minister is asked questions time and again, he is always asked whether borisjohnson should still be in parliament, whether he is an asset to his party, whether he will vote tonight, and rishi sunak does not want to talk about it but is being forced to. ., , , .,, ., forced to. some of these people at this -a forced to. some of these people at this party have forced to. some of these people at this party have been forced to. some of these people at this party have been given - forced to. some of these people at this party have been given gongs i this party have been given gongs subsequently, lord bailey is not in the video, that is a further layer of embarrassment. the the video, that is a further layer of embarrassment. the argument you are startin: of embarrassment. the argument you are starting to of embarrassment. the argument you are starting to hear of embarrassment. the argument you are starting to hear from of embarrassment. the argument you are starting to hear from l
before it s over. i know everybody was involved, if you are the tory party and one of your mps and you have been involved, in a bad way, say so. don t keep your mouth shut. there will be some who have been involved in a bad way but the ordinary people who had to look down, there was nothing wrong with me, but my wife has a condition and she took it literally, when she is these that don t go out, she did not go out. i had to drag her out. in the end, she died of a heart attack. and these people, once the cameras were off, get round the bank, they didn t do too bad there, boris kumar how did you get on? where is the
john, do you agree with ali and chris? , , ., , john, do you agree with ali and chris? , , .,, , ., ., chris? these people should not get awa with chris? these people should not get away with it. chris? these people should not get away with it, the chris? these people should not get away with it, the fact chris? these people should not get away with it, the fact that - chris? these people should not get away with it, the fact that people . away with it, the fact that people are saying it awhile ago, get over it kind of thing. that is the argument, i believe, iagree with that, no, the families, we all suffered in different ways. i cannot see any way in which these people. they re at it again. especially the tory party. the blind monkeys put their hands over their eyes and all that kind of stuff. that is their attitude to everything. they haven t got long in office, thank god. they need to be penalised and punished
by election to take place swiftly. iain watson, bbc news. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us now from our london newsroom. helen, more headaches for rishi sunak this weekend? this event was known about, the metropolitan police looked at it but if they say a picture was worth a thousand words, how much is moving footage like that going to be in terms of the impact it is likely to have. the timing could not be much worse for rishi sunak. the enquiry opened just a few days ago so all of the memories of the coronavirus lockdowns and the people who lost people, their memories coming out now really meant that is pretty high in the public consciousness. there is also the fact that these are conservative party staffers, not related to the downing street party so it is not even as if rishi sunak could say this is under new management and we have moved on and of course he will face the voters
the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused rishi sunak of being too weak to block borisjohnson s honours list. it comes as the government formally begins the process of calling by elections in the seat mrjohnson vacated, and that of another of his close allies. at prime minister s questions mr sunak insisted he had acted in line with established conventions . our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. he s a prime minister who s now in open conflict with his predecessor, a deep rift with borisjohnson. at the heart of it, the honours mr johnson handed out when he stood down some to those involved in the party gate scandals. keir starmer those who threw a downing street party the night before the late queen sat alone at her husband s funeral, will now receive awards from the king. if he s so tough, why didn t block it? mr