Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner renewed calls for Mr Johnson to resign in light of the inquiry, calling him a "national distraction".
"But I want to reassure the House and the whole country that I and the government are focused 100% on dealing with the people's priorities, including the UK's leading role in protecting freedom around the world."of a birthday party being held for the prime minister in June 2020. She outlined the guidelines on when allegations of past breaches would be investigated, saying the factors the police considered were: Whether there was evidence that those involved "knew, or ought to have known that what they were doing was an offence", where not investigating "would significantly undermine the legitimacy of the law", and "where there was little ambiguity around the absence of any reasonable defence".
And Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh told MPs: "When Europe stands on the brink of war and there is a cost of living crisis, can we please have a sense of proportion over the prime minister being given a piece of cake in his own office by his own staff?" Even if this was as a witness, this would not exactly help rebuild the public trust which has eroded in recent weeks.Some of the Conservative rebels have reached their own verdict, and are hopeful that the mere prospect of a PM's activities being subject to a police investigation will encourage others to join them in submitting letters of no confidence sooner rather than later.But I have spoken to a few MPs who were poised to send their letters and emails when the Sue Gray inquiry reported.
He said the situation was "untenable", and urged his colleagues to "grow some" and eject Mr Johnson from office.
Good old Cressida will sweep it all clean under the carpet
Talk about Boris and Met Police laughing 😂 at the public & Parliament, suddenly as report is due be published the Met decides to investigate, they are a joke and Boris has gotten away with his shenanigans
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Why wasn’t this done immediately it occurred 😡
Is the invesigation codenamed 'Operation: Save Big Dog'?
How long will the investigation go? I bet bloody aggggges
Gray report delayed - how convenient!
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