Britain: Police to investigate Downing Street parties if evidence emerges

If there is evidence that the law has been violated then the police will undertake the investigation for the Christmas parties in Downing Street due to quarantine due to coronavirus which have caused a stir but also the resignation of the former representative by Boris Johnson, Allegra Stratton.

British Undersecretary of State Michael Ellis said today Thursday (9/12), according to the APE-MPE, that the investigation, which was announced yesterday Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will examine the Downing Street parties held on November 27 and December 18 as well as a rally at the Department of Education on December 10.

“If during the investigation there is evidence of potentially criminal behavior, the case will be referred to the police and the government investigation will probably be stopped,” Ellis told lawmakers.

Yesterday the London police announced that will not launch an investigation into the alleged Christmas party on Downing Street last year, due to lack of evidence.

Despite the abundant “correspondence” it received about the case, police said that “due to lack of evidence” they would not launch an investigation at this stage in line with their policy of “not retroactively investigating violations of these rules”.

Jokes are not evidence of breaking the rules

The “correspondence” and the video showing the Downing Street councilors joking about “do not constitute evidence of a breach of the rules”, The announcement continues, recalling that many gatherings took place at the Prime Minister’s residence in November and December 2020.

At the same time yesterday, Johnson apologized before parliament while his adviser, Allegra Stratton, submitted her resignation. In the video, which caused a political storm, Stratton and other Johnson associates joked about the Christmas party, even though rallies were banned as part of the pandemic.