Desperately Seeking Sue Gray
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The Downing Street parties scandal continues as Westminster waits for Sue Gray's report. When can we expect from the senior civil servant's inquiries into parties held during lockdown, and what might it mean for the premiership of Prime Minister Boris Johnson? As the Metropolitan Police launch a criminal investigation into the events that unfolded in 2020 and 2021, Boris Johnson has promised that the official report will be published "in full", but will the wait for Sue Gray's verdict increase pressure on the Prime Minister, or will time calm tensions?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.4 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.7 | that brings you an inside look at the biggest stories |
| 0:18.4 | coming out of Holyroods and Westminster. |
| 0:20.8 | It is nine minutes past two on Thursday the 27th of January. |
| 0:25.1 | I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow, and today I'm joined by... |
| 0:29.1 | I'm Raj Epsomlu, a journalist based in Westminster. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm Nick Erdley, a journalist at Westminster, too. |
| 0:36.5 | And I'm Phil Sim, a journalist at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:39.5 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:41.1 | Hello. |
| 0:44.1 | Listen, here we are. |
| 0:45.7 | You can feel the energy, can't you? |
| 0:47.8 | This is not a Sue Gray podcast, but it turns out it kind of is a wee bit. |
| 0:53.6 | Here we are, week three. Still waiting for Sue, but it's been another... |
| 0:58.8 | Yeah, week three for us. |
| 1:00.1 | Circling the airport. |
| 1:01.4 | It's been another, not a quiet week, let's put it that way. |
| 1:05.2 | There's been a lot happening in Westminster. |
| 1:08.4 | Boris Johnson's still the Prime Minister. |
| 1:11.4 | A lot going on behind the scenes. |
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