new met commissioner. that is a job for priti patel, the home secretary usually this would be a job for police and crime commissioner that is effectively the role that city khan has. but it s the home secretary because of the status of the met police commissioner it s the home secretary who chooses this one. but in consultation and taking due regard for the views of the mayor of london. so it s between the two of them. he has strong import, she is them. he has strong import, she is the final choice i think is the way it works. :, ,, : :, , the final choice i think is the way itworks. :, ,, : :, , :, , , it works. yet home secretary answers to the prime it works. yet home secretary answers to the prime minister. it works. yet home secretary answers to the prime minister. it s it works. yet home secretary answers to the prime minister. it s any - it works. yet home secretary answers to the prime minister. it s any home l to the prime minister. it s any home secretary would not be r
home secretaries role to approve the new met commissioner. and oversee that. so that s one thing. on the inquiring into downing street parties, it s not clear that this will have any effect on the half of the city khan asked about that today and said he simply wasn t going to comment. he said he would not comment. he said he would not comment on operational matters, that s been his line all along on this issue with downing street parties. and all the way through when he was being questioned, when i met were not investigating. remember, the better and said they were under real pressure with all the revelations coming out and he said they didn t investigate retrospectives allegations. because these went back to 2020. that caused a lots of criticism within the night of the mat. people say well all crimes are retrospectives the mat i think suffered from that statement. what city khan said interestingly in
do we know it s something shifted in the last few hours. we heard sadiq khan saying the pain she came up with was not adequate and he wanted to have another meeting and instead of that she resigned, do you have more detail about what the gap was between the two of them? the metronolitan between the two of them? tue: metropolitan police between the two of them? tte: metropolitan police commissioner between the two of them? tt9: metropolitan police commissioner is appointed by the queen. the queen take advice from the home secretary but in reality she cannot do this job the commissioner and if she does not have the support of the london mayor. it cannot be done and one of the things that happened during the day and a bit yesterday but it was made perfectly clear by people who were talking to journalists and officials on all sides that if the mayor of london withdrew his support she really could not stay in the job. i suspect there has been a reaction to the interview she gave to bbc lo
and the officers feel they can whistle blow without being seen as a anything like that they must be seen as progressing the organisation to get rid of those bad elements in the station and obviously central london one of the most specific stations had so much to do and so much toxicity it was later ready the final straw. toxicity it was later ready the final straw. how much of that behaviour final straw. how much of that behaviour in final straw. how much of that behaviour in a final straw. how much of that behaviour in a vast final straw. how much of that l behaviour in a vast organisation final straw. how much of that - behaviour in a vast organisation can behaviour in a vast organisation can be made at the door of the commissioner? it s over two decades since the stephen lawrence inquiry which i know i covered and i m sure you followed closely as well talk about institutional racism within the met. we ve had so many efforts at trying to reform the culture and other public or
to be put in place. [30 and the reform practices that need to be put in place. and the reform practices that need to be put in place. do you have any s math to be put in place. do you have any sympathy for to be put in place. do you have any sympathy for met to be put in place. do you have any sympathy for met officers - to be put in place. do you have any sympathy for met officers who - sympathy for met officers who operated under difficult circumstances in the last two years? i think theirjobs are a lot harder because of the abundance in the forest because they streets are more dangerous if you don t trust police and if you ve got the public not trusting parties it makes theirjobs more dangerous and harder. i want to trust the police and have confidence and i want to help build it. we are anxious and eager to take part in this but it s a lot of work and this idea of denying the problem and denying that there is homophobia and racism does not make the change. the first thing need