Boris to be up to his arse in legal writs !!!

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Can you believe it? Yet another Downing Street Party has come to light.

Before Christmas, we wrote to the Metropolitan Police asking them to explain or reverse their refusal to investigate the unlawful party alleged to have taken place at No 10 Downing Street on 18 December.

We’ve now received the Met’s response, which raises more questions than it answers. We believe their refusal to investigate the alleged party on 18 December is unlawful.

In short, the Met says it concluded that further investigatory work would be required before they could decide whether to bring charges, but rather than attempting to do this, they just closed the case.

Their attempts to justify that decision really don’t make sense. First, they say they relied on the Government’s assurances that no rules had been broken. Then, they say there would have been no point in interviewing No 10 staff about the parties because they would have refused to answer questions that exposed them to a risk of prosecution.

In what other crime would police decline to investigate because the suspected offender assured them no rules had been broken? And those justifications can’t both be true; if no rules were broken, there’s no risk of self-incrimination.

We’re suing. Will you donate to the legal challenge to force the Met Police to do their job and investigate?

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It is not good enough for the Met to delegate their investigative duties to the press. We don’t believe they would make such concessions for anyone else accused of breaking the law.

They seem to be operating a two-tier system, with one rule for those in power and one rule for everyone else. And we think that sets a dangerous precedent with serious implications for public trust.

We are suing the Met Police to force them to investigate the party that took place on 18 December. If we win, it could have a knock on effect for all the parties held at Downing Street.

Those in power broke the rules - repeatedly. They should face the same consequences as everyone else.

Jo Maugham - Good Law Project