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misled parliament about parties at downing street while covid restrictions were in place. we have got our political correspondent rob watson with us. rob, this report has been due for over a year now. borisjohnson has of course pre—empted it in spectacularfashion. he of course pre-empted it in spectacular fashion. of course pre-empted it in sectacular fashion. . , ., , spectacular fashion. he has. he has civen us spectacular fashion. he has. he has given us what _ spectacular fashion...

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Parliament, the proper democratic process. it is a very severe offence, about as severe as it can get in parliamentary terms. the contempt was all the more serious, the committee says, because it was committed by the prime minister, the most senior member of the government. there is no precedent for a prime minister, they say, having been found to have deliberately misled the house. you misled the house on an issue of the greatest importance, the committee says, to the house and to the public, a...

A lengthy report and it will be a lot of detail in there. this is the first any of us have seen of it, so we will take you through what we hope to see as the main findings. you can see the title page. it was referred to the committee in april 2022 into the conduct of the right honourable borisjohnson. this is theirfinal report. it honourable borisjohnson. this is their final report. it has been a yearin their final report. it has been a year in the making. we can take you through the contents. w...

Deliberately misled the house, deliberately misled the privileges committee, preached confidence that impugned the committee and undermine the democratic process of the house and was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. the privileges committee going quite far here in terms of notjust looking at the evidence as to whether borisjohnson directly misled the house of commons and did that deliberately or otherwise, but looking at his activity and his approach ...

Are unhappy with. but had boris johnson stuck around, he would be facing, likely, if there was a recall petition, evoked by his own constituency. voters would have had a say. he has power chosen to go now rather than face that audience. there are some poll suggesting he could have held onto a if he did. there is now a situation where boris runs is leaving parliament, and lots of mps are saying, is this the end of mps are saying, is this the end of borisjohnson? i dont think this report answers t...

Assista nt assistant editor at conservative home. welcome to you both and thank you forjoining us. sam power, what is your reaction to the report? i think we were all expecting boris johnson to face some kind of sanctions but as many of your guests have said, the 90 day recommendation process pension is certainly at the top end of what anyone would have expected and then some. i suspect it is notjust the misleading parliament that is in the sanction but also the denigration of the committee itse...

Committed an offence. we have the right in law to not accept the fixed penalty notice but he chose not to do so. a bit of detail. a lot to take in but on a couple of crucial events during the pandemic which the committee has been looking at boris johnsons statements regarding, effectively saying, it was clear at the time as far as the committee is concerned the events were not within the rules and borisjohnson should have been clear about that as well. jonathan, thank you very much, jonathan, th...

Good to get your _ day, perhaps even by the hour. - good to get your thoughts, senior lecturer in politics, sam power, and william atkinson, assistant editor conservative home. i want to remind you, so much on our live page, search bbc news and you can get to the live page, all of the updates are there, political correspondence and reporters passing through the report and looking at an update from chris mason, he says this report in breadth and depth demolishes boris johnsons conduct and charact...