Boris Johnson has received a questionnaire from the Metropolitan Police as part of the inquiry into parties at Downing Street and Whitehall during the Covid lockdowns.
Both Mr Johnson and his wife Carrie were expected to be among those emailed, although No 10 has not said if Mrs Johnson had received one.The fact Boris Johnson has received one shows the police believe he now needs to account for his actions, and what he was doing at these events, to see whether or not he has broken the law.
But politically this is an incredibly damaging situation to be in for a serving prime minister regardless. But former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said it would be "very tough" for Mr Johnson to cling on to power if he is fined.Sir Iain added: "If you've set the laws, and you break them and the police decide you have broken them... and then there's the unredacted [Sue Gray] report - the two things will come together."
The investigation, Operation Hillman, is examining 12 gatherings on eight dates - some of which the PM has already said he attended - to see if Covid regulations were broken. Detectives investigating the parties have been handed more than 500 documents and 300 images gathered as part of Ms Gray's inquiry.
Let's see the quest
Are there no good hairstylists in the UK?! Can we all chip in & pay for this man to go see one? He’s got permanent bedhead!