Political London is anxiously awaiting the report on Partygate, but it is still in the Cabinet Office, where officer Sue Gray appears to have completed the investigation into possible breaches of corona measures.
By mid-afternoon on Friday, too, there was no sign that Gray had forwarded her report to the Prime Minister, who had promised to release the text immediately and in full.
Jochen Buchsteiner
Political correspondent in London.
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The search for those responsible for the delay gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle of the Prime Minister's Office, the Cabinet Office and Scotland Yard.
On Friday morning, the police leadership announced that it had not insisted on delaying the release of the text.
However, she asked the cabinet office to only publish "minimal information" on those cases that also concern the police.
Otherwise there is a risk that the investigation will be biased.
Because the police are interested in the eight most controversial cases, the Gray report should only appear in a harmless version.
This, in turn, could be interpreted as "whitewashing," which is why Gray is considering withholding the report entirely, it has been reported.
10 Downing Street claims they have no control over Gray's decisions.
Should the report not be published or only published in a watered-down form, MPs would have to wait for the investigation to be completed.
They could drag on for weeks.
Many Tories wanted to make the outcome of the inquiry dependent on whether they support a no-confidence vote against Johnson.
He now has time to win rebels over to his side.
According to newspaper reports, he offered them concessions on political issues, such as the controversial increase in national insurance contributions, which many Tories want to prevent because of the rising cost of living.