asymptomatic transmission was in fact correct? fact correct? no. perhaps it is not as fully expressed fact correct? no. perhaps it is not as fully expressed there - fact correct? no. perhaps it is not as fully expressed there as - fact correct? no. perhaps it is not as fully expressed there as i - fact correct? no. perhaps it is not as fully expressed there as i have | as fully expressed there as i have had the opportunity to do to today. if we go back to the statement you showed me a moment ago, it was actually me who first queried everything, saying, i don t think it is right to say that asymptomatic transmission cannot happen. so it wasn t that we didn t know asymptomatic transmission couldn t happen, but we didn t know, at the outset, what we came to know, but it was potentially a significant driver. the response that came back to me from health protection scotland, as it was then, still was saying they thought it was overwhelmingly likely people with symptoms who woul
saying we must now go to members who have until the 5th of september to choose between the final two. just as an aside. choose between the final two. just as an aside, the members seem to have been saying they don t want a situation that they saw with theresa may and andrea leadsom where you get down to the final two, and one of them withdraws from the contest and your lead with a fate accomplish. there s a lot of animosity around, a big push to stop rishi sunak, a big push to stop liz truss, she was endorsed byjacob rees mogg and nadine dories. that might help with members who feel borisjohnson was unfairly dealt with, equally that might alienate some parliamentary colleagues to make a clean break with that past. colleagues to make a clean break with that past. briefly, what impact do ou with that past. briefly, what impact do you think with that past. briefly, what impact do you think grant with that past. briefly, what impact do you think grant shapps - with that past. briefl
some people around the chancellor feel boris johnson some people around the chancellor feel borisjohnson was responsible for that. feel borisjohnson was responsible forthat. both feel borisjohnson was responsible for that. both sides deny that. in a weird way the fact they have both been fined has drawn them closer together because they are now in this and if there are more fines for the prime minister or the chancellor, they are very much in this for the duration. six weeks ago when the party gate reports were at their peak, rishi sunak was being talked about as the future prime minister, but this whole thing has not those ambitions for the moment and he is battling down the hatches. the whitehall editor for the financial times with his thoughts on the party gate fine. it really does seem for the moment that we are in a bit of a holding pattern. as i said in my introduction, the prime minister and chancellor have apologised, there does not seem to be a ground swell of conservative opi
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