dispatch box, says things that aren t true and then doesn t correct the record, so let s please not pretending this is some amazing new phenomenon that we have a lawyer as a prime minister. can phenomenon that we have a lawyer as a prime minister. a prime minister. can i “ust ask you about the labour i a prime minister. can i “ust ask you about the labour party i a prime minister. can ijust ask you about the labour party who - a prime minister. can ijust ask you about the labour party who say i a prime minister. can ijust ask you| about the labour party who say they will vote with the government on plan b and it could be that labour actually saved boris johnson s skin in terms of losing a vote on that with the scale of the rebellion on the tory benches looking to be somewhere between 60 and a hundred. do you think labour should support the government in that vote? listen, i think that the government in that vote? listen, | think that the the government in that vote? listen, i th
was investigated earlier this year by the lord geidt back in may. documents released by the electoral commission say that boris johnson texted commission say that boris johnson texted lord brownlow in november last year texted lord brownlow in november last year asking about donations for the flat last year asking about donations for the flat. that has raised further questions the flat. that has raised further questions about what the prime minister questions about what the prime minister knew when, and what he declared minister knew when, and what he declared to his independent adviser. he is facing declared to his independent adviser. he is facing allegations from the labour he is facing allegations from the labour party of misleading the pupuc labour party of misleading the public, but also misleading his own independent adviser, lord geidt, about independent adviser, lord geidt, about these allegations. the bbc understands that lord geidt wasn t happy understands
the mantra on the question of the refurbishment of boris johnson s downing street flat. but that has also been called into question with claims that perhaps the prime minister s s standards adviser was misled by the prime minister, maybe that he s even thinking of resigning, lord geidt. that s right. this is basically in response to an investigation over have a big refurbishment of the prime minister and his wife s flat above number 11 in downing street was refurbished and how that refurbishment was financed. yesterday, the electoral commission fined the conservative party nearly £18,000 for failing to adequately declare how this donation was made and who made the donation. what we do know is that £52,000 was donated to try and put money towards the cost of this refurbishment by the conservative peer lord brownlow. his involvement and the general refurbishment of this flat
borisjohnson of taking us for fools after an official report by the election watchdog, the electoral commission, found the prime minister asked a conservative party donor, lord brownlow, to authorise refurbishment of his downing street flat in november 2020. that appears to contradict a previous account from the prime minister. the electoral commission s report on the flat refurbishment says: the prime minister messaged lord brownlow via whatsapp asking him to authorise further, at that stage unspecified, refurbishment works on the residence. lord brownlow agreed to do so. and in december 2020, lord brownlow confirmed to the prime minister that he had approved further works. but mrjohnson had told an earlier investigation, by the independent adviser on ministers interests, lord geidt, that he did not know how the downing street refurbishment was paid for until media reports emerged in february this year.