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I wonder how you assess the governments media strategies and sis began in early december. i think whats really interesting about how the government has handled it is theyve mishandled it right from the beginning. and im thinking today, why did they do that? because, of course, we wouldnt be here today with all this collateral damage being done to borisjohnsons reputation, the reputation of number 10 as an institution, the cockpit of government as an institution, the cockpit of government and bri...

But yeah, i mean, | its the same title. just on monday we had the daily mail- the first paragraph was, . sue is playing politics over partygate. which borisjohnsons allies claimed last - night. which she wasnt. and stephen, we should say you are not here as a representative of the daily mail, youre here as a columnist of the daily mail. but i wonder if you at any point have felt uncomfortable with the point of emphasis, how much emphasis has gone on keir starmer in durham versus say, not putting...

Banging on. its only because they know they can rely on that - support. the mail tomorrow will be more professional and - supporting borisjohnson| because they better at it. but it is also, youre saying if a labour prime minister were in this situation, think it is worth pointing out that borisjohnson is an unusual politician, i dont mean that in the judgment way, it simply true that he proves more resilient in moments of pressure that many other politicians and thats not necessarily whether he ...

Im just in the middle of writing a column giving him a pretty hard time. at the very beginning, to answer your question specifically, at the beginning of keir starmer when the mail started i thought well, you know, this isnt going anywhere. and it went on and on and on. and in the end they stood it up. they made a story and the truth of that is that it was then reported by the bbc and by other media. and if that is some thoughts on how the mail has approach this story, david, youve already allud...

The cockpit of government and british politics, the damage done to the broader conservative party. if right at the outset borisjohnson in number ten had said, "you know what? we did, fess up, we did have a bit of a gathering, really sorry, i hold my hands up, we should have done it, we had a word with everybody, we are deeply, deeply sorry. "ironically, and i never thought these are words which i would utter, gavin williamson sort of played it right. because he was in that position as well. he h...

That hes got something to say or i might learn something of what he says or i might not. ive spoken to him this afternoon about a column im writing about borisjohnson and i take it much more critical view of borisjohnson then he does. hes perfectly happy about that. when did we get see it? tomorrow morning. all right, we will watch out for it. well let you go, we really appreciate you joining us for that i know its been a busy day and all newsrooms around the country. that stephen glover writing...