attitudes towards party gate have basically not fundamentally changed since those first revelations. we have around 60% of all voters and at least to be a million saying that the prime minister saying that the prime minister should go. and two thirds in 75% of people either sing that the prime ministers lied or misled orfrankly, theyjust do not believe he was attending work events. and what they have to ask themselves is, having failed basically in six months to turn public opinion around on party gate, what are the prospects of them doing so in future or at least hoping that the public forget about it and there is a precedent for all of this. look at what happened when dominic cummings the former adviser made that infamous trip to durham and the conservative government spent a long
i say to that person, look, i ve tried to explain as clearly as i can what happened. i believe that they were work events, they were part of myjob, and that that view appears to be substantiated by the fact that i wasn t fined. borisjohnson was back in parliament, facing conservative mps in private. it is they who have the power to decide whether he stays or goes. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. now to pakistan, where the former prime minister, imran khan, has arrived near islamabad to lead a protest demanding new elections. imran khan has urged supporters tojoin his long march to the capital, despite all approach roads being blocked and thousands of police being deployed to prevent the demonstrators reaching the city centre. he was ousted as prime minister in april
back to downing street for the prime minister, and questions from reporters. reporter: talk to our viewer, convince our viewer that you are not tempted or willing to lie to get out of a tight spot? i say to that person, look, i ve tried to explain as clearly as i can what happened. i believe that they were work events, they were part of myjob, and that that view appears to be substantiated by the fact that i wasn t fined. borisjohnson was back in parliament facing conservative mps in private. it is they who have the power to decide whether he stays or goes. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. pakistan s former prime minister imran khan has arrived near the capital islamabad to lead a protest demanding new elections. he urged supporters to join his long march to the capital despite all approach roads being blocked and thousands
some did respond by saying, yes. from the commons it was back to downing street for the prime minister and questions from reporters. reporter: talk to our viewer, convince our viewer that you are not tempted or willing to lie to get out of a tight spot? i say to that person, look, i ve tried to explain as clearly as i can what happened. i believe that they were work events, they were part of myjob, and that that view appears to be substantiated by the fact that i wasn t fined. borisjohnson was back in parliament, facing conservative mps in private. it is they who have the power to decide whether he stays or goes. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. that s it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter i m @ rich preston.