hello, i m christian fraser. welcome to context on tonight s show. pressure piling on boris johnson as british police say they re in contact with the government after the leak of an invite to a downing street garden party during the first lockdown. there has been no confirmation from the prime minister but it is thought that he and his wife are at the party in may 2020 at which up to 40 people reportedly attended. joe biden tells america there is nothing more fundamental than the right to vote. he says it is a defining moment for us democracy. teaching in a pandemic 1 in 12 teachers are off sick in england, but in chicago teachers reach a deal to reopen schools
during england s first lockdown, would break covid rules. plenty of heated exchanges with leader of the opposition keir starmer about that. first he said there were no parties. then the video landed, blowing that defence out of the water. next he said he was sicker than furious when he found out about the parties, until it turns out that he himself was at the downing street garden party. then last week he said he didn t realise he was at a party. and, surprise surprise, no one believed him. so this week he s got a new defence. nobody warned me that it was against the rules. that s it. and nobody told him. since the prime minister wrote the rules, why on earth does he think this new defence is going to work for him? thank you, mr speaker. well, he talks about the rules, and let me repeat what i said
defence out of the water. next, he said he was sicker than furious when he found out about the parties, until it turns out that he himself was at the downing street garden party. then, last week, he said he didn t realise he was at a party. and, surprise surprise, no one believed him. so, this week he s got a new defence. nobody warned me that it was against the rules. that s it. and nobody told him. since the prime minister wrote the rules, why on earth does he think this new defence is going to work for him? thank you, mr speaker. well, he talks about the rules, and let me repeat what i said to the honourable lady across the aisle earlier on. of course, mr speaker, we must wait for the outcome of the enquiry. but i will review what i have said.
mr. speaker, i want to apologize. i know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months. i know the rage they feel with me and with the government i lead when they think that in downing street itself, the rules are not being properly followed. now, boris johnson s apology is doing little to silence the calls for his resignation. the british prime minister admitting there he attended a downing street garden party in 2020 while the rest of the country was under lockdown. he says he was there about 25 minutes and believed it was a work event. even before this latest controversy that was on the show, polling shows 20% of the public had a favorable view of
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