After weeks of damaging allegations of parties and rule-breaking gatherings in Downing Street the Metropolitan police have now opened an investigation. Could this spell the end for Boris Johnson?
When allegations of rule-breaking gatherings in Downing Street emerged in December, the Metropolitan police declined to investigate, citing a lack of evidence and resources. But the steady drip of leaks to the press in the weeks since have built up a picture of party after party. Every birthday, Christmas or leaving do now has been poured over by an outraged public with each new revelation prompting excuses from the government that they were technically “work events”. But on Tuesday, the chief of the Met said her force would be investigating some of the allegations of parties at the prime minister’s official address.
The Guardian’s political editor, Heather Stewart, tells Michael Safi that this new development could prove the most significant yet for Boris Johnson’s future. With the senior civil servant Sue Gray due to hand her report to the prime minister in the coming days, the matter could be heading towards an endgame.
