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Top civil servant Simon Case quits No 10 party probe amid rule breach claims

The UK's top civil servant has stepped aside from his role leading an inquiry into Downing Street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office.

Simon Case had been due to report on claims Covid rules were broken at events for staff last year.

But his role was put into doubt after reports a party was held in his office while London was under Covid rules.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59701369

This shit writes itself, doesn't it?

While on the subject of shit writing itself...

NEW: Met Police refusing to investigate No 10 gatherings likely to be unlawful

https://goodlawproject.org/news/new-met ... -unlawful/


We decided to cut through the nonsense and commission two of the country’s leading lawyers – top policing barrister Danny Friedman QC and leading authority on Covid regulations Adam Wagner – to advise on whether the Met Police refusal to investigate is unlawful. We are today publishing that advice in full.

Their view is that a policy of not investigating retrospective breaches is likely to be unlawful; a failure to publish the policy is likely to be unlawful; and a decision not to investigate based on an absence of evidence is also arguably unlawful...

I must say, it's a complete mystery how Cressida Dick seems to escape unscathed from every scandal that hits the Met.

Priti Patel supports her. Nobody can get her out if that continues. Sadiq Khan has to go along with her because he can't really not support the Met Commissioner.

Gerald Howarth on LBC this afternoon was Tory Cliche Bingo. North Shropshire was down to the media emphassing trivia, the left-leaning BBC hating Boris over Brexit, nobody cares, concentrate on the successes, vaccine rollout, Brexit is working except for a few minor problems over Northern Ireland and fish, and finally the Chinese plague. .

davidjay wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:26 pm Gerald Howarth on LBC this afternoon was Tory Cliche Bingo. North Shropshire was down to the media emphassing trivia, the left-leaning BBC hating Boris over Brexit, nobody cares, concentrate on the successes, vaccine rollout, Brexit is working except for a few minor problems over Northern Ireland and fish, and finally the Chinese plague. .

Howarth would be one of a number of Eurosceptic Tory MPs who retired in 2015 who must've been gutted at missing out on all the fun 2016-2019. Every single one of them would've been in hog heaven.

An Edmund Burke for our times

Youngian wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:10 am An Edmund Burke for our times

A bit less Edmund .... (I've set this up, you can do the rest).

Frost being described by the MoS as "a genuine patriot".

Did they mean "genital wart"?

You'll be amazed to hear Shaun Bailey may not have been entirely truthful in his apology.

Here’s the kind of top brains that rise in the Tory party.

Tory MP for Bridgend arrested after crashing his car.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:44 pm Tory MP for Bridgend arrested after crashing his car.

And released while they wait for the results of blood tests.

DUI drugs?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-597 ... gn=KARANGA

To be fair, if anyone knows about rising to posts they're not qualified for, it's Nick Timothy.

He's still claiming "Kill The Bill" means "kill police!"

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:44 pm Tory MP for Bridgend arrested after crashing his car.

The Tories now a literal car crash.

They've given Frost's job to...


Liz Truss!


Fuck my boots...