Minister's birthday, in violation of anti-covid rules.


More recently, it is the heated swimming pool built near the personal mansion of the Prime Minister that has made people cringe across the Channel. The electricity network in the vicinity had to be modernised in order to support the consumption of the new installations.

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