private secretary and it talks about warning borisjohnson about the impact of saying that all rules and guidance had been followed in his remarks to the commons. he suggested that was taken out of his statement by borisjohnson and it sounds like it was. the problem for the prime minister as it was then put back into another answer that he gave to a labour mp. so i suspect he will raise questions about that. part of boris johnson s defence raise questions about that. part of borisjohnson s defence this afternoon is going to be that he was told by his assistants that all rules had been followed. there is evidence for that in the documents we have seen. there are questionnaires that were filled out for sue gray, the civil servant looking into all of this where some of his communications team say they do think the guidance, sorry, that the rules were followed at all times although the draw a distinction with the two metre social distancing guidance. so there is some evidence that will supp
are being carefully re created four years after fire gutted the famous paris landmark. hello and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is preparing to face the committee of mps who willjudge whether he deliberately misled parliament about parties at downing street during the covid lockdown. the former british prime minister has admitted misleading mps but he insists his statements claiming rules and guidance were followed at all times were made in good faith . the evidence mrjohnson will face has been published by the commons privileges committee in the past couple of hours, including emails, photos, whatsapp messages and written statements. mrjohnson could face being
and france s president macron prepares to defend the new law on pension reform as protests continue against raising the retirement age hello and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is preparing to face the committee of mps who willjudge whether he deliberately misled parliament about parties at downing street during the covid lockdown. the former british prime minister has admitted misleading mps, but he insists his statements claiming rules and guidance were followed at all times were made in good faith . the evidence mrjohnson will face has been published by the commons privileges committee in the past hour, including emails, photos, whatsapp messages and written statements. mrjohnson could face being
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suspended from parliament if mps decide he deliberately misled them. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us from westminster. before we get into the detail, can you just remind us what is at stake here? the crux of all of this is about honesty and trust, isn t it? it is. this is not about whether parties took place, we have seen photos, we know they did. it is not about whether boris johnson or photos, we know they did. it is not about whether borisjohnson or some of his staff broke the rules, we note they did because the police issued fines. it is about what boris johnson told parliament and whether he misled mps. it is notjust about that, we know he misled mps, he has admitted that. it is about why he misled them and the defence you will hear from misled them and the defence you will hearfrom boris misled them and the defence you will hear from borisjohnson later is that it was an accident, he was acting in good faith. he thought the