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| Police investigate Tory 'jingle and mingle' party | Police investigate Tory 'jingle and mingle' party |
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| The Daily Mirror previously obtained and published still images from the same party | |
| The Metropolitan Police is reopening an investigation into breaches of Covid regulations at a Christmas party at Conservative Party HQ. | |
| A video of the gathering, where aides were invited to "jingle and mingle", was published by the Sunday Mirror. | A video of the gathering, where aides were invited to "jingle and mingle", was published by the Sunday Mirror. |
| Police say they will not investigate alleged gatherings at the prime minister's country home, Chequers, when Boris Johnson was PM. | Police say they will not investigate alleged gatherings at the prime minister's country home, Chequers, when Boris Johnson was PM. |
| But they are now investigating an event in Parliament on 8 December 2020. | |
| According to the Guido Fawkes website, this event involved Conservative backbencher Sir Bernard Jenkin. | |
| Sir Bernard sits on the Commons Privileges Committee, which last month published a highly critical report about Mr Johnson. | |
| Sir Bernard told the BBC it was not appropriate to comment on an ongoing investigation. | |
| Separately, Conservative MP Virginia Crosbie issued an apology for attending the event while Covid restrictions were in place. | |
| The Ynys Mon MP confirmed the event took place but said she had not sent out any invitations. | |
| The Met police investigated the December 2020 party at Tory HQ last year, after a picture emerged showing former London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and Tory aides raising glasses besides buffet food, when indoor socialising was banned. | |
| In November, the Met said they were taking no further action against Mr Bailey or the others pictured. | |
| They have now said they are reopening their inquiry, as the video published by The Mirror had not previously been provided to officers. | |
| An invitation to the event seen by the BBC invited people to a "jingle and mingle" party. | |
| Mr Bailey said he apologised "unreservedly" for the event, which he said "turned into something" after he had left. | |
| He claimed he was "very upset about the video" as he had "never seen it before". | |
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| Conservative Party | Conservative Party |