Of this week it s been analysed and in a much clearer idea on its transmissibility but also about serious illness and at that point that will feed into their model and will give a much better idea in terms of where this is going and what restrictions will be heeded. and that s the very uncomfortable situation borisjohnson now and that s the very uncomfortable situation boris johnson now faces. he s obviously going be humbled by this votes if he does have to come back and he connected to the rebels this afternoon to see more measures are required he will have a vote so he could be back at this time next week or the week after having the same thing and of course they have to see what those measures are but i think further vaccine certification in terms of pubs are restaurants you can imagine the rebellion will be even bigger than the one we had seen. eventually that to a not to her borisjohnson politically seen. eventually that to a not to her boris johnson politically and personally. he
Support and the measure is happening why significant beyond just for those who follow the conservative party very closely? why is it significant that people watching one of that this number of conservative mps will vote against the pet minister? , ., ., minister? let me give you two secific minister? let me give you two specific reasons. minister? let me give you two specific reasons. one - minister? let me give you two specific reasons. one is - minister? let me give you two specific reasons. one is it - minister? let me give you two i specific reasons. one is it called into question borisjohnson s authority and his party. we talked a lot in the last couple of weeks about some of the damage that s been done to borisjohnson his reputation by the various controversy as we had seen of her downing street parties. in the past, borisjohnson was able to persuade a number of his mps to do things that they may be did not want to do. the size of this rebellion suggests he s losing some of tha
Situation in the house of commons tonight, as we prepared to find out how big a number of rebellion tory mps there have been. you are watching bbc news. hello, i m ros atkins, this is outside source. the first motes was passed with a big majority. these are the pictures live in the house of commons at the moment. mps are voting on a covid 19 class designed to encourage vaccinations. dozens of conservatives are saying they will both vote against the measure is. this could be the biggest rebellion against borisjohnson and then send it to power in 2019. we will hear how evidence has emerged that omicron is causing less severe
Svetlana tikhanovsky was actually one of them. so there is no protest activity in belarus now whatsoever. the authorities are threatening everyone who even subscribes to so called extremist position channels to go to jail. you can be jailed for posting a picture on social media with an opposition white and red flag and other symbols, so the protests, unfortunately, is seemingly happening outside of the country rather than inside. a reminder of our top story, after several hours of debate in the house of commons the government s proposes fat tackling the variant in england have been approved by mps, albeit with a significant rebellion by boris johnson s own with a significant rebellion by borisjohnson s own conservative and peace. now, we sigh up to around 100 of these tory mps voting against
Before this evenings rebellion. first of all there is the christmas party and downing street a year ago or possibly parties and these could have broken covid 19 guidelines at that time on there is a government investigation currently under way. we should know the outcome of that investigation in the next few days. then, there are the questions of a borisjohnson s revamp of his downing street flat and how that was paid for. last week the conservative party was find over £70,000 by the electoral commission for failing to accurately report a donation that paid for their refurbishment. and then the third thing to mention is that as a by election on thursday and it was triggered by the resignation of owen patterson who broke upon entry rules on lobbying and typing in north structure. there is close attention on the by election. lots of different elements to the story. sebastian is with the financial times and he is the presenter of the politics, a podcast i can recommend. what do you make