recommends an eight week suspension from the house of commons. the honourable from the house of commons. tue: honourable member from the house of commons. tte: honourable member concerned has ten days to appeal. and we must lead due process run its course. but she knows we take these matters incredibly seriously. tt knows we take these matters incredibly seriously. knows we take these matters incredibly seriously. if mps approve this suspension incredibly seriously. if mps approve this suspension after incredibly seriously. if mps approve this suspension after the incredibly seriously. if mps approve this suspension after the appeal - this suspension after the appeal period, this could trigger a by election in his midlands seat of tamworth. some of his constituents say he should resign now. tt he say he should resign now. if he can t do the say he should resign now. if he can t do the job say he should resign now. if he can t do the job he say he should resign now. if he
groped two people at a private members club in 2020, describing his behaviour as completely inappropriate and an abuse of power. if the suspension is agreed by mps there s likely to be be a by election in his tamworth constituency. mr pincher was deputy chief whip under borisjohnson, but resigned after the allegations emerged last year. borisjohnson s handling of the situation led to the fall of his government, after a wave of ministerial resignations. here s our political correspondent ione wells. a year ago this week, boris johnson s handling of groping allegations against his deputy chief whip, chris pincher, led to his downfall as prime minister. now, we know more about what those allegations were. they took place here, the private members club, the carlton club. a report by
pull off, but you re right there haven t been many conservative mps on the benches, 1 2 have even spoken out in favour of borisjohnson, we heard a flavour of that with jacob rees mogg. but the moral hazard they face is that the opposition labour party may well turn around, if there is no vote or some conservatives abstain or object and say, goodness gracious, under borisjohnson s gracious, under boris johnson s leadership, gracious, under borisjohnson s leadership, the conservative party has lost their moral compass. you mentioned has lost their moral compass. you mentioned the has lost their moral compass. you mentioned the vote, still unclear whether the or not there will be a vote? clearly there are people in there who oppose the report, but that doesn t guarantee they will vote to oppose it and cause a division. can you just explain how this system works? i’m division. can you just explain how this system works? division. can you just explain how this system works? i m a
setting up of yougov, that he focuses on in the statement. he says when he set it up he didn t have the money or expertise to go it alone so he asked his father help. he took founder shares in the business, he said, in exchange for some capital and his invaluable guidance. he then moves on to when he was being pointed appointed chancellor of the exchequer under borisjohnson as prime minister briefly for a couple of months, questions were raised about his tax affairs, he discussed this with the cabinet office at the time. the statement goes on to say that following discussions with hmrc, they agreed that my father was entitled to founder shares in yougov yougov, though they disagree about the exact allocation. they concluded this was a callous and not a deliberate error, and that he chose to settle the matter and pay what they said was due. so, a lot of detail there, to unpick it, the centre of this is a disparity, or a
it s got hold of a letter from the culture secretary, michelle donelan, sent to the prime minister, which appears to advise against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4 s sustainability. let s bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast magazine. hiya, chris. good to have you back on the media show. so is this the end of the matter? i think it s the end of the potential privatisation and the start of a whole series of new questions around the future of ca. it draws a line under the second attempt over the last six years to privatise the broadcaster. and it s interesting that, essentially, a change of government, a change of culture secretary, has brought a very different view in just a few months time. yes, and the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who held the job under borisjohnson, has already tweeted her displeasure at what s happening. do we understand why there s