still a lot of hospitalisations. indeed, there is still a lot of uncertainty hospitalisations. indeed, there is still a lot of uncertainty over - still a lot of uncertainty over whether it is causing milder illness. there is a certain degree of logic in this, because infections, re infections and infections, re infections and infections after vaccination, are likely to be milder, but i think chris whitty plus my point yesterday was even if you have a virus, the severity of which is halved, as soon as you get more than a doubling of cases, then the pressure increases. let s go to the health and social care committee, jeremy hunt is the chair, the former health secretary and he will be hearing from chris whitty. thank you very much forjoining thank you very much for oinin- us thank you very much forjoining us at a busy period. let s start ri-ht at a busy period. let s start right away with chris whitty. i want to give you a chance to elaborate on what you said yesterday. you said we
scandal and calls into question the prime minister s credibility. the backlash features on the front of the telegraph. tonight the prime minister told millions of people they must work from home, but said they can still go to christmas parties. the mail. one rule for them, new rules for the rest of us . accusations that the pm fast tracked covid restrictions to distract from claims his staff broke lockdown rolls. and plan b for us.plan lie, lie, lie for him bright the mirror as the pressure increases on borisjohnson to answer questions it says boris johnson it says borisjohnson needs to answer questions about two other alleged parties. let s kick off olivia, perhaps you would like to get us going with the daily mail. one rule for them, new
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exactly what that means in terms of fundamentally altering it, whether or not we just end the filibuster straight up. when it comes to voting rights just so i m clear, you would entertain the notion of doing away with the filibuster on that one issue, is that correct? and maybe more. and maybe other issues. and maybe more. you know how coffin tentious of an issue this is among the as far as that he needs to vote for the spending plans. that was the inner voice coming out. was he supposed to do that? does it help or hurt? incredibly revealing. i mean, that moment in particular. i can t talk about this right now because i might lose votes on this other thing that i have to get passed but we re going to get to it, but i thought that was an incredible and revealing moment. he might change his mind on the issue of the filibuster. i see no evidence at this point that joe manchin will change his mind on the issue of the filibuster. if pressure increases, if things change, joe manchi
premier league win of the seaosn after playing out a 1 1 draw at st james park. it was the visitors who took an early lead, this cross from raphinha making its way into bottom corner, helped by rodrigo s dummy. but newcastle earned a point thanks to a brilliant solo effort from allan saint maximin. the draw means steve bruce s side remain in the bottom three with just two points from their opening five games. it s been a difficult couple of weeks, as you know. we haven t one yet, so when you don t win, that pressure increases, if that is the right word. but overall, i couldn t ask for any more. they were together, they showed a great spirit amongst them, and maybe could have won it but it could have gone either way. as for today, champions manchester city host southampton at the etihad, and manager pep guardiola says fans misunderstood him when he appeared to complain about the lack of support at home games. fans told him to stick to coaching but guardiola said he wouldn t apologise fo