Partygate: if enough people come to believe the police are covering up for the government, the consequences for the Met will be catastrophic
Newburn, T.
(1 February 2022)
Partygate: if enough people come to believe the police are covering up for the government, the consequences for the Met will be catastrophic.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
Tim Newburn discusses the Met’s decision to investigate lockdown gatherings at Downing Street. He writes that the delayed decision to intervene, and do so in a way that may affect the political process, comes on the back of a number of controversies involving the police, whose reputation is now thoroughly tarnished.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2022 The Author |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Social Policy |
| Date Deposited | 26 Apr 2022 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114055 |
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