parliament. let us go tojonathan blake in the newsroom and he has been poring over the very lengthy document to bring us all of the highlights. document to bring us all of the hirrhlihts. . document to bring us all of the highlights- highlights. yes, we have been talkin: a highlights. yes, we have been talking a lot highlights. yes, we have been talking a lot about highlights. yes, we have been talking a lot about the - highlights. yes, we have been talking a lot about the hefty i talking a lot about the hefty sanction, the very serious punishment the committee has recommended for borisjohnson, where he not to have resigned his seat from the house of commons in anticipation of the report, a suspension of 90 days. but in the event of course he has resigned, so the committee is recommending he should not be given a former members pass. effectively barred from the houses of parliament for life. quite something for a former prime minister. just to recap once again, which i don t think
johnson. they are not the majority in the tory parliamentary party, but they are a section, they are quite noisy. we are having a debate on monday in the house of commons. i think you will see lots of people wanting to go on the attack of boris johnson, but also a group that want to defend him. i think we are heading toward some fireworks in the chamber. ., «a heading toward some fireworks in the chamber. ., . ., , chamber. fireworks in the chamber. that is the other chamber. fireworks in the chamber. that is the other thing chamber. fireworks in the chamber. that is the other thing to chamber. fireworks in the chamber. | that is the other thing to remember, what happens after this, because this report has to be approved by parliament. bud this report has to be approved by parliament- parliament. and i think there is alwa s a parliament. and i think there is always a sense parliament. and i think there is always a sense that parliament. and i think there is always a sense t
resignation from parliament. then at the end, conclusions and recommendations. you can see on page 67. if we can skip right the way through to that. bear with us. as i say, this is the first any of us are seeing of this report. let sjust find the crucial pages. again, just bear with us, we are going to scroll back. page 67 here. a lot of detail, a lot of dense text. let s just scroll through to what will hopefully be a key area. point 228, which gives you an idea of the length of the report, contrary to mr johnson s assertions, he has been given multiple opportunities to set out his views and comment on the evidence of the inquiry. it talks about setting out in detail the evidence, disclosing to mrjohnson in unredacted form of the evidence
of his own conduct over many years and of course it was almost inevitable he should attempt what we could go the trump defence, berlusconi defence, where he simply seeks to present himself as a victim of all of this, now some of us have argued, i called him in the times the other day and discharged moral bankrupt. some of us have said over the partygate business from the beginning you can make a case which some ofjohnson s supporters make which is, all of this does not matter. what you cannot credibly do is to do what borisjohnson sought to do, to say it never happened, i did not break the rules. this is obviously nonsense. this is exactly what the committee has found because how could it find anything else? looking at what the committee has said about the report, they say johnson s content has no precedent. there is no precedent for a prime minister to have deliberately misled
find out what listeners of nicky campbell are saying. find out what listeners of nicky campbell are saying. does talk about contem -t campbell are saying. does talk about contempt for campbell are saying. does talk about contempt for the campbell are saying. does talk about contempt for the committee - campbell are saying. does talk about contempt for the committee as i campbell are saying. does talk about contempt for the committee as well. | contempt for the committee as well. they have taken a very dim view of him calling they have taken a very dim view of him calling it a kangaroo court and referring him calling it a kangaroo court and referring to him calling it a kangaroo court and referring to witchhunts. during the actual referring to witchhunts. during the actual committee s proceedings, he said he actual committee s proceedings, he said he wished to distance himself from some said he wished to distance himself from some language, but he used such language fr