Partygate - Met Police Useless

[Gromit]

Sue Grey independently investigated lockdown restriction breaches in January, and amassed a great deal of evidence. She was about to publish her report before the Met Police belatedly launched an investigation and the Grey report had to be severely redacted.
12 weeks later and the police have still not finished their investigations. Half the people investigated have now been fined, but not all of the gatherings have been looked at, and the police investigation is on going.
The Prime Minister has not been fined, but has not been cleared either.

What are the police playing at? Surely when they had all the evidence on a platter, it should not take over 3 months to conclude. Considering what is at stake, surely the Prime Minister (and Carrie) should have been prioritised to be looked at first, not last, to end the speculation and uncertainty.

Anyone agree that this has dragged on for far too long ?

[THECORBYLOON]

The two incidents for which penalties have been issued are two of the earliest of the ones being considered.

As penalties increase for subsequent offences by the same person, it makes sense for the penalties to be notified in date order.

[New Judge]

//As she is also looking at internal disciplinary matters, it is not unreasonable for her to consider and then comment upon any perceived culture or circumstances leading to those disciplinary matters.//

Thanks for that, Corby. To be honest I had no idea what her terms of reference are, but what you describe makes it perfectly fair to enquire into general behaviour. To be honest I think an enquiry on those lines will be of far greater benefit than simply enquiring into Covid breaches. It has become apparent during these revelations that excessive boozing in government offices seems to be quite the norm. Bearing in mind, as I said, few large (or small) organisations allow any alcohol on company premises these days, it seems once again a case of the rules that bind everybody else do not apply to politicians and their aides. And that's the real issue with "Partygate".

[ynnafymmi]

Meanwhile,the world keeps on turning.End of,as Gromit likes to say.

[William51]

The Met Police are a group of toady hangers on who do not know what they are really doing. Yes, this has been going on for too long which dilutes its importance.

[DTCwordfan]

I bet Vladimir is laughing his vodka-soaked donkey off. 'Keep it going Beefy Farmer, Nick-a-load-of Caviar and Dead-Wavey....a few drinks in Number 10, here we drink bath-loads and we are in POWER - and it ain't goin' to change.'