the second world war, who was actually quoting cromwell. i expect my leaders - to shoulder the responsibility for the actions they take. yesterday, he did i the opposite of that. so, iwould remind him. of a quotation altogether all too familiar to him, of leo amery to neville | chamberlain, you have sat| there too long for the good you have done. in the name of god, go. and that a student of politics, borisjohnson, said he was not familiar with that quote. that might have been a way of trying to avoid answering the question, but there we are. it was really electric. you can hear one mp going there, shut up! sighs, people are gasping at the end of the session, who wants to do a lincolnshire accent? it is against my very being. what a day! there we go. the speaker at the end, sotto voce, what a day! amazing.
this is bbc news. i m kasia madera with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. is it all over, prime minister? britain s prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will challenge any fight to his leadership as the row surrounding parties in downing street during lockdown continues. you have sat there too long for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go! cheering president biden sends a warning to russia if they invade ukraine, saying the us will do significant harm to moscow if it does. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is in ukraine for urgent diplomatic talks, says that russia could launch an attack at very short notice. emergency aid flights finally set off for tonga five days after a volcanic eruption
of prime minister s questions, david davis, a former cabinet minister, a very sort of senior veteran tory, stood up and delivered this extraordinarily dramatic line to the prime minister, where he quoted a former tory cabinet minister in 1940, basically telling chamberlain it was time to go. and that was incredibly damaging for a prime minister who we all know wants to be winston churchill, not neville chamberlain. and i think we can hear that now, that sound bite which will be played in all the bulletins, iimagine. so i ll remind him of a quotation altogether too familiar to him of leo amery to neville chamberlain. you have sat there too long for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. jei’i’yjmes, you re the former spokesman for theresa may, as well as having worked at sky. i mean, tell us, how does it work from the inside? will the political spin rooms be operating like crazy, kind of making sure that their lines, their views, their spin is reported in the press t
because if he did, there is no way that he could avoid knowing that quotation, which was in turn a quotation, of course, from oliver cromwell, when he dismissed the parliament in 1653. oliver cromwell is a fabulous source of quotations. he does rather put our current parliamentarians to shame and it is worth browsing through them. one of them, and i think perhaps boris johnson might think about this, he did say to, i think the scottish prime minister, in the name of god, consider you might be wrong! laughter. that would be very good advice for all politicians perhaps, it is on the level, i think, simon, with the figure that one roman emperor used to have going behind him and as he was greeted by the crowds, he would be going, you re not a god, you re not a god, you re mortal, you are mortal, which is a good reminder for any politician. that is a great civil service job. absolutely. the prime minister s sort
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines: britain s prime minister vows to fight any challenges to his leadership as he faces calls to resign, because of parties at downing street during lockdown. dramatic scenes in parliament, as a conservative mp defects to labour and a former minister joins the calls to quit. you have sat there too long for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go! also in the programme: us presidentjoe biden marks his first year in office with a press conference defending his record and warning president putin of the costs