at the day in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. as dominic cummings delivers his verdict on borisjohnson. part of the problem was fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for the job. he doesn t rate matt hancock much, either. i said repeatedly to the prime minister that he should be fired. plenty of ammunition for the labour leader at prime minister s questions, where borisjohnson fights back. he continues to play these pointless political games, whilst we get on with delivering on the people s priorities. also in this programme: a cycling minister speaks out about a new form of transport. i know how frightening it is, actually, just on the road i to be approached by one of these e scooters. - but first: dominic cummings explosive evidence to mps on the government s handling of the pandemic. the prime minister s former adviser told them tens of thousands of people had died needlessly, borisjohnson was unfit to be prime minister, and matt hancock
comfortable on arrival to st bartholomew s hospital. he s being treated for an infection and a pre existing heart condition. time now for monday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to monday in parliament, where david cameron says his government did plan for a pandemic but not the one we re facing today. there was a pretty good flu pandemic plan, but it was a flu plan rather than a respiratory diseases plan. the government s being urged to secure the future of the vauxhall car factory in cheshire. the uncertainty facing ellesmere port and other car plants speaks to a deeper problem caused by the government s inaction on automotive. they ve been asleep at the wheel. and there s a damning verdict on a proposed tunnel under the irish sea. a push me, pull you could be the senior guard and puff- the magic dragon the inspector. let s concentrate on making the protocol work and put. the hallucinogenics down. but first, the conservative former prime minister, david cameron, has
uk health secretary matt hancock is self isolating after receiving an alert from the nhs test and trace app. flood warnings as storm christoph is forecast to bring torrential rain to swathes of central and northern england. it s going to be devastating. if it s anything like it was in february, it s going to be devastating, yeah. and two more tennis players at the australian open test positive for covid 19, amid ongoing controversy over the event hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a further 6,586 deaths involving covid 19 were registered in the uk in the week to january the 8th that brings the total registered deaths close to 96,000. data from the office for national statistics also shows that 1,370 care home residents in england and wales were registered to have died with coronavirus in the first week of janaury. and figures from the 0ns infection survey estimates that one in eight people in the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of dece
to our world? with us this morning, the prime minister s right hand man, oliver dowden. and by the man who wants to be the next foreign secretary, labour s david lammy. and the chief of the defence alliance nato, jens stoltenberg, tells us about the growing threats to the west. we live in a more dangerous world, and we have to be prepared for crisis. morning. today we re reflecting on two important anniversaries six months since the october 7th hamas attacks on israel, but also 75 years since the founding of the defence partnership, nato. we are living in serious times, but i promise we will have lots of enlightening conversations too, maybe even a bit of wit with our panel this morning ruby wax, lord mark sedwill, who was the national security advisor and cabinet secretary in charge of the civil service, and baroness amos, former labour cabinet minister under tony blair, and master of university college oxford, a very warm welcome to you all and a very warm welcome, of c
that is also true. they can t both be right. well. that is also true. they can t both be right. well, sometimes - that is also true. they can t both be right. well, sometimes you l that is also true. they can t both l be right. well, sometimes you can that is also true. they can t both - be right. well, sometimes you can do thins be right. well, sometimes you can do thin . s that be right. well, sometimes you can do things that you be right. well, sometimes you can do things that you think be right. well, sometimes you can do things that you think are things that you think are constitutionally a bit weird. if it will help constitutionally a bit weird. if it will help the general because of fighting will help the general because of fighting the pandemic. let me summarise, i think there is an issue summarise, i think there is an issue it summarise, i think there is an issue it is summarise, i think there is an issue. it is not a huge, huge issue. not as issue.