Back in October (see my post of 15 October 2018) I contacted the Metropolitan Police to find out why they had done nothing about law-breaking by the Leave side, even though the evidence had been submitted to them in May (now 9 months ago). On 16 October, they sent me this reply:
The electoral commission has made referrals to the MPS. The special Enquiry Team are assessing a number of documents in order to make an informed decision as to whether a criminal investigation is required.
If this 'assessment' has made any progress over the last four months, it is a closely guarded secret, so I have just written to the Met again:
It is nine months now since you were presented with clear
evidence of widespread illegal activity by the Leave Campaign in the 2016
Brexit referendum. Four months ago I asked why so little progress had been
made, and you told me on October 16, 2018: 'The electoral commission has made
referrals to the MPS. The special Enquiry Team are assessing a number of
documents in order to make an informed decision as to whether a criminal
investigation is required.'
So could you now tell me:
1. Have you now finished assessing the documents? If not,
why not?
2. Have you now started your criminal investigation? If not,
why not? If you have, when will it be concluded?
3. Is it correct that your plan is to spin out any
'investigation' beyond the date when the UK leaves the EU so that if there was
a criminal conspiracy, it will have reached a successful conclusion before the
police take any meaningful action and that thus you can avoid upsetting the
government in view of the 'political sensitivities' you talked about?
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