case of owen paterson on wednesday. the government then backtracked following an outcry. let s speak to christopher hope, chief political correspondent and assistant editor at the daily telegraph. welcome to you. first question for you is how representative do you thinkjohn major pulls my comments are of government thinking7 and also the government thinking of conservative voters7 jahh the government thinking of conservative voters? john ma or s comments conservative voters? john ma or s comments really i conservative voters? john ma or s comments really matter. conservative voters? john ma or s comments really matter. he h conservative voters? john major s comments really matter. he is . conservative voters? john major s comments really matter. he is a i comments really matter. he is a former tory prime minister and there aren t many of those. when he says things that count. at number ten they will know that he supported jeremy holmes in 2019, he hated brexit, he campaigned agains
problem with any sibling of mps as they are always marking their homework on a consensus basis and thatis homework on a consensus basis and that is why we had the system. whatever the motivation and set of circumstances that led to this unfolding, the overarching question is why did this, why was this allowed to happen? was this boris johnson deciding that this is what he wanted to do and not listening to any advisors, or were the right people nothing to him that this is not going go down well? certainly, the southport not going go down well? certainly, the southport problem not going go down well? certainly, the southport problem with - not going go down well? certainly, the southport problem with the - not going go down well? certainly, l the southport problem with the tory party at the moment and john major mentioned this in his comments is that the tory party does feel on conservative to people ofjohn major plasma generation. he is getting on now, he was in power 20 years ago,