"Officials working in No 10 claim they have held back information from Sue Gray’s investigation into the partygate scandal due to a “culture of fear” surrounding the probe."
"Three sources told The Independent they have not divulged messages and pictures on their phones after a senior member of staff told them to remove anything that could fuel speculation in the wake of the first party revelations."
"Messages in a WhatsApp group were said to contain photographs of people drinking and dancing, as well as references to how hungover people were the next day."
"The messages are from the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral, when there were two parties, one to mark the departure of a No 10 photographer and another to mark the departure of James Slack, Downing Street’s director of communications. Mr Slack has since made a public apology."
"Dominic Cummings has submitted written evidence to the inquiry into lockdown breaches in Downing Street in 2020, telling Sue Gray he did not trust Boris Johnson not to leak his conversations with the inquiry chief."
"The former senior adviser also claimed that officials were deeply uncomfortable with handing over some evidence to the inquiry, believing that they could face retribution for damaging evidence."
"Cummings said that he had told Gray: “If we speak the PM will invent nonsense and spin it to the media and you and I will both have problems, let’s keep everything in writing, therefore he cannot invent things I’ve supposedly said to you, ..."
"...there is only a written record, this makes both our lives easier.”
"He added: “She agreed. So I have answered questions in writing and will answer further questions in writing if she wants."
"He added: “She agreed. So I have answered questions in writing and will answer further questions in writing if she wants."
"But I will not speak and therefore provide the PM with more chances to lie and confuse everybody.”
We have all witnessed this in media accounts of #LiarJohnson's comments and his lies and deception in #HouseofCommons !
We have all witnessed this in media accounts of #LiarJohnson's comments and his lies and deception in #HouseofCommons !
"He said he believed more damaging stories would emerge this week, saying “many officials are desperate to shove the kunlangeta off the ice this week”."
VERY ACCURATE description of #LiarJohnson's modus operandi!
Everything said and done is wilfully deliberate and calculated!
VERY ACCURATE description of #LiarJohnson's modus operandi!
Everything said and done is wilfully deliberate and calculated!
"Dominic Raab, justice secretary and deputy prime minister, said on Sunday that it would be up to Boris Johnson to decide how much information was released."
It is in public interest that FULL facts are published - leaving #LiarJohnson no room for inventing nonsense and lies!
It is in public interest that FULL facts are published - leaving #LiarJohnson no room for inventing nonsense and lies!
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