Sue Gray's Labour Activist Son

[naomi24]

Sue Gray was last night facing fresh questions about alleged bias as pictures of her son, Liam Conlon, standing alongside Sir Keir Starmer emerged – including one taken during her Partygate probe.

The pictures reignited the ‘impartiality’ row engulfing the former top civil servant after she quit her Whitehall role last week to become Sir Keir’s chief of staff.

Liam Conlon is chair of the Labour Party Irish Society, and has recently campaigned for Labour candidate Danny Beales in Boris Johnson’s Uxbridge seat in west London.

Meanwhile, Sue Gray, reportedly a friend of Keir Starmer since his time as Director of Public Prosecutions, still hasn't said when conversations with Starmer regarding her new appointment began, a question Starmer has also avoided answering.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11823795/Tory-fury-Sue-Grays-activist-son-pictured-posing-Sir-Keir-Starmer.html

The plot thickens…. and it's a stinky one.

[Gromit]

Sue Gray’s report was mostly irrelevant, and was published after the police had investigated 16 parties and concluded they broke covid rules at the time.

Claims of bias and that the report was wrong are clearly made by desperate Johnson supporters who have conveniently forgotten that the police fined 83 people, including the Prime Minister and his wife.

[naomi24]

//Sue Gray’s report was mostly irrelevant//

Not at all, Gromit. It is instrumental in the investigations being carried out by the Commons Privileges Committee following a motion tabled by the leader of the Labour Party.

[Redhelen72]

So what’s your question?
Unless I missed it in all the copy and paste from the article.

[naomi24]

RH. There isn't a question. It's a new item. I'd have thought that quite obvious.

[naomi24]

*news*

[Redhelen72]

Oh OK, so we are just copying news articles now?
Cool!

[douglas9401]

Desperate floundering by Tories to distract from their own foibles and failures, that's all.

[naomi24]

RH, well, not really. It's posted to encourage discussion on something that's very newsworthy. If you have a problem with that you're not obliged to offer your opinion. Other sections are available.

[bazwillrun]

^
the board jester to name but one does it all the time..so i assume youll be question him when he posts his usual drivel

[Redhelen72]

Surely to encourage discussion you need to provide a view or a discussion point?

[naomi24]

RH, I've provided a view - and a discussion point - in fact more than one discussion point. If you don't understand that, as I said, other sections are available.

[bazwillrun]

"RH, I've provided a view - and a discussion point - in fact more than one discussion point. If you don't understand that,"

obviously doesnt....

[Redhelen72]

What I see is you and other Boris supporters are desperate to find him innocent of any suggestion that he may have done something wrong during lockdown.
The lady resigned her role as a civil servant so what is the issue?
Thank you Naomi and Baz I understand perfectly!

[bazwillrun]

"What I see is you and other Boris supporters are desperate to find him innocent of any suggestion that he may have done something wrong during lockdown.'

hahaha...you can read but cant process...this board has a history of attracting them

[THECORBYLOON]

'A spokesperson for the privileges committee dismissed Johnson’s arguments, saying the findings were “not based on the Sue Gray report” but on witness accounts and evidence supplied by the government.'

Do you think the police relied upon only the information provided to Sue Gray or did they have additional information?

[naomi24]

Oh so you do understand the OP, RH, and you do have an opinion. Jolly good. All welcome.

The OP makes clear what the 'issue' is with Sue Gray resigning her role as a Civil Servant.

[gulliver1]

RH @ 10.20 Spot on

[naomi24]

Awkward one isn't it Gulliver. ;o)

[Atheist]

Perhaps the Daily Mail would like a purge of anyone in the Civil Service who holds, or ever did hold, non-Conservative or Labour or left-wing views or anyone with connections (either family or acquaintances) with such views?
Ah, Joe McCarthy. Where are you now?

[naomi24]

If you don't like the Mail, atheist, other reports are available - although they may be behind a pay wall. You can try though.