Dominic Raab’s response to Sue Gray report an insult to local people’s sacrifices

The local Liberal Democrats have branded Dominic Raab’s response to the Sue Gray report an “insult” to people across Esher and Walton who abided by lockdown rules.

Today, the Sue Gray report includes pictures of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak together at a birthday party. The report came with a damning line to Boris Johnson’s Government saying, “the senior leadership at the centre, both political and official, must bear responsibility for this culture.”

In response, Dominic Raab offered his continued support for Boris Johnson despite being found guilty of breaking lockdown laws.

Monica Harding, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for Esher and Walton said:

“Our area deserves an MP who will stand up for local people who abide by the law. Instead, we have a Conservative MP who thinks it is one rule for Boris Johnson and another for the rest of us. 

Dominic Raab seems to think we should all just move on, but his response to the Sue Gray report is an insult to local people’s sacrifices during the pandemic.  We have all seen the pictures but Conservative MPs think they can take the British public for fools. 

“Whilst people in Esher and Walton made heartbreaking sacrifices, we know Boris Johnson’s Downing Street was the scene of raucous parties and disgraceful behaviour. It is time our Conservative MP did the decent thing and sacked Boris Johnson. 

“At the next election here it will be a clear choice between Boris Johnson’s Conservative MP and the hard-working local Liberal Democrats. It is time we restored decency and integrity to our politics and finally get rid of this out of touch Conservative Government.”

Responding to the Sue Gray report, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey added:

“This report lays bare the shocking failures of leadership by Boris Johnson and shows why he's not fit to be prime minister of our country.

“Johnson has dragged his entire government through the mud to protect his own job. 

“He didn’t care while he laughed and broke the rules while the country was in lockdown. And he doesn’t care now when every household in Britain faces eye-watering costs at the petrol pumps, sky-rocketing food prices and massive energy bills.

"Any other prime minister would have been forced to resign by a report as damaging as this, yet still Conservative MPs defend the Prime Minister and allow him to cling on.”