name of god, go! the guardian also making the point the conservative party waiting with baited breath for sucre s report. how significant is that report going to be sue gray s report? it that report going to be sue gray s report? that report going to be sue gray s report? it is going to be everything. gray s report? it is going to be everything. quite gray s report? it is going to be everything, quite frankly. - gray s report? it is going to be everything, quite frankly. the | gray s report? it is going to be - everything, quite frankly. the mood in the tory party, the majority, anyway, was to wait to see what sucre had to say. today. anything can happen these days, especially in the parliament or conservative party, but i don t think the magic number of 53 now that christian we thought has gone will be triggered, to have that next week, but. something else we don t know in the report or something that emerges after the report, perhaps from the e mail inbox of dominic
though, quite a lot of mps and ministers still reserve in judgment until the official inquiry into exactly what happened done by the senior official sue gray emerges. that s now probably won t happen until the beginning of next week. a lot still could change in the next few days, borisjohnson seem today to have more fight about him, but no 10 certainly right now can t afford any more nasty surprises. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. for much of the day across england and wales we had some cloud and rain but it was a fine end to the day on the south coast. in northern scotland it has been a windy day and we have had some snow showers in shetland. as the colder air has come in behind this weather front we are starting just to see the first signs of showers across the north of mainland scotland turning to sleet and overnight tonight, as the colder air continues to other income we
a formal complaint first. i believe a claim like this, as serious as this, can only happen if the person making the complaint makes it formally, that s when procedures kick in. and, just to be clear about this, that advice was given to nus back in 2020. a spokesman for number ten said the prime minister had met nusrat ghani to discuss what it called her extremely serious claims, and then written to her to begin a formal complaint process, which she didn t do. it is understood that happened in july 2020. a spokesman said the conservative party did not tolerate prejudice or discrimination of any kind. this is yet another potentially damaging dispute ahead of a pivotal week for the prime minister. the report into parties in downing street by the senior official sue gray is expected to be published in the next few days. helen cattjoins me now. lets talk about this in terms of what this story tells us. it s
happen next could be decisive, and thatis happen next could be decisive, and that is the official inquiry from the senior official sue gray, which is likely to report at the beginning of next week, she is likely to provide the details about exactly what was happening behind the black door through the emergency of the pandemic, those gatherings, drinks do is, or parties, that verdict will provide another decision point for the conservative party. and i think it s really only then when that emerges that we will have something of a conclusion over whether or not what so many tory mps say in private, that they don t believe borisjohnson can stay private, that they don t believe boris johnson can stay for that private, that they don t believe borisjohnson can stay for that much longer, are they really willing to actually take the kind of decisive action that could end the premiership of someone who won a huge victory at a general election only two years ago? that s something that only done
the senior official sue gray, is expected to be published in the next few days. helenjoins me now. another difficult week for the prime minister and another controversy he has got to deal with. fine minister and another controversy he has got to deal with. has got to deal with. one that threatens has got to deal with. one that threatens to has got to deal with. one that threatens to reignite - has got to deal with. one that threatens to reignite a - has got to deal with. one that - threatens to reignite a long-running threatens to reignite a long running issue within the conservative party, and at the end of a week when we have seen some explosive claims about heavy handed tactics by the whips, that one senior conservative mp has said could constitute blackmail. he is meeting with the police this week to talk about that so that has not gone away. in the next few days we expect the publication of that report into downing street parties during lockdown by the senior official, sue g