Good morning. Boris Johnson reminded Tory MPs final night time that Covid nearly killed him, however his personal conduct has led to him struggling a collection of political near-death experiences and he went by way of one other yesterday. By the top of the day he was in a greater place than he was on the finish of his assertion to MPs – he belatedly promised that the complete Sue Grey report would ultimately be printed in the future, having refused to make that dedication earlier, and his speech to Conservative MPs at a non-public assembly within the night went down a lot better than his hubristic and tone-deaf efficiency within the Commons – however nothing has been resolved. As soon as once more, Westminster is ready for the complete Grey report earlier than figuring out how this scandal will finish.
Right here is our in a single day story, by Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot, about yesterday’s drama within the Commons.
Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister, and Keir Starmer, the Labour chief, have each been giving interviews this morning. Starmer’s feedback are according to his much-praised speech shaming Johnson within the Commons yesterday, and he has repeated his name for the PM to resign. Raab has largely been urging viewers and listeners to attend for the police investigation into partygate to conclude.
However Raab, who’s justice secretary in addition to deputy PM, discovered himself unable to repeat or substantiate one in all Johnson’s smears within the Commons yesterday. Replying to Starmer, Johnson stated the Labour chief was “a former director of public prosecutions – though he spent most of his time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile, so far as I could make out”. As this Reuters truth examine explains, the declare that Starmer was in charge for Savile not being prosecuted is fake.
On the As we speak programme, Raab described the comment as a part of “the reduce and thrust of parliamentary debates and exchanges”. However he admitted that he was not ready to repeat the comment himself, and he added: “I don’t have the details to justify that.”
Requested if Johnson had the details to justify his declare, Raab stated that was for the PM to say.
I’ll put up extra from the Raab and Starmer interviews quickly.
Right here is the agenda for the day.
Morning: Boris Johnson chairs cupboard.
11.30am: Downing Road holds a foyer briefing.
11.30am: Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, takes questions within the Commons.
After 12.30pm: MPs start a debate on a Labour movement criticising the federal government for writing off £4.3bn misplaced to Covid fraud.
Afternoon: Johnson is in Kyiv for talks with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The 2 leaders are anticipated to carry a press convention.
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