the report said christine lee established links with current and aspiring members of parliament. speaking in the last hour, the home secretary said the uk had measures in place to identify or interference.- in place to identify or interference. , ., ., interference. first of all there has been a long-standing interference. first of all there has | been a long-standing investigation been a long standing investigation taking place, so there s been a huge amount of work by our and security agencies. of course i am privy to various elements of that work, but i think it is important to say right now that the fact that this alert has become public to date, in the way in which it has, is really a very strong illustration of. how are agencies of the working together to relief spot and identify this type of activity that could potentially do harm to our country and democracy. with; potentially do harm to our country and democracy- potentially do harm to our country and democra . ~ , ., ,, ,
they go back this weekend and hear what constituents think, may call for him to go? there is no question, we know what constituents think already, which is they are very angry, quite legitimately angry, this shouldn t have been going on, there is no excuse for it. that s the reality, we know that. there is no messing around or tiptoeing around that. the prime minister came to the house yesterday, the right thing to do, and apologised absolutely. but he has also said he has an inquiry, and that inquiry will report, i think fairly quickly, actually, and that must show everything that has happened and where things went wrong. and if things exist that are not in the public domain, well, we need to know what that is, and then i think everybody will decide their opinion and what their views are on that basis when they see the report, and i think that s only fair. there is no point having a report if you then prejudge it. let s wait to see what that has and then people will make their decisio
but when it comes to government, no matter what, no matter how, it has to be run properly. and this is critically important, so let s see what happens. some of your colleagues have said the prime minister isn t performing the way they hoped he would, that he is not on his a game. do you think he will still be prime minister at the time of the next election, leading the conservative party into that election? at present, i have no reason to doubt that. but as i say, there is a report coming out and everybody should hold theirjudgment on this until we see what is in the report and where that takes us. that s important. there is no point in having a review and a proper report independently if you don t wait for that, and then you can decide what the position is. but the government has asked us to do that, the prime minister yesterday asked us to wait, and he will be back when that report hits, and then he and others will have to make decisions on that basis. but right now, he is the prime
continue to defend himself against these claims, but he will do that in private, not as a formal active representative of the royal family. he will be funding the case himself if that is what is needed, and regardless of the outcome, he wants take up a official position as a member of the royal family. take up a official position as a member of the royalfamily. he take up a official position as a member of the royal family. he will still be prince andrew, he will still be prince andrew, he will still be prince andrew, he will still be duke of york, but he wants take the title his royal highness. thank you for that update, dan johnson. more on one of our other top stories, borisjohnson s future top stories, boris johnson s future as top stories, borisjohnson s future as prime minister still very much in the balance. the metropolitan police has indicated tonight any investigation by them would depend on evidence unearthed by the inquiry held by the civil servants sue gray. nick eardley h