his blog is called the first rough draft of history. the much travelled ian birrell, who writes for the mail on sunday. and damian grammaticas, who s been based in the past in beijing, brussels and delhi, and is now a political correspondent at westminster, is here in the studio. welcome to all of you. it is lovely to have you with us here. this is very interesting weekend in terms of domestic politics. let s begin there. we still don t know whether a party took place in downing street last christmas nor whether strict covid rules which affected the whole of the country at the time were broken. yet, thanks to a video leaked on wednesday, apparently by someone inside the british government, an allegation knocking around for more than a week has become weaponised. borisjohnson insists he wasn t in number ten at the time. if he fumbles this one, he may not be in there for very much longer. damian, how did an allegation about a party become a threat to boris johnson s longevity i
his attendance at the christmas party was revealed. but boris johnson would not accept it. failures by the metropolitan police were responsible in part for the deaths of three victims of the serial killer stephen ports, an inquestjury has found. the wikileaks inquestjury has found. the wikileaks founder - inquest jury has found. the wikileaks founderjuliana sanchez wikilea ks founder juliana sanchez can wikileaks founderjuliana sanchez can be extradited to face charges in the united states, the high court has ruled. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government is warning of a deeply concerning situation, as new data confirms that the omicron variant in the uk is growing rapidly in all regions, and could be the dominant strain here within the next week. the uk health security agency is suggesting that vaccine protection against mild symptoms has been substantially reduced, but that boosters are effective. tonight the government has announced 300 million pounds of fun
His attendance at the christmas party was revealed. but boris johnson would not accept it. failures by the metropolitan police were responsible in part for the deaths of three victims of the serial killer stephen ports, an inquestjury has found. the wikileaks inquestjury has found. the wikileaks founder - inquest jury has found. the wikileaks founderjuliana sanchez wikilea ks founder juliana sanchez can wikileaks founderjuliana sanchez can be extradited to face charges in the united states, the high court has ruled. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government is warning of a deeply concerning situation, as new data confirms that the omicron variant in the uk is growing rapidly in all regions, and could be the dominant strain here within the next week. the uk health security agency is suggesting that vaccine protection against mild symptoms has been substantially reduced,
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