story will not go away for boris johnson so this is a very interesting bit of briefing that the times have gotten hold of and so sue gray who many rural recall is a senior whitehall civil servant who was tasked with doing an investigation into the reports about lockdown and parties in dentistry and whitehall during the pandemic and whitehall during the pandemic and she was originally supposed to be the person doing the report when the police originally said they would not investigate. and the police originally said they would not investigate. and when the olice to would not investigate. and when the police to come would not investigate. and when the police to come out would not investigate. and when the police to come out in would not investigate. and when the police to come out in january - would not investigate. and when the police to come out in january and - police to come out injanuary and say actually we are going to look at these parties and we will know now that fines be
but who is the british senior civil servant sue gray? bbc northern ireland political correspondent gareth gordon has interviewed her in the past and has this profile of the woman who has been investigating downing street. they used to call sue gray the most powerful civil servant you ve never heard of. not any more. and all i ask is that sue gray be allowed to complete her inquiry. the inquiry taking place by sue gray. well, sue gray. sue gray. sue gray, who people in northern ireland, many of them will know well. so, who is she and what makes her tick? well, for a start, she s the only whitehall civil servant who s ever run a pub in newry though it s now a nursery with her husband, country and western singer bill conlon. # it s a slow road that winds through the sweet wicklow pines # it makes me want to stop along the way.# he hated the pub and, actually, most of the customers didn t like him either because he was quite miserable in it. so, after six to eight weeks, it was making
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understatement, the only senior whitehall civil servant who has ever run a pub near the irish border. she s not kidding about that. then there is a country and western singing husband bill conlon and those allegations are some claims that she was in fact a spy, which i took my life in my hands and i put that to her at the end of the interview and as you hear, she took the question on the chin and she didn t quite deny it. didn t quite deny it. yes. and a very different didn t quite deny it. yes. and a very different background i didn t quite deny it. yes. and a very different background from j didn t quite deny it. yes. and a i very different background from most civil servants, shall we say? and the idea that she might be any kind a pushover in terms of this crucial inquiry, well, certainly if you have run a pub in newry, i don t think you are going to be a pushover, are you? you are going to be a pushover, are ou? ~ ,, , you? well, sue gray, i get the impression you? well, sue g
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