of tried to cover it up. it will be for the committee to decide if it thinks mrjohnson committed a contempt, and if it was inadvertent, reckless or deliberate. their report is not expected until late spring or early summer. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. well, in a moment, i ll be speaking to sorisjohnson, supporter, to boris johnson supporter and former conservative mep david campbell bannerman. but first, here s our political correspondent nick eardley. what is the political reaction today after that long hearing tomorrow in terms of how borisjohnson stands now in the political spectrum, how much support there is for him? it is much support there is for him? it is a aood much support there is for him? it 3 a good question, actually, because a combination of that hearing yesterday and the brexit vote where the rebellion led by borisjohnson sort of fizzled out a bit have raised some eyebrows and made some question of maybe his influences not
followed. there was also a bit where sir bernhard suggested committee just did not agree with boris johnson s own interpretation of the government s guidance. so this committee will go away and look at the evidence it has gathered, it may look for new evidence as well. i don t think it will be a few weeks yet until we get any sort of report from them, though i do expect it to come before the summer holidays. but based on what we heard yesterday, there are some bad omens for mr johnson in what the committee was suggesting that it was already thinking. if suggesting that it was already thinkina. , . ., suggesting that it was already thinkin. , . ., ., , thinking. if they agreed that it was not perhaps thinking. if they agreed that it was not perhaps a thinking. if they agreed that it was not perhaps a deliberate thinking. if they agreed that it was. not perhaps a deliberate misleading but a reckless misleading of the house of commons, is it likely that they could try and suspend hi
being what they used to be. in terms of the hearing itself, boris johnson s argument can be broadly summarised as, i told parliament the truth because it was what i believed at the time. and secondly, that those photographs we have all seen, are members of his staff around tables with bottles of prosecco and things like that, that that was essential for work because they had to be in the office anyway. i have got to say, though, listening to the reaction yesterday of some of the members of that committee, i am not sure they were buying a lot of it. harriet harman, the labour chair of the committee, suggested at one point, just looking at my notes, that the evidence was flimsy from mr johnson. bernhard jenkin, a veteran conservative said that mr conservative mp, said that mr johnson had not taken proper advice because he had just spoken to a couple of communication officials are not asked for example the most senior civil servant in the country, the cabinet secretary, whether all the ca
stayed in its tupperware box. that the blair sneddon cake. things like that have been blown out of all proportion and one hopes that this committee whines it up and we can move on from this. committee whines it up and we can move on from this. again, i want to uuote move on from this. again, i want to quote another move on from this. again, i want to quote another newspaper, - move on from this. again, i want to quote another newspaper, the - move on from this. again, i want to i quote another newspaper, the mirror, which supports the left in this country more. but their front page, just drinks after a difficult day, 20 people were having difficult days, boris. he talked about repeatedly wanting to thank staff and that was the reason for these gatherings. yet we have heard from people like the covid survivors bereavement family groups that they feel the behaviour that went on was insulting and this does matter, it is more about cake and having a drink, it is about his entire resp