the prime minister also sacked michael gove, once a very loyal supporter, who turned against him. but the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the prime minister was in the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, after defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? also in the programme: japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific, we ll hear from the fishermen protesting the move. translation: ”rotestin the move. ., wa nts translation: the government wants to release translation: the government wants to release contaminated l wants to release contaminated water into the sea. we do not trust them and we do not feel safe. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. the british prime minister borisjohnson is continuing to defy calls for him to resign from some of his most senior colleag
the prime minister also sacked michael gove, once a very loyal supporter, who turned against him. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the prime minister was in the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, after. defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t thisi the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? - and in other news for you today, japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where prime minister borisjohnson continues to defy calls for him to resign from some of his most senior colleagues, who believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his mps. mrjohnson has been inside number 10 meeting cabinet colleagues, some of whom still believe he should stay, but most are
rocket which will be attached to the wing of the 7117 and one of the teams involved in this is the goon hilly earth station and this is the chief executive, ianjones, tell us about your involvement. we executive, ian jones, tell us about your involvement. your involvement. we have been involved since your involvement. we have been involved since the your involvement. we have been involved since the beginning - your involvement. we have been involved since the beginning of l your involvement. we have been l involved since the beginning of the spaceport involved since the beginning of the spaceport story, getting the politicians involved and the technical details but today have three technical details but today have three antennas involved in the mission, three antennas involved in the mission, one which will be at the end of mission, one which will be at the end of the mission, one which will be at the end of the runway to do the pre flight checks and one which is located
0nce not be resolved back quickly. once that stage is reached. i think the party will be hoping to have a new leader in place in time for the autumn which is traditionally the time when we like to have a bit of a political reset and a fresh start. that was sian jones, that was sianjones, former adviser to achieve minister. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: something fishy, or normal nuclear procedure? we look at plans to empty water from the fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they ve pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn t even been contemplated.
thatjudgment will prove right. party gate combined with doubts over their competence in a public health crisis, that might not be a recoverable position. joining me now is sianjones who was a special advisor in david cameron s government she is now a political consultant with sec newgate. what s your take on this huge defeat? ~ ~ , what s your take on this huge defeat? ~ ~ ., , defeat? well, i think by any measure it s a defeat? well, i think by any measure its a pretty defeat? well, i think by any measure it s a pretty terrible defeat? well, i think by any measure it s a pretty terrible result defeat? well, i think by any measure it s a pretty terrible result for - it s a pretty terrible result for the government and for the prime minister. it s obvious the christmas party scandal has played into the result hugely. if you compare with the old bexley and sidcup by election a few weeks ago which the conservatives held onto with a reduced majority compared to the catastrophic d