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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. he has. he has given us what looks spectacular fashion. he has. he has given us what looks like spectacular fashion. he has. he has given us what looks like the - spectacular fashion. he has. he has given us what looks like the top - given us what looks like the top line of the report. although the report has not been published, boris johnson s reply has now come out of embargo. he says that the committee has accused him of deliberately lying to parliament, which, let s stop and pause for 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. what we are looking for at this stage is the executive summary which will pull together and summarise the report s main findings, their criticisms of borisjohnson, and crucially any punishment or sanction that the committee recommends. it was mp for parliament to debate and vote on that. crucially, it is important to remember that borisjohnson has remember that boris johnson has resigned remember that borisjohnson has resigned an mp. just taking you through the contents. there are summaries of th ....
Of further contempt. thank you for that. it of further contempt. thank you for that- it has of further contempt. thank you for that- it has a of further contempt. thank you for that. it has a dense of further contempt. thank you for that. it has a dense report, - of further contempt. thank you for that. it has a dense report, aboutl that. it has a dense report, about 30,000 words long. we will keep going through it. of course, highlighting some of the important detail as you have been doing. just to let any viewers joining us know, the main headline, of course, is that the report has been released. it finds that boris johnson deliberately misled comments. the privileges committee has concluded that boris johnson privileges committee has concluded that borisjohnson deliberately misled the house of commons, committing a serious contempt. their recommendation was that boris johnson should be suspended from the house for 90 days. the ad that they recommend he should not be entitled t ....
Something along those lines, which effectively said, as long as it finds i am broadly innocent of the charges against me, the inquiry is sound. there was this attempt to undermine the inquiry from the start and i suspect it has led to this suggested suspension of 90 days in the report itself. the report itself. william, ifi can brina ou the report itself. william, ifi can bring you in. the report itself. william, ifi can bring you in. to the report itself. william, ifi can bring you in, to get the report itself. william, ifi can bring you in, to get your- the report itself. william, ifi can bring you in, to get your initial. bring you in, to get your initial thoughts, but also the suspension, what you think about that sanction. i think it is very remarkable. i think i think it is very remarkable. i think it i think it is very remarkable. i think it is i think it is very remarkable. i think it is about nine times as long as anybody think it is about nine times as long as an ....
Committee is recommended or structured should be stripped of that privilege and that right. as a former prime minister, a very severe sanction for borisjohnson to accept and to be handed. they have done so in light of the fact that he has resigned as an mp, therefore making any recommendation of suspending him essentially null and void. let s recap those main points that the committee has found in this lengthy report published just a few minutes ago. borisjohnson deliberately misled the house of commons, they say. he also deliberately misled the privileges committee who have been investigating his conduct. they accuse him of breaching confidence, impugning the committee, thereby undermining the democratic process of the house. and finally being complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. for now, those are the main findings of this lengthy report. if we can just take a look at page 66, which one of my colleagues in the newsroom is telling me relates to ....