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I am a big fan of scottish independence. i want to be as far away from this place is possible for the good of scottish independence. there is a committee put in place to look at the behaviours of a prime minister. they have proven that cross party committee, they have proven, and conclusively stated, that boris johnson proven, and conclusively stated, that borisjohnson deliberately lied to parliament. that wine time friday was ongoing while the rest of us were sat at home dealing with the impacts of the pandemic, unable to see loved ones, friends and family. i don t think we should in any way seek to deviate from the scale of what we are talking about here. it is in borisjohnson s interests to have people believe this is some kind of stitch up, that he can come back once again. nobody should be coming back from this. the man is a liar and he has been proven to have lied to parliament. lied to parliament. stephen flynn, thank ou lied to parliament. stephen flynn, thank you for lied to ....
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That is appropriate? i m not sure it goes far enough. as i that is appropriate? i m not sure it goes far enough. as i have - that is appropriate? i m not sure it goes far enough. as i have already outlined, we have had this extraordinary situation where a sitting prime minister has openly sought to mislead parliament, and has done it in a deliberate fashion. he is a liar. this man should not be allowed to get away with it. the committee has been quite clear in its recommendations. i have put forward already in this discussion a few other alternative things we should be looking at. why is it that a man who has lied to parliament is allowed to receive an allowance as a former prime minister? why is the public paying for his legal fees? why is it that a disgraced prime minister is able to put people in that place behind me, the house of lords? nobody in scotland would vote for that. lords? nobody in scotland would vote forthat. he lords? nobody in scotland would vote for that. he was fi ....
The committee are saying, and we have got borisjohnson s narrative calling this hypocrisy, calling it unfair. when it comes to the truth in politics, how damaging is this that there is now seemingly clear line on what has happened here? look, i don t think anyone believes for a moment that borisjohnson understands the meaning of the word truth. they say is a man who lied about brexit. we are all still reeling from the economic consequences of that. he has built his entire career as a politician and being shady with the truth. at the committee has found is that he purposely lied to parliament. as prime minister he lied to parliament. and therefore, the people of the united kingdom. that is completely unacceptable so have unacceptable. that is why he needs to face the consequences. i look forward to that being the case on monday. in look forward to that being the case on monday- on monday. in terms of what your constituents on monday. in terms of what your constituents are on mon ....
Relatively quickly we will be hearing mps debate this verdict. and of course it is up to them to approve this report that we have been reporting on today. boris johnson has been found by the privileges committee to have misled parliament deliberately. let s get some more reaction to this now. i am joined by stephen flynn, westminster leaderfor the snp. thank joined by stephen flynn, westminster leader for the snp. thank you very much for talking to us. what is your reaction? i much for talking to us. what is your reaction? ~ , much for talking to us. what is your reaction? ,, , ,., reaction? i think this report confirms reaction? i think this report confirms what reaction? i think this report confirms what most - reaction? i think this report confirms what most of - reaction? i think this report confirms what most of us . reaction? i think this report - confirms what most of us already knew, that borisjohnson is a liar and he has repeatedly lied, notjust to the public, but also to ....