‘Greased piglet’ Boris Johnson could evade justice due to the Met’s disastrous move | Charles Falconer

The needless decision to limit Sue Gray's report on partygate may make its findings irrelevant and paralyses the country

The real villain in the story is Boris Johnson. He presided over a home and a workplace where the rules were ignored. The whole country has heard the stories.

Of course everyone knew the the prime minister told lies and was unreliable. But this - a character who appeared sometimes engagingly anarchic turns out to be contemptuous and disdainful, lacking the most basic decency and honour. He shames our country, the office of PM and disables the leadership of the UK. He is on his belly to Conservative MPs: decisions about the nation's future now depend on whether his backstairs deals with wavering MPs stem the haemorrhage brought on by the sight of his suppurating character.