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Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Isn’t that what the inquiry is actually doing, Hugh? Or did you mean ‘decide on whether he should be subject to a disciplinary investigation’?
I think it will be apparent from Gray’s report on the nature of the ‘parties’, their purpose and whether BJ knew about them whether he’s guilty as charged.
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From the post directly above yours...
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Ms Gray's report is expected to give a factual account of what happened with reference to the guidance - this does not necessarily mean that she will say whether there have been breaches of it.
The terms of reference do not suggest that Ms Gray will decide whether laws have been broken.
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When it comes to the PM, Ms Gray may "touch on the role of the prime minister but it isn't [her] place to judge his behaviour", says Catherine Haddon, of the Institute for Government think tank.
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If there is evidence a minister has breached the Ministerial Code - such as potentially misleading parliament - it could be investigated by the prime minister's standards adviser Lord Geidt. Mr Johnson would need to give permission before any new inquiry was launched and he ultimately decides if any minister - including himself - has broken the code
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Her terms of reference do not include (as has been stated repeatedly) deciding whether Johnson is guilty or not.
btw, what are 'parties'? Are they like the parties held in No.10 that Johnson apologised for, on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral, or are they like 'work meetings' with socialising and bring your own booze?
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