Outcry against Scotland Yard for "patching up" the 'Partygate' investigation

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MPs from across the political spectrum, including several Conservatives, have sharply criticized Scotland Yard Chief Commissioner Cressida Dick for "patching up" the internal 'Partygate' investigation. Everything seemed ready for the imminent publication of the report led by senior official Sue Gray when the London police suddenly claimed "minimal interference" in the police investigation, which is equivalent to watering down or indefinitely postponing the Gray report.

"Nobody can be above the law,"

stressed former

Theresa May, at the time of requesting that the internal investigation be made public.

"This is a ridiculous move, the typical farce written by Scotland Yard," said Conservative MP Roger Gale.

"The police are usurping their position and interfering in state affairs," argued fellow

MP Christopher Chope.

The Labor opposition, through the mouth of Diane Abbott, accused the police of "not wanting to investigate in the first place" and bursting the investigation with the new maneuver.

The chief minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, joined the criticism: "Everything feeds suspicions that the investigation is helping Boris Johnson to the detriment of the public interest."

A Downing Street spokesman assured that the Government has not interceded or had anything to do with Scotland Yard's new intervention, three days after it did not object to the internal investigation into violations of the Covid restrictions in at least one dozen parties on Downing Street.

Senior official Sue Gray now appears to be in favor of deferring publication

of her report until the police investigation is complete, rather than release a watered-down version.

As revealed by the

chain , Gray could have in his possession photos and compromising evidence of the

's presence at one of the parties under investigation.

Dozens of conservative deputies were waiting for the publication of the report to decide whether to activate a motion of censure against their leader.

The initial support of 54

parliamentarians would be enough to launch a mechanism similar to the one that led to the fall of Theresa May in 2019.

May decided to intervene publicly in the

in a letter written to the local newspaper

in which she demanded "full responsibility" from Boris Johnson: "

... This is important to ensure a necessary degree of trust between the people and the government.

The opening of the police investigation was initially well received by the political class and opened the possibility that Johnson himself could be questioned "under penalty."

However, Friday's announcement aroused the utmost suspicion and fear that the police want to close the Partygate file with a handful of fines of 100 pounds (118 euros) to those responsible and a devaluation of the political scope.

Labor opposition leader Keir Starmer stressed this week that if Boris Johnson is proven to have misled Parliament and was warned that Downing Street parties breached Covid rules, he would have to resign under ministerial code.

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