It’s been a pretty dreadful week for security at the Palace of Westminster. First, there was the admission that a Chinese spy suspect, Christine Lee, had donated thousands of pounds to Barry Gardiner’s office where her son, Daniel Wilkes, was employed as a member of staff. His access to the parliamentary estate was not revoked until he resigned yesterday, with Wilkes still being listed as a member of Gardiner’s Microsoft Teams group as recently as last night.
It comes four months after Met police officer Wayne Couzens was convicted for the murder of Sarah Everard, with Priti Patel announcing on Tuesday that a new inquiry will look at whether any ‘red flags were missed’ earlier in Couzens’ career. The policeman was a member of the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command squad at the time of his arrest, with the Met subsequently announcing a probe into that unit.
And now Mr S has discovered figures about it which make for even worse reading.
