sadly in recent months this has been lost. so a lot of mps talking about trust, talking about a loss of trust. and then also will quincy who, on monday, was defending the prime minister over his handling of the chris pincher affair, he has also resigned. he was part of the 2015 intake of mps. he s resigned from his role in the department for education. he said in his resignation letter that he had been given assurances that borisjohnson had not previously been aware of other allegations about mr pincher, and therefore, given what emerged, it was untenable for him to continue in his position. let s get some reaction to everything that s happened and what indeed might happened and what indeed might happen today. with me now is sebastian payne. good to see you. first of all, let s take stock. what
so please do continue. it seems to me ou so please do continue. it seems to me you mention so please do continue. it seems to me you mention two so please do continue. it seems to me you mention two mid-term - me you mention two mid term by elections. governments lose mid term by elections regularly and become winning at the next general election. if you added the votes of the two by elections together the conservatives got more votes than labour or the lib dems so we seem to be in a very good position. just a few points behind in the polls mid term is really good and i m not surprised because he s got all the big calls correct. it seems to me this is a case where people are playing the man and not the ball. they cannot argue against the policies because he s got them right. so the attack the player and i don t like that. do right. so the attack the player and i don t like that. i don t like that. do you characterise i don t like that. do you characterise the - i don t like that
having about how the chris pincher affair if i can call it that, is messing up what people thought might optimistically happen over the next few weeks, in other words, the government getting back onto the front foot after the terrible period, not least the big by election defeats? period, not least the big by-election defeats? period, not least the big b -election defeats? ., ., by-election defeats? you don t need to listen to me by-election defeats? you don t need to listen to me to by-election defeats? you don t need to listen to me to look by-election defeats? you don t need to listen to me to look at by-election defeats? you don t need to listen to me to look at the - to listen to me to look at the pictures that came out of the cabinet meeting this morning, the cameras were let in, and you could see the faces of jacob rees mogg and nadine dorries, they were stony at the situation, because many of them have gone out over the past couple of days to defend borisjohnson over
minister was not aware before the appointment of any specific allegations. he said his appointment was vetted as all appointments are. that he will be aware of the process, said the spokesman but ministerial appointments go through and in the absence of any formal complaint,. when he was asked what those unsubstantiated allegations wear, he would not elaborate. asked whether the prime minister was aware of general allegations against chris pincher before he appointed him, the spokesperson would only say, you have what i said. we will try and get that work from our political correspondents from westminster. that is the latest on the chris pincher affair at the moment. chris pincher, who has resigned as deputy chief whip and borisjohnson under some pressure to suspend them from