a small group of conservative mps met here last night with talk of removing borisjohnson from office on the agenda. after a day of intense speculation, there was confidence among some backbenchers that enough were ready to submit a letter of no confidence in the prime minister, triggering a vote on his position. the meetings came after the prime minister again denied that he was warned a drinks party in the downing street garden was against lockdown restrictions in place at the time. on a hospital visit yesterday, borisjohnson again apologised for parties in downing street on the eve of the duke of edinburgh s funeral, saying he deeply and bitterly regretted that it happened. if the best argument that you have got to the accusation that you broke the rules was that, well, nobody had told me that the rules that i had imposed on everyone else were being broken, then i think that reveals you are in a difficult position, and i think the prime minister is in a difficult position because o
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look at this, this is a fantastic garden you ve got here. it is indeed a beautiful garden. i m told this was a former bomb crater. a place prime minister was happy to show off in days gone by. do you see yourself being here for the very long term? well, we re working very hard, laura. but his time in residence could be brought to an early close by what happened literally in his own backyard. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent, rob watson, explains why the controversy has resonated in the uk. this isn t about some sort of obscure, hard to grasp abstract policy or economics. this is something that everybody can understand. it s this idea that 60 odd million brits were under some pretty severe lockdown restrictions you could only meet with one other person from outside your family outdoors and lo and behold, there was a drinks party in
borisjohnson is boris johnson is under borisjohnson is under mounting pressure to answer a question about a drinks party and the downing street pressure to answer a question about a drinks party and the downing street garden pressure to answer a question about a drinks party and the downing street garden during pressure to answer a question about a drinks party and the downing street garden during the pressure to answer a question about a drinks party and the downing street garden during the first pressure to answer a question about a drinks party and the downing street garden during the first covid lockdown in may 2020. two witnesses have told the bbc that the prime minister and his wife were among around 30 people who attended. a little earlier my colleague ben brown spoke to other rosen. rosen was in an induced code month because of coronavirus was up is what he said about the allegations of parties being held in downing street. mr; parties being held in downing street. y , street.
prince entered this is bbc news, the headlines. buckingham palace says prince andrew has returned his military honours and royal patronages. and, he will no longer use the title his royal highness. it follows the news yesterday that the duke will face a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse which he denies. a former syrian colonel has been found guilty of the torture of thousands of people at a prison in damascus during syria s civil war. british ministers have rallied around borisjohnson with varying degrees of support as he faces calls to quit for attending a drinks party during the first lockdown in 2020. and novak djokovic has been included in the draw for the australian open tennis tournament, even though it s still not clear if he ll be in the country to play. australia s immigration minister is still considering whether to deport djokovic because of covid rules.
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