The Downing Street parties were “seriously flawed in judgment and leadership,” according to the internal report provided to Johnson.

Representing the parties and gatherings in Downing Street “serious errors of judgment and leadership”. This is one of the many criticisms in the conclusions of the internal report that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received about the meetings that took place during the worst moments of the pandemic in the official residence. The officer’s report Sue Gray reveal it police are currently investigating 12 parties, More than previously known at the prime minister’s official residence and at the cabinet office, including one at Johnson’s private residence, presumably the one arranged by his wife Carrie Symonds to mark the departure of Johnson adviser Dominic Cummings on November 13, 2020. Scotland Yard is also inquiring about the Downing Street Garden party that Johnson attended.

“At least some of the meetings involved represent a serious error not only of the high standards expected of those working in the heart of government, but also of the standards expected of the British people at the time,” he said. he said the report was written by senior official Sue Gray. The published summary repeatedly speaks of misconduct in Downing Street, of unacceptable consumption of alcohol in a workplace. In his conclusions, Gay indicates that there is much to learn from what happened and the government must act immediately, without waiting for the results of the police investigation.

Johnson is scheduled to make a statement in the House of Commons from 3.30pm London time.

key details missing

The report, or rather the reduced version of it, has been published on the official government website, but key details about what happened are missing. The Metropolitan Police have asked the person in charge of the official investigation, Officer Sue Gray, not to include any of the key parts of what was discovered about the parties that took place during the Downing Street pandemic so as not to conclude the final result. do not predict. . In total, Sotland Yard is investigating 12 incidents that allegedly took place in Downing Street and Whithall (headquarters of government agencies) in violation of existing regulations during the restrictions in 2020 and 2021. The police investigation could take weeks or even months.

Johnson bought time and in his statement today he could announce changes to the official residence team and even some sort of code of conduct, including a ban on alcohol in the workplace. The decision of the Conservative parliamentary group to retain him as leader depends on his intervention, although for the moment it seems the rebellion has been postponed pending what the police say.

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Spokesmen for the prime minister indicated that Johnson spoke briefly with Gray yesterday and received an “update” on the investigation after 11 this morning.

Delivery of the document was delayed by Scotland Yard’s decision, which was announced last Tuesday, to open its own investigation and the request that Gray’s conclusions only “minimal references” to such events while police continued their investigations, amid a flurry of criticism against Johnson, whose political future is in the air as a result of the alleged celebrations.