Partygate, the investigation goes badly for Johnson

A week of fire has begun for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, already crippled by scandals and loss of credibility, and now as never before facing a showdown that is crucial for his political future.

The report on the partygate investigation is expected in the coming days which, as emerges from press revelations, may already have collected potentially "overwhelming" evidence on the government structure.

Not only that, another internal investigation was added, in this case concerning the accusations made by the Tory parliamentarian, Nusrat Ghani, who denounced that she was excluded from the executive two years ago just for being "a Muslim woman" .

    The Conservative Prime Minister can only stay calm at the most difficult time. Speaking to reporters, he said he "takes the two investigations in progress very seriously". He also said he was very "satisfied" that the case of the deputy who was torpedoed from the post of Undersecretary for Transport that he occupied until 2020 is finally shedding light. When asked if the Tory group leader in the House of Commons, Mark Spencer, accused directly by Ghani, will remain in office while the investigation is taking place, the prime minister has refused to answer directly. "We have to wait and see what the investigation produces", underlined the premier. He repeats it as a kind of mantra for the partygate report coming up after the work done by senior official Sue Gray.The revelations made by the Daily Telegraph sound alarming. A possible problem with the position held by Johnson during the scandal and its version given publicly are the testimonies collected by the police officers on duty in Downing Street. For the pro-Tory newspaper, they would have received details that are many insidious for the head of the government compared to the parties that were held at number 10 in 2020 in alleged violation of anti-Covid restrictions.from them would have come many insidious details for the head of the government compared to the parties that were held at number 10 in 2020 in alleged violation of the anti-Covid restrictions.from them would have come many insidious details for the head of the government compared to the parties that were held at number 10 in 2020 in alleged violation of the anti-Covid restrictions.

    However, with the risk that that information will continue to leak even after the investigation is concluded.

Even more so if we consider that BoJo is about to carry out a purge of the close collaborators involved in the affair, starting with the head of its secretariat Martin Reynolds.

    Finally, as if trouble weren't enough for the premier, the Tory's biggest financier, the British businessman of (ex) Soviet origin Alexander Viktorovich Temerko, active in the energy sector, threatens legal action against the government for having blocked the 1.2 billion pound project with which the company Aquind (which he directed) aimed to build a submarine electrical cable between England and Normandy.