James Cleverly insists Johnson shouldn’t resign, even if fined by police and having lied to Parliament, because now isn’t the time to have a vacuum at the centre of govt.
FFS he *is* the vacuum. A moral deadzone. A total absence where decency and responsible governance should be.
"It is a privilege to serve in a democracy," says Boris Johnson, who illegally shut down parliament because its elected members weren't voting the way he wanted them to. #raworth
This is a masterclass in interviewing fair, persistent & forensic. Johnson here in full evasion mode which with most journalists & for most of his career has served him well.
Sophie Raworth: Will you stay in your job if your found to have broken your own rules?
Boris Johnson: I can't comment on a process that's underwear..
Pippa Crerar: There's no legal impediment for Boris Johnson to talk about what's gone on in the whole #PartyGate Saga...
#Phillips - How many unexplained wealth orders have been issued since Boris Johnson has been Prime Minister?
James Cleverly - I don't know
#Phillips - The answer is zero
#SundayMorning
I can’t remember the last time I was this angry making a report. I make no excuses for expressing it. We must now see resignations at the highest levels of Government
I spoke to a lot of people inside Government after our Dominic Cummings/ Barnard Castle scoop last May.
General consensus was that they handled the fall-out badly - and would never put themselves in the same position again.
Yet here we are.
No 10 still sticking to line tonight that Christmas party didn't take place - despite astonishing leaked video.
"There was no Christmas party. Covid rules have been followed at all times."
Feels like they're stuck - if they admit it, they've not only lied, they've broken law.
@sammwittings Ever the devious, slippery eel, puts onus on employer's and public about socialising, despite Dr Harries advice. Better, the Deputy PM doesn't know if "that" party took place?
If tomorrow you see a story about a small south Asian woman losing her s**t on the tube at people who wear masks under their chin, under their nose, as a headband, I’ll save you the bother of reading it - it was me.
@sammwittings He is so shockingly dim. Brain of a turnip. A liability. I'm sure he can count, but there appear to be no other signs of intelligent life.
@sammwittings Don't even have to look at keyboard this time every PMQs, types itself. No answers, bluster and obsfucation. At least no car or peppa references.