it s monday 12th june. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson has already seen a copy of their report and he resigned as an mp on friday describing the common s privileges committee as a kangaroo court. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. this is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i m sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain t
and questioned as a suspect by police for more than seven hours. after being released without charge, ms sturgeon issued an emphatic, vehement denial of any wrongdoing. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, before insisting, in the strongest possible terms, that i am in fact innocent of any wrongdoing. her arrest, though, is a setback for her successor as first minister. humza yousaf has been trying to regain the political initiative. speaking before ms sturgeon s questioning under caution, he insisted his political mentor was doing well. she and i have caught up on a couple of occasions. i ve been asking about her welfare, she has mentioned how difficult and traumatic those last few weeks have been. is she 0k?
ms sturgeon issued an emphatic, vehement denial of any wrongdoing. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country. before insisting, in the strongest possible terms, that i am in fact innocent of any wrongdoing. her arrest, though, is a setback for her successor as first minister. humza yousaf has been trying to regain the political initiative. speaking before ms sturgeon s questioning under caution, he insisted his political mentor was doing well. she and i have caught up on a couple of occasions. i ve been asking about her welfare, she has mentioned how difficult and traumatic those last few weeks have been. is she 0k? she s in a good place, doing well. this is the third high profile arrest in the investigation
up mp, that borisjohnson should shut up and go away. he may have quit parliament but he is still dominating the headlines stop i d certainly this week, indeed, thank you. scotland s first minister, humza yousaf, is facing calls to suspend nicola sturgeon from the scottish national party after she was arrested as part of the police investigation into the snp s finances. ms sturgeon was released last night without charge pending further inquiries, and has insisted she s innocent of any wrongdoing. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more. nicola sturgeon was scotland s longest serving first minister and for years was the most powerful figure in scottish politics. on sunday she was arrested and questioned as a suspect by police for more than seven hours. after being released without charge, ms sturgeon issued an emphatic, vehement denial of any wrongdoing. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she tha
nicola sturgeon was scotland s longest serving first minister and for years was the most powerful figure in scottish politics. on sunday she was arrested and questioned as a suspect by police for more than seven hours. after being released without charge, ms sturgeon issued an emphatic, vehement denial of any wrongdoing. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both shocked and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country. before insisting, in the strongest possible terms, that i am in fact innocent of any wrongdoing. her arrest, though, is a setback for her successor as first minister. humza yousaf has been trying to regain the political initiative. speaking before ms sturgeon s questioning under caution, he insisted his political mentor was doing well. she and i have caught up