when it wasn t. it s a fudge, basically keir starmer didn t like the look of him appearing on the picket line. ifind the look of him appearing on the picket line. i find assaulting the look of him appearing on the picket line. ifind assaulting how labour doesn t seem to have a clear line on these strikes astonishing. line on these strikes astonishing. line on these strikes astonishing. line on these strikes astonishinu. , ,, ., astonishing. doesn t keir starmer actually say astonishing. doesn t keir starmer actually say this astonishing. doesn t keir starmer actually say this is astonishing. doesn t keir starmer actually say this is the astonishing. doesn t keir starmer actually say this is the law? - astonishing. doesn t keir starmer actually say this is the law? but l actually say this is the law? but there are six others who, in the last strike, went on the picket line and didn t get sacked. last strike, went on the picket line and didn t get sacked. exactly, no
there s also a by election coming up in wakefield and here are the candidates standing in that poll. you can find plenty more on both on our website, bbc.co.uk/news. 0ur deputy politcal editor, vicki young, is at westminster. so, today was the first time in the commons for borisjohnson after that vote of confidence. any sign that those who voted against him are now willing to rally around? i those who voted against him are now willing to rally around? willing to rally around? i guess prime minister s willing to rally around? i guess prime minister s questions - willing to rally around? i guess prime minister s questions is l willing to rally around? i guess i prime minister s questions is not the best way to judge the mood of the best way to judge the mood of the conservative party, there were 200 people there who were willing to cheer borisjohnson on, but there were plenty who didn t roar their approval. he certainly did not look like a man who had just lost the support of 40% of t
keir starmer would have liked to have focused on his party s progress in last week s local elections. instead, there are questions about what he was doing ahead of last year s elections in durham. he said he was at a work event when he sipped this beer and ate a curry, and that was within the rules. his critics have suggested this was more akin to an indoor social gathering, which would have been banned. a labour party schedule for the visit, linked to the mail on sunday, shows the dinner was preplanned. that doesn t mean in itself that it broke regulations but one attendee has told the bbc he saw no evidence of any work being done at the venue following the meal and questioned the official account that there d been a pause for food before work resumed. labour insists no rules were breached. awkwardly, though, keir starmer didn t wait for borisjohnson to be fined before calling for his resignation and urged him to step aside because of a police investigation. when we called for borisjo
that he said simply never happened, that he denied he was at, that we now know included karaoke, bring your own bottle, garden parties. that was clearly not allowed under the rules. they made those rules. they broke the rules. they lied about it, and they laughed about it. keir starmer has done not a single one of those things. but the conservatives say this is an opportunity to paint a less flattering picture of sir keir starmer. they aren t calling for his resignation because that may raise questions about why the prime minister, who has been fined, hasn t gone. but they are accusing the labour leader of hypocrisy. the prime minister refused to resign when he was fined for breaking lockdown rules, so keir starmer doesn t have to resign even if he s does he? keir starmer has clearly got a bunch of questions to ask in terms of how straight he s been with the public in his answers to beergate and also frankly they rank double standards. that s for him. as i understand it, the police hav
in northern ireland divisions affect the return of power sharing after historic election results. for the first time a nationalist leader is in line to be first minister but the democratic unionists won t support a new government unless post brexit trading rules are scrapped. it means maybe stormont will get back together, maybe it won t. i mean, this is what we have been living with for years now. dysfunctional politicians and a dysfunctional system, so. we ll be looking ahead to tomorrow s talks at stormont between the main parties and the northern ireland secretary. also tonight: here in ukraine, at least 60 people are dead, after a russian air strike on a village school. it comes as the kremlin tries to rally russians, during celebrations marking the end, of world war two. keir starmer is accused of hypocrisy over covid rules