Sue Gray – or just plain ‘Sue’, as the prime minister revealingly kept on calling her in the Commons – has finally produced her report. It’s quietly devastating.
At a time when the rules said you and I couldn’t gather, not even for a funeral, staff at No. 10 held regular parties and got so drunk that cleaners had to clean up vomit on the carpet and wine stains up the wall. Dozens of empty bottles were left scattered around.
The gatherings were planned. Staff sent out invites. These people knew they were breaking the rules. After all, they had written them. And they tried to cover their tracks because they knew they were breaking the rules. Remember Allegra Stratton? She actually laughed about how they’d been breaking the rules. She resigned, but Johnson is still there because the culprit says that he knew nothing about it.
