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Peter Connelly was just 17-months-old when he died in agony, suffering a fractured spine and eight broken ribs.

We now smell not just a whiff of hypocrisy but an overpowering stench of it and as so often with the Tories, they talk tough on crime, only to go weak on the causes of it.

Peter Connelly died aged 17 months on August 3, 2007 at the hands of his mother, Tracey Connelly, her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and their lodger Jason Owen at their home in Tottenham. His death followed months of abuse, which left him with more than 50 injuries including a broken back.

Justice secretary told parliament ‘ministerial oversight’ of dangerous prisoners would be introduced - but there is no legal basis

Downing Street said the Prime Minister’s ‘position’ prevented him from commenting until the partygate investigation is over.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan said the Metropolitan Police’s decision to issue the fines meant criminality had been discovered.

Dominic Raab and now International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan have both said the Metropolitan Police's decision to issue 20 fines linked to the covid parties meant lockdown laws were broken in Whitehall.

‘They’ve broken the regulations that were set in the Covid Act,’ Anne-Marie Trevelyan says

The Partygate fiasco escalated on Thursday after a second Cabinet minister appeared to be at odds with Boris Johnson over whether 20 fines issued by the Police represented a breach of the law.