have to say it all happened after some parliamentary shenanigans. the government were determined to avoid a vote, borisjohnson supporters wanted to avoid a vote. labour and the snp were determined to have a vote, because they wanted to show that rishi sunak would not be turning up for that, and i witnessed how those shenanigans took place just as it was called to a vote, i was standing in the press gallery, i could see down just before the vote was called, a big borisjohnson supporter was in intense discussions with the labour whip, the reason for that as he could see that the labour opposition whip, chief whip, had positioned himself at the opposite end of the labour bench than he would normally set out, and when the speaker said, who supports the report against borisjohnson, a big shouts of yes. does anyone not support this, the labour chief whip repeatedly shouted no, no, no, which
p. it was just so determined to attack the privileges committee but weber clearly wanted this vote, they wanted on the record and one, who would vote against the report, seven mps will find out who they were and who abstained, which includes the prime minister, rishi sunak and many others will have many fun pointing out in the morning. and because they arcane procedure that exists in the house of commons that the labour chief whip may actively fight against the report. he caught the vote and is technically, the effectively against the report for a technical reason. you effectively against the report for a technical reason. technical reason. you call this chain, technical reason. you call this chain. what technical reason. you call this chain, what does technical reason. you call this chain, what does this - technical reason. you call this chain, what does this look i technical reason. you call this | chain, what does this look like technical reason. you call this i chain, what doe
priority list. when the political trouble arrives, and it inevitably will, having a chair who can back to the bbc without suspicion of having ulterior motive is key. a former bbc boss believes the appointment process needs reform. there used to be a system, and the system was that the chair would come from the governing party and the deputy chair would come from the opposition party, so there was a time when marmaduke hussey, a conservatives supporter as chairman, and at that point michael cox the deputy chair click was a former labour chief whip, so you had an overt system in which the politics were declared. i think what s happened in recent years is that you do still have political appointments, but they ve been overlaid by this veneer of an independent appointment panel which, you d have thought, would have just come up with the best candidate, but actually, clearly, as this report today shows, there is clearly a meshing between what the politicians want
in 2019, he won a whopping 80 seat majority, having promised to get brexit done and level up britain. the conservatives won seats in the north of england they d never held before, smashing labour s red wall. north west durham was taken by richard holden. i do hereby declare that richard john holden is duly elected. cheering my seat had a 25,000 labour majority, - held by the labour chief whip in 1997. j and now, it s goti a conservative mp for the first time in its history. . boris was definitely part| of me winning that seat, there is absolutely. no doubt about that. he just reaches parts where other politicians can t. the prime minister s energy and charisma, one of the reasons why we ve won so many seats
just two years ago, borisjohnson was riding high. in 2019, he won a whopping 80 seat majority, having promised to get brexit done and level up britain. the conservatives won seats in the north of england they d never held before, smashing labour s red wall. north west durham was taken by richard holden. i do hereby declare that richard john holden is duly elected. cheering my seat had - a 25,000 labour majority, held by the labour chief whip in 1997. j and now, it s got a conservative mp for the first time in its history. boris was definitely part| of me winning that seat, there is absolutely. no doubt about that. he just reaches parts where other politicians can t. the prime minister s energy and charisma, one of the reasons why we ve won so many seats in the red wall area.