consequences for the prime minister. worth saying that since prime minister is questions last week, we have heard a more robust town from downing street, even when they pushed back against those latest allegations that itv news reported last night about the prime minister s birthday, downing street was quite strong in its defence of prime minister s role in what happened. that is interesting, because up until this point, boris johnson has been keen to fight on for his position and premiership, so if that remains the same, the focus will be on conservative mps particularly and what they choose to do it now. . ~ particularly and what they choose to do it now. ., ,, , ., , particularly and what they choose to do it now. ., ,, i. , . do it now. thank you very much, alex. well, metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick is still at the london assembly s police and crime committee to make the announcement that her police force would investigate the downing street parties she s still t
was about to say we were going to go back to the london assembly but i believe that has wrapped up so we can continue our thought process with you. you say we are expecting to hear from with you. you say we are expecting to hearfrom sue gray s with you. you say we are expecting to hear from sue gray s team imminently. it seems she was on the point of finishing her report passing it to the prime minister and others of course, is that really the possibility that might be shelved or at least put on hold while the police investigate? brute at least put on hold while the police investigate? police investigate? we are speculating police investigate? we are speculating it police investigate? we are speculating it now - police investigate? we are speculating it now and - police investigate? we are l speculating it now and filling police investigate? we are - speculating it now and filling the minutes until we get a word from her office but i suppose it is a possibility because ministers h
report goes to borisjohnson. the report goes to boris johnson. the s stem is report goes to boris johnson. the system is the report goes to borisjohnson. t te: system is the system report goes to borisjohnson. tte: system is the system and report goes to borisjohnson. t te: system is the system and it report goes to borisjohnson. tte: system is the system and it is the one we pretty much have to deal with, but if anyone can make sure that impartiality and fairness and rigour are brought to an investigation, then it is sue gray. i have known her over a decade from the very thursday i set foot in whitehall, and all the things that we are hearing your colleagues in the political team say about sue gray, and politicians too, are true, the integrity etc which she has. she will produce her report without fear or favour but people need to remember that whilst this goes to the prime minister it is not to hold politicians to account and act as judge and jury, that is a political process both
claims, would pause her investigation while the police conducted there s. we are expecting a statement from sue gray s team in the next couple of minutes which should make that clear and if she does pause, that means we are in this limbo for a lot longer with that sort of damocles hanging over downing street for a lot longer as well. it sort of damocles. cressida dick said there was a number up claims are parties in downing street and elsewhere in whitehall. we don t know how many, we don t know how many of those high profile ones that have been splashed across the papers in the last few weeks are being investigated by the police and crucially, we don t know if they involve ones that were attended by the prime minister so we don t know if the prime minister is in the frame for being interviewed by the police or ultimately getting one of those fixed penalty notices. a lot of unanswered questions but it means this will rumble on even longer. i
of those fixed penalty notices, their political career would be severely damaged so people might want to challenge them if the police want to challenge them if the police want to challenge them if the police want to find them. and do you think it is the sue gray investigation and something she has turned up in her investigation that has prompted the police to step in and say they are also investigating? we don t know for sure but i think if you look at what people have been saying and the sequence of events, the police have said they have constantly been in touch with sue gray over her investigation and i think there has been a constant exchange and the question, if we have reached the point where the police need to come in, but it looks to me like it is the sue gray investigation that has led to the police investigation. band investigation that has led to the police investigation. investigation that has led to the police investigation. and ust as i ask ou police investigation. and