whether or not these parties happened because we know they did. it s whether or not borisjohnson particularly at the end of 2021, several months after these parties, when he told mps look, i did not know anything about it, of these rules and regulations are being followed, yes, he misled them but he did not know. he thought he was acting in good faith. so, the question is when that turned out not to be true, did he do it intentionally or all recklessly and obviously, you framed it rather nicely, based on exactly the same evidence, borisjohnson insists absolutely no way and he spoke to mps in good faith but he denied any hanky panky at downing street and lockdown violations but the mp5, the seven mps in the interim report based on exactly the same evidence think that it is really hard to believe that he did not know that regulations and guidances were being violated. mpg
the report, sir mark rallied. he receives to me that indicates a centring of the comfort of the or a centring. a reluctance to challenge a feeling of debate that may ensue as a result of that. fin may ensue as a result of that. on one of the may ensue as a result of that. on one of the boards of scrutinies seeing oversight of the police want to take you to paris. we ve received images from the french capital where you could see protesters out on the street once again, tear gas being used injust street once again, tear gas being used in just the last few minutes. with demonstrators gathering. this is for the sixth night. just to give you back on, these are protest on going against the government plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. very unpopular, as you could see from the processors out on the street of the french capital. we re keeping an eye on what is happening there. stay with us here an outside
behaviour but also analysing the procedures and analysing the aspects that have allowed that to fester in policing and made it difficult to get rid of those people. we need to see that being the direction to steer behind the action and transformation we see as a result of this report. i transformation we see as a result of this reort. . , , . ., transformation we see as a result of this report- this report. i appreciate the report icks u- this report. i appreciate the report picks up on this report. i appreciate the report picks up on various this report. i appreciate the report picks up on various aspects - this report. i appreciate the report picks up on various aspects within | picks up on various aspects within the metropolitan police, but when it comes to racism, were coming up on the 30th anniversary of the death of stephen lawrence come at the met police about 30 years to get to shopping order. and we re talking about this. how do you reflect upon that? , , ., that? racism
intentionally or recklessly. and london s metropolitan police under scrutiny, a damning report find evidence of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia . we start with an accusation from both china and russia that the united states is undermining global stability. it came on the final day of president s xi jinping state visit to moscow. there was plenty of pomp and ceremony. the chinese leader was treated to an orchestral rendition of the chinese and russian anthems, before moving in to the grand hall of the order of st catherine for talks. but consider the circumstances: with russia under heavy international sanctions and increasingly reliant on china.
for the met on tuesday, when this report is published, is that there is a possibility it will say that the met is institutionally racist, institutionally homophobic and institutionally homophobic and institutionally misogynistic. if that happens, that is devastating. it s 25 years since the mcpherson report, after the racist murder of stephen lawrence. that will suggest no lessons have been learned and nothing has changed. no lessons have been learned and nothing has changed. lucy, thank you ve much nothing has changed. lucy, thank you very much indeed. passport office workers across england, scotland and wales are to strike for five weeks in an escalation of a dispute over pay, pensions, and job security. more than 1,000 members of the pcs union will take part in the action from early april. the union has warned it s likely to have what it calls a significant impact on the delivery of passports this summer. 0ur employment correspondent, zoe conway, is at the passport office in lond