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The Met Police react to the Downing St parties with claim they don’t retrospectively investigate Covid crime

The UK government has kindly taken time out of its busy schedule of denying it’s mired in sleaze and cronyism to deny that having a party during a ban on parties was against regulations.

Tory after Tory has been rolled out to the media to say that nothing happened, and even if it did happen, there wouldn’t have been rule-breaking at No. 10. Honest, guvnor.

Peter Stefanovic stitched a few together.

Their stance is a little at odds with most other people’s.

Here’s a summary from Dr Rosena Allin-Khan – with added earworm.

After numerous complaints to the Met Police, including many from Labour MPs and NHS professionals, it reviewed the matter and said that it ‘does not routinely probe retrospective breaches’ of Covid regulations.

By an astonishing coincidence, the Secretary of State for Justice made almost exactly the same statement on the Marr Show.

The concept wasn’t well received.

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We now cross live to the Met Police.

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BBC’s Ros Atkins sums up the No 10 party furore in 4 and a half minutes

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