Apparently this is now throwing doubt on her report on Partygate.
no Johnsons allies are casting doubt
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At the time she was being hailed as the perfect honest person with integrity to carrying out that enquiry.
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[âŚ] and I donât see that anything has changed in that respect.
Parliament has moved on⌠The Commons Privileges Committee is now conducting its own investigation and collecting its own evidence, much of which will be under oath - I very much doubt that the Gray report features very much in that exercise. Indeed, it will be examining the ABBA party in the No 11 flat occupied by the PM and his (at the time) fiance which neither Gray nor the Met Police examined and which perhaps is more damning than what Gray reported on.
de Pfeffle cronies can squirm as much as they like.
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Exactly.
Pathetic interview with one of them on the Today programme this morning, Nick Robinson ended the interview because he wouldnâ answer the question but continued spouting rubbish.
They are ascribing their own petty values to others.
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The situation stinks. She has an unfinished, very political job and she shouldnât be considered for any other political position until it is completed. If she resigns the remit she shouldnât be considered either. Weâve waited a long time for her report and it should be forthcoming. Frankly the only thing that separates GB from a banana republic is the cold weather and the king.
Her report was released last year.
As others have mentioned, she was being touted by Conservatives as being honest and trustworthy up until she was hired by Labour.
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Yes, he did well. More interviews should end that way⌠âanswer the question or piss offâ 
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what utter drivel⌠sheâs a civil servantâŚ
So tell me, how is this different to the civil servant appointed by Tony Blair or come to that, David Cameron before being asked to form a Government or the civil servant de Pfeffle appointed to the Cabinet in a political post? If you canât remember, let me help you - (now Lord) David Frost 
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Plus, I seem to remember she was only brought in to do it after the Simon Case was found to have attended one of the parties being investigated.
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It has also emerged that Sir Kier Starmer knows Sue Gray personally from as far back as when he was DPP and she a senior civil servant and he outlined that in in interview on LBC last January (2022).
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Oh my goodness, thatâs fierce and may I say a tad too ungracious to be conducive to civilised intercourse. However youâre probably correct and I will therefore retreat humbly to my box. Have a super weekend.
Her leaving / joining doesnât alter any of the established facts of what actually happened /Johnsonâ has been fined already.
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I wonder if sheâll stay once Starmer becomes PM, civil servants are meant to be âpolitically neutralâ so it will interesting to see how her former colleagues treat her.
Theyâre supposed to behave with impartiality, which is slightly different. You can have political views but behave with impartiality.
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why wouldnât she?
Jonathan Powell (a diplomat) was Tony Blairâs Chief of staff for 10 years lasting the whole of his premiershipâŚ
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I will⌠my birthday today
Used to get a cake day icon⌠perhaps thatâs gone with the lastest update 
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Happy Birthday
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Happy Birthday!
I didnât know what a Chief of Staff does but, from looking it up, it doesnât look particularly political, having more to do with efficiency than policy.
Which would make a senior civil servant a good choice (or someone from a business, of course).
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