in the commons yesterday, borisjohnson did finally admit he had been at a party but said his garden was a workspace. technically, it was within the rules. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. many watching including bereaved families didn t believe him. it wasn t an apology, he didn t so sorry, he basically gas lit the entire nation in saying the event that was illegal at the time was a work event and not a party. we all know that s not true. one by one, his cabinet have come forward to back him. the foreign secretary late in the evening said she was behind him 100%, and the chancellor, too a bit lukewarm requested patience while an inquiry is under way. a handful of his own mps have lost patience, publicly calling on him to go.
half hearted apology borisjohnson gave at pmqs yesterday was devoid of any empathy, and that is shameful. in half an hour or so we are going to talk to somebody who did break the rules and says they absolutely did the wrong thing, they had friends round for drinks in the garden and they were fined 100 quid and that person now wants a refund, but that s in about half an hour. in the meantime, here is more of the day s news with martine croxall. we have breaking news from the clothing retailer next, have who cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff have to self isolated because of exposure to self isolated because of exposure to covid, and in some cases for workers who also test positive. ikea did something similar recently as well, didn t they? next also acknowledging that it is an emotive topic but saying they have to balance staff and shareholder needs. employers are facing mass absences of course because of the 0micron variant of covid. it is unclear when next made the change but it seems
resign, he ust waved his head. but he did resign, he just waved his head. but he did apologise, he did say he took responsibility. he did say i know the rage people feel with me and with the government i lead when they think that in downing street itself the rules are not properly being followed by the people who make the rules. his supporters say he was contrite, and that was a full apology. contrite, and that was a full a olo: . ~ ~ ., contrite, and that was a full aolo: .~ ,, ., , apology. well, i think for us families who apology. well, i think for us families who have apology. well, i think for us families who have suffered l families who have suffered throughout the past 18 months, i don t think that apology was good enough for us. why has he said it now? why didn t he come clean some time ago? he now? why didn t he come clean some time auo? ., , now? why didn t he come clean some time auo? now? why didn t he come clean some time ao? ., now? why didn t he come clean some ti
it. let s take a look at the latest developments. some of the pm s top team including the deputy prime minister dominic raab have rallied around the prime minister. but some mps including the scottish tory leader douglas ross have called on him to go along with william wragg, caroline nokes and sir roger gale. douglas ross said he would write to the 1922 committee which organises tory leadership contests to register his lack of confidence in the prime minister. it takes letters from 5a backbench conservative mps to trigger a leadership challenge. senior ministers have urged mps to wait for the outcome of an investigation into alleged parties at number 10 by the senior civil servant sue gray. we ll have developments throughout the morning hear from downing street but first here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. the chill of a westminster morning, and a prime minister in trouble. the question in the cold light of a new day is his apology enough?