For anybody in parliament. so there continues to be that angry backlash to that story that appeared at the weekend. we know the speaker of the commons is going to speak to the editor of the mail on sunday and the editor of the mail on sunday and the chair of the parliamentary press lobby who is basically in charge of journalists in parliament. that meeting will happen at some point tomorrow. but it does, as well as raising the question about how that initial story came to be, it has begun to raise those questions about the wider culture in politics and i suppose in wider society, too. thank ou ve suppose in wider society, too. thank you very much- new footage released by police in the us shows the hollywood actor alec baldwin practising drawing his gun before a fatal shooting on a film set last year. the santa fe county sheriff s office has released all files relating to its ongoing investigation into the death of the cinematographer halyna hutchins. mr baldwin has previously said he
The speaker of the house of commons has summoned the editor of the mail on sunday and the chair of parliament s press lobby after the paper published what many have called mysogynistic claims about labour s deputy leader angela rayner. the paper reported that some tory mps believe she crosses and uncrosses her legs to distract the prime minister in the commons. there s been loud condemnation from across westminster including from the prime minister. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young reports. prime minister, how is it going? are you 0k? their confrontations in the house of commons are eagerly anticipated events. but today borisjohnson was offering labour s deputy leader support after a newspaper story that s been widely condemned as misogynistic. the mail on the reported that unnamed conservative mps had said angela rayner tried to distract the prime minister by the way she sat opposite him. mrjohnson denounced the report.
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It is one of the building blocks of our democracy, however, i share the views expressed by a wide range of members, including i believe the prime minister, that yesterday s article was reporting unsubstantiated claims both misogynistic and defensive. those are what we believe. i express my sympathy for the right honourable memberfor the subject of this type of comment for being demeaning, offensive to women in parliament can only deter women who might consider standing for election to the detriment of us all. that is why i am arranging a meeting with the chair of the press lobby, the editors the mail on sunday to discuss the issue affecting our parliamentary community. i am also arranging separately, and i believe we have now got a time, where i will be meeting with the right honourable member earlier i spoke to west yorkshire mayor and former mp tracey brabin. back in 2020, she broke her ankle, and leant for support
Us about the broader relationship between government and the press lobby. to help us do that we have katie perrier, director of communications for teresa may when she was prime minister. michael crick, political commentatorfor mail and kitty donaldson, the political editor for bloomberg news. let s start with pippa crerar from the mirror. it was your story which started all of this. when did you first hear that there had been a christmas party in downing street? well, i actually first heard rumours way back injanuary but they were just that. and i wasn t able to substantiate, i tried my best but didn t manage to get there. and then about a month ago i got handed what i would describe as a metaphorical brown paper envelope which contained enough evidence in it for me to start asking questions again. so i then spent several weeks speaking to sources about whether a party had taken place and then once i d established that it had, speaking to them about