good morning. i m annita mcveigh, live in downing street this morning. the prime minister and the chancellor both insist they should carry on in theirjobs despite being fined by police for attending parties in lockdown. but with no sign of parliament being recalled to discuss it, political allies continue to defend borisjohnson and rishi sunak while the opposition continue to call for them to go. i completely get it. it was wrong, he has apologised, he has accepted responsibly, he paid the 50 quid fine and he has completely overhauled number ten since that time as well. they are totally distracted and not able to do theirjob because they are spending more time justifying
said, before the war began in ukraine, there were those within the conservative party saying that if the prime minister was fined, he would have to go. he has been fined and now we have the war and the cost of living crisis very much in the forefront of people s mines as well, so what do you think will happen next? it so what do you think will happen next? , ., ., ., , so what do you think will happen next? , , , next? it is extraordinary because six weeks ago next? it is extraordinary because six weeks ago that next? it is extraordinary because six weeks ago that would - next? it is extraordinary because six weeks ago that would have i next? it is extraordinary because i six weeks ago that would have been the case when the scandal was at its zenith and everybody was very angry and tory mps were putting those letters of no confidence in. as you said, the war in ukraine has totally changed the dynamic and tory mps are focused on these other matters and you have heard lots of ministe
some people around the chancellor feel boris johnson some people around the chancellor feel borisjohnson was responsible for that. feel borisjohnson was responsible forthat. both feel borisjohnson was responsible for that. both sides deny that. in a weird way the fact they have both been fined has drawn them closer together because they are now in this and if there are more fines for the prime minister or the chancellor, they are very much in this for the duration. six weeks ago when the party gate reports were at their peak, rishi sunak was being talked about as the future prime minister, but this whole thing has not those ambitions for the moment and he is battling down the hatches. the whitehall editor for the financial times with his thoughts on the party gate fine. it really does seem for the moment that we are in a bit of a holding pattern. as i said in my introduction, the prime minister and chancellor have apologised, there does not seem to be a ground swell of conservative opi
booster vaccines. at the moment this country, only half the vaccination received that third vaccination. perhaps more people could stay at home instead of going to the centres but there is no sign the government is considering that at the moment. let s get more reaction to the prime minister and chancellor staying in their jobs minister and chancellor staying in theirjobs despite being fined. we will talk to karl may. cal s brother tom died with covid two days before that first national lockdown was announced. tom was 32. good morning. the prime minister and the chancellor had said sorry, they have paid their fine. chancellor had said sorry, they have paid theirfine. the prime minister says he wholly accepts he made a mistake and says it was an inadvertent breach. how do you respond? i think part of. i have
survive or should survive, breaking the rules he put in place. he said, we have to have higher standards than that of people at the top. i do not think his position is tenable. the question is whether more tory mps start to say the same. i don t get the impression they are queueing up get the impression they are queueing up to do that at the moment. i think many of them seem likely to wait until parliament is back next week. we had a flavour of the arguments we are going to hearfrom the government defending the prime minister, basically saying he made a mistake and he did not realise he was breaking the rules despite being the person responsible for implementing them. have a listen to the transport secretary grant shapps. the transport secretary grant sha s. , ., , ., the transport secretary grant shaus. , ., , shapps. everyone is human, people make mistakes, shapps. everyone is human, people make mistakes, and shapps. everyone is human, people make mistakes, and in shapps. every