Officials under police investigation over lockdown breaches in Downing Street have expressed frustration after it emerged thatAmid growing anger at what one official branded a “scattergun approach” by Scotland Yard – including different people being sent questionnaires two months apart for the same event – the
Police are also investigating an alleged party on the same night, held at the flat the prime minister shares with his wife, Carrie Johnson. Sources claim the event was to celebrate the departure of Cain and Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings.The prime minister has so far received one FPN, for attending a birthday gathering at No 10 in June 2020 for what he said was a matter of minutes, demonstrating that police deemed this crossed the threshold for breaking the law.
Junior Downing Street staffers, who have received multiple questionnaires already from the Met, say there is significant disquiet about why Johnson has not been investigated over the same events, and the way the inquiry has been conducted. A Whitehall source brought up how the investigation had affected others who attended gatherings, including thewho has taken leave from a new role at Sheffield city council after her December 2020 Cabinet Office leaving party was identified as a lockdown breach.
Asked by Times Radio on Tuesday whether he had received a Met questionnaire about the November 2020 leaving party, Johnson said: “I am not commenting on this stuff generally, but the answer to that is no, not so far, or certainly not to my knowledge. All of this will become clear with the end of the investigation.”
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