Only the prime minister can sanction an investigation and if he doesn’t like Sue Gray’s conclusions, he can ignore them
- Dave Penman is the general secretary of the FDA union
Sue Gray, the permanent secretary investigating “partygate”, has a task that grows in political significance almost every day.
She was for many years the head of propriety and ethics at the Cabinet Office. That role essentially does all the tricky political stuff, from investigating ministers’ conduct to vetting political memoirs.
Dave Penman is the general secretary of the FDA union
