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Who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. we start here in the uk, where the former prime minister borisjohnson has been facing a grilling over whether he intentionally misled parliament over parties he attended while the uk was under covid restrictions. this investigation is not about *whether* mrjohnson attended this investigation is not about whether mrjohnson attended events of if they were rule—breaking gatherings. its about whether he deliberately lie...

This is one of the many committees of politicians which oversee the governments work and parliaments internal affairs. it has seven—members. by convention, its always chaired by an opposition mp. its made up of four conservatives and three opposition mps. — heres the committees chairwoman, labours harriet harman. what the house has mandated us to look at is whether mrjohnson told the truth to parliament to the best of his knowledge about number tens compliance with those collegiate ——abo...

Mrjohnson has accepted he misled parliament, but denies it was done recklessly or intentionally. lets listen to what he had to ssay to the committee the purpose of this inquiry is not to be open so called party gate, it is to discover whether or not i lied to parliament, misleading colleagues in the country about what i knew and believed about those gatherings when i said that the rules and the guidance had been followed at number ten. i am here to say to you, hand on heart, that i did not lie t...

I am here to say to you, hand on heart that i did not lie to the house and when those statements are made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what i honestly knew and believed at the time. so as we heard from borisjohnson there, this investigation is not about whether he attended rule—breaking gatherings. we�*ve seen plenty of evidence — including whatsapp messages and photos like this, putting mrjohnson at the scene of events in downing street. this was taken during covid re...

Believed about those gatherings when i set the rules and the guidance had been followed at number ten. i am here to say to you, hand on heart that i did not lie to the house and when those statements are made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what i honestly knew and believed at the time. so, as we heard from borisjohnson there, this investigation is not about whether he attended rule—breaking gatherings. weve seen plenty of evidence — including whatsapp messages. and photos ...

They join a it should be employed to stop will theyjoin a force that is insidiously prejudiced against them? morale will not be improved by a report so ferocious about the met and its culture. the question is, can the police turn things around quickly enough, visibly? the report talks about reviewing progress in two years, five years. politicians talk about two years. but we have an election probably next year and manifestos written sooner than than that. the clock is absolutely taking on the po...

But not everyone will be convinced. mps and the powerful privileges committee have already suggested it should have been obvious to mr johnson that the rules had been broken. they will interrogate his evidence tomorrow and could recommend sanctions, from an apology to suspension from parliament, potentially triggering a by—election. that hearing, which will be televised tomorrow is down to last for several hours and it will see borisjohnson asked some detailed questions about what is contained...

Were made in good faith. he raises "serious concerns" about the way the cross—party privileges committee is looking into the case, saying it has gone "significantly beyond" its terms of reference. mrjohnson will be questioned by mps tomorrow. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, has more. it isa it is a couple of weeks since the committee published the interim report and said it should have been obvious to borisjohnson that the rules were being broken, because he set him and there ...

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That he received from his trusted advisers" about what happened in downing street. and he adds that any allegation that he was reckless to rely on the assurances he received from his advisers is "unprecedented and absurd". mrjohnson also raises "serious concerns" about the way the cross—party privileges committee is looking into the case, saying it has gone "significantly beyond" its terms of reference. mrjohnson will be questioned by mps tomorrow. our chief political correspondent, nick eardl...