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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Partygate: Met chief hints at new inquiry after ‘jingle and mingle’ video

The Metropolitan police commissioner has effectively said that there will be a new inquiry into lockdown breaches in Westminster after a video from a Conservative Christmas party attracted the attention of detectives.

Sir Mark Rowley was speaking after video emerged of a December 2020 party surfaced this weekend, sparking outrage. Britain’s top officer, when asked if a new investigation would follow, told an interviewer: “I think we can all guess which way it will go.”

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