Former senior officer Brian Paddick asks what more evidence the police needed to issue PM another fine

The new photos from the Partygate saga have left police facing questions about the credibility of their investigation and a former police chief demanding that they explain themselves urgently.

Last week the Metropolitan police ended its investigation into a string of Downing Street and Whitehall parties having issued Boris Johnson with just one fine. Westminster insiders say the prime minister had been a willing participant at several social gatherings that breached lockdown rules, yet the police decision appeared to suggest he had broken no rules.

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