and they seem to buy that and they seem to like it. you ll see the conservatives won again only a week - or so ago. it seems to work for him. the problem is is that this . is a moral issue and it s also an issue where people have been stuck at home and lost loved - ones during lockdown. they don t take kindly to that. this might be the moment where his luck runs out. i now, someone who been offering commentary in the last few days has been dominic cummings, former adviser to the prime minister. he tweeted some lobby hacks were also at parties in the number ten flat so they re trying to bury the story. you covered west mnister for many years but are there situation in which lobby journalists either don t maximise a story or turn away from it completely? i think inevitably. it s less the case that it used to be. 30 years ago, a0 years ago lobbyjournalists would turn a blind eye to all sorts of things going on in government in order to preserve their sources.
where his luck runs out. i now someone who has been offering commentary in the last few days has been dominic cummings, former adviser to the prime minister. he tweeted. .. some lobby hacks were at the parties so they are trying to bury the story. you covered westminister for many years but are there situation in which lobbyjournalists either don t maximise a story or turn away from it completely? i think inevitably. it s less the case that it used to be. 30 years ago, 30 a0 years ago lobby journalists would turned a blind eye to all sorts of things going on in government in order to preserve their sources. i think that is a lot less the case these days and i think lobby journalists, political journalists, those based in westminister are a lot tougher on politicians and rightly so. i think it s difficult in this case because if some of the people, some of the lobbyjournalists were at the party there, potentially sources, people will say, well, shouldn t we as journals should expose wha
really falling for it - and nor the journalists either. i think this is going to run and run. - but he has a track record of not saying sorry and he is the prime minister and was mayor of london, something you were involved in. so you ll know that has been a successful political tactic for him. the thing is with boris johnson - is people give borisjohnson leeway in the way they never give i any other politician leeway. they press it in with borisjohnson. he doesn t act like something he s not, is not saying - he s whiter than white, it is what it is with - him and they seem to buy that and they seem to like it. - you ll see the conservatives won again only a week or so ago. - it seems to work for him. the problem is that this - is a moral issue and it s also an issue where people have been stuck at home and lost loved - ones during lockdown. they don t take kindly to that. this might be the moment where his luck runs out. i now someone who has been offering commentary on the last few d