know you re not giving any of them the to explain themselves with their own oral the to explain themselves with their own oral evidence. i don t think you own oral evidence. idon t think you seriously own oral evidence. i don t think you seriously mean to accuse those in the videos seriously mean to accuse those in the videos of lying and i don t think the videos of lying and i don t think you the videos of lying and i don t think you seriously mean to accuse me of think you seriously mean to accuse me of lying think you seriously mean to accuse me of lying. everybody knows there are some me of lying. everybody knows there are some features of this proceeding that are are some features of this proceeding that are extremely peculiar. i have the utmost that are extremely peculiar. i have the utmost respect for you and the chair the utmost respect for you and the chair but the utmost respect for you and the chair but you have said some things about chair but you have sa
trust in politics at all times and there is no discrepancy about what has happened in number ten. rules were broken and fines were issued, the question is whether the prime minister knowingly and intentionally and recklessly misled parliament. he was giving the start of his defence and that is what the committee is trying to get to the bottom of. talk to us about trying to get to the bottom of. talk to us about the trying to get to the bottom of. talk to us about the nature, the scale, the scope of briefings that a sitting prime minister is going to be subjected to, even on a quiet day, it is a busyjob, but in the heights of a pandemic, in the middle of covid, those briefings must be coming at a prime minister left, right and centre. you coming at a prime minister left, right and centre. coming at a prime minister left, right and centre. you are right, no two da s right and centre. you are right, no two days are right and centre. you are right, no two days are the right and ce
sorts of colours today, with the proceedings getting back under way in the committee room in the next 15 or 20 minutes i suspect. that in the committee room in the next 15 or 20 minutes i suspect. or 20 minutes i suspect. that is how lona we or 20 minutes i suspect. that is how long we are or 20 minutes i suspect. that is how long we are expecting or 20 minutes i suspect. that is how long we are expecting it or 20 minutes i suspect. that is how long we are expecting it to - or 20 minutes i suspect. that is how long we are expecting it to take - or 20 minutes i suspect. that is how long we are expecting it to take for. long we are expecting it to take for everybody to file through the division lobbies and cast their vote on that windsor framework. we could spend all afternoon talking about that but we are joined by the former special adviser to the former prime minister may. thank you forjoining us, you worked for a previous prime minister, theresa may, a very different character
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