Sue Gray, partygate and what it means for Boris Johnson
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman takes us inside the halls of Westminster as a pared-down update on Sue Gray's investigation into partygate is published.
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| 0:00.0 | Two weeks ago, it seemed like Boris Johnson was hanging on by a thread. |
| 0:12.0 | You were sat there too long for all the good you have done in the name of God God. |
| 0:19.0 | Amid allegations of partying and rule-breaking by the very people who wrote the laws of lockdown, |
| 0:26.0 | it seemed like it was curtains for Boris Johnson and not just the gold ones. |
| 0:32.0 | But MPs across the Conservative Party said they would wait for the verdict of one woman. |
| 0:38.0 | He will take full responsibility for whatever the Sue Gray report comes out with. |
| 0:43.0 | Wait for the results of the Sue Gray inquiry. |
| 0:46.0 | Sue Gray. |
| 0:47.0 | Sue Gray. |
| 0:48.0 | I want to express my deepest gratitude to Sue Gray and all the people who have contributed to this report. |
| 0:56.0 | Well, what we've seen of the report, save Boris Johnson, or is that trouble ahead for the Prime Minister? |
| 1:03.0 | You're listening to Stories of Our Times from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manvin Rana. |
| 1:09.0 | Today, inside Westminster, on Sue Gray Day. |
| 1:18.0 | For weeks, we've been on tender hooks. |
| 1:22.0 | By Monday morning, we'd almost given up hope of hearing from the elusive Sue Gray. |
| 1:29.0 | It's 10 o'clock. I'm actually this is Times Radio. |
| 1:32.0 | Coming up in the next three hours, not one Sue Gray, not two Sue Gray's, but three Sue Gray's on the show. |
| 1:38.0 | We've got a focus group of Sue Gray's giving us their take on politics. |
| 1:41.0 | Because why not? |
| 1:43.0 | Frankly, there's nothing else to talk about. |
| 1:45.0 | But then, a whisper went round. |
| 1:47.0 | This would be the day and at 11.20am. |
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