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this programme contains scenes of repetetive flashing images. the people of northern ireland should soon have their assembly back. but will the electorate ever forgive and forget two years of stagnation and delay? the westminister government and the dup agreed a deal which will get stormont up and running. but what toll has the last two years taken on people and their view of politicians? a moment of maximum opportunity, but also a moment of maximum dangerfor sirjeffrey donaldson. i have spent the day in his constituency. it should have been done a long time a-o. should have been done a long time ago there should have been done a long time ago. there was no government, nobody knew whether they were coming or going knew whether they were coming or going 00 knew whether they were coming or anoin. ,, knew whether they were coming or hoin. y., , knew whether they were coming or hoin. , ., going. do you believe northern ireland has going. do you believe northern ireland has ....
first minister, nicola sturgeon, was sometimes critical of how the westminster government handled this. cast your mind back to the height of the pandemic when we were all facing government imposed restrictions, look down rules on social mixing. different nations were able to set their own rules and that sometimes lead to clashes between the government in london and the scottish government about everything from messaging to concrete decisions. it is an example. this is a message that emerged in the inquiry earlier this week. nicola sturgeon said to one of her key aides, describing borisjohnson, as you can see, not a fan. we put it was useful to go back and look at some of the decisions and the outcomes they had. let s start with march 2020, the first lockdown. that happened across the uk, at this point, all nations were grossly on the same page. but agreements didn t last long. there were tensions over a number of things, one of them was messaging. rememberwhen a number of thi ....
scotland at that point. spain had been particularly high. that was the reason for our initial decision. spain had taken, i think, further steps to suppress the virus. it was coming there. i am not sure whether at this point cases were, there was even the indication yet of cases starting to rise in scotland. these were decisions that involved her changing data, the data that was often changing on a daily basis. flan often changing on a daily basis. can we look at page two, please? and in this regard, we look at page two, please? and in this regard, again, doctor smith says this regard, again, doctor smith says that this regard, again, doctor smith says that he asked for review on the robustness says that he asked for review on the robustness of this data for spain. there robustness of this data for spain. there has robustness of this data for spain. there has been a remarkable change in the there has been a remarkable change in the pain there has been a rema ....
questioning and release of the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, in connection with the investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mrs sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she s been released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook reports. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. 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, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms that i am in fact inno ....
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. cer ....