Nine photos showing Boris Johnson and other members of staff during lockdown 'gatherings' have been released as part of Sue Gray's report into the partygate scandal.
The long-awaited report was handed to the Prime Minister today following the conclusion of the Met Police investigation into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic. The nine photos published in the report are from two dates.
They show the 19 June 2020 birthday party, where top civil servant Simon Case is laughing and Boris Johnson is holding a can of Estrella. They also show him raising fizz at aide Lee Cain's leaving do on 13 November 2020 - the date he explicitly said no party took place.
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Other photos include the previously-seen images of Mr Johnson raising a glass of wine at a leaving do for his former spin doctor Lee Cain on November 13, 2020. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is also pictured smiling, stood near Boris Johnson. A tray of sandwiches and cups, and two jugs of what appears to be juice, is pictured set out on the table in front of them.
The report also detailed that the “senior leadership” in Boris Johnson’s government must “bear responsibility” for the culture which led to coronavirus lockdown rules being broken. It said the public would be “dismayed” by a series of breaches of coronavirus rules in No 10 and Westminster.
“The events that I investigated were attended by leaders in government. Many of these events should not have been allowed to happen,” Sue Gray said. The Metropolitan Police has issued 126 fines for rule breaches in No 10 and Whitehall, with the Prime Minister receiving a single fixed-penalty
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