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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots and Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Katie Balls and I'm Jović, and I'm Jović, Isfa Hardman and James Forsythe.

It's Tuesday and we have had a twist in Partygate.

Speaking this morning, this is what Crested Dick, the head of the Met, had to say.

And what I can tell you this morning is that as a result, firstly of the information provided

by the Cabinet Office inquiry team, and secondly, my officer's own assessment, I can confirm

that the Met is now investigating a number of events that took place at Downing Street

and Whitehall in the last two years

in relation to potential breaches of COVID-19 regulations.

My officers have assessed several other events that appear to have taken place at Downing Street and Whitehall.

On the available information, these other events are assessed as not reaching the threshold

for criminal investigation.

James, that is Crested Dick effectively announcing that the police will now be investigating party gate

and the reason for this being evidence.

Passed to them by the Sue Gray Inquiry.

I think the Sue Gray Inquiry will now not publish until the Met has concluded its work.

And that froze the process of what was happening up in the air because the expectation had been that the Grey Report would be published kind of Wednesday or Thursday of this week.

And there were a group of Tory MPs who had basically decided to send in letters of no confidence but were waiting for the grey report on the belief

that, you know, due process must be followed before doing so. And I think my read was that that

group who had already decided, added to the letters already in, had you bobbing around the 40

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