mps - it covered in the i, ministers and tory mps - it isn t covered in the i, ministers and tory mps it isn t working, whether it s operation mps it isn t working, whether it s operation red meat, operation let s see what operation red meat, operation let s see what we can get away with today and see see what we can get away with today and see if see what we can get away with today and see if they buy it, i m not sure where and see if they buy it, i m not sure where it s and see if they buy it, i m not sure where it s going at the moment. but nevertheless, tobias ellwood is quoted nevertheless, tobias ellwood is quoted as saying that this will not be enough to repair trust with parliament and the nation. going back to parliament and the nation. going back to the telegraph, they have another back to the telegraph, they have another tory mp, robert signs, who is considering joining the rebellion calling is considering joining the rebellion calling for is conside
restrictions. what do you make of the timing of this? this restrictions. what do you make of the timing of this? the timing of this? this is part of what is being the timing of this? this is part of what is being called the timing of this? this is part of what is being called operation i the timing of this? this is part of. what is being called operation red meat, to try and reassure particular those tory backbenchers that this is a government that is on their side, thatis a government that is on their side, that is doing good things that they like, and we know that there has been rising scepticism among those conservative members of parliament about covid restrictions at all, real hatred of mask wearing, hatred of vaccine passports, lots of rebels in that crucial vote before christmas on introducing plan b at all, so making these announcements today, even on a day where more than 300 deaths were announced and where the health secretary sajid javid had remind us that it does not m
page. the latest on the fallout for borisjohnson over partygate. johnson prepares mass clear out to save his own skin. it is called operation save big dog. trying to turn boris johnson s fortunes around. john, turn borisjohnson s fortunes around. john, what is in that article? if around. john, what is in that article? ., article? if the title of the operation article? if the title of the operation is article? if the title of the operation is called - article? if the title of the - operation is called operation red meat like hounds chasing after their prize. what we have here is that borisjohnson, who we haven t seen incidentally since wednesday when he apologised in parliament, is going to announce a series of crowd pleasing measures, so speak. all
coronavirus measures restrictions will end. there is a freeze on the bbc licence fee for the next two years that he will hand over control of the policing of the channel to the army and he announced a series of other measures, including trying to deal with the operations backlog and maybe david will speak about this a little bit more. he is also blaming everyone else apart from himself and he wants to remove a few people in 10 downing street, too. we will come to your coverage in a moment on the sun on sunday, because you have a number of no confidence letters sent by mps. in terms of that operation red meat? timer;r
stood up, it fell silent. and i think that was because people thought, hang on a minute, this is the kind of guy who might lob a grenade into the chamber. and sure enough, he did. and there have been some reports since then saying, well, actually, this and the defection have rallied the tory mps round because they don t like kind of rank disloyalty. but i think it s very hard to think of something else that is a more arresting visual moment from today that will be on the bulletins. ok, well, let s think about how borisjohnson and his team have responded to it all because, you know, we keep hearing news reports of something called operation red meat. laura hughes from the financial times. what is operation red meat? is it even real? it doesn t sound like it is real, but unfortunately it is. and the idea behind it is people around number 10 and round the prime minister are chucking out these big headline grabbing announcements in the hope that it will remind the great british public that