has made it clear that borisjohnson fell short of his expectations under the ministerial code. he has not said he has broken the rules but has said he has broken the rules but has said that advice that he gave to downing street officials that the prime minister need to make clear publicly the reasons he believed he had not broken the ministerial code needed to be heeded and that left legitimate questions of whether the prime minister had indeed fallen foul of the rules because in the ministerial code there is an overarching expectation that ministers will abide by the law. borisjohnson was fined for breaking the law in his response to lord geidt, he was fined for breaking the law. in his response to lord geidt, he said he did not set out to break the rules. he also makes the point that a fixed penalty notice does not equal a criminal conviction. does not equal a criminal conviction. ~ ., ., ., conviction. meanwhile, on the other side of the chamber, conviction. meanwhile, on the
interest in the industry. i think. airlines uk are warning these problems will last into the summer. they really don t know at the moment how many flights might be cancelled. ro in, thank you very much borisjohnson has insisted he is not in breach of the ministerial code, after his ethics adviser said the prime minister s fine for breaking lockdown rules raised legitimate questions about whether he d failed in his duty to comply with the law. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. the prime minister and his independent standards adviser, lord geidt. the two have clashed over borisjohnson s handling of parties that broke lockdown laws. after the prime minister was fined for this gathering in the cabinet room on his birthday two years ago, there was a legitimate question, lord geidt claimed, about whether he d broken the ministerial code. i take full responsibility for everything that
chris bryant. he said lord geidt was in a difficult position. i mean, christopher geidt is a wonderful man and is placed in an absolutely invidious and impossible position. i read what he says as basically saying, prime minister, i think you have broken the ministerial code, you know perfectly well that that means if you break the ministerial code, you resign. i can t say that because my job doesn t allow me to lunch an investigation into you unless you allow me to do so. so i think if you read between the lines, that is basically what christopher geidt is saying to borisjohnson and the truth is, the prime minister is, the ministerial code says that ministers must uphold the law, as incidentally does the code of conduct for mps. you would think that s obvious, wouldn t you? because we write the laws, you would think that we would be bound by law to keep the laws. and so, of course it is absolutely appalling that we have the first prime minister in all our history, and we have a pretty
blaming poor communication. but it s clear lord geidt was unimpressed with the prime minister s failure, as he saw it, to explain himself and how getting a fixed penalty notice meant he was still complying with the ministerial code and the overarching duty ministers have to abide by the law. the row seems to be settled for now, but it s come at a tricky time for borisjohnson, as in the last few days, more of his own mps have called publicly for him to go. ministers dismissed calls for the prime minister to resign. of course he shouldn t. he s a great leader, the country is lucky to have him. and some backbenchers argue now is not the time for a leadership contest. myjudgement at the moment in this very serious situation the country faces itself in is that we should continue with the present prime minister. we can t expect to bej able to deliver policy, to deliver change to the people that need it the most, if we are at the same time - changing our government, you just can t do both.
the police used tear gas and left ticket holders waiting for hours outside the stadium ahead of the game. it was also confirmed earlier that 2,700 ticketed supporters had been unable to enter due to the problems outside the stadium. ben stokes says ticket prices should be reviewed ahead of his first match as england test captain against new zealand. sales have been sluggish for the opening game at lord s of the three match series. james anderson and stuart broad are back though having been dropped for the series in west indies earlier this year. and it will be the first time brendan mccullum takes charge as head coach too. stokes is looking forward to getting started. trying to do the same thing that i ve done and the games i ve played are ready to try to win the game for england. ijust have a bit more to think about now. but i m excited, i do not see this as any hand or on what i bring to the team is a few people have escalated their might but i m just very, very excited to get goin