That being so, why did not someone such as Dick go to the PM & PPS and have a tactful word early on eg “You really cannot do this as we would, in fairness, be forced to intervene to uphold the laws you passed even handedly”
Did she (or a DAC Protection and Security) not do that
We know these parties were still going on months later.
What were the private conversations between police officers on duty, their senior officers to whom they report and those at the very top?
Preserving the evidence quickly is a key part of an effective investigation
You don’t dilly dally & leave it to a non-police investigator (and certainly not one who has previously expressed approval for double deleting evidence re FOIs) unless you want the evidence to disappear
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Downing Street Staff Feel Dejected By Johnson’s Party Defence
Got to say were I a CS observing Johnson’s cowardly response and efforts to deflect I’d go out of my way to sink him in it revealing the numerous words and deeds of his demonstrating collusion politicshome.com/news/article/d…
If Sue Gray throws the junior (or even senior personnel) under the bus whilst even appearing to provide a shield for Johnson, why would not they throw the lot of them including Johnson under a bus in return?
If he set the tone and condoned it why should he be protected?
I’m not suggesting that any should be excused responsibility for their actions.
But the permissions start at the top.
A good leader would make it plain what was unacceptable sharply.
But when he joins in and does it too (inc in their own home) that IS the message.
Covid restrictions had a knock on benefit in significantly reducing 🏥 admissions of 👦 with regard to other childhood illness + a corresponding reduction in deaths.
Especially marked re flu, bronchiolitis, meningitis, mumps and measles.
There should be a very very special punishment for Prime Ministers who presided over the culture who does this. Incapable of taking responsibility. He thinks it is kicking everyone else. Except his own sorry arse.
Just kick him out. Every day is a day that says the Tory Party colludes with this sorry sack of a man.
“The blueprint includes a drive to work out which heads should roll following the publication of senior official Sue Gray’s findings, as well as highlighting the prime minister’s achievements, according to sources. Officials have also started using the codename”
“I am asking you if we can make an early call to palliate and discharge her from ICU.”
“When?”
“Now.”
My disbelief must be open because it prompts the rueful explanation that a Covid patient needs an intensive care bed.”
“The pieces fall together instantly. With intensive care at capacity, I am being asked to move my patient to make room for another. “After all, your patient does have incurable cancer.”
2 separate leaving parties merging into one as the night wore on.
Someone was sent to the Co-op on the Strand, a busy street nearby, with a suitcase which was then filled with bottles of wine and brought back to Downing Street, according to one person at the gathering that night
MI5 send urgent email to MPs warning about Chinese woman
Christine Lee has been engaged in political interference activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, engaging with MPs & associated political entities, inc the APPG: Chinese in Britain dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
'I should highlight the fact that Lee has facilitated financial donations to serving and aspiring Parliamentarians on behalf of foreign nationals based in Hong Kong & China
'This facilitation was done covertly to mask the origins of the payments.’
So which MPs were hoodwinked?
H/t @iamdarrellmills for this article actually mentioning Christine Lee. It seems awfully old (3 years) to be the object of the current statement.
But the reference was to MPs (plural) so who else has Chinese interests?