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Like "levelling up", then? do they get banned? "levelling up" is a brilliant phrase, one of my favourites. it is actually important because it underlines something that is happening across the country. it means redistributing wealth, does it, mr rees—mogg? no, it doesn't, it means giving people opportunity. it is nothing to do with redistributing wealth. we'll get you back for a third time on political thinking, to explain. you're too kind. my least favourite is "going forwards" so we won't say that we look forward to you joining us "going forward" we'lljust say "in the future." "going forwa...

Right and sensible. has it come as a surprise to you, perhaps surprise or frustration for the prime minister that having originally said they had no interest in this at all, the police at the very last minute, just as this report is about to be published say, hold onjust a second, you can't publish everything you want to? i wouldn't dream of criticising the police going about their duties. i think one of the great principles of british constitutional life is that nobody is above the law. and that creates a very good constitutional setup, a good polity where corruption doesn't exist in this cou...

This is about something much more central, isn't it, with the prime minister? whether ministers, whether civil servants abide by the law, the regulations that they set for everybody else? i think i'm afraid we have lost proportion on this matter completely. and we are discussing whether or not there was a cake. we are asking, practically, what the cake looked like, what type of icing sugar was used on a cake that may or may not have been given to the first and second laws of the treasury when they were working in number 10 downing street. we are dealing with a crisis in relation to russia, we ...

We are not talking about cake, mr rees—mogg, neither are people in the public. what they are talking about is whether government sticks to the laws it sets, whether there is one rule for you and the prime minister and another rule for everybody else. that doesn't mention cake and it doesn't mention icing sugar. with respect, you mentioned cake, and therefore brought the subject into our discussion. i think when it was first under discussion, there was a real sense of shock and upset from people who had obeyed the laws very carefully, and i think that was completely understandable and the pri...

You want it out as soon practical, d wanted to be as full as possible? my general rule of political life is that the more that people are told as early as possible, the better off you are. and the prime minister's position, the government's position is that what is given to him by sue gray is what will be published. and i think that is absolutely right and sensible. how is it come as a surprise to you, perhaps surprise or frustration for the prime minister that having originally said they had no interest in this at all, the police at the very last minute, just as this report is about to be pub...