joining me now is our political correspondent, rob watson. also with us in the studio is dr alice lilly, who s a senior researcher at the institute for government, which is a nonpartisan think tank. and from westminster, we rejoined byjames heale, who s the diary editor at the spectator magazine. welcome to all of you. let s make a start with some of the background to this. rob, we ve got people watching internationally. it s a confusing set of circumstances at the best of times, what happens in the house of commons. just give us some of the contacts, how did we get to hear? where do we start! i suppose we ought to start with what is actually happening. the committee of seven mps, called the privilege coming to.
obviously as the prime minister of the country, the man in charge of leading the country during the lockdown, implementing those regulations, it is a bone of contention whether the former prime minister knowingly and recklessly misled parliament when he was saying all the rules were followed at all times. ., , , . ., ., , ., times. former special adviser to the former prime times. former special adviser to the former prime minister times. former special adviser to the former prime minister theresa - times. former special adviser to the former prime minister theresa may, thank you very much indeed for joining us here on the bbc news. i am joined in joining us here on the bbc news. i amjoined in the joining us here on the bbc news. i am joined in the studio by our political correspondent rob watson. also with us in the studio is dr alice lilly, who s a senior researcher at the institute for government, which is a nonpartisan think tank. and from westminster, we rejoined byjames heale,