Good morning. It’s the little things, isn’t it? The disrespect shown towards security and cleaning staff; the wine on the walls; the Downing Street staffer getting so drunk they were sick; two others having a fight; the senior civil servant who texted “we seem to have got away with it”. Sue Gray’s report has not dislodged the prime minister. But it has created an indelible image of the culture he oversaw, and the sense of tacit sanction under which his staff were operating.
Jessica Elgot reports that MPs keeping count believe three more letters of no confidence in the prime minister have gone in – but yesterday was also a victory of sorts for Boris Johnson, who emerged wounded but still in place. One Tory MP tells the FT (£) today: “Most of us are resigned to the fact that he won’t be going but that we’ve lost the next general election.”
