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the scottish green party has launched its manifesto for next month's local elections. the co—leader, lorna slater, said the greens would bring to local authorities the same focus on the climate and social justice that the party had delivered at holyrood, where they're in power with the scottish national party. and chelsea look set to be out of the champions league with a few minutes left to play after a remarkable night in the madrid. real madrid are leading 3—1 after the first leg at stamford bridge last week but this doll from mason mount early in the first half gave chelsea hope. antonio rudiger made it 2—0 on the night and then timo werner put chelsea on the verge of the semifinals but rodrigo equalised the tie to take it to extra time and then french forward karim benzema scored the crucial goal to make it
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5-4 to scored the crucial goal to make it 5—4 to real madrid on aggregate. i'm joined for a last word again by our deputy political editor vicki young. huge news tonight. how secure is borisjohnson? some will never forgive him, some will neverforgive him, people who made sacrifices and followed the rules only to discover that he and his wife and many office staff did not do that and it will be regarded as hypocrisy of worst kind. but it is his mp that matter at the moment and they are on site and why? partly timing, the ukrainian war, many think this is not the moment to get rid of a leader and it's not clear they have an alternative leader, especially with the chancellor misusing a sunak having his own problems. that there is still danger ahead. the may elections, tory mps will spend the next few weeks going around talking to voters day in, day out and they may not like the feedback they are getting sober danger could still be there. maw; danger could still be there. many thanks.
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that's it from us. it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me tonight, deputy political editor of the daily mail. let me run you through the front of tomorrow's papers. there is only one story on the front pages tomorrow, the financial times leaning on the news that the prime minister and the chancellor are being issued with fines for their breaking of their own covid lockdown rules. the metro says borisjohnson,
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rishi sunak and the prime minister's wife carrie have all paid notices and of apologies for attending a party for mrjohnson on the 19th of june. the daily telegraph is quoting mrjohnson, the british people have a right to expect better is their headline. the guardian's headline that insists the pm vows to stay on despite fresh calls from opposition leaders for him to resign. but the daily mail says it is now not the time as the war in ukraine continues. the yorkshire posts as there among 50 have been handed fines. in the i paper has a poll that says the majority believe boris
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johnson allied a party gate, and more than 50% think she should resign — lied about party gate — he should resign. that headline is pretty damning. "i broke my own law but i refuse to go." what do you make of this? was subtext to all this, he is the first prime minister and chancellor to be hit with scriveners sanctions boston offices — criminal sanctions boston office. it's not something to be proud of it all. i heard this news and thought... this is notjust a question of the law they wrote. and the fact that he's broken the ministerial code. this is the most worrying thing. you have to adhere
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to that code... was living in a democracy to make sure the people who govern us can't do whatever they want and become a dictatorship. but it seems like we are going to be going on public opinion once more, and the tory mps who have commented so far, are perhaps waiting to see what happens in may or waiting to see how many emails land in their 999 see how many emails land in their egg box rather than looking objectively at what happen and demanding he go — their inbox. john. demanding he go - their inbox. john, that 19th of june — demanding he go - their inbox. john, that 19th ofjune date _ demanding he go - their inbox. john, that 19th ofjune date is _ demanding he go - their inbox. john, that 19th ofjune date is so _ that 19th ofjune date is so important. i mentioned it as the star. that was borisjohnson�*s birthday, when he was said to have been ambushed with that, and it wasn't his fault. it also suggests these fines are coming in chronological order and there could
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be many more to come.— chronological order and there could be many more to come. yeah, and i think it's been _ be many more to come. yeah, and i think it's been a _ be many more to come. yeah, and i think it's been a really _ be many more to come. yeah, and i think it's been a really bad - be many more to come. yeah, and i think it's been a really bad day for i think it's been a really bad day for boris _ think it's been a really bad day for borisjohnson to be think it's been a really bad day for boris johnson to be the first sitting — boris johnson to be the first sitting prime minister to be found to have _ sitting prime minister to be found to have broken the law, but i think there _ to have broken the law, but i think there are _ to have broken the law, but i think there are two reasons while he's still in _ there are two reasons while he's still in downing street. the first is the _ still in downing street. the first is the context of what's going on in ukraine _ is the context of what's going on in ukraine i— is the context of what's going on in ukraine. ithink is the context of what's going on in ukraine. i think it's a very differeht_ ukraine. i think it's a very different climate to a couple of months — different climate to a couple of months ago, when he first started talking _ months ago, when he first started talking about this story. there's lots of _ talking about this story. there's lots of quotes from mps who have been _ lots of quotes from mps who have been critical about boris johnson, but say— been critical about boris johnson, but say now they don't think it is the right— but say now they don't think it is the right time to get rid of him, the right time to get rid of him, the second _ the right time to get rid of him, the second reason is if you look at the second reason is if you look at the different allegations we've had, this is— the different allegations we've had, this is one — the different allegations we've had, this is one that's on the milder side _ this is one that's on the milder side of— this is one that's on the milder side of the _ this is one that's on the milder side of the spectrum. this is a party— side of the spectrum. this is a party where it's alleged that boris johnson _ party where it's alleged that boris johnson was there for about nine minutes— johnson was there for about nine minutes in— johnson was there for about nine minutes in between meetings. he took a break. _ minutes in between meetings. he took a break. i_ minutes in between meetings. he took a break, iwas minutes in between meetings. he took a break, i was eating a salad in the
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cabinet _ a break, i was eating a salad in the cabinet room — he was, and some colleagues — cabinet room — he was, and some colleagues came in. some people wished _ colleagues came in. some people wished him happy birthday. then he went back— wished him happy birthday. then he went back to work. i think you compare — went back to work. i think you compare that to some of the allegations, the basement party with the dj _ allegations, the basement party with the dj and _ allegations, the basement party with the dj and two cases of wine, i think this — the dj and two cases of wine, i think this is so much different to that, _ think this is so much different to that, but— think this is so much different to that, but the thing that is concerning a lot of tory mps is that this possibly isn't the end. there are other— this possibly isn't the end. there are other events that boris johnson's been accused of attending, and it— johnson's been accused of attending, and it looks _ johnson's been accused of attending, and it looks quite possible if he's been _ and it looks quite possible if he's been fine — and it looks quite possible if he's been fine for this one, he will be fine for— been fine for this one, he will be fine for others and.— been fine for this one, he will be fine for others and. de guardian are makin: fine for others and. de guardian are making that — fine for others and. de guardian are making that clear _ fine for others and. de guardian are making that clear that _ fine for others and. de guardian are making that clear that police - fine for others and. de guardian are making that clear that police are - fine for others and. de guardian are making that clear that police are up| making that clear that police are up to investigating up to six other parties. what do we make of the prime minister? asked why he had initially denied those reports of
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several parties, the prime minister said number ten eight is he cannot be everywhere at once. that is true but he _ cannot be everywhere at once. that is true but he was _ cannot be everywhere at once. trust is true but he was presiding over a culture, and there was an awful lot of stuff going on. we know that by the fact that the police are still ploughing through all these different dates. i personally found it rather disingenuous when he said it rather disingenuous when he said it didn't occur to him that the gathering was a violation. i feel like that's going to be very, very insulting to all the millions of people who were doing the right thing and went through the most painful time of their lives. we know sacrifices that people make, but also, that does bring into question hisjudgment. if you also, that does bring into question his judgment. if you walk into a room during lockdown and can't know thatis room during lockdown and can't know that is a bad idea, i obviously agree that ukraine is a far bigger
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and more important issue, but this idea is particularly unusual. churchill, i think, idea is particularly unusual. churchill, ithink, was idea is particularly unusual. churchill, i think, was only put in place... he wasn't there throughout the whole war, so this is happened before. gordon brown went as well will be involved in conflict. we had people in parliament like ben wallace across it. ijust think people in parliament like ben wallace across it. i just think for me, it's gas lighting to say he broke the rules, — it's gas lighting, and he broke the rules. to help ukraine, that is not... this personality, i worry for the future. if another prime minister comes in and we decide we like him and he's broken the rules, that's not what
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those rules are there for. they have to be abided by or we aren't living the marker the that i've grown up with —— the democracy. the marker the that i've grown up with -- the democracy.— the marker the that i've grown up with -- the democracy. let's have a look at the — with -- the democracy. let's have a look at the telegraph. _ with -- the democracy. let's have a look at the telegraph. people - with -- the democracy. let's have a look at the telegraph. people have | look at the telegraph. people have the right to expect better. at the same time, john, ia cabinet ministers offering that public support to the prime minister saying now is not the time for him to go. it all feels a very long way away from the time when we were talking about votes of confidence, the number of letters that had gone into the i922 number of letters that had gone into the 1922 committee. that all seems like a very long time ago, and it could be that may election that is now the day of reckoning. band could be that may election that is now the day of reckoning. abandi now the day of reckoning. and i think it's also _ now the day of reckoning. and i think it's also been _ now the day of reckoning. and i think it's also been helpful- now the day of reckoning. and i think it's also been helpful for. think it's also been helpful for boris — think it's also been helpful for borisjohnson, the timing of this announcement while the commons is a way on _ announcement while the commons is a way on easter break. so today, i went _ way on easter break. so today, i went down — way on easter break. so today, i went down to grab a coffee not long after this— went down to grab a coffee not long after this news came out. usually go
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after this news came out. usually go a day— after this news came out. usually go a day like _ after this news came out. usually go a day like this, you would have mps running around, possibly plotting about _ running around, possibly plotting about the — running around, possibly plotting about the future, but it was completely empty today across from some _ completely empty today across from some journalists. completely empty today across from somejournalists. i completely empty today across from some journalists. i think that was helpful— some journalists. i think that was helpful for— some journalists. i think that was helpful for boris johnson. some journalists. i think that was helpful for borisjohnson. but some journalists. i think that was helpful for boris johnson. but the flip helpful for boris johnson. but the flip of— helpful for boris johnson. but the flip of that is you've got mps in their— flip of that is you've got mps in their constituencies hearing from voters _ their constituencies hearing from voters about whether they're angry or not _ voters about whether they're angry or not about this. if they've had it in the _ or not about this. if they've had it in the neck— or not about this. if they've had it in the neck for the last few days, and i think— in the neck for the last few days, and i think you might then see the dial start— and i think you might then see the dial start to move in some mps consider— dial start to move in some mps consider whether they start putting in those _ consider whether they start putting in those letters. if we speak about voters. _ in those letters. if we speak about voters, there are...
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in those letters. if we speak about voters, there are. . ._ in those letters. if we speak about voters, there are... saying that he should click. _ voters, there are... saying that he should click. 7596 _ voters, there are... saying that he should click. 7596 saying _ voters, there are... saying that he should click. 7596 saying the - voters, there are... saying that he should click. 7596 saying the primej should click. 75% saying the prime minister had knowingly lied. —— he should quit. i minister had knowingly lied. -- he should quit-— should quit. i do wonder whether erha -s should quit. i do wonder whether perhaps people _ should quit. i do wonder whether perhaps people have _ should quit. i do wonder whether perhaps people have always - should quit. i do wonder whether| perhaps people have always been upset about party gate still are, and whether the people who have always defended him by saying they don't care, they still don't care. perhaps everyone is coming at this for their own lens. certainly, some of the most painful things that we here are people who lost loved ones during this time, and those people certainly won't stomach voting for borisjohnson again. but perhaps the polls aren't as bad as i perhaps thought they would be when this first came out for me. a prime minister breaking the law, whatever
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way you look at it, i thought it might be even more damaging. i boris johnson has nine lives, that is for sure, but he does have this incredible hold over the people who voted for him to think he can do no wrong. i suspect he'll survive. i also thought that the chancellor might resign. i thought after the week he had, he might�*ve had enough. which would've placed a lot more plaster — pressure politically on borisjohnson. plaster - pressure politically on boris johnson.— plaster - pressure politically on boris johnson. interestingly, you mention the _ boris johnson. interestingly, you mention the chancellor, - boris johnson. interestingly, you | mention the chancellor, someone boris johnson. interestingly, you - mention the chancellor, someone else who may have been someone who many thought could do no wrong. his approval rating is at a new low and some have it below that of the prime minister. what will the chancellor be thinking right now that he's been drawn into the all that? i be thinking right now that he's been drawn into the all that?— drawn into the all that? i think one ofthe drawn into the all that? i think one of the fascinating _ drawn into the all that? i think one
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of the fascinating things _ drawn into the all that? i think one of the fascinating things today - of the fascinating things today is trying _ of the fascinating things today is trying to— of the fascinating things today is trying to work out what on earth went _ trying to work out what on earth went on— trying to work out what on earth went on for— trying to work out what on earth went on for those six hours when we didn't— went on for those six hours when we didn't hear— went on for those six hours when we didn't hear anything from richie sunak. — didn't hear anything from richie sunak, the news from these fines going _ sunak, the news from these fines going from — sunak, the news from these fines going from borisjohnson —— rishi. it going from borisjohnson —— rishi. it was _ going from borisjohnson —— rishi. it was after— going from borisjohnson —— rishi. it was after eight o'clock that we -ot it was after eight o'clock that we got that— it was after eight o'clock that we got that statement from rishi sunak confirming he did apologise. i do wonder— confirming he did apologise. i do wonder whether she having conversations with his family behind closed _ conversations with his family behind closed doors in those hours? making decisions _ closed doors in those hours? making decisions about is this all works that? _ decisions about is this all works that? there's been loads of accusations about him and his family. — accusations about him and his family. his _ accusations about him and his family, his wife and her tax status. you do _ family, his wife and her tax status. you do wonder whether they having conversations in their but us — in their— conversations in their but us — in their flat~ — conversations in their but us — in their flat. you spoke to people in downing — their flat. you spoke to people in downing street, and one thing they were worried about is at some point, did you _ were worried about is at some point, did you end _ were worried about is at some point, did you end up with cabinet
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ministers walking out in protest? one of— ministers walking out in protest? one of the — ministers walking out in protest? one of the people they were concerned about was rishi sunak. could _ concerned about was rishi sunak. could you — concerned about was rishi sunak. could you draw a line in the santa say he _ could you draw a line in the santa say he had — could you draw a line in the santa say he had enough. and then challenge borisjohnson say he had enough. and then challenge boris johnson and say he had enough. and then challenge borisjohnson and say put he would _ challenge borisjohnson and say put he would clean up number ten and be a fresh _ he would clean up number ten and be a fresh new— he would clean up number ten and be a fresh new start. clearly, he's not going _ a fresh new start. clearly, he's not going to _ a fresh new start. clearly, he's not going to walk out the door for the time _ going to walk out the door for the time being, and it will be much harder— time being, and it will be much harder for— time being, and it will be much harder for him to do so now he's also _ harder for him to do so now he's also been — harder for him to do so now he's also been fined for attending a party — also been fined for attending a party l— also been fined for attending a .a . ., ., also been fined for attending a party. i want to talk about some of the loner party. i want to talk about some of the longer term _ party. i want to talk about some of the longer term implications - party. i want to talk about some of i the longer term implications because it's very easy to get caught up in it all. but the ft leader also talks about a british government that has squandered its legitimacy, and it raises questions about the government acting people to make big changes to their lives, in particularly approaching a period where we see the biggest squeeze on our incomes in a generation. there
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