political opponents say it s damning. if you mislead parliament, if you lie to parliament, then you resign. there s no ifs, there s no buts. we know that this prime minister has lied to parliament. he should be offering his resignation. i am absolutely clear now they must go, they must go immediately so we can get fresh leadership. and if conservative mps won t do that, i feel they are directly associated with this wrongdoing. tonight, borisjohnson has received backing from his cabinet and, more importantly, tory mps, who just a few weeks ago were trying to oust him after months of damaging lockdown allegations. borisjohnson time. a report looks at what happened when the rules were broken.