Parties report to be delivered to UK PM shortly

Downing Street parties: Sue Gray won't wait for police inquiry

Jan 28, 2022 by BBC News - Home

Key Facts

  • The report is seen as key to Mr Johnson's political future with many of its own Conservative MPs saying they will wait for its publication before deciding whether to take action against the prime minister.
  • It has already been confirmed that the events Ms Gray is looking into include a "bring-your-own-booze" drinks event in the No 10 garden in May 2020 attended by Mr Johnson, and a staff gathering to celebrate the PM's birthday in June 2020.
  • Media caption, Politicians will move on from the Downing Street parties and want the families of those lost to Covid to move on says Fran Hall The SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, said: ""If the UK Government refuses to publish the full unredacted report it will prove, yet again, that Westminster is utterly corrupt and broken beyond repair.
  • Asked by the BBC's Nick Robinson if the police's statement had been helpful to Mr Johnson, senior minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said: "It would be a very eccentric conspiracy theorist who thought that the prime minister being investigated by the police is beneficial for the prime minister - that is parallel universe stuff."

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