at allegations of rule breaking at parties but yesterday it emerged there had been an event at his own private office. emails had invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday was a quiz. the cabinet secretary didn t attend, but he did speak to staff as he left and last night it was announced he would stand back from the enquiry, and another top civil servant, sue grey, would complete the probe. it s incredibly hard to believe nobody in government knew these parties were happening, and there s a huge amount of evidence now, so i do believe that the investigation sue grey is going to be leading up, there is evidence there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police, because nobody s above the law. it s another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government, from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and appl
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of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. ..the remarkable result in north shropshire, where the liberal democrats overturned a 26,000 majority for the conservatives, and, they believe, burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel things have gone wrong. and the answer to that is very simple. it s not more of the same, it s the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson s authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he s going to steady the ship. nick eardley, bbc news. we re joined now by our political correspondentjonathan blake. jonathan, this will be another blow after an already bad week for the prime minister?