Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
Sadly this is exactly what the Tories are hoping for from Joe Public at large....that we will get “Partygate fatigue” and the whole affair slipping quietly out of the headlines. The Met Police investigation is clearly not going to completed as quickly as the Gray report was and probably some individuals will be fined. Then Boris Johnston can instigate his new guidelines as to how No.10 will be run and then he can get on with tackling those issues that the "British people are really concerned about". Job done – Teflon P.M. wins again!

What a stroke of luck for him yet again in that neither Labour or Lib Dems are fielding candidates in the Southend by-election!
actually I think that the best thing for labour is if Johnson clings on to power for now, but some later gaffe drags him down much closer to the next election.