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Angle try— question, but from a different angle. try to tease away from this idea of— angle. try to tease away from this idea of hypotheticals. lets put aside _ idea of hypotheticals. lets put aside sue — idea of hypotheticals. lets put aside sue gray, this whole row about parties _ aside sue gray, this whole row about parties if— aside sue gray, this whole row about parties ifa — aside sue gray, this whole row about parties. ifa prime aside sue gray, this whole row about parties. if a...

He misled parliament in his view about parties, and admitted yesterday that he spent 25 minutes at what most of us think was a party, and therefore he is in breach of the ministerial code and therefore should resign. you of the ministerial code and therefore should resign. you say he is in breach — therefore should resign. you say he is in breach of— therefore should resign. you say he is in breach of the _ therefore should resign. you say he is in breach of the ministerial- therefore should...

Was said about these different parties but what she is going to do is put a report to the prime minister which will set out the facts and i think the first thing is its really important that report is published in full so everyone can see what has been said, in the past, sometimes, when such reports have been conducted, only a summary version makes it into the public domain and i think given the profile of this issue, it will be really important the full thing is out there. but the key thing is ...

Functioning of the constitution, i would like to make this brief statement. in recent days, a number of members of parliament have faced pressures and intimidation from members of the government because of their declared or assumed desire for a vote of confidence in the party leadership of the prime minister. it is, of course, the duty of the government whips office to secure the governments business in the house of commons. however, it is not their function to breach the ministerial code, in th...

Meanwhile in cheshire... you have no authority here, jackie weaver. will you please let the chairman... a tense virtual meeting of handforth parish of handforth parish council went, well, viral. you have no authority here, jackie weaver. no authority at all. in february, borisjohnson got a hard time over soft furnishings. it emerged a tory donor had initially covered the costs of a pricey refurbishment of his flat in downing street before the prime minister himself paid. the independent advisor ...

Pay for the renovation of his flat. they are exchanging messages with this rich donor and engaging with the project that donor was interested in, saying he was on the case. a few weeks later, the donor met the then culture secretary 0liver dowden. mr dowd and just left about a minute ago and the question was put to him about whether this was put to him about whether this was corruption. he didnt answer, he just got in his car and went. but downing street are saying this was normal and nothing ca...

Proportionate or whether it was too hard on people...whether it was too hard on people. labour wasnt impressed. here, frustration at the government is farfrom fading. whether public or private, there is real anger across the conservative party at borisjohnson, but many mps are waiting for the findings of the official investigation before passing finaljudgement. even when thats published in the next week or so, its likely it will be the political mood that follows that ultimately determines the p...

For the report attempting to establish the facts. jonathan blake, bbc news. adam fleming is our chief political correspondent and joins us now from westminster. adam, how will mps react to these latest claims? well, dominic cummingss big claim is the _ well, dominic cummingss big claim is the prime — well, dominic cummingss big claim is the prime minister misled parliament over this issue. if a prime — parliament over this issue. if a prime minister mislead parliament, that is— prime minis...

Under— in itself is a resignation offence under the — in itself is a resignation offence under the ministerial code. in itself is a resignation offence underthe ministerial code. but we are also— underthe ministerial code. but we are also calling for him to resign because — are also calling for him to resign because of— are also calling for him to resign because of the damage that he has done to— because of the damage that he has done to public trust and public confidence in health m...

Because, as you say, when theresa may was in trouble, when you were criticising the sort of brexit deals, you did then say you were herding the tigers, to use your phrase to me three years ago, why is now not the moment first steve baker to herd the tigers and say, weve got to get rid of him? i suppose, to respect your listeners, i will give the true answer. the true answer is we are all only human and to stand in the midst of such a maelstrom where you are trying to remove the prime minister is...