There is a school of thought that suggests the Prime Minister has gotten away with it again. Yesterday, the Met Police concluded its partygate probe and confirmed no further fines would be levied on Boris or Carrie Johnson. And meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer remains under investigation by Durham police for a post-campaigning beer and curry. Yet this would be a misreading of the parlous state of play.
Questions remain over Scotland Yard’s decision-making. First, there is a sense that junior Downing Street staff have been treated in more a heavy-handed manner than their seniors, an impression not aided by the fact that the Prime Minister escaped punishment for attending events for which others received fixed penalty notices.
