Today, the Prime Minister flies to Ukraine for crisis talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This comes after he was forced to miss a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, because he was making a statement to the Commons in response to the long-awaited Sue Gray report.
This situation, where vital matters of state are sidelined to deal with the ongoing fallout from the “partygate” scandal, is likely to define the coming weeks and months. The status quo — with a damning if incomplete Gray report amid a Metropolitan Police investigation — leaves both the Prime Minister and the country in limbo.
