and i must take responsibility. number ten is a big department with the garden as an extension of the office. which is been in constant use because it the role of fresh air and stopping the virus. and when i went into the garden on the six of the 20th of may 2020 two thanked groups of staff before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working i believed implicitly that this was a work event. but mr speaker, with hindsight i should have sent everyone back inside, i should ve found some other way to thank them and i should ve recognised that even if it could be said technically to fall within the guidance, there would be millions and millions of people who simply would not see it
some mps, it s worth pointing out, are still loyal to the prime minister, who still think he can turn this around, who praise him for apologising this afternoon and saying it was right he gave that explanation. here is brendan clark smith. , ., ., , explanation. here is brendan clark smith. , ., ., , ., , smith. there s going to be an insult i m glad smith. there s going to be an insult i m glad he smith. there s going to be an insult i m glad he went smith. there s going to be an insult i m glad he went that smith. there s going to be an insult i m glad he went that extra - smith. there s going to be an insult| i m glad he went that extra mile. i m glad he went that extra mile. actually i m glad he went that extra mile. actually showed i m glad he went that extra mile. actually showed some i m glad he went that extra mile. actually showed some empathy, - actually showed some empathy, with what people actually showed some empathy, with what pe0
you ll know about the drinks party and other alleged parties at downing street when england was under strict coronavirus restrictions, which led to this apology in parliament last week. i went into that garden just after 6:00pm on the 20th of may 2020 to thank groups of staff before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. rob watson is live with us from oxford. what are your calculations
denial on the thrust of dominic cummings blog, this evening saying it is untrue the prime minister was one about the event in advance and as he said earlier this week, he believed implicitly it was a work event and he has apologised to the house. , ., . . event and he has apologised to the house. , ., ., ., ., ~ i. the headlines on bbc news. and the bbc licence fee is to be frozen for two years, the government says it is to help household budgets and not an attack on the corporation. the prime minister s former chief adviser is claiming borisjohnson was told in advance about a party on the 20th of may 2020. two teenagers have been arrested in manchester in connection with the texas synagogue siege. the british hostage takers was a man from blackburn. sport and for a full round up,
this is bbc news i m the headlines: more pressure on the prime minister, amid allegations he was warned in advance about number ten drinks during lockdown. he s dismissed the claims: nobody told me that what we were doing was against their wills. at the event in question was something we were going to do something that was not a work event. he we were going to do something that was not a work event. was not a work event. he is not takin: was not a work event. he is not taking responsibility was not a work event. he is not taking responsibility because i was not a work event. he is not| taking responsibility because he keeps taking responsibility because he keeps hiding behind still grey because that s unacceptable. you cannot because that s unacceptable. you cannot hide behind table seven. he knows cannot hide behind table seven. he knows what the rules were and he broke knows what the rules were and he broke the knows what the rules were and he broke the rules. a man in hi