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![]() Embrace selected aspects of the report – especially the least dramatic findings – and promise cultural reform, thereby avoiding having to accept any personal culpability. Johnson, however, had seized on the more administrative elements of the findings, such as the assertion that, “The structures that support the smooth operation of Downing Street … have not evolved sufficiently.” This could be viewed as an attempt to get off the hook. Judgement on whether the gatherings were illegal awaits, with police investigations ongoing. ![]() After weeks of frenzied criticism and emotional responses from the public about their own suffering during the period in question, Johnson was promising change.Ĭlearly Sue Gray’s findings confirm what many had been anticipating: behaviour that is “difficult to justify”, and “a serious failure” to observe the standards expected of government officials. ![]() “I get it and I will fix it,” declared Boris Johnson in parliament as he delivered his response to the initial findings from an inquiry into partying at Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns. ![]()
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