he s accepted that verdict because he s paid the fine and we also know that there are more than 50 cases of rule than 50 cases of law breaking taking place at the heart of government, and ijust don t think that is acceptable. and as i said in the house of commons, he is now asking all the decent men and women who represent constituencies up and down the country for the conservative party, he s asking them to defend what i think is indefensible, and i don t think that s what a leader should do. that s why with regret, i said to him this afternoon in the house of commons, that i felt he wasn t worthy of the office of prime minister and my letter to the 1922 committee chairman says i don t have confidence in him and he should go. the former conservative chief went to, mark harper. we arejoined live by professor meg russell, director of the constitution unit at university college london. thank you for speaking to us at bbc news. i m sure you are following events at the commons very closely
law of blocking this complaint before coming before the house in the first place. if the white house expresses executive privilege and attempts to prevent testimony from, say, the attorney general or the president s personal lawyer, will the committee exercise its powers, declare those witnesses in contempt, even enforce a subpoena, perhaps by sending the sergeant at arms? i think that these are all decisions that leadership and the chairman will have to make with all of us in the committee, but i think stressing the point there s urgency here that the president can t hide behind privilege, particularly when there s law breaking taking place, so i think the committee will take whatever access are necessary, at least that s my vote. congressman quigley, we appreciate you coming on. we know this is a continuing conversation. we look forward to the next one. thank you.