the cabinet office inquiry into lockdown parties at downing street could be published as early as this afternoon, with several mps saying they will then decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in the prime minister s leadership. foreign office emails leaked by a whistle blower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of animals from afghanistan in august. mrjohnson denied this at the time. i ll be bringing you all the latest developments as they happen. and i m martine croxall with the rest of the day s stories. one of the uk s biggest covid studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that one in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. as russia maintains its huge military presence on its borders with ukraine, talks take place in paris to try to defuse tensions. i m ben brown live in downing street. the p
battle than she has certainly won this particular leg. there may well bea this particular leg. there may well be a couple of things that suit theresa may, but there is definitely fatigue. even though there were was an enthusiastic campaign last time, there is a huge amount of enthusiasm for another referendum isn t a huge amount of enthusiasm. the economic argument in favour of independence is more robust now that it was last time. over those things that well for theresa may. the two personalities involved in this one at the top of the scottish and uk governments are very different to last time around, and i think that the psychology of the electorate will be influenced by the credibility and power of those two campaigns. i think they are quite canny politicians. yes, alex salmond was more of a divisive figure, i think it is safe to say. he was more ofa think it is safe to say. he was more of a marmite figure and nicola sturgeon is not in that vein of politics. i think he
British forces against the taliban, and yet the prime minister, according to these e mails, overrode the defence according to these e mails, overrode the defence secretary of the day and authorised the defence secretary of the day and authorised evacuation of dogs. that is utterly authorised evacuation of dogs. that is utterly shameful, and every day we are is utterly shameful, and every day we are seeing more evidence that the man is we are seeing more evidence that the man is not we are seeing more evidence that the man is not a we are seeing more evidence that the man is not a leader, he a liar. we have had man is not a leader, he a liar. - have had numerous denials from the government that the prime minister was involved in this. should we not take them at face value? i was involved in this. should we not take them at face value? was involved in this. should we not take them at face value? i think we have not take them at face value? i think we have got it take them a