Do you explain that to voters? mr; do you explain that to voters? ij i personal do you explain that to voters? ii personal view do you explain that to voters? ii1: personal view is do you explain that to voters? ii1 personal view is it do you explain that to voters? ij i1: personal view is it is the do you explain that to voters? ij i1 personal view is it is the rule breaking that is a serious situation here. the idea that the prime minister could stay in office having broken rules that he had onlyjust put in place, he was on tv. but there is a long standing convention that for parliament to be effective as the leading democratic decision maker in the country, ministers and prime ministers have to be honest when answering questions in parliament. if not, we cannot do our job. it is serious for ministers to mislead parliament, generally not something that our careers survive. generally it is not lying about criminality, normally it is lying about policy decisions, that would not be as s
Birthday party and breaking lockdown regulations. he was asked if he had considered resigning, and if he was confident that neither he or the prime minister had misled the house. i fully respect the decision that the police have reached. i paid the fpn straight away and i m extremely and sincerely sorry for the hurt and anger this has caused so many people. i have always acted, i believe, in good faith with regard to what i have said to parliament. and did you consider resigning at any point? no, i m focused with getting on with the job i ve got to do. it s a difficult time for many people across the world, as we re discussing here in washington, people are grappling with rising prices. i am working tirelessly day and night to do what i can to support the british people. our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart is at westminster. a day of touring and flowing. what
This is bbc news. the headlines. mps vote today on whether there should be an inquiry into claims the prime minister misled parliament about lockdown parties. the prime minister now should be long gone. borisjohnson is thousands of miles away on a trade mission to india. he says any inquiry should come after the full facts are known. all i would say is i don t think that should happen until the investigation is completed.
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Matters. apparently because of the rules, that is more serious than what parliament says about them but we cannot have a situation very let people off telling untruths to parliament. a jury has found a1 year old james watson guilty of murdering schoolboy rikki neave in peterborough almost 30 years ago. james watson was 13 when he strangled the six year old in woods in the city on november 28 199a. correspondent, ian woods. tell us about the background. james watson was not in court even though he had attended every day of the trial, he watched from a video link