conservative mps to back him. if he d lost tonight it would have significantly dented his authority. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill and 269 mps voted against it, meaning the government had a majority of 44 votes. no conservatives mps voted against the bill, but 37 did not vote. chris mason is in westminster. a day ofjeopardy and a day of jitters and the government deploying every tool of persuasion and mathematics, so the phone calls and the snatched conversations in the corridors, the more formal meetings, and on the mathematical side making sure everyone who could vote for the government was here in order to vote for the government. to give you an example, the climate minister who was at the climate talks in the middle east, flew all the way back so that he could vote. that is how nervous the government was, despite the result when we finally got it. quite an evening then after quite a day. quite an evening then after quite a da . . , . , ., day. excuse me,
conference in which we were trying to dealwith. i had conference in which we were trying to deal with. i had to level with the public to deal with. i had to level with the public and say, i am afraid a large the public and say, i am afraid a large number of people will lose their large number of people will lose their loved ones before their time and it their loved ones before their time and it was their loved ones before their time and it was a pretty grim press conference. and in that discussion, we were conference. and in that discussion, we were asked about the way through. and i think. we were asked about the way through. and i think, patrick said the idea was to and i think, patrick said the idea was to flatten the curve, suppress the virus was to flatten the curve, suppress the virus with some measure of herd immunity the virus with some measure of herd immunity by the virus with some measure of herd immunity by september, would be a -ood immunity by sep
what s the story to you? - [sighs] i think the story is abouta group of idiots, a very large group of idiots, who just got fed upwith the world, got fedup with being told go to college,get a job, make a living. frankly,that s just not realistic for our generation. you know,it is really frustrating. the boomers,they think we re lazy. you know the whole term, pull up your bootstrapsand work hard and you get the same lifethat they had? no. the world is very,very different these days. hell, the next pandemicin 2025 might wipe us all out anyways. i ain t got timeto wait for retirement. you got to will itinto existence. life s just not fair.the world is a harsh place and the stock market was justthe purest form of yolo. [music playing] reporter: stocks up againthis morning, 12%. short sellerscontinue to get hurt by the thread wallstreetbets and other retail [interposing voices] reporter: all this whiningby wall street, it s making me sick. reporter: this is populismcoming for capi
it has been a difficult year for the government. they are trailing labour in the polls right now and so we will hear more about what they intend to do in the coming year and how they intend to win back some of those voters. with me is our political correspondent damian grammaticus. give us a sense of how significant today is but also what we might hear when the king, as you are telling us, delivers a speech not written by him but by the government? it not written by him but by the government? not written by him but by the government? , , ., government? it is significant. you are talking government? it is significant. you are talking about government? it is significant. you are talking about elections, - government? it is significant. you l are talking about elections, looking forward to elections. this is a government that is trailing heavily in the polls, 10 15% behind. it needs to change that sort of dynamic, needs to find something to start shifting the needle and dra