and he hopes this will draw a line under it. i think he s backed into a corner. from what i understand, downing street not welcoming this investigation. it s i i must say as a sign of the severity of the political damage he s in, i was speaking to his allies this morning. they thought this news of a police investigation into the prime minister on downing street might provide them with a slight reprieve from the other investigation, looking into whether or not he broke his own covid rules. they thought it might delay the preliminary investigation they were concerned about. then it dawned on them that the looking of police investigating downing street was not particularly good or at advantageous and now they re concerned about it. but the head of the metropolitan police that she would only be investigating such historical allegations. these parties that we re discussing occurred in 2020, 2021 if they were serious flagrant braexs of the