awhile to get it the water. we will hopefully see him on the water in about an hour hopefully see him on the water in aboutan hourand hopefully see him on the water in about an hour and a half. studio: are you not going with him? will you notjoin in? will you not join in? i will you notjoin in? i would clearly be in the way. we are going to drive across london and yes, let s see him. tom, wave. we are all behind you. yes, let s see him. tom, wave. we are all behind you. fiona, maybe you could save your are all behind you. fiona, maybe you could save your energy are all behind you. fiona, maybe you could save your energy for are all behind you. fiona, maybe you could save your energy for the - are all behind you. fiona, maybe you could save your energy for the cold i could save your energy for the cold water swim tomorrow. given the traffic in london at rush hour tom will probably arrive before fiona. we will be following tom all week. incredible, along the way to plymouth. a lot
latest event? it jonathan, what is known about this latest event? latest event? it happened on the 17th of december latest event? it happened on the 17th of december last latest event? it happened on the 17th of december last year - latest event? it happened on the 17th of december last year when | 17th of december last year when london was under tier 3 restrictions, invitations went out from simon case for a christmas party, as it was described, to 15 people or so, not everyone turned up. the official version of events from the cabinet office was that this was a virtual quiz for the most part among staff in his private office. there were a small number of those people working in the office throughout the pandemic who took part at their desks, others joined in remotely and simon case played no part in it although he was working in an adjacent office and did walk through and speak to staff on his way out that night. it went on for about an hour way out that night. it went on for ab
him on the stage. i underestimated by quite somewhat margin the length of the speech, i said it would be about an hour of the speech, i said it would be aboutan hourand of the speech, i said it would be about an hour and in fact it has been nearly an hour and a half and that was, in part, because he was heckled, and he talked about it before we went into the auditorium to cover the speech he was heckled but he dealt with it pretty well. he responded saying shouting slogans or changing lives? but there was something of a demonstration, you can see the red cards being held up even as he is being applauded, red cards that were taken in by some of the delegates, clearly angry by what has happened by some of the things this week but overall, the conference floor to most to their feet many times, the shadow cabinet again applauding him loudly because he had a very big speech to deliver, it was a very big moment for him. he talked about his upbringing, where he came from, the dignity of work
we have been watching the joint committee hearing is the health secretary began answering questions from mps, he s been talking for about an hour from mps, he s been talking for aboutan hourand from mps, he s been talking for about an hour and a quarter. let me bring you some of the key points from that time. on the subject of ppe, for the nhs, he said that there were local challenges but never a national shortage of ppe. because of the actions we took. he was questioned did he ever say shortages of ppe where the fault of sir simon stephens, the head of nhs england, or indeed the chancellor and he said thatis or indeed the chancellor and he said that is not a fair recollection. there was never a point at which ppe could not be obtained. 50 then he talked about local challenges but never a national shortage. one of the other big areas of questioning was around the policy on care homes. and matt hancock said we set out a policy that people would be tested