politics in the uk, all the talk at westminster was really dominated by what came to be known as partygate, and those were the parties held at downing street and in whitehall, around government buildings, while the uk was under strict covid restrictions. and it all looks likely to be thrust into the limelight once again, because westminster sources are telling the bbc that the first fixed penalty notices — essentially, fines for breaching rules — are expected to be announced tomorrow, at least 15 of those expected. there was an internal report by a civil servant called sue gray, and she looked at 16 events that had taken place between may 2020 and april 2021, while covid rules were in place, and she concluded that rules had been broken. she was very critical of the culture taking place in government at the time, and we then know that the metropolitan police