End of the road?

Quite a day yesterday (Tuesday) with the Government position on the impending Sue Gray report changed on almost hourly basis.

In short, it was reported that the threashhold had been met to report findings to the Police, and at the same time, head of the Met, Cressida Dick, announced to the LOndon Assembly that the Met would, now, be investigating the series of parties in Downing Street.

Government line changed to that as it was now a Police matter, no further comments would be made and the report would not be published.

Both the Met and Sue Gray announced there was no reason the report could not be released.

So the Government line changed agan to say that a redacted version might be released.

Again the Met and Gray announced that there was no reason why the full report should not be released.

Speculation rose that the report might be released that evening, or on Wednesday monring before PMQs.

It is important at this point to point out that the issues outlined here regarding the report are of Johnson's own making. Because if you read Gray's terms of reference, always a good idea, you will see the report was purely for fact finding. If the terms had included making reccommendations, then there would have been a case for delaying publication. But without that, she was asked to find facts. She found facts. And now will report the facts.

As yet, it seems not to have been sent to Johnson.

In the meantime, various Ministers and loyal MPs have been downplaying any offences saying every household in the UK broke rules, or that any offence was going to be like getting points on your licence from speeding.

But there are many offences that are more serious: perverting the course of justice and misconduct in public office for two, which could be applied to the (alleged) cover up rather than the offence itself.

And although the BBC are reporting that there is support from Johnson in Government, other sources are talking of pacts being done in relation to who comes after Johnson to avoid a leadership contest.

Today will be interesting. Might end by being a damp squib, or it could signal the end of Johnson's career. Or something inbetween.