AIBU to expect the police to arrest people attending an illegal party at No 10.

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I mean, everyone had to walk right past the police on the doors didn't they? So why didn't police do anything?

Because the police are part of the establishment who don’t give a hoot

Corruption

It's terrible. My mental health was very poor last Christmas but I stuck to the rules because that was what was expected of us and I wanted to protect everyone. It's just a disgrace. How anyone can vote Conservative in future is beyond me

Because work meetings were permitted remember.

Because they are there to look nice and stop the place being attacked. Not to prevent illegal entry of cheese. It could have been smuggled in. They probably also didn't expect a party to be held in no.10 of all places at that time.

Yes of course, because they have ABSOLUTELY nothing better to do!

@Bluntness100

Because work meetings were permitted remember.

If Christmas gets cancelled this year then I will be having a work meeting at my in-laws with a business meal

Nothing better to do lol? They are literally stood outside No 10 for 8 hours making sure no nasty people get in. That's it!

And meetings weren't allowed, we were on lockdown remember.

@Mybalconyiscracking

Yes of course, because they have ABSOLUTELY nothing better to do!

To be fair, I think OP is talking about the police outside Downing Street at the time of the party. Not taking police off a current murder investigation or something.

If Christmas gets cancelled this year then I will be having a work meeting at my in-laws with a business meal

Don't forget the cheese and wine

It's a farce. As someone who votes tory purely to try to stop snp rot I won't even bother voting next time. They're all a wasteif space. This life is shit.

Yanbu at all OP

The whole party debacle is a disgrace. But for the police to brush it off - both at the time and now - is disgusting. It has pissed me off far more.

I guess I expect the government to lie and cheat and show their contempt for the electorate with everything they do. To see the police neglecting their duties and condoning wrongdoing so openly puts them in the same league.

But that's political life in the UK

Most of the people at the party presumably worked there and work long and random hours. And additional people came in and out for legitimate meetings all the time. Nobody's leaked a photo but from what I've heard it doesn't sound like the sort of do where the women would turning up in dead giveaway sparkly frocks.

The more interesting issue is that a lot of coronavirus regulations specifically didn't apply to public offices, which might bring the "one rule for us, one rule for them" perception into even sharper focus.

Wasn't there a statement from the police earlier in the year to say they wouldn't be prosecuting anyone retrospectively for Covid rule breaking?

It was not ok to hold a vigil outside for Sarah Everard.

It was ok to have a party (sorry, "business meeting") for 30-40 indoors.

Cressida Dick owed the Government one.

They weren’t breaking the law when they entered, and the police presumably don’t know exactly what is going on inside.
In a pandemic, people have to have the integrity to behave properly themselves, the police can’t be everywhere. Unsurprisingly, the current government don’t have that integrity.