the committee on standards in public life. thank you for your messages. doctor nag while says he is a leader facing big challenges. at the time, he s done a reasonably good job and no harm has been done by this. we need to relax about it and give the man a break. william says if boris johnson sticks to his story that he thought it was a work event, doesn t sue gray effectively have to just take his word for it? if she can t prove otherwise, won t she have to end up clearing him? it all seems a bit preordained to me. and a couple more, people asking questions. christine says if it was a works business meeting, why was boris johnson s wife there and didn t the police notice? i have an e mail here from lisa who says, i sent boris johnson two letters about the tragic loss of my beloved husband peter and i have yet to receive a reply. the contempt the prime minister and some of his mps have for the grief stricken families who have had their lives torn apart is abhorrent. the
this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm. pressure grows on the prime minister, after he apologises for attendeding a party in the downing street garden, but claims at the time he thought it was a work event. i certainly wish that things had happened differently on the evening of 20 may, mr speaker, and i apologise for all the misjudgments i have been made, for which i take, mr speaker, full responsibility. iwhen speaker, full responsibility. when the whole country speaker, full responsibility. when the whole country was speaker, full responsibility. when the whole country was locked - speaker, full responsibility. when the whole country was locked down, he was the whole country was locked down, he was hosting boozy parties in downing he was hosting boozy parties in downing street. is he now going to do the downing street. is he now going to do the decent thing and resign? there are also calls for the pm to resign from within his own party, as the leader of the s
said that the party went ahead and i wasn t aware that it was a social event. but that it was a work event that i happen to stumble upon which is completely incredible. but they ll be the line of defence and in the end, when that investigation comes forward, she is not going to be up to make a judgment call on what the prime minister felt did not feel because that was down to him. and so, you can see this playing out where he will hold this line, a whole lot of other people will be vying for the parties and other specialist areas. in the prime minister will be able to say, i knew nothing about it, which is possible. but it is incredible. nothing about it, which is possible. but it is incredible. would you make ofthe but it is incredible. would you make of the telegraph s but it is incredible. would you make of the telegraph s headline - but it is incredible. would you make of the telegraph s headline saying . of the telegraph s headline saying that he leaves borisjohnson in limbo? t
staff inviting as many as 100 people in may 2020. the prime minister admitted to the house of commons and apologised for that event taking place, saying he was there around 25 minutes or so and it had been arranged by one of his most senior and, in theory, trusted civil servants, martin reynolds, his private secretary. what he also said is that he had not realised it was a drinks event, he thought it was a work event. in the last hour, dominic cummings, who at the time was one of his most senior advisers and who is now borisjohnson s nemesis really, had said on the record in one of his blog posts that he discussed this with the prime minister and warned him this event should not go ahead. and another former official in downing street has told me they remember there being a row about this, that mr cummings said he was going to raise it with the prime minister. but downing street have explicitly denied this claim in the last 2a
some of them will be stubborn and linger all day in places. elsewhere will stay sunny. temperature wise, 6 8 degrees, cold in that weather, fog lingers but mild in the north. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. pressure grows on the prime minister, after he apologises for attendeding a party in the downing street garden, but claims at the time he thought it was a work event. eyes certainly wish that things had happened differently on the evening of may the 20th, mr speaker. i apologise for all misjudgments that have been made for which i take full responsibility. have been made for which i take full responsibility- responsibility. when the whole country was responsibility. when the whole country was locked responsibility. when the whole country was locked down - responsibility. when the whole country was locked down he i responsibility. when the whole l country was locked down he was hosting country was locked down he was hosting boozy parties in downing street hosting booz