The wait is over, and the outcome appears damning on the Downing Street parties during lockdown. What happens next?
In her long-awaited report, Sue Gray writes that it is senior leadership who must “bear responsibility” for the lockdown breaches that took place. But they won’t. In his time as prime minister, Boris Johnson and his allies have intensified an already-existing boy’s club culture in the halls of power, to the point of it being Bullingdon-esque. Those at the top are Teflon. Instead, junior officials have borne the brunt of police fines, for attending events that were “condoned” by their bosses.
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