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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

Why pictures of Downing Street parties could be smoking gun

Boris Johnson and staff pictured with wine (and cheese) in Downing Street garden in May 2020.
Boris Johnson and staff pictured with wine (and cheese) in the Downing Street garden in May 2020. Photograph: The Guardian

Even before the final Sue Gray inquiry is published, the public may feel it already knows the inside story of the Downing Street parties in granular details – from suitcases of wine, to broken swings and DJ sets in the basement.

But given the sheer number of photographs that the Met police have been handed to examine – more than 300 – it is perhaps surprising that more have not found their way into the media.

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