the prime minister, borisjohnson, admitted that his party experienced a tough night in some areas. now on bbc news.dateline london with shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists with a foreign correspondence who broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. joining us at the end of this week in the united kingdom. as a baroness she is in the house of lords but she does not set for any political party. isabel hilton is the founder of china dialogue which seeks to promote understanding of china s environmental challenges as well as being a foreign correspondent and is a regular correspondent and is a regular correspondent in british newspapers. penny is the london based editor of the la times. whilst the us west coast sleeps he had stayed at newspaper. thank you for being with us. in a democracy, here is thejudge? what sort of verdict has been delivered on borisjohnson? the united states is a democracy, too but one with the s