moving, frequent lightning, gusty wind and, again, hailat times. it won t last very long because this will quickly turn back to sunshine. a bit of a mixed bag for some of us over the course of the weekend. overall, it is a hot one. 22 degrees in newcastle on sunday. how long is this warm weather going to last? well into the week ahead, we can see those temperatures hovering about above average, with one or two ago showers still lingering into monday. so summer is well and truly here. back to thanks, tomasz. and that s bbc news at ten. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the ten team it s goodbye. newsnight with faisal islam is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. boris johnson resigns from parliament, alleging a witchhunt. is this the end for the former pm, or a return to a full blown conservative civ
performance, going from one thing to the next. clearlyjumping before he was pushed, he didn t want the theatre of the house of commons vote on the privileges committee, which he wouldn t have won. he didn t want to fight the by election. polling from lord ashcroft suggested he might have won. he didn t feel like that so he s quitting on his own terms as much as he can given the zero political wiggle room he had. sonia, is he sending the bat signal to his supporters to hold the line and that he can come back his blue he was keeping the grievance thing going, that everything is so unfair, the witchhunt thing, the same phrase that donald trump has used today. there s also a money issue here. he is earning a lot of money, we know that, but that will be more difficult if he lost a vote on the floor of the house and henry has said he probably would have done. that s part of his calculation. but the grievance thing, he never wants to give it up. he s not going off
from a committee who had been investigating whether he deliberately misled parliament over the partygate affair. there are reports tonight that when mrjohnson received that draft signed off by mps on the conservative majority privileges committee he saw it was recommending a suspension of over ten days, a triggerfor a possible recall petition that could have led to the loss of his uxbridge seat. whatever the committee s findings, what is in no doubt is that his resignation was accompanied by an extraordinary statement, alleging a witchhunt, attacking the current prime minister s political record, and suggesting he was exiting the commons for now . this latest twist on several years of tory psychodrama came on the day his prime ministerial resignation honours were finally published, showering honours on his allies, but also leading to the resignation from parliament of his ally, former culture secretary nadine dorries. a desperate last political act, or the start of further conserv
minister. in the conservative party in handing him both thosejobs made a terrible mistake that is likely future to pay very high price. in this person talked about news of the honours list this afternoon, people like nadine dorries getting an honour and this person said, the icing on the cake of that mistake was his resignation honours list. this was like medieval monarch rewarding his gang. it looked awful and it s damaging to our party. then this person said, borisjohnson is like a cancer in our politics and we must remove and zap that cancer. from the borisjohnson camp, absolutely not over. i spoke to one of his allies, a former minister who said the borisjohnson feels said the boris johnson feels generally hard said the borisjohnson feels generally hard done by him believing that the conservative whips should have stopped this committee. it was famously a labour motion, humble address that went through, conservative mps didn t vote it
anywhere because in a sense he has said he is off for now. he said for now i m leaving, the same language he used when he didn t stand i guess rishi sunak to be leader. he wishes he will come back at some point and i think he will become this kind of bank while ghost at the tory feast for many years to come. for many years to come. the final sto for many years to come. the final step boris for many years to come. the final stop boris johnson for many years to come. the final stop boris johnson was for many years to come. the final stop boris johnson was a - for many years to come. the final stop boris johnson was a letter. for many years to come. the final i stop boris johnson was a letter from stop borisjohnson was a letter from the cross party commons committee informing him of its findings. it was examining whether he misled mps deliberately or recklessly when he denied knowledge of lockdown parties in downing street. a key and damning moment for borisjohnson in the eyes of m