investingation will take. it had been anticipated that sue gray s report will be published this week. it was initially thought it would be published at the start of the week and then we thought the end, but now this investigation by the police changes everything. while sue gray will continue with her investigations internally, and she will be liaising with the metropolitan police, her report will not be published until the police complete their investigation. it is not clear at this point how long that will take. the former chief constable of greater manchester police sir peter fahy has been giving us his reaction to this morning s announcement. well, i think the police feel that they are in a really difficult position with this one. you know, they have tried to follow the logic that cressida dick explained, that normally they wouldn t go back and investigate a crime of this relatively, you know, not that serious two years after the event.
metropolitan police investigation, to what extent does that add to the pressure conservative mps face a difficult calculation because many who have not to difficult calculation because many who have no difficult calculation because many who have not to to a no confidence letters were who have not to to a no confidence letters were going who have not to to a no confidence letters were going to who have not to to a no confidence letters were going to wait - who have not to to a no confidence letters were going to wait for - who have not to to a no confidence letters were going to wait for the l letters were going to wait for the sue gray report to make up their minds on what they were going to do, but if that report will now be delayed by some time they have to decide whether they want to wait for that again, dragging this whole thing out, or have a essentially made up their minds and decided to try to go for a no confidence vote now, it should be said that the image of any govern
this adds to the mix as well as the sue gray, the senior civil servant investigation, now a police investigation, now a police investigation as well but what you think this means for the prime minister and his future? the first thin to minister and his future? the first thing to say minister and his future? the first thing to say is minister and his future? the first thing to say is to minister and his future? the first thing to say is to have minister and his future? the first thing to say is to have a - minister and his future? the first thing to say is to have a sense i minister and his future? the first thing to say is to have a sense ofj thing to say is to have a sense of proportion because when you hear the words met police investigation, criminal law breaking, downing street, it sounds incredibly dramatic and of course this is a big development in this story. but we are talking about the issuing of fixed penalty notices here. tickets as cressida dick called them, fines f
much to deter and detect but to deter and protect the people in there. i am deter and protect the people in there. iam interested deter and protect the people in there. i am interested that the sue gray inquiry continues although we do not have confirmation when that report might come, because just as her report has clearly informed the metropolitan police s decision to investigate, they might cut the evidence which influences her report. i think the other aspects going around in my mind now is there is perhaps the possibility that we might have different outcomes from the two reports, and perhaps a parliamentary inquiry. there could be opinions happening here but the one that will always matter most will be the court of public opinion and i have come to the conclusion that that court is not prepared to give the benefit of the doubt to anything of the allegations that come out from number ten, there will be damage to the ratings of the
the sue gray enquiry about what happened at number ten, which are expected to report this week, will now not report until the police finalise their investigation and we do not know how long it will take. we also do not know specifically what the police are looking into. they have said they are looking into some of the events at downing street. dal babu is former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police. welcome and thank you forjoining us. it has been quite an extraordinary turn of events, hasn t it? and the way this has evolved in that initially the police said they did not do retrospective investigations of something like this, then there was sue gray s enquiry, and now they are investigating because of something she has turned up. she has been in close contact with the police. what are your thoughts on that?- are your thoughts on that? purely from a policing are your thoughts on that? purely from a policing point are your thoughts on that? purely from a policing point of