good morning and welcome to the point on tv with me andrew pierce. i'm bev turner. so this morning there is a lot going on. bods morning there is a lot going on. boris johnson is ready for battle. apparently this afternoon he says he's very much looking forward to being grilled by employees over party games. the evidence has just been published this morning. we'll be looking at that. he will be speaking at 2:00. so we've got all the build up that i'm going to be doing. a twitter poll, too, to you want to too, as to whether you want to see boris johnson in frontline politics, elsewhere rishi sunak's, brexit duty was sunak's, big brexit duty was supposed brexit, wasn't supposed to solve brexit, wasn't it? supposed to solve brexit, wasn't it.7 new revolt , it.7 facing a major new revolt, bofis it.7 facing a major new revolt, boris johnson again and that boris johnson him again and that former prime minister liz truss remember her. they're both going to it also prince to vote against it also prince harry well his american visa is under scrutiny mean questions over whether he disclosed his

drug use comes after the duke of sussex admits that he took cannabis, cocaine and magic mushrooms could soon have a deported duke on our hands a i hope he's not coming back here and a new report has found the cost of some everyday groceries has more than doubled over last yean has more than doubled over last year, which says a range of everyday, including milk, meat and the highest and fruit, had the highest inflation with own brand products hard to . so products being hit hard to. so let us know your thoughts on all of our talking points today. we've got a more on the show. not just that , as you say, we've not just that, as you say, we've got the twitter paul running as well. you want to see boris johnson back in frontline politics. we're to do all politics. we're going to do all of first all, here's of that. first of all, here's your news our armstrong . your news with our armstrong. good morning to you. it's 932. i'm out. i'm strolling the newsroom. well, as you've just been hearing, the committee

investigating whether boris johnson knowingly misled parliament over partygate has published fresh evidence this morning the 110 page report contains witness statements a government covid guidance commons transcripts and photos of gatherings. johnson attended. now that will be referred to when mr. johnson answers in front of a panel of mps later, if he's found to have deliberately misled the house, he could be suspend it as an mp, the former prime minister denies that he did so on purpose. and you can watch boris johnson in front of the privileges committee live here on . gb news committee live here on. gb news from 2 pm. meanwhile boris johnson and liz truss say they will vote against rishi sunak's new brexit deal for northern ireland. a key element of the windsor framework aims to give the stormont assembly a greater say on how eu rules apply to northern ireland, while employees will vote , on the employees will vote, on the so—called stormont break in the commons later the prime is facing a potential rebellion, though several conservative and

sammy wilson is one of eight mp from the dup who've already indicated they'll vote against the regulations . it's not a case the regulations. it's not a case of not being pure brexit, it's not even democracy because the part of the united kingdom will be subject to laws which are made at brussels with no say from the kingdom or northern ireland. come i promise that would be required if we are to accept eu law. is it we decide that week as unionists compromise on being part of the united kingdom because we have no lobby longer subject to unhed no lobby longer subject to united lot . can food prices hit united lot. can food prices hit their highest rate in more than 45 years? as in unexpectedly went up last food and non—alcoholic drinks. prices shot up in february , driven shot up in february, driven partly by a shortage of and vegetables. the consumer price index, which measures the price of a basket of goods and services rose to 10.4% last

month. most economists it would go down. tv online data be plus radio and on tuned in. this is gb news. now it is back to andrew beth . andrew beth. good morning . i have had good morning. i have had a coffee. oh i haven't had a coffee. oh i haven't had a coffee yet today. i'm desperate for one. you've not got one ehhen for one. you've not got one either. just water. only water. bofis either. just water. only water. boris johnson might need more than water. he's got a very tough day to day. 4 to 5 hours. he'll be before that privileges committee, which has just released a eye—watering iio released a eye—watering 110 pages of new documents in which they, of course, make their point . did he they, of course, make their point. did he mislead parliament? rex recklessly over those parties we know took place in number 10? so the former prime minister will appear before the cross—party commons privileges committee at 2:00 today in a broadcast hearing live on gb news news. and our

deputy political editor tom harwood joins us in the studio to discuss all of this. tom i know we've had this for about 10 minutes, so i don't expect you to have gone through it. any any shock revelations in here, or is it quite summed up by the it quite well summed up by the front of daily mirror today front of the daily mirror today who have basically done it like this a child this as though it's a child explaining hadn't explaining why they hadn't done their . so the big point their homework. so the big point about, evidence bundle about, this evidence bundle published , the privileges published, the privileges committee just after 9 am. this morning is that it's not a charge sheet ? it's not saying charge sheet? it's not saying the former minister is guilty because y z. it's laying out evidence as they see it. here is one event alleged to have broken rules here with the rules ? the rules here with the rules? the time here was the guidance at the time. and here is what people attending that event have told us the committee. and so it goes sequentially with all of these different events and. a lot of explanation, but no sort of judgements within this document itself , far as i've document itself, far as i've been able to see in the last 15

minutes or so. but what we will be seeing, of course, from 2 pm. today is the evidence contained within this bundle be presented to the former prime minister by, this committee, and he will be asked to explain piece by exactly what went on and why he said what did when he said it was. that's the case and it's not whether those parties took place. we know they did no dispute to whether he lied recklessly , what is recklessly recklessly, what is recklessly lying to parliament being. tom, how do you define . it's how do you define. it's a cunous how do you define. it's a curious one. this is not something that has been tested before. ordinarily, these privileges committee investigations into ministers over whether or not they've misled parliament to talk about knowingly mislead parliament. that was up until very, very recently. the usual standard did . this particular minister, whoever they may be at any particular time such a situation is being investigated. did they say what they did in good faith.

did they think that was the truth? and later it turned out not to be. and therefore they went and corrected the record. now, that would have been lot now, that would have been a lot easier adjudicate the easier to adjudicate here in the case of boris johnson, he's published himself a 55 page document evidencing whatsapps and phone calls of his officials telling that there had been no parties taking place, that no rules were broken, and therefore that's what he said on the advice of his officials. however what the committee is now looking today not looking at today is not knowingly , it's recklessly and. knowingly, it's recklessly and. that hasn't been particularly well defined . and he did have well defined. and he did have that lawyer have that very clever lawyer whispering in his ear, don't panic, lord pannick. casey now advising boris throughout. he can't speak for them . he can. we can. boris them. he can. we can. boris isn't . sure he can. advice. he isn't. sure he can. advice. he can whisper in his ear. yeah. past the former prime minister. yes. and there are a couple of other distinguished lawyers there as well who've made up his three person legal team in all of this . but it's important to of this. but it's important to note that this is not a legal proceeding. this is a proceeding

of the house of commons. it will feel a lot legal feel a lot like legal proceedings using proceedings they'll be using that of language, but that same sort of language, but ultimately this committee of seven then can decide what seven mps then can decide what punishment is recommended. if at all for the former prime minister and then that's voted back. i recommend back. and i recommend punishment, yeah punishment, do you think? yeah because. yeah, but but then what the timings on that tom. it's not like they're going to sit at the end of 3 hours and say right well you've got to go and, you know, 100 lines. but know, write 100 lines. but i mean, very school mean, it feels very school making this school and is making this school and this is what like. well, they what it feels like. well, they go decide and do we go away and decide and do we know the timescale will be know what the timescale will be on we don't know precisely on that? we don't know precisely what the timescale would be on that. course, what we that. but of course, what we will see is that this evidence will see is that this evidence will be oral, course, will be in oral, of course, between course 2 to 5 between the course of 2 to 5 hours, will submitted hours, it will be submitted under johnson will under oath. boris johnson will swear king james bible swear on the king james bible this afternoon before he makes all of that evidence and submits it it will then be it all. it will then be considered by the committee behind and will behind closed doors, and we will in learn what their in due course learn what their recommendation is, which will then voted by the house.

then be voted on by the house. and going to an and there's going to be an interesting isn't there, interesting break, isn't there, interesting break, isn't there, in this a vote on in proceedings this a vote on the windsor framework, the rishi sunak deal that was saving brexit is it 230 it's also only got going for half an and he's going to vote against it. 230 as long as there were no urgent questions granted by the speaken questions granted by the speaker, it might back a little bit. but at the we're bit. but at the moment we're looking going to be looking like it's going to be 230. will the middle of 230. so we will the middle of these procedures, half an these procedures, about half an hourin these procedures, about half an hour in here, the famous division battle of the house of commons it will. everyone commons go. it will. everyone will stand and boris will have to stand up. and boris johnson and harriet harman, the chairman of the committee who, johnson and harriet harman, the chaisaid| of the committee who, johnson and harriet harman, the chaisaid some e committee who, johnson and harriet harman, the chaisaid some lessnmittee who, johnson and harriet harman, the chaisaid some less than:ee who, has said some less than effusively publicly cast doubt. we'll have to walk together. yes. report colours house down that sort of small escalator through to the house of commons. small talk could be it won't be great. and of course, the other members of the committee presumably will vote to they will. and also heard some will. and we've also heard some haven't we in the last few moments that priti patel, the former home secretary, is voting a boris border socialist

a big boris border socialist trust. anybody trust. remember her? anybody yes, of course yes, liz truss would, of course she driving force behind she was the driving force behind what as the northern what was known as the northern ireland protocol bill, which was a unilateral move planned by this government in the event that no agreement could be reached with european to reached with european union to establish a deep green lane trade unilaterally , the trade unilaterally, the bargaining with the european union. some people on the brexit side say that it was actually this bill that got the eu to move in the first place. yeah. and have this sort of treaty change negotiate given that we saw obviously didn't change saw obviously it didn't change the enough for boris the treaty enough for boris johnson or liz truss but this bill whilst the government say they are dropping it, that was part of the agreement with the european union. it's still sort of sitting there in suspended animation house lords, animation. the house of lords, the government could choose to proceed it if they so wish. proceed with it if they so wish. they're not going to because of course that was part of the negotiated with the european union. that union. but it's interesting that this precisely what both this is precisely what both bofis this is precisely what both boris and liz truss are boris johnson and liz truss are saying should be done, that the

northern protocol bill northern ireland protocol bill should in place of should be advanced in place of the windsor framework. okay that's nice, isn't it. yeah it really is. don't go anywhere at all because we've got somebody else we need to speak to about this. he's been keeping an eye on this for many for a long time. johnson and the dup. we're going to talk to the political commentator, sir peter spencer. peter, morning. boys peter, morning. big day for boys and girls . likes nothing and girls. he likes nothing better than being of attention . better than being of attention. certainly so. and take the point about how he's going to be marching out to voting rishi sunak winds a framework and i sort of get the impression that rishi sunak isn't big on extreme violence . i had the feeling that violence. i had the feeling that he might just want to make an exception in this case i'm and what's going to happen now peter with the with the northern ireland protocol with northern ireland protocol with northern ireland effectively still remaining under eu regulations with the rest the uk isn't because we all hoped it was celebrated that rishi sunak wins

the deal. whatever wins the framework agreement. thank you was the solution and then fast forward a couple of weeks it turns out that it isn't so what now ? that's a very good now? that's a very good question. i mean, what they the bit that really mattered with all this was not whether this bill got through parliament because thanks to labour's support, it will anyway what they really want, what the real prime means was to see the democratic unionist party in northern ireland agree to rejoin governance , went and set the governance, went and set the whole stormont apparatus going again and get northern ireland being starting to , be run being starting to, be run properly flowing from that. we would have had millions and millions of pounds of inward investment pouring into northern ireland, the northern ireland people , of course, would have people, of course, would have found stuff being run a great deal more efficiently than it at present on top of that, joe present and on top of that, joe biden, who's very proud of his irish roots , would have looked irish roots, would have looked more favourably on the possible

ality of a big, fat , juicy trade ality of a big, fat, juicy trade deal between united kingdom and america . now, that will also america. now, that will also find itself in a state of limbo . so i have to say, it's a pretty much a lose lose situation for everyone. and, of course , rishi sunak is not course, rishi sunak is not a gambling man, but he did take a gamble. think i'm going to push this to a vote and that's going to concentrate the minds of the democratic unionists and it appears that gamble has not paid . and of course, we saw the other day, peter, the reform uk party, richard tice and with the region has joined the party bent b they're all going to have their they're going to fight local elections and put up candidates in every seat at the next general election because they say also the windsor framework deal betrays brexit more problems. the rishi sunak absolutely right. and of course mean you look at the thing in the round i mean one of john

major's greatest lines ever, i think when he after his seen of the maastricht rebels he all think what off i fold about the point about that is it was 30 years ago how much has changed between now. i'm an absolute zero most tory mp . i get the zero most tory mp. i get the impression a relatively agnostic about about brexit and about europe . but there's that hard europe. but there's that hard core of what david cameron called the shrivelled loons who've been driving this agenda and it has hobbled the government of this country throughout its every time it has beenin throughout its every time it has been in office. i mean it is one of these things, frankly you couldn't make it out . you see couldn't make it out. you see thatis couldn't make it out. you see that is it, peter, if this only goes through with the support of the labour. precisely. i mean of course we don't know how many were actually vote against this stormont brake, but the likelihood is a be a fair number of the european reform . the of the european reform. the research group that's a hard

core tory brexiteers and the dupe of their a number of those as well. and so the 67 majority which that conservatives currently enjoy in the house of commons could find itself seriously imperilled . and i have seriously imperilled. and i have to say it would look like of a pyrrhic victory for rishi sunak if he does get his bill through. but doesn't get stormont back up and the only does so thanks to the thanks to the opposition. absolutely okay, peter, fascinating as always. politico.com sir peter spencer there. so on this windsor framework, framework deal sealed by rishi sunak or at least he thought it was boris liz truss and our very own jacob rees—mogg last night said that he wouldn't support it. have a listen . and support it. have a listen. and last of all, the break, which is what we're actually on, is said to be hard to use . but even to be hard to use. but even there , we've been told that the there, we've been told that the technically goes on the break.

we're actually voting on the whole of the protocol. so even if the break is good, we're being asked to vote on the bits that are not good and guardian angels of unionism, the dup have said that it's not good enough . said that it's not good enough. so that's the position we're in i will not find it possible to support his majesty's government in this vote . and jacob in this vote. and jacob rees—mogg, state of the nation is back on tv news tonight at 8 pm, of course, tom harwood sitting in the studio with us, our deputy political. he cannot support majesty's support his majesty's government. hasn't said that government. he hasn't said that he's vote against it. he's going to vote against it. very, significant . that very, very significant. and that is significant moment because is a significant moment because of course, we're hearing this morning that the whips office is frantically ringing around and he's trying to get them not to vote in favour of what the government is proposed, these ones are of thinking ones that are sort of thinking they might vote against, but instead to not vote at all to sort of be away from parliament this evening . now, no one's this evening. now, no one's suggesting that jacob rees—mogg will be away from parliament

this would imagine if this evening. i would imagine if jacob were abstain, he jacob smoke were to abstain, he would in both lobbies, would vote in both lobbies, a positive , it's positive abstention, as it's known of commons. known in the house of commons. but interesting, see but it is interesting, see that the last night used by the words last night used by jacob rees—mogg that will not be able to support the government do far as saying he do not go as far as saying he will be voting against the government. it not government. of course it is not long now. it's only around 40 minutes what minutes until we'll hear what the european research group are recommending as recommending their mp do as well. whether abstain, whether that's against did. of that's votes against did. of course, we have heard that the chairman of the party has already this morning said he will be voting against mark francois. that, yes, gave francois. that, yes, he gave a pretty rambunctious . impromptu pretty rambunctious. impromptu press conference yesterday where he told assembled journalists outside of the thatcher room in portcullis house in the parliamentary estate that he believes the windsor break in practise would not work . this is practise would not work. this is this is the idea that if the eu imposed something on northern ireland, the northern assembly , ireland, the northern assembly, it's running. can it apply a

break to stop it? but according to critics , can only be used in to critics, can only be used in exceptional circumstances only. you say so. and then they can slap a demand for compensation . slap a demand for compensation. two well, this is the crucial point to apply the stormont brake as it's known the has to be up and running. yeah of course may not be the case. it isn't right now. it also doesn't apply to things like state aid from the eu. it applies to goods regulations from the eu. so that's a limited scope than had been understood. and then of course, if it's if it is recommended by a proportion of, of mla members of the legislative assembly up installed , then in the gift of installed, then in the gift of the united kingdom government as to whether or to ask to supply that law. it goes to arbitration between the united kingdom and the eu. and so there are so many different steps here. it's not just sort of pressing button, although what the government and continues and said since continues to say and said since this was announced as soon as

the sort of petition of concern mechanism lodged within stormont, the law. is this appued stormont, the law. is this applied is it might be reapplied then if the uk government thinks it should be. you're so clever, tom. you know stuff in such amazing detail. i just something to blow my mind. they said we need a vote on this. we certainly didn't need it this week, did we? we didn't need it this week. but we do need, according to the government, statutory inside to implement this. excited. there are this. i'm excited. but there are other elements there other other elements there are other elements windsor elements of the windsor that don't need votes so that there will that can be will be some bits that can be implemented just in the gift to the other do the government. other do need these probably . so these parliamentary probably. so it clever doing it the day it was clever doing it the day bofisis it was clever doing it the day boris is giving evidence because it would all be a distraction. the to be the big story going to be tonight, boris johnson giving evidence. we running a twitter poll want poll asking you whether you want see johnson on the front see boris johnson on the front line politics at moment, line of politics at the moment, 54% nearly 55% of you 54% of you, nearly 55% of you do. you think the public do, do. do you think the public do, tom? would you to see him on the front line of politics again, i'm sure if boris johnson i'm not sure if boris johnson would like to on the front

would like to be on the front line of politics right now at this particular moment, i think there's to made. there's money to be made. i think boris is probably think boris johnson is probably enjoying money the enjoying earning more money the rest of parliament put together. yeah perhaps sees his yeah but also perhaps sees his role as a prince across the water. it's going to be a very difficult time for the party to win the next election . perhaps win the next election. perhaps bofis win the next election. perhaps boris johnson is looking to the allegri of the 1940s, where winston churchill, of course, lost the 1945 election stood as leader of the opposition for five, six long years. and then in 1951 came back in as prime minister boris johnson would be useless as leader of the opposition and he missed the trappings of office chequers, his leadership and all the rest government. thank you, tom wright. earlier this year, of course , prince harry released course, prince harry released that book spare, and in it he admitted to using drugs a use of banned all about drugs in that ridiculous session with the therapist, he did in therapist, which he did in public. people, if they see public. most people, if they see a therapist, in a therapist, we do it in

private. in fact, he charge people $19. so this is got him into hot water in the us. that's right conservative think right well conservative think the heritage foundation is demanding harris visa demanding that harris visa application be released to pubuc application be released to public so they can discover if the duke of doubt declared his drug before entry into the country. you think that if something today, wouldn't you? yeah. if he's found to have yeah. so if he's found to have lied on visa form, lied on his visa form, potentially he could face deportation the us and be deportation from the us and be barred from a prime position in the please don't bring the future. please don't bring him rafe rafe him back here. so, rafe rafe heydel—mankoo, royal historian , heydel—mankoo, royal historian, welcome rafe. do you welcome to the show rafe. do you think prince harry, the kind of the excitement of laying all his story out for the world just failed to consider what this might for his visa application and his status in america . yeah, and his status in america. yeah, we've seen this is just the latest, of course, isn't it, in a catalogue of blunders. that's a catalogue of blunders. that's a blight since that. but there's a blight since that. but there's a pr strategy continue for this year and look, we're only in march. and if the three months

are anything to go by, 2023 looks like prince harry's emissaries . but as you know, emissaries. but as you know, thatis emissaries. but as you know, that is poll ratings after the pubuc that is poll ratings after the public edition of his memoir, spare we've met had been made into an object of ridicule by south park, by rock, by late night talk show hosts. he's lost and now his visa being then called into question . as you called into question. as you say, this is being spearheaded by the heritage foundation , by the heritage foundation, which is the world's pre—eminent wing think tank. and they're too not happy having meghan and harry in america advancing left wing causes of left wing politics. and there are famously , you know, two of the organisations in america, you don't want to annoy, get on the wrong side of the irs and on revenue service famously but also department immigration and border service . you may remember border service. you may remember in 2014, nigella lawson was barred from taking a flight to america because of her own cocaine admission . a few months cocaine admission. a few months pnor cocaine admission. a few months prior to that . so that so the

prior to that. so that so the americans do take this seriously . it's not really expected that this will actually have much an impact because it's unlikely that they actually will regard a statement in a book or or in a netflix document as equivalent to being arrested for possession or being found to have been driving under the influence , so driving under the influence, so forth, but so it may not actually apply to his current visa, but actually could apply to his chances of renewing his visa. and i that's where the actual issue lies . we don't know actual issue lies. we don't know what visa he's actually there under possibly under a spousal visa. but there's visa, which is the daily mail has actually suggested one visa. and if i were the heritage foundation, i would be also challenging that because one visa is granted to people who have demonstrated and extraordinary ability in the sciences, the arts , education, sciences, the arts, education, business and athletics. and some of us might be wondering quite where prince harry's extraordinary abilities lie amongst that group. well, it's

an extraordinary ability. make money out of entertainment industry, arguably. i'm not sure whether that's particularly philanthropic. i'm just thinking, though, in terms of biden, biden quite likes two. he does. will he step in, do you think rape and save him if he's going to do that he needs to do that before donald trump gets back why i was kick him out . yes back why i was kick him out. yes well yes if it's when they will be different altogether i'm not quite sure they are . well, i quite sure they are. well, i suppose by executive order or something something could be done, but i'm not quite sure whether the president has any rights control the decisions rights to control the decisions made department of made by the department of justice, are enormously justice, who are enormously independent from presidency independent from the presidency on these sorts of issues. but as i say, this really does apply more to, i would think, his chances of renewing the visa. are the legal opinions divided on but i think the on this. but i think the heritage foundation is making some good mischief on this subject but be surprised if it went much further than that right. agree with it is right. i agree with you it is a bit mischief but it does make bit of mischief but it does make the point doesn't it, that

perhaps should perhaps prince harry should be a little more in future little more cautious in future about all this endless stuff he's digging up from his past because grown up because if he had grown up mature around him, mature advisers around him, they have point, oh , talk have made the point, oh, talk about taking. people about that drug taking. people of my. and how long you've been taking you still and it could affect . that's right what affect visa. that's right what you can't imagine anyone in the royal household advised that advising him along those lines. i think it remained this i think it remained in this country as you say we're all i'm sure quite hopeful that the heritage foundation won't succeed with this course because we don't want him coming here. did you have to wonder who advising know that he's advising him? we know that he's you , he's got rid of some you know, he's got rid of some of his pr team and i think, oh, we lost ray

very good morning. welcome to the boat with me, bev turner and andrew. coming up, well, boris johnson, it's his big day . he's johnson, it's his big day. he's before that privileges committee this afternoon. he's up for the fight and it's going to take 4 to 5 hours. we just had 110 pages published by those mp who are grilling him. you think they've read them? well, we haven't, but we are getting through the show goes . through them as the show goes. elsewhere, rishi sunak is facing growing rebellion from his own party. regarding this witness a framework forest johnson analyst trusts are the latest to say that they'll be voting against rishi sunak's brexit deal and inconveniently they're voting on

it half an hour after boris johnson due to start speaking and prince harry remember him it's american vs is under scrutiny over those claims he took drugs remember a think tank raised questions as to whether he disclosed his drug use cocaine to magic mushrooms on that visa application does that meant he could be deported. please a report has found depressing only that the cost of some everyday groceries has more than doubled over the last year, which found a range of everyday items, including milk, meat and fruits with own brand products being hit hard . to say. don't being hit hard. to say. don't forget today's know what you think on those stories this morning. you can email use your place gb views at. gbnews.uk we're going to get stuck into all of that. but first of all, your morning's news with karen armstrong . it's just after armstrong. it's just after 10:00. i'm out. armstrong in the gb newsroom, the committee

invested hating whether boris johnson knowingly misled parliament over partygate published fresh evidence this morning . the 110 page long morning. the 110 page long report contains witness statements . government covid statements. government covid guidance comments, transcripts and photos , gatherings. mr. and photos, gatherings. mr. johnson attended. it will be referred to when he answers questions in front of a panel of mps later , if he's found to have mps later, if he's found to have deliberately misled the house, he could be suspended as an mp. the former prime minister, though, denies he did so on purpose . and you can watch boris purpose. and you can watch boris johnson in front the privileges committee live here on . gb news committee live here on. gb news from 2 pm. meanwhile mr. johnson and liz truss say they will both vote against rishi sunak's new brexit deal for northern ireland. a key element of the windsor framework to give the stormont assembly a greater say on how eu rules apply to the province. while mps will vote on the stormont brake in the commons later , the prime commons later, the prime minister is facing a potential

from several conservative backbench chairs and sammy wilson is one of eight mp from the democratic unionist party who've already indicated they will vote against the regulations . it's not a case regulations. it's not a case that not being pure brexit, it's not even because the part of the united kingdom will be subject to which are made at brussels with no , say, from the united with no, say, from the united kingdom or northern. the compromise that would be required if we are to eu law is that we decide that week as unionists compromise on being part of the united kingdom because we have no longer subject to united law . food subject to united law. food pnces subject to united law. food prices hit their highest in more than 45 years as inflation unexpectedly went up last month food and non alcoholic drinks shot up in price in february, dnven shot up in price in february, driven partly by a shortage of salad and vegetables. the consumer price index, which measures the value of a basket

of goods and services, rose to 10.4. last month, most including laurie , have been taken by laurie, have been taken by surprise . these are pretty bad surprise. these are pretty bad numbers . we all expected numbers. we all expected inflation to fall little bit to below 10. we actually went up went up to an annual rate of 10.4. no one saw this coming. it's a lot worse than anyone expected . it means inflation's expected. it means inflation's going the wrong way. the government wants to see go down. the bank of england wants to see it go down. the met police commissioner simon rowley and baroness casey will be scrutinised employees as the fallout continues from her report into the force, baroness casey found the met police as institution only racist, misogynist and homophobic . the misogynist and homophobic. the report also found ethics and disciplinary procedures failed abysmally and the report calls for an overhaul of the service . for an overhaul of the service. the uk has energy import bill more than . to £117 billion over

more than. to £117 billion over the last year. more than. to £117 billion over the last year . the offshore the last year. the offshore energy is uk report has found it's the first time yearly energy import costs have broken the £100 billion barrier. and it equates £4,200 per household. last year the uk about £63 billion on crude oil. petrol. diesel and other fuels with another 49 billion on gas. gp's in the uk have the highest stress levels with medics in nine other high income countries. that's according to a new report the health foundation charity has found . 71% of charity has found. 71% of doctors find their job very stressful. gp shortages are around 4000 or so that could grow to almost 9000 though by 2031. counterterrorist and police are involved in an investing nation into a man who were set alight as he walked home from a mosque in birmingham . the man suffered facial burns

when his jacket was set on fire in edgbaston on monday night. when his jacket was set on fire in edgbaston on monday night . a in edgbaston on monday night. a man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder . suspicion of attempted murder. west midlands police say it's aware of a similar incident in west. they're working with the met police to see if those two incidents are linked . us courts incidents are linked. us courts heard gwyneth paltrow slammed into another square and then continued down slope without saying a word . the oscar winning saying a word. the oscar winning actress is alleged to have collided with . terry sanderson collided with. terry sanderson in utah back 2016. well sanderson is now suing paltrow for more than $3 million over the incident . she has filed for more than $3 million over the incident. she has filed a counterclaim alleging mr. sanderson hit her delivering a full body blow . both paltrow and full body blow. both paltrow and mr. sanderson are scheduled to give testify at the trial, which is set to eight days. this is gb news more as it happens. now back to andrew and beth.

welcome back. you've been getting in touch. miles has said what an absolute waste of time and taxpayers money. boris already lost his job as pm objective achieve. what more do they want ? of course boris they want? of course boris johnson is facing a pace later this afternoon to give evidence about him misleading parliament over found to this over party if he's found to this literally or recklessly even misled house, he could be suspended as an mp, which could lead to a by—election and by by boris. yeah, quite. our deputy political editor tom harwood has this . boris johnson this report. boris johnson resigned as prime minister on the 7th of july last year, over eight months later in the scandal that dislodged the man who won his party their largest election victory since margaret thatcher is still being litigated in parliament. the issue being adjudicated . a issue being adjudicated. a committee of seven mps is not. bofis committee of seven mps is not. boris johnson broke the rules or not, but rather whether he recklessly and, knowingly misled

the house of commons. all guidance was followed completely. connor a close ally of mr. johnson, says he believes that the former prime minister will set the record straight. i think boris is really looking forward to getting his side out there, getting the factual information that he has at his disposal into the public domain and on the record. all i want for boris johnson is what i would want for any other member of parliament and frankly, for any one of my constituents and. thatis any one of my constituents and. that is a transparent and fair process. and crucially , that process. and crucially, that they separate out the events in downing street and cabinet office and so on. and what they're actually looking at, which is what he said to parliament and what he knew when he said it to parliament. the impartiality of the committee has been called into question here at home and of course here at home and did, of course , clear tweet in , and a fairly clear tweet in april last year where she said if the then prime minister and the then chancellor now former prime minister boris, the current prime minister rishi,

accept a six penalty notice in her view. that would be an admission of guilt and, therefore an admission that they had misled parliament. i to had misled parliament. ito reconcile . harris impartiality reconcile. harris impartiality in this process with that tweet that she sent so definitively judgement in april last year. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, however, believes the question of integrity does not lie with the committee, but instead with its subject persons . whose its subject persons. whose integrity is on the line is bofis integrity is on the line is boris johnson's. he's never had any integrity in his whole political career and his performance as prime minister was an embarrassment to the. i think there's difference between understanding when there's a party, when there isn't a party. he knows he went to a party. it's pretty clear to anyone that he did mislead parliament and he knew he was doing so. let's see what happens at the hearing. but think the vast majority of people have moved from boris johnson.i people have moved from boris johnson. i saw prime lacked johnson. i saw prime who lacked any integrity and who clearly misled parliament. boris johnson

will be relying on his distinguished legal counsel lord, panik, casey and 55 page dossier of information which contains newly published whatsapps and phone records showing that the former prime minister asked his team what happened events and was assured by them that the rules were followed . but ultimately it will followed. but ultimately it will for be committee to adjudicate after hours of grilling and then for parliament to vote on sanction. that may be recommended . tom harwood. gb recommended. tom harwood. gb news will. well, joining us now, syrian duncan—smith, the mp and former leader of the tory party. ian, i'm just getting an email here. this comes from a lot of people watching gb news. perhaps we about party. we should forget about party. most serious and dangerous is that rishi misled us about the windsor framework house. this is the difficulties that boris in. first of all. well, i think the whole issue has turned into a farrago, really. i think this is turning into a kind of show

trial . i've never seen this trial. i've never seen this committee hold evidence in pubuc committee hold evidence in public or to cross examine the idea cross—examining, by the way, suggests that this is a balanced court of law with an independent judge who sits in judgement over the jury made up of people who aren't directly involved. what have here and this has been my biggest about the way that we do this is that it seems be very much always down to mps and their own personal views whether they're close to somebody or not close to. and i therefore question the whole situation. i really do think for example, we should have an independent appeal process with next judge sitting to look at what both sides have said and then decide whether on balance. that's right. we don't have that. this group can be the investigators . they will be the investigators. they will be the prosecutors and they will be the jury. and the judge at the same time. so i have a real issues about that. the second thing is why in public, why do we have to have this poll stuff in public? the courts don't hold their

cases in public. no other parliament holds these sort of heanngsin parliament holds these sort of hearings in public in america. they're all done behind closed doors . then judgements are doors. then judgements are issued . there are lots of issued. there are lots of question marks about why this is the case. and secondly, you know , the prime minister, the rules of were in hansard about how these are done has a very statement about it. did you mislead knowingly? that was the term they deposed, disposed that knowingly and added recklessly , knowingly and added recklessly, etc. and all of this trying to widen the ability to try and i think find the minister ex—prime guilty of something which they wouldn't have done under the original rules of the house. so ihave original rules of the house. so i have to say the whole thing, i think people out there, the pubuc think people out there, the public are sick and tired of all this nonsense. and i think, frankly, you know, he lost his job this. the whole job over this. the whole situation is over. this to situation is over. this looks to me like a vendetta really, doesn't what is your theory? doesn't it? what is your theory? and on why this is playing out in public. you said the question

needs to be asked about that. i agree with you. do you have a theory as to why this is being broadcast live? putting boris johnson the centre of the yet again ? i just all i can think is again? i just all i can think is that somehow they the committee group itself has got ahead of itself and decided actually that somehow the public needs to wants to and must hear the process than the actuality . and process than the actuality. and i think they're wrong on that . i i think they're wrong on that. i think most of the public that i meet have moved on from this a long way. they don't want to be brought back to that process. i don't see what it gains in any way the prime minister at the dispatch box apologised if there had been any question of him inadvertently misleading the house. that is part of the rules that existed and now we seem to change those rules, try and widen the scope the for the for parliament to be able to find him guilty of something. and i just say that, you know, once you change rules in a in the

middle of a of a process, it doesn't it just smacks really of a vendetta rather than a simple balance process. now the labour mp , when say that mp say, when people say that harriet already her harriet harman has already her position clear in she said in tweets that boris johnson misled parliament, they say, oh, but it's tory controlled committee it's a tory controlled committee . a tory majority. does . it's got a tory majority. does that make any difference . no, it that make any difference. no, it never makes a difference. i mean, the reality is that the committee tends to act as a committee tends to act as a committee and, you know, in long time since i really looked into the workings this but to be fair to the existing chairman, he recused himself, because he had been critical in public and made accusations . and i think that accusations. and i think that was that the right thing to was that was the right thing to i it's , very difficult. i think it's, very difficult. that's the other too, for that's the other thing, too, for members of parliament, actually to be balanced about this . to be balanced about this. that's my general view because we are know, every mp is a we are you know, every mp is a player . the game politics in player. the game of politics in parliament has their own views and decides, you know , obviously and decides, you know, obviously unlike a jury that arrives there

as were to hear the evidence, this is a this is a group that will arrive their own views. and i'm not questioning attempt to be impartial , i'm not questioning attempt to be impartial, simply say that therefore it's always very difficult to understand how this process think for process works. i think for a long time, though, what we need is a independ and body to look at this completely , to take at this completely, to take that away from the members of parliament, to decide or not. there been harm done or there has been harm done or people who have failed or lied to. you were eurosceptic long before it was fashionable to be so backing. even back in the nineties . so now we can't have nineties. so now we can't have you here this morning without asking you your opinion on the mess that is now emerging out of the windsor framework , as it the windsor framework, as it turns out, was not the solution that we hoped it might be. well, it's nice be told that. i mean , it's nice be told that. i mean, we fashion, but i deny that fact that there's any chance that i could be functional that there needs to be. but the truth is that i, more than anybody else ,

that i, more than anybody else, i served in northern ireland. i had a particular a friend who has never his body has never been found . i knew of others as been found. i knew of others as well who went through what i hated doing in northern ireland. so i want the good friday agreement to be up and running again and therefore i always said whatever this test said that whatever this test will be, whether or not this delivers us back a functional good friday agreement, which is, after all, the key and it did strike me in the course of these negotiate actions. and the one thing that i've been really upset about is that european upset about is that the european union having said that, they cared about the good friday agreement, really don't care that about good friday that much about the good friday agreement, they care more than anything about weaponising anything else about weaponising northern ireland to stop the uk trying them . the trying to diverge from them. the problems with this agreement. i don't say rishi by don't say that rishi sunak by any not tried very any chance has not tried very hard i them credit for hard and i give them credit for trying hard to get something out of he has got some of this. and he has got some marginal change. the problem is the it can't be the protocol exists, it can't be changed the refused to changed and the eu refused to change. it so that leaves us with of where we were with much of where we were

before some marginal issues before with some marginal issues where things of marginal where the things of marginal only by agreement, not by law, and the result of all of means that the eu do simply can't move back into powersharing because they know that the moment the uk starts to change regulations and move away, they simply won't be able to follow suit , which able to follow suit, which leaves them semi—detached from the rest of the united kingdom . the rest of the united kingdom. if you want that, that's fine. i don't, i see them as part of the united kingdom, as part of our sovereign, and therefore my worry is right now. and i always set this having served over there, the good friday agreement, if it can't be brought action, because this agreement manage agreement itself doesn't manage that, the truth is we have that, then the truth is we have to go back to the drawing board and again. and eu and start again. and the eu should understand and should understand that. and i think that's the problem very well. just ian, just well. and just ian, just briefly, you going vote briefly, are you going vote against afternoon? well, against it this afternoon? well, i publicly anything i haven't publicly said anything at that. certainly at all about that. i certainly shant at all about that. i certainly shan't it. but shan't be voting for it. but i'll make a final decision and the next day when i'm talking to colleagues i. you colleagues or i. you see duncan—smith, mp, duncan—smith, the tory mp, thanks joining well, in

thanks forjoining us. well, in the with us is former the studio with us is former cabinet rowley , cabinet adviser charlie rowley, you're not related to that metropolitan police bye bye because got a lot to know. because he's got a lot to know. i'm busy. no, i'm not. i'm no relation it's all of them. but but he's doing a great job. he's doing a terrible, terrible, terrible, a terrible response to the case. the report this is turning into a big mess on all fronts. the tories have been doing rather well in the polls. they were narrowing. i saw one poll, only ten behind the 25 behind me. but the windsor framework's and boris johnson full square in front of the cameras so last thing the tory party needs . i think that's party needs. i think that's right andrew , i think i'm the right andrew, i think i'm the great election strategist isaac levido which took the cabinet on in way to talk them through the path to a victory for the conservatives in 2024. if it's going to be achieved, relies on the conservative being united. it's a united conservative that will see them win the next election. anything that speaks to the public, these divisions wranglings, these arguments that

have been going on for some time, whether about europe or whether it's about the economy it's divisive parties that don't win elections. is that all he had to think from that away day in order to get to the next election. you've all got to look like you're on the same team if what he's selling them, then he needs it's going needs a replacement. it's going to lot more than that. to take a lot more than that. well, it's part the package. well, it's part of the package. the part is delivering the other part is delivering what government what the government said it's going it is getting going to do. so it is getting brexit done. it's dealing with the economy. it's dealing with boats, tackling the boats, it's tackling the problems the nhs and it's problems in the nhs and it's had some the why i think, some and the reason why i think, as you said, need as you rightly said, you need pulled is because of pulled a narrowing is because of the that the secretary the plan that the home secretary put forward and the deal that the plan that the home secretary put prime d and the deal that the plan that the home secretary put prime ministere deal that the plan that the home secretary put prime minister got al that the plan that the home secretary put prime minister got with at the plan that the home secretary put prime minister got with and the prime minister got with and with france to stop the small boats. we've strikes that with france to stop the small boatakingve strikes that with france to stop the small boatakingve within es that with france to stop the small boatakingve within nhs at with france to stop the small boatakingve within nhs to are taking place within nhs to make sure that patients get the that they deserve , need and that they deserve, need and want. so things are going in want. and so things are going in the right direction the the right direction for the government. the clock is ticking though, it not? they have though, is it not? they have very the very time. we've seen the inflation figures going up liam

halligan in the studio this morning. so don't miss that to you. that might mean for you. what that might mean for you. what that might mean for you aren't feeling those you people aren't feeling those nhs improvement yet. there's a huge amount of dissatisfaction a day today with boris johnson effectively in the political dock. does reflect well on the conservative know. it's a ridiculous question this reflects really badly on the conservative party it what can they do they can't do they can't do an awful lot apart from you know kind of just ride out exactly this plays into the psychodrama has dumped the conservative for many many years it's about brexit whether it's about just longer term views on europe , whether it's about your europe, whether it's about your views on boris johnson or liz truss over now called theresa may or even back to david cameron and what kind of conservative party do you want the party to be kind of conservative government? do you want to serve? it's first and foremost, like foremost, it's quite like a conserver, a conservative party rather high rather than a socialist high tax. i not a novelty, but tax. so i not a novelty, but you're absolutely right. today will be day people will will be a day that people will be reminded about the events

that took place in 10, that took place in number 10, that took place in number 10, that will reminded about that will be reminded about lockdown, about key lockdown, reminded about key decisions that were taken, rightly wrongly , the rightly or wrongly, the leadership in question leadership that was in question and not do the and it will not do the conservative party much good think in public. do you detect any conspiracy around the british a framework now we've got the former home secretary priti patel huge boris supporter bofis priti patel huge boris supporter boris not going to vote for it she's not invoked liz truss told me that she'd vote for boris johnson if. there was another leadership election. do they see this as a way to damage rishi sunak? do smell blood? sunak? do they smell blood? i think it's a bounce? i think for these particular i think it's about upholding what they see as their vision brexit now i think that's probably a lot of critics would say that don't think when you've got two or three different people leading brexiteers with a different view, then of course, you know, you're not going to have a unified solution. and i think for people like beth mead like boris, for liz they obviously want to make sure that we deliver on what was proposed in

2019. and then there is no divergence between the you are allowed to divergence from the eu rules. and i think they see part of the windsor framework is that the uk still has to be sort of retained within eu law . i of retained within eu law. i would just point out to, to ian , who i think is what he said a divorce inquiry, but also about the windsor framework is the northern ireland at. the minute is separate from from the rest of great britain is a border down the irish sea trading does not between great britain and northern ireland. that is what is resolved in the windsor framework. now of course, if you have a land border between northern ireland and republic, the republic of course an eu member, there's going to compromise needed there. and i think that's the sticking point for some we cannot have the european having sway the british courts in northern ireland in way they might not in england , way they might not in england, wales and scotland. and what we think differently and it has a

say or the eu will continue to have some conversation with northern ireland because of the land border . now the stormont land border. now the stormont brake which has been introduced , is designed to make sure that if eu law is proposed that will on relations between the us, the united kingdom or trade in any way then members , the assembly way then members, the assembly in northern ireland can veto it. now of course, in order to veto it, you have to have stormont think. that's the conundrum, the illusion of power in the hands of stormont. that's the problem is they just rishi sunak needs to step up now i'll just tell you you sling your old question out more than i should have said that long time charlie that long time ago. charlie rowley. rowley. rowley, would you really unruly. you reveal rowley really unruly. but been many things, much but i've been many things, much i've had worse and a lot less about not repeating it longer. the threshold i mean, the threshold you know, the one the 9:00. yeah. feels like 9:00 sometimes, doesn't it? right. still to come on, feeling the pinch your weekly show, food pinch on your weekly show, food prices, i'm afraid it hit the

highest in more than 45 highest rate in more than 45 years. last month. that's according to the office for national this to national statistic. this is to the point on gb news news

six, you went to the points on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. so food prices, you will have noticed their highest rate in more than 45 years. in february . office of national february. office of national statistics has said the rise is dnven statistics has said the rise is driven by shortages caused by high energy costs and bad weather. so economics business editor on all things that financial expert liam halligan joins us in the studio we kept talking liam every week and you were like it's to start coming down we hope it's going to start coming down. inflation and it's not it's gone up well has come down because it was 11.1% in october i think just gone up now. okay. we went down from october to went down for three months. and then if you look at the here and gb news the graphic here and gb news listeners on the radio can bear

with me in january 20, 23, it got down to point 1. that's consumer price index inflation down from 11.1. as i said, just a few months before, in february though, the latest number out this morning went back up to 10.4. i think it was widely to go down into digit into single digits , but it didn't. and a big digits, but it didn't. and a big reason was because in february we the highest food price for 45 years. there you go, 18.2. that's huge food price inflation and why did it happen? it happened because of those shortages of vegetables we had much more higher energy costs people growing vegetables. and with the houses in france and deeper than this. right, it goes deeper than this. right, it goes deeper than this since war happenedin deeper than this since war happened in ukraine, ukraine and russia between them so much wheat and all kinds of other staple goods. russia produces a huge swathe of the world's first large has been difficult. get that out. you talk to farmers

pnces that out. you talk to farmers prices are still sky high. there's still a great deal of inflation in the food supply chain , if you like. and that's chain, if you like. and that's hitting the price of vegetable shops and also the price of when you go out to restaurants and the hospitality industry. we thought we were getting back to some kind post—lockdown near normality going out a bit more maybe signs the economy's having a bit of an upturn . inflation is a bit of an upturn. inflation is falling meant people spending a bit more discretionary income , bit more discretionary income, but it's costing a huge amount of money and the budget just put 45 the extra on a bottle of wine that will certainly go into, you know, lunchtime days . i'll have know, lunchtime days. i'll have to downgrade to home rules. i think . but is to downgrade to home rules. i think. but is there any sign that these problems caused by ukraine cooled ? the weather are ukraine cooled? the weather are going to ease in the short term? probably not. i mean, i talk to lots of local farmers. i live up there in north essex and fertiliser is getting cheaper, fuelis

fertiliser is getting cheaper, fuel is getting cheaper, finance is getting cheaper. these are the these are three fs of farming. right all farmers that need fertiliser, the only and they need often finance and interest rates while they to have plateaued now finance for farmers has got cheaper so i do think food price inflation will come down but it's a long time food prices really sticky because you have to you spend the money plus sowing the crops and that the farmer has to charge more . they take months to charge more. they take months to be you for families. isn't it so painful yeah. you know, but this is what i don't liam when we talk about before normally inflation is because a lot people spending a lot of money we're all feeling quite flash and a bit profligate and we go out and we spend more. therefore interest rates are risen to take the heat out of the economy . the heat out of the economy. that's not why we have this inflation. now, as you've just explained and yet the interest rates are what are they going to raise tomorrow, do you think? well, there are three main types

of inflation. okay. there is what you're talking about demand pull demand pulls up prices . pull demand pulls up prices. people are spending more. you've also costs push inflation from underneath where farmers fertiliser costs, fuel costs and are in the middle of cost pushing inflation. you also have monetary inflation where the bank of england central banks create of money out of nothing. we've got a lot of that as well. so we've got two out of the three causes of inflation. and in each case i agree with you raising interest rates is not the way to tackle that. inflation is also a bit iffy to raise interest rates when the banking is so big in switzerland on and those higher rates lower the value of the government bonds that those banks have bought , bonds that those banks have bought, undermining the value of balance sheets, making everything they do and deposits look riskier. so look, the bank of england which will decide on interest rates is on the horns of a dilemma here. if they don't raise interest rates, some people in the markets may , oh,

people in the markets may, oh, they're not serious about inflation. but if they if they keep interest on hold of 4, then they have to explain why they've done that. i think they'll take their cue of the us central bank, the federal reserve. it will on interest rates today. so that decision will be very, very watched. we should know there's lots of politics around today and. we're obviously focussed on that, but we should also be making room to report what the us does. but i'm for the federal reserve. it should be about 2 pm. us time so would be a bit p.m. us time so would be a bit later, but we should definitely be covering that word prediction. are they going to increase or decrease interest rates? they're definitely not going interest rates going to decrease interest rates tomorrow. is, will tomorrow. the question is, will they will they they raise them or will they hold them? if they do raise them, it will only be is almost certain by a quarter of a percentage 25 basis percentage point 25 basis points. we say, you've got points. as we say, you've got a mortgage, but it's already going up . it might mortgage, but it's already going up. it might be mortgage, but it's already going up . it might be that they hold up. it might be that they hold rates. it may be that they hold rates. it may be that they hold rates an increase in rates despite an increase in inflation that's that demonstrates difficult the policy dilemma is all right

that's liam halligan now up next to keir starmer, the labour leader accused of hypocrisy as details emerged his unique details emerged of his unique pension which him avoid pension deal, which him to avoid tax on savings. so laugh your morning's news with arron . good morning's news with arron. good morning's news with arron. good morning to you it is 1033 cameron armstrong in the gb newsroom the committee investigating whether boris johnson knowingly misled parliament over partygate has published fresh evidence this morning . the 110 page report morning. the 110 page report contains witness statements. government covid guidance, comments, transcripts and photos of gatherings that mr. johnson attended. now document will be referred to . he answers referred to. he answers questions front of a panel of mps later if he's found to have deliberately misled the house, he could be suspended as an mp, the former prime minister, though, denies he did so on purpose. and you can watch boris johnson in front of the privileges committee life here

and gb news from 2:00. meanwhile mr. johnson and liz truss , they mr. johnson and liz truss, they will vote against rishi sunak's brexit deal for northern ireland. now a key element of the windsor aims to give the storm of assembly a greater say on how eu rules apply to the province and these will vote on the stormont brake in the commons later, with the prime facing a potential rebellion from, several conservative backbenchers , in addition to mr. backbenchers, in addition to mr. johnson and ms. truss, it's a case of not being pure brexit. it's not even democracy because the a part of the united kingdom will be subject to laws which are made. the brussels with no shade from the united kingdom or northern ireland. the compromise that would be required if we are to accept eu law is that we decide that week as unionists compromise on being of the united kingdom because have no lobby longer subject to united law . do upnp lobby longer subject to united law. do upnp sammy wilson .

law. do upnp sammy wilson. meanwhile, surging food prices unexpectedly pushed inflation up last month, increasing fears of another rise in interest rates . another rise in interest rates. the office for national statistics says it's the result of higher price in restaurants, clothing and food , which hit its clothing and food, which hit its highest rate in more than 45 years. and that was partly dnven years. and that was partly driven by a shortage of vegetables. the bank of england will make their next interest rate decision tomorrow . tv rate decision tomorrow. tv onune rate decision tomorrow. tv online debate plus radio. this is . gb news. such online debate plus radio. this is. gb news. such a online debate plus radio. this is . gb news. such a lot is. gb news. such a lot going on to say, so much to talk about. also the labour leader sir keir starmer reportedly enjoyed special unregistered scheme. special tax unregistered scheme. this to the point on tv news

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first, boris johnson's released a dossier on his party allegations , but so has the allegations, but so has the committee . so joining us this committee. so joining us this associate editor of the daily mirror , kevin maguire, and mirror, kevin maguire, and deputy editor , the deputy editor, the conservativehome henry . deputy editor, the conservativehome henry. i deputy editor, the conservativehome henry . i just conservativehome henry. ijust want to, first of all, play kevin. i think this is the video from page. it's brilliant. it's very satirical flattering. i come up with the idea . did you come up with the idea. did you come up with the idea. did you come up with the idea. did you come up with the idea? no funny that i've been honest , that that i've been honest, that that's why it's a good idea. how unusual maguire is being honest. there is a overgrown schoolboy in johnson. always has been. he likes to play up to it. but of course , this is pretty serious course, this is pretty serious now. and the covid inquiry by the bruges committee but he's these excuses all where rishi it to wasn't me it was somebody else. you know there are you know he hasn't actually said the dog's his homework but he's is not from it is he. yeah. and of course. as you said he's saying we were working very hard. so was everybody . what about the was everybody. what about the

doctors ? people, people driving doctors? people, people driving taxis on construction sites, people in factories , in people in factories, in supermarkets, people in supply chains, people keeping the lights on, keeping gas flowing, keeping the water. but is defence is defence. this official said, he hadn't broken the rules. yeah he's found one somewhere. look he made somewhere. i mean, look he made the he knew the. henry. the rules. he knew the. henry. henry? are you spluttering , henry? are you spluttering, henry? are you spluttering, henry hill? no i mean only in agreement. i mean, the problem with the boris is defence is essentially everybody essentially that everybody was going incredibly going through incredibly trying times. people times. you know, you had people waving relatives you waving at relatives windows, you had missing funerals, had people missing funerals, people missing key life in the life in the children and nephews . idea that the all . and so the idea that the all of those people making all of those sacrifices, then downing street, places , is the street, of all places, is the place really needed an place where really you needed an exception life was exception because life was pretty just absurd. so pretty tough is just absurd. so that the problem for boris is the gulf between pictures that we only the we have. it was only the pictures that made him admit to any reality that we any of this and reality that we all through and remember. all lived through and remember. and of living and there's no amount of living we didn't recklessly break the rules. where did this word recklessly from, by the recklessly come from, by the

way, i. it is an way, so recklessly i. it is an interesting one because it's a lower standard proof than deliberately didn't deliberately implies he knew was implies that he knew and he was lying recklessly . what that lying recklessly. what that means is that he should have known and basically means you known and it basically means you should taken care. and should have taken due care. and i that's fair because i think that's fair because ultimately minister ultimately prime minister is answering to the house of commons and reason we commons and the reason that we make ministers answer to the house of commons is on the expectation know expectation that know what they're talking where they're talking about and where at taking the care at least they're taking the care to if it was the to find out. and if it was the case that ministers could simply go, well, wasn't told the go, oh, well, i wasn't told the truth. i didn't any effort truth. i didn't make any effort to the truth. but to find out the truth. but i just said what i was told that would, i think, undermine parliamentary scrutiny in a quite of quite serious way. mm. well, of course the has to underpin course the safe has to underpin everything days doesn't. everything these days doesn't. it about it has to always be about whether it's reckless. you might have life. the have an endangered life. the thing to him, of thing come back to bite him, of course, is that he denied natural he'd natural immunity. he'd been hospitalised with covid. he'd have a massive at some. you have a massive dose at some. you could said, look, could have said, look, i'm not a risk of catching covid, but we threw immunity. threw out the book on immunity. we the book. people we threw out the book. people got more than once. some

got covered more than once. some people were very susceptible. other get it at other people didn't get it at all. i never knowingly had. if i know it three times. know people had it three times. but that you but there's no evidence that you would been hostage. nobody. would have been hostage. nobody. there was a second? nobody there was a second? well, nobody across. good luck. across. the world. good luck. good him. he tries to good luck to him. if he tries to use but he's just been use that. but he's just been honest immunity honest about natural immunity from than from the start rather than trying to that could have got away. and it's not that to a one on shouldn't have been on one shouldn't have been parties were at i parties to when they were at i believe were at court believe they were at his court he should put his hands up. he should have put his hands up. i think we made mistake and he might still be prime minister if. his hands up and if. he did put his hands up and apologise. yeah, that's apologise. yeah, i think that's right. weird thing is right. the really weird thing is that normally really that boris is normally really good that. got it, but he good at that. he got it, but he got away with so much in part because generally because he was generally prepared to kind of fess up to stuff. and you can imagine one week if he got week one of this, if he got really sorry and he'd done the of bumbling act and he of bumbling boris act and he always get away with because always did get away with because well different rules well it's boris. different rules apply. remember apply. yeah i mean i remember when prescott that that when john prescott was that that guy an 999 when john prescott was that that guy an egg at him guy who threw an egg at him punched a great big fat tony punched him a great big fat tony blair dealt with. it was oh, that's and that's how it's

that's john. and that's how it's built boris johnson, who built up with boris johnson, who deau built up with boris johnson, who dealt allegations he dealt with allegations that he wants cocaine saying wants snorting cocaine by saying that his that he sneezed. i mean, his ability get with stuff is ability to get with stuff is remarkable. it really annoys me. used to frustrate me as somebody remarkable. it really annoys me. usecdoesn'ttrate me as somebody remarkable. it really annoys me. usecdoesn't share.|e as somebody remarkable. it really annoys me. usecdoesn't share. johnson'sebody who doesn't share. johnson's politics. you're politics. but he did. you're right. he away with it. but did he he brazen. and he just. and he was brazen. and i that's that's why he's i think that's that's why he's going these comeuppance. going to get these comeuppance. but something about that but there's something about that doff turkey fault lock doff cap turkey fault for lock your he taps your hair. boris johnson he taps into terrible into the terrible british reverence to that's privately educated need to throw off educated. we need to throw off the shackles of that when it comes to a man like that. i don't i don't know what it is. no one would given that no one would have given that treatment cameron. i treatment to david cameron. i don't really. but don't know if it's really. but bofis don't know if it's really. but boris of . he's not what he boris kind of. he's not what he wasn't until this really was. he wasn't until this really was. he was really a hypocrite. he was never really a hypocrite. he was never really a hypocrite. he was in many ways, but was never one. was never defending one. he was never defending bofis one. he was never defending boris personal conduct boris johnson's personal conduct . what is that he never . what i mean is that he never in many ways pretended to be what he wasn't, whereas know if you had politician who was you had a politician who was very and there being very pious and there was being caught rules, the caught breaking the rules, the british very british public are very unforgiving. but boris basically wandered around saying, a, i'm the scandal and this is

the sort of scandal and this is he damaged just by he terminally damaged just by the fact he's before this. the very fact he's before this. i terms i don't think i mean, in terms i don't think he's going prime minister or he's going be prime minister or tory know tory leader again and know i basically his aim is to is to play basically his aim is to is to play the victim cultivate the myth. boris so if we lose if the tories wins election tories wins the next election and like, well i and he could be like, well i would have won it and then make a money in the private a lot of money in the private sector. so interesting to see lots getting in this lots of people getting in this morning watching the show who still think still like him, who still think that brings some politics and that he brings some politics and says and i don't think it's kelvin mackenzie. the other parties. other parties, parties. the other parties, boris, they always have done. bofis boris, they always have done. boris leading this boris is capable of leading this country the country forward and the antibodies please antibodies going, no, please move i i don't that's move on. i i don't think that's true if what he was true anymore. if what he was feared, feared feared, but he's not feared anymore. think i think anymore. and i think i think conservative of how conservative home of how the polls showing this now polls show showing this now think he feels like yesterday his mind even a special his mind even we did a special survey of tory members and even though sympathetic though they're sympathetic they do unfair they do the process is unfair they don't he deliberately don't think he deliberately misled they misled parliament and they do think a tory mp the think he should be a tory mp the next election. but they don't think they don't think think he even they don't think he should be leader of london's.

okay. of hypocrites, okay. but talking of hypocrites, that word we just that was the word that we just used. a headline in the used. this is a headline in the telegraph keir telegraph today that keir starmer a on a pension starmer avoid a tax on a pension scheme he had the benefits of this particular pension scheme from was director of from when he was director of pubuc from when he was director of public he's public prosecutions and yet he's been very critical of the government's plan to take what he when he voted against, say, ladies ps vote against ladies and ps to vote against this thing the government this very thing the government is with our is trying to deal with our pensions. this is the legal scheme that labour argues should be there's be applied to doctors. there's a problem leave and problem with doctors leave and this scheme that labour this is the scheme that labour because when the lifetime cap was yeah it was 1.8 was brought in. yeah it was 1.8 million at the time when i'm watching darling when watching alistair darling when she for judges and the she was made for judges and the dpp and i think a few others because they could all earn far more in the private and they wanted to keep them in the public. we get that. kevin shouldn't have made it clear his mps vote against what the mps to vote against what the government are doing to try and get more doctors . stay on no be get more doctors. stay on no be more judges paid teachers he didn't it is as didn't declare if it is as reported , he should have made reported, he should have made himself equally. i think the

chancellor , jeremy hunt, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, the prime minister, rishi to say how much they've got. matt pension for he's going to benefit is the thing he's an mp against a measure that he benefited . no, measure that he benefited. no, and i'm saying he should have been but i think on the other side they should be open because are leading they're having to trying to move this it's a way for kids to do it. i want to up politics. i mean, i personally really don't like the idea that pubuc really don't like the idea that public senior politicians need to start handing tax to start handing over their tax returns pension detail, returns and pension detail, everything else. so i disagree with i do think with kevin on that, i do think it's funny a it's extremely funny that's a keir struck a about this keir starmer struck a about this and turned out was and then it turned out there was something basically called the tax keir tax exemptions bracket. keir starmer very starmer regulation. it's very amusing, ultimately what is amusing, but ultimately what is that? it was the depth , it was that? it was the depth, it was basically the instrument which created this exemption for sir keir starmer when he was when he was the only person in it, he was the only person in it, he was person at the dpp was the only person at the dpp holding his position. so that's why that happened. i think they couldn't forgotten couldn't exactly forgotten it. no, i say it's a no, first of all, i say it's a misplaced by him. he should have

got this story. but i got out of this story. but i think think the more thing think the i think the more thing is that clearly understood is that he clearly understood that pension disincentive that this pension disincentive scheme the pensions disincentivize people from getting from , staying in getting it from, staying in the workplace. think that it's workplace. and i think that it's frustrating labour's frustrating that labour's position essentially why position is essentially why don't pick individual don't we just pick individual winners, an individual basis, like if there's a if there's specific problem with doctors, let's it for doctors. let's just do it for doctors. ultimately we do have a problem with shrinking and with a shrinking tax base and older people, wealthier older people while. people leaving work rules while. they're yeah, they're still working. yeah, you've got the resolution foundation this foundation complaining that this will if bankers will benefit. but if bankers stay working , they enormous stay working, they pay enormous amounts and not like amounts of tax and not like they're taking this, they're taking so evidence of senior taking it. so evidence of senior civil of them civil servants who some of them i lots having of people i mean, lots of having of people in the retail sector in the high tech sector, the issue is very important. yeah, i i think important. yeah, i think i think the if you did it, the the figure if you did it, the equivalent of stadium , equivalent of wembley stadium, 90,000 people in 90,000 capacity, 11 people in that would benefit from 90,000 capacity, 11 people in that scheme would benefit from 90,000 capacity, 11 people in that scheme very ld benefit from 90,000 capacity, 11 people in that scheme very few enefit from 90,000 capacity, 11 people in that scheme very few ,nefit from 90,000 capacity, 11 people in that scheme very few , very from 90,000 capacity, 11 people in that scheme very few , very few this scheme very few, very few people will benefit . so why people will benefit. so why should i tell people that complain to their pension? because if you're well, you can pay because if you're well, you can pay much as you like and it's pay as much as you like and it's just whether want a tax

just whether you want a tax handout gift from it and it's a billion quid going to the earners in a cost of living crisis. so you labour the paper against what's going on in the nhs . that's what they want to do nhs. that's what they want to do . yeah. so they're the reason that this is targeted specifically at higher earners and is, there's no, there's and it is, there's no, there's no that is that no point denying that is that the government is on a mission to try and reduce the number of economically inactive people. yeah the groups of yeah one of the big groups of economically inactive people that target that it can actually target cause are term cause many of them are long term sick, disabled and unable to work. are people who are of working but enough to working but wealthy enough to retire . so the government is retire. so the government is trying those to rejoin trying to induce those to rejoin the the thing it the workforce. the only thing it can do there is use can really do there is use carrots and those carrots will target the better off they necessarily must. so the question whether not the question is whether or not the overall the exchequer of overall to the exchequer of bringing back work is worth bringing them back work is worth and capping refers to the 90,000. when they say what if all those 90,000, kevin, are doctors, who then stale. the comparison is every consultant, every 90,000 in the population you've got about 11 people going

to benefit from this stuff that was the that was the comparison not putting all the doctors in that saw health minister that but saw the health minister how doctors we early how many doctors we tired early said three months ago about 800. now overstated in the nhs. now it's overstated in the nhs. this is wiped. now it's overstated in the nhs. this is wiped . doctors at least this is wiped. doctors at least said that the health advocates today this very idea to keep in the nhs it did actually go down leaving. yes they at least want you to advocate a separate scheme because there was that hundred old hundred, whatever it is. but you have you have a position whereby some people leave because they've already got money and they're exhausted then they just fancy spend spend it . yeah. and it's the it. yeah. and it's the government is trying to persuade people to keep working because they the they benefit the nhs and the only you can do that is by only way you can do that is by offering people who, as you say, are quite well—off more money. i don't don't like the don't i don't like the generation inequity of this scheme. one of the things i write lot is the fact write about a lot is the fact that we keep banks to older workers while young are facing usurious i'm usurious margins. so i'm not i'm not instinctively favour of not instinctively in favour of this the is

this policy. but the fact is that if you want to get those people have made themselves wealthy to retire if you wealthy enough to retire if you want to them in work, you want to keep them in work, you do offer them stuff like do need to offer them stuff like this really an this and there's not really an alternative. not every single policy targeted policy has to be targeted directly, the least well—off. why it the carrot, the why is it always the carrot, the top stick at the bottom? top and the stick at the bottom? just let many people. it's a recovery. government recovery. this government has taken thousands taken hundreds of thousands people taxation, you people out of taxation, as you well. as you know , well. know. and as you know, income tax is going to go by budget. 30 billion. well, they've now fixed limits. yeah, yeah. come on. do you know who you'll get to support big you'll get to support that big tax burden ? this country, the tax burden? this country, the average was figure average worker was the figure from budget isn't going to from the budget isn't going to pay from the budget isn't going to pay five record in tax pay an extra five record in tax . is not a low tax . this is not a low tax government. this isn't government. this isn't government charging the highest rate of overall tax since the second world war of interest. if you say anything you had starmer say anything about that he would about the fact that he would lower were to win the lower taxes were they to win the next election were in the next election were back in the one in income tax one. yeah one per in income tax one. yeah i think i'll on the bolton yeah okay that's what they'll do right under illegal migrants

cost the uk £9 billion over three years as henry this is a survey by the refugee council so as many as 45,000 children will be locked up under this new legislation. instead, anyone arriving britain illegally will be barred from claiming under the under this this new bill of course but £9 billion over three years. that sounds like quite a lot of money. money. i mean, it is quite a lot of money. i haven't seen the behind the recognise council and given the source. he obviously should take it pinch it probably with pinch of seasoning. we have it probably with pinch of seifoning. we have it probably with pinch of seif it|ing. we have it probably with pinch of seif it came we have it probably with pinch of seif it came from we have it probably with pinch of seif it came from the we have it probably with pinch of seif it came from the homehave is if it came from the home office, so , so much as the same office, so, so much as the same seasoning for the home office. yeah, yeah, yeah. so basically problem have one of the big problem that have one of the big problems with with the problems with the with the migration country is migration system this country is that incredibly difficult that it is incredibly difficult to that's one to deport people. that's one because office takes because the home office takes a very time to process cases for various reasons. and two, because if people destroyed because if people have destroyed their paperwork, which people traffickers it's traffickers them to do, it's very countries to very hard to get countries to take yeah. that means take them back. yeah. that means that as as that basically for as long as they're here the home office has

to them them keep them and to house them them keep them and give them a cost of living allowance. that's where allowance. and that's where these now these sums come from. now i think implicit but not think what's implicit but not actually the actually stated is that the alternative this 9 billion is alternative to this 9 billion is just to let all of these people, many of whom we intend to deport, just and live in and in britain, are all risk of them absconding the black economy. so the problem with all of this stuff is that, yes, operating the asylum is expensive. the asylum system is expensive. the illegal bill is in part about trying to reduce of those frictional it frictional factors to make it easier to deport people. but the to this money is to spending this money is letting them just letting them into the country and having laxer enforcement now that's often unspoken by people who use phrases as safe and legal routes but it's the implicit logic of claiming that it will save money. kevin maguire's here, tony. i think you've got to tony. no, i think you've got to look you can have a system works and any country to control its borders and when questioned it will be but it's how we do it and people coming and the people coming from afghanistan, eritrea, sudan and syria listed here that will manifestly unsafe countries they

will be asylum seekers and refugees that's many refugees. that's why so many people want get across the people want to get across the and the 45,000 are allowed to stay here because . they have stay here because. they have valid they like valid claims. they feel like albay the albanian stain albay near the albanian stain from you will know that under the 1951 refugee charter you choose the country you go to. it's not the first country. it was the first country under the dubun was the first country under the dublin convention when we were in the european union. you know, we're dug out . and so we're not in the dug out. and so thatis we're not in the dug out. and so that is not the dublin convention. the immigration minister, brought convention. the immigration mthrough brought convention. the immigration mthrough coming, brought convention. the immigration mthrough coming, said:)rought convention. the immigration mthrough coming, said it's ght it through coming, said it's never because don't never because eu countries don't follow the people who were back. they were in the past, they were it was useless more numbers than now. but we've also got the other problem. the home office is useless well, the home office, i mean, i'm not in the report suggesting office report suggesting home office should up. so i don't should be broken up. so i don't want as a home want to be taken as a home office defender. but fact of office defender. but the fact of the matter is that it is incredibly as said, incredibly difficult. as i said, lot of these cases, there are all of ways in which you can delay process. for example, delay the process. for example, can file a modern claim. can file a modern slavery claim. and modern and if you file that modern

slavery it means that your slavery claim it means that your process has stayed about two years. need to prove years. and then need to prove and people. so what the and deport people. so what the home is one the home office needs is one the illegal migration reduce home office needs is one the illega of1igration reduce home office needs is one the illega of those on reduce home office needs is one the illega of those frictionalduce home office needs is one the illega of those frictional points some of those frictional points to and needs more money so to and it needs more money so that it can hire more caseworkers and process this stuff quickly. if you stuff more quickly. but if you try and do this on the cheap as the treasury should have learned by now, will up being by now, it will end up being very expensive every single time that modern slavery. but of course of course it's between one of theresa flagships when was theresa may's flagships when was secretary now being secretary and he's now being blamed by several advisers blamed even by several advisers on being a driver illegal on being a big driver of illegal migration. there is a genuine problem with some people, and you got you've got to get the you got you've got to get to the truth. people in if they truth. people coming in if they are asylum seekers are asylum, asylum seekers fleeing, terror and fleeing, fleeing terror and persecution, if are being trafficked, you've got to trafficked, then you've got to deal with them. very sympathetic and constructively and supposing scrapping them all. but but it is my 16. yeah, but trying to deny people their rights i think is and anybody who's at a clash the police or any any officialdom does not want to lose their rights and that includes coming into includes people coming into britain, whether in britain, whether they come in a boat, the a lorry or

boat, the back of a lorry or come on a plane or whatever. but it disproportionate to it is disproportionate to give every person coming the every single person coming the right to automatic two year right to an automatic two year stay they want a system. if stay when they want a system. if somebody is not an asylum seeker in a they're an economic in a and they're an economic migrant, say well, me migrant, say well, just say me from albania . catch them in a from albania. catch them in a nice place . rwandan, if you do nice place. rwandan, if you do know if the say from albania, which is a nato member, should be able to be dealt with very efficiently and taken to come home. do you prove that they're from albania or if they follow passport into the system? i agree that's. but you will have people who do the inquiries and know to chart and what to look for . but i know to chart and what to look for. but i can't do it. you can't do it. but you can. but you can do that and yes, you have to have an appeals, but you can have all that pretty quickly. but you also need to have the other country of albania i think is a special case. but you need to have case. but you also need to have the country willing to the other country willing to actually them back. many actually take them back. in many countries, it matter if countries, it doesn't matter if we we reckon iraqi or we go, we reckon guy's iraqi or whatever. don't have the

whatever. if we don't have the paperwork, the country, what used to take them and you can't them they're not of them back if they're not part of them back if they're not part of the union you can i'll the european union you can i'll tell they never every tell you about they never every way ready for way anyway boris ready for battle party gets show battle and the party gets show lowdown more in next lowdown more on that in next hour. lowdown more on that in next hour . hi lowdown more on that in next hour. hi there. it's aidan magee ivan here from the met office. a windy day for all of us, particularly the northwest scotland, quite a number of scotland, with quite a number of showers coming through on. that's breeze , some that's a brisk breeze, some brighter and the brighter interludes. and the showers will through showers will move through quickly. pressure to the quickly. low pressure to the northwest scotland and got northwest of scotland and got these tightly packed icy bars bringing winds, gales, bringing strong winds, gales, very widely across the north—west scotland . a north—west of scotland. a weather however, has weather front, however, has moved and means moved through, and that means brighter many , but brighter skies for many, but also fairly frequent . moving in also fairly frequent. moving in from west once the cloud and from the west once the cloud and rain gets out of the way from east anglia in the southeast that's the driest and that's where the driest and conditions will be elsewhere lots showers and longer spells of in the far north and of rain in the far north and northwest of scotland where see gales and wind gusts of 60 and perhaps more miles per temperatures, though, will higher than average with 50 and

16 celsius likely in the south, even 17 degrees. but further showers move through during the evening , perhaps even some evening, perhaps even some rumbles thunder in places and rumbles of thunder in places and some longer spells of rain affecting central and southern scotland that out of the scotland. that clears out of the way for the second half of the night. plenty of clear spells then, with the breeze that then, but with the breeze that will stir the air up and will help to stir the air up and prevent for the vast prevent a frost for the vast just perhaps isolated one in the far north of scotland. otherwise 5 to 8 celsius as we begin thursday bright skies once especially for central and eastern as well as the far north but actually quite a few showers start to roll in from the west andifs start to roll in from the west and it's another day . bright and it's another day. bright spells and showers , but the hint spells and showers, but the hint of some longer spells of rain heading into the far south by the end of the afternoon . the end of the afternoon. temperatures down a degree or so or 12 celsius for scotland and northern ireland, 15, perhaps 16 in the south of england and south wales rain then spreads into southern and parts during thursday evening , clearing away thursday evening, clearing away by around midnight showers into

the rest of the uk. and we keep that showery into the weekend. but one thing we'll notice as well as those temperatures will fall away with northerly winds by

sunday good morning, max. it's going to a gb news with me and andrew pierce bev turner. but monday , pierce bev turner. but monday, right. what day is it? okay. this morning there is a huge amount going on in politics. bofisis amount going on in politics. boris is ready for battle this afternoon and says he's very much looking to being grilled by mps over partygate is probably infuriating to some people. we're going to bring you all the and turns on gb news elsewhere . and turns on gb news elsewhere. rishi sunak is facing a growing rebellion on that deal called the windsor frame . it remember the windsor frame. it remember that to brexit that was going to get brexit done not well boris done in all not well boris johnson again going to johnson him again he's going to vote against so is that vote against it so is that woman who briefly minister who briefly our prime minister remember our name liz truss. oh, i'm priti patel, the former home secretary harry's

secretary also prince harry's america visa is under scrutiny amid questions over whether he disclose his drug use when he appued disclose his drug use when he applied to live in america. it comes after the duke of sussex, of course, admitted that he took cannabis, cocaine and magic mushrooms. we could soon have deported giuliani's hands. maybe we please don't want him deported here, by the way. and a new report has found the cost of some everyday has doubled over last year. milk and fruit, the highest inflation own brand products are also being hit hard . to very good morning . thank . to very good morning. thank you for joining . to very good morning. thank you forjoining us. if . to very good morning. thank you for joining us. if you've missed first hour and a half, where have you been this much going on today? let us know your thoughts on everything as well. gb gbnews.uk. but first gb views at gbnews.uk. but first of here is your very latest of all, here is your very latest with armstrong . good with karen armstrong. good morning. it is just after 11:00. i'm alan armstrong in the gb

news. the committee investigating whether johnson knowingly misled parliament partygate has published fresh evidence this morning. the 110 page report photos of gatherings. johnson attended and witness statements including from cabinet secretary simon, who claims he did not. mr. johnson all rules had been followed a separate account says mr. johnson had the opportunity to shut down gatherings in downing street , but instead downing street, but instead joined in. the evidence will be referred to when he answers questions in front of a panel of mps later , and mr. johnson mps later, and mr. johnson maintains he didn't deliberately mislead the house of commons. but shadow justice secretary steve reid believes the truth will catch up with him. i genuinely think that boris johnson's yesterday to johnson's attempts yesterday to try and trash the committee is because he suspects he's going to be found , have misled the to be found, have misled the house of commons and therefore there be a sanction. so there will be a sanction. so he's throw, as he so he's trying to throw, as he so often does, a smokescreen around himself from himself to hide from responsibility his own actions. but i'm afraid well for boris

johnson . it does look like he's johnson. it does look like he's finally going to come into collision with the truth for once in his life. and we'll see where that takes us in the next few days. you watch boris few days. when you watch boris johnson in front the johnson in front of the privileges committee live on gb news from 2 pm. meanwhile mr. johnson and liz truss say they'll vote against rishi sunak's new brexit deal for northern ireland. a key element of the windsor framework to give the stormont assembly a greater say. or how eu rules apply to the province. when i base will vote on the stormont brake in the commons later, the prime minister is facing potential rebellion from conservative beat backbenchers . sammy wilson is backbenchers. sammy wilson is one of eight mp from the dup who have indicated they will vote against the regulations. it's not a case not being pure brexit, it's even democracy. because the part of the united kingdom will be subject to laws which are made at brussels with no say from the united or northern ireland. the compromise that would be required if we are

to accept eu law is that we decide that we as unionists compromise on being of the united kingdom because have no lobby longer subject to united . lobby longer subject to united. the northern ireland minister steve baker , says the windsor steve baker, says the windsor framework is an improvement on bofis framework is an improvement on boris johnson's protocol and has urged him to get behind it. protocol bill would have put in place a reg and a green channel for goods to northern ireland, but in using that bill we would wreck our relations with the european union and damage our standing internationally. now that was a price we were willing to pay to get just the kind of arrangements we now have in the windsor framework. so really of them should be backing , backing them should be backing, backing them should be backing, backing the framework to date . the windsor framework to date. food prices their highest rates in more than 45 years as inflation went up last food non—alcoholic drinks prices shot up in february driven by a shortage of salad and vegetable

. the consumer price index which measures the value of a basket of goods services, rose 10.4% last month. most economists , last month. most economists, including laurie laird , were including laurie laird, were taken by surprise . these are taken by surprise. these are pretty bad numbers. we all expected inflation to fall a little bit to below 10. we actually went up we went up to an annual rate of 10.4. no one saw this coming. it's a lot worse than anyone expected . it worse than anyone expected. it means inflation's going the wrong way. the government wants to see it go down. the bank of england wants to see go down. and that police commissioner, sir mark and baroness louise casey will be scrutinised by mps as the fallout continues from her report into the force , her report into the force, baroness casey found the met police's institutionally racist , misogynistic and homophobic . , misogynistic and homophobic. the report also found ethics . the report also found ethics. and disciplinary procedures have failed abysmally and is calling an overhaul of the service . the an overhaul of the service. the uk's import bill more than

doubled to £117 billion in the last year. the offshore uk report says it's the first time yearly energy import have broken the £100 billion barrier and it equates £4,200 per household. last year the uk spent £63 billion on crude oil. petrol diesel and other oil based fuels . gp's in the diesel and other oil based fuels .gp's in the uk diesel and other oil based fuels . gp's in the uk have the highest stress levels compared with medics in nine other high income countries to a new report. the health foundation charity found 71% of doctors find their job very stressful. a gp shortages are at around 4000, but they're expected to grow to almost 9000 doctors by 2031. counter—terror roles and police are involved . an investigation are involved. an investigation into a man who was satellite after he walked home from a mosque in birmingham . the man mosque in birmingham. the man suffered facial burns when his

jacket was set alight . edgbaston jacket was set alight. edgbaston on monday . jacket was set alight. edgbaston on monday. man was arrested yesterday . suspicion of yesterday. suspicion of attempted murder . west midlands attempted murder. west midlands police says . it's aware of a police says. it's aware of a similar incident that took place in west london and they're working with the met police to see if the two incidents are unked see if the two incidents are linked and. a us court has heard gwyneth paltrow slammed into another skier and continued down the slope without saying a word. the oscar actress is alleged to have collided. terry sanderson in, utah, in 2016. he is suing mr. paltrow over the incident. she's filed a counterclaim alleging mr. delivered a full body when he collided with her. both are scheduled to give testimony . the trial, which is testimony. the trial, which is to last eight days. this is gb news more as it happens. but now back to andrew and beth .

back to andrew and beth. well, that party of and party get invested . it's been been get invested. it's been been dragging on forever. it's finally happening. 2:00 this afternoon, the committee published hundred and ten pages of evidence. i bet they haven't read it, which will be to during that hearing, which we will be covering, of live on gb covering, of course, live on gb news. right. boris jones news. that's right. boris jones will fined for his political will be fined for his political future today , he faces over future today, he faces mps over whether or not he knowingly misled parliament. covid rule breaking appearance before that cross—party commons committee will be, as we say, be broadcast live. gillian political advisor joins us now. joanne and he's a great performer. he's a great performer in the media. but is he going to be very good under scrutiny for four or 5 hours? well, he had to sit through those kind of long interrogations when he was mayor of london to not 4 hours, but i think he's used to facing a panel as it were. look what i

think about boris johnson is we're not used to seeing him quite in that context , we're not used to seeing him quite in that context, but we're not used to seeing him quite in that context , but his quite in that context, but his backis quite in that context, but his back is against the wall to a certain extent here. and he's somebody who will to effort is necessary to save skin when he needs to. now, normally he can rely on laugh and charm and charisma. here he has to be a bit more precise. he is a clever guy and i think we should not be too willing to underestimate him at this point. joanna he's famous. david cameron called him the greased piglet . he's going the greased piglet. he's going to need some of that skill, isn't he, to avoid and slip and slide with those mp. so my experience these nmps often don't ask the killer questions . don't ask the killer questions. well i mean , that may very well well i mean, that may very well be the case, although there are a number of people lined up with absolute intention asking that question because . there's so question because. there's so much going on here, the surface, it isn't just about the procedures of the house of commons, is it? i a lot of this

has to do with a sort of ongoing revenge about and the kind of personal animus towards boris johnson . he's one of those johnson. he's one of those politicians who we're often heanng politicians who we're often hearing in described as being marmite, but essentially he's somebody that provokes very strong personal reactions in people to the point that they become somewhat irrational. now, this process today, it's meant to be rational, meant to be hard and legalistic. but of to be rational, meant to be hard and legalistic . but of course, and legalistic. but of course, it's not actually a court of law . it will be subject to the vagaries of individual mps , own vagaries of individual mps, own feelings about these matters . do feelings about these matters. do you think, joanne , that the you think, joanne, that the pubuc you think, joanne, that the public are remotely moved by this process today ? we've got a this process today? we've got a twitter poll running this morning on gb news. and 54% of people at the moment say that they would like see boris johnson back . frontline politics johnson back. frontline politics at the moment if today's televising of this event was intended to discredit boris johnson and to somehow thereby

discredit conservative party , discredit conservative party, it's likely to have the opposite . well, i think , you know, one . well, i think, you know, one of the strengths of gb news is that you don't take british pubuc that you don't take british public for granted and you don't make huge assumptions about what on mass the british public concludes . and i think that , you concludes. and i think that, you know, there will be mixed feelings about boris johnson, but many people suspect will feel that there's something of a witch hunt about this and that they're prepared, if you like, to kind of turn a blind eye to what frankly was pretty shabby behaviour and to prepare to turn a blind eye to it because they feel that he personifies articulates something that they're not hearing from other mainstream politicians . and i mainstream politicians. and i think that is that is crux of this as far as many people will consider this is almost it's almost understood it's almost baked in any kind of assessment of boris johnson . he is of boris johnson. he is something of a hypocrite . that something of a hypocrite. that is something of that. he plays

fast and shall we say. but people are clever enough to be able to assess what their own priorities are and if they feel that he can deliver something for them over and above. perhaps his personal failings, then i think, you know, people will will invest in that . why does he will invest in that. why does he get away with it . why do you say get away with it. why do you say like that? hypocrisies baked into him. i can't think of another politician who can get away with that. certainly not a female one. they'd never get away behaving like this and still be liked . i think you make still be liked. i think you make a very interesting point there about whether or not women are viewed in quite the same way and we'll i mean, i think it has partly to do with the confidence of any individual. and if you look at, you know, some of that, some of the senior women, for instance around the labour party at the moment i arguably you could that angela nina could say that angela nina has that capacity to sort of rise above logic and appeal people on above logic and appeal people on a more visceral level . and it'll a more visceral level. and it'll

be interesting to see how she's judged in future months and years , but i don't think he's years, but i don't think he's completely unique. i think we saw something of that with with tony blair. certainly in the in these sort of first two terms of these sort of first two terms of the blair leadership was quite frankly, he got away with all sorts of and was able to just turn to camera and say, well, you know, trust me, you know, i'm decent guy a lot of i'm a decent guy. and a lot of people, you know, will losing trust him and yet the trust in him and yet the charisma of carried him charisma kind of carried him through . well, an actor. through. well, he's an actor. tony blair, an actor through . he tony blair, an actor through. he continues to be jo—anne nadler. thank you so much for joining us. our deputy put together tom harwood tell you're going to harwood tell me you're going to be to this throughout the be glued to this throughout the day, giving your expert analysis and interpreting . and it is a and interpreting. and it is a really big moment for the former prime minister cannot be understated. understated how big a moment is it is a huge a moment this is it is a huge and really what we'll be looking for is exactly how these interactions play out between bofis interactions play out between boris johnson and indeed the seven members of this committee . we must remember that four of

those seven members are conservative and parliaments, two labour and one is snp . now two labour and one is snp. now looking at the political composition of that, it might lead us to think that this is a conservative leaning, boris johnson leaning committee , johnson leaning committee, perhaps, yes. however, of course , many of those serving on that committee are not the kind of politicians that are predisposed towards boris johnson's of them have spoken out against him in the past, particularly some of them playing a part in his downfall as well. iain duncan smith made that point. you said that it's not like court of law where you have judges or jurors who fresh and new it to so who come fresh and new it to so these employees are players there in the game they know bofis there in the game they know boris johnson and you rightly allude at least i think least three of those two are in piece a no of boris johnson. and a no fans of boris johnson. and the fascinating thing is of the fascinating thing here is of course are politicians. yeah it's politicians it's very hard for politicians to of leave their political to sort of leave their political views at door. yes this is boris johnson. whether you love him or loathe, there are very few

people who sort of sit in the middle on boris johnson and he does elicit almost emotional reactions in people and we've seen that in some of the tweets that have surfaced from the now chairman of the harriet harman , chairman of the harriet harman, who has, of course, said that bofis who has, of course, said that boris johnson has broken the rules in the she's alleged that he has misled in the past and this of course is what the committee is supposed to be adjudicate. he's got to tone right, though, tom, because as part the fact that we've heard from people who know well looking forward to today this is where he excels. he's on stage. he himself is also a bit of an actor. but if he's too cocky and he's too arrogant and he tries to style out with too much pizzazz , which is what he might pizzazz, which is what he might be inclined to do. the public, those who did suffer with lockdowns , those who couldn't lockdowns, those who couldn't say goodbye to their ones, those who had funerals with no more than ten people at the he is to wind those people up. and those people who are thinking do i have any patience left with the

conservative party could blow it for people today for the for those people today for the party. i think is the party. i think this is the fascinating about fascinating thing about partygate because course partygate because of course we hear stories about the hear so many stories about the time that people spent that was really quite awful these two years the personal stories that we've heard it's almost as if partygate became a sort of socially acceptable avenue by which people could talk about the pain , the restrictions the pain, the restrictions imposed upon them. because up until that point it was almost like just sort socially unacceptable to talk about that. and this has given them an avenue for that pain that clearly is widely felt . but it clearly is widely felt. but it is important to note , of course, is important to note, of course, bofis is important to note, of course, boris johnson was not accused of parting with his . boris johnson was not accused of parting with his. he boris johnson was not accused of parting with his . he wasn't parting with his. he wasn't accused of going into a and seeing a dying loved one. the events that he is alleged to have attended are with the people he was working inside. number ten. so a lot of things comparisons. emotional though they yeah. aren't direct

comparable with what goes on and is interesting see how sort of back from the emotion logic of this apply slightly differently whether or not will matter in what is purely political theatre itself and we said we think he's going to say look it is a place of number 10, it's an office people will under pressure. they work in 20 hour days. but then you have to think. so were doctors nurses and. they doctors and nurses and. they were rules. do were breaking the rules. you do have think that, of course, have to think that, of course, there a couple of instances there are a couple of instances that were reported as positive news stories of nurses bringing cakes all the cakes for each other and all the rest of it, which everyone to be fairly okay with at time. fairly okay with at the time. similarly, part boris similarly, part of boris johnson's 55 page dossier of defence is that indeed this cabinet room cake that was had, although not eaten between meetings on the 19th of june 20, 20 that was reported it the day after in the tunnel was . a no after in the tunnel was. a no one seemed to think it was a bad thing because of course at the time we were coming of it and

some of the restrictions i mean, the picture was at of parties that i mean, it doesn't look like it's a particular raucous affair. but of course, that was the event for which the prime minister around minister was finds around the cabinet with of the cabinet table with some of the people he was working with. people that he was working with. we see on our screens and we can see on our screens and they between were not scared they sky between were not scared of in between meetings because they at that they would be sitting at that table each other table next to each other 5 minutes from that time to discussing the next stages of lockdown easing. so there is a case to be made here by boris johnson saying i didn't think was against the rules. i held my hands up. if the metropolitan police have now said that me standing this table as opposed to table was to sitting at this table was massively the rules, massively against the rules, sorry, the time he spoke sorry, but at the time he spoke to parliament, he alleges he was speaking in good faith. he thought he was following rules even though latterly it might have turned out he didn't. that's his case. and of course, we're not adjudicating whether not there were parties, but there he actually it's there is he was actually it's whether parliament was misled

recklessly misled . it's recklessly misled. it's a difficult test. yeah and we know from the whatsapp messages that his heart wasn't really in a lot of the restrictions because he said matt hancock if they said to matt hancock if they over are more at risk of over 65 are more at risk of dying from falling down the stairs but we still let the over 65 up and down stairs. so 65 walk up and down stairs. so you know his wasn't really you know his heart wasn't really in it, but he didn't have the spine to take a leadership role on anyway, been on it. anyway, you've been getting tony said, getting in touch, tony said, which hunt against boris is a mirror image. which hunt against boris is a mirror image . the treatment of mirror image. the treatment of donald left is the donald trump by the left is the only way they can gain power is to their opponents, to destroy their opponents, davis while fuss to destroy their opponents, davis boriswhile fuss to destroy their opponents, davis boris johnson fuss to destroy their opponents, davis borisjohnson. fuss to destroy their opponents, davis boris johnson . wess to destroy their opponents, davis boris johnson . we didn't about boris johnson. we didn't have the same level of hysteria about tony and weapons of about tony blair and weapons of mass destruction of mass destruction. lots of your messages coming remember messages coming in. i remember it years for that. iraq it took ten years for that. iraq inquiry to report. ten years. and i think he lied to parliament and the country about taking the world. i agree. but i still on this still come yesterday on this very programme, the reform party said that they would hope to annihilate the conservatives in the next election. but andrew ,

the next election. but andrew, yesterday, what does that mean for uk? well be speaking to ukip's deputy leader just a ukip's deputy leaderjust a moment

well, it's 1123. you're with andrew pierce and bev turner and gb news. this is to the point now if you're watching yesterday . we had a really great interview, didn't we, with ben habib. yeah. who has joined reform uk , which is the reform uk, which is the successor to the brexit party. but we want to bring in rebecca jane, a deputy leader of ukip . jane, a deputy leader of ukip. good morning, rebecca. rebecca, i don't think a good morning to you, don't you saw what ben happy had to say to us. i see. but this is what we asked him. it's also about reform uk bright new party. you're going to fight every seat virtually every seat the next general election hundred illiterate ukip . hundred and 34 illiterate ukip. will it obliterate the tories or both ? well, ukip , ukip is sadly both? well, ukip, ukip is sadly a shadow of its debt. myself and but my. and i'm absolutely about

it. and richard and nigel are on board for this to obliterate the tory party. there will be no surrender, there will be no deals there will be no standing down in seats . so what do you down in seats. so what do you make to that then, rebecca? he said they're going to obliterate you. some people might do. you've been obliterated already . well, he said that he was to obliterate the conservatives which says absolutely fine they can they can believe that it's a shame because i really like that. and actually the best thing that could happen to reform is if richard tice steps down, ben habib becomes their leader . down, ben habib becomes their leader. we're actually very friendly with ben, which is kind of you swerved your question of why you swerved your question that in my that so unfortunately in my opinion reform are a one man ego trip that is richard tice i we've obviously we've tried to unite centre right parties we are still very much doing that so we've gone about this the proper way instead of just doing a bit of a press conference and declaring that we're going to a

blitz. everybody, we've blitz. right, everybody, we've actually planning the actually got planning with the electoral we've electoral commission and we've actually still continuing actually been still continuing talks some smaller talks and we have some smaller parties to parties that are ready to amalgamate and actually have this reform refused to do this unison reform refused to do that because of richard tice and these ego and his power trip. and i'll say it again this only in my opinion , i could never in in my opinion, i could never in good conscience fold ukip into reform because of richard tice stance a mandatory vaccinations the fact he said that brexit was john and various other things obviously that richard times said i can't do it and the biggest reason why i also do it and bless ben i like his optimism. but if there's one thing the absolute do not believe it is that they are not in some kind of pact with the conservatives in. 2019 they stood over 300 seats down with a pact with the conservatives . i pact with the conservatives. i absolutely believe they will do it again. and i think that ben has been hoodwinked by richard tice. i don't think they will.

rebecca to be completely honest. i think reform is in a very different place from when some of its members in the brexit party and ben said yesterday there will be no deals that, will be no pact. they are a very kind of well—organised and a well—oiled machine . do i sense well—oiled machine. do i sense a sense of disappoint from you, though, that even though you have personal issues with tice, that you wish that you that you could have collaborated with reform in a positive ? yeah, i reform in a positive? yeah, i mean this i think that for the good of the people we absolutely should have had become fixation and richard tice is the person stopped that and every party agreed to do that and. so in my opinion why on earth would you not do it because for his all to come together under this one umbrella to and form a complete coalition, why earth would we not try do that is because richard tice believes that they can completely do it on their own. and i respect you a lot, ben, but unfortunately, behind the scenes , not quite the scenes, not quite as well—oiled as believe , well—oiled as what you believe,

which other parties to which is why no other parties to fold themselves into reform either they've attracted and with it comes joined the ranks of babes join the ranks. he's an impressive figure. she's a impressive figure. she's a impressive in my view . impressive figure, in my view. doesn't your view a doesn't that change your view a little how electoral little on her on how electoral electorally appealing they may next time and well they could be electorally appealing however there's only one person who's actually agreed to stand for them and that's ben and so actually i think that you need to wait and see what actually happens with it. but i the and ben agree it has me some hope. i can't lie. but my biggest hope is that richard stands down and ben becomes the leader because he'd be a fantastic leader. he's on right side of this . on the right side of this. everything he says is completely correct. so we do have some hope because absolutely because ben are absolutely brilliant as well. obviously brilliant as well. but obviously that has quite a way to go with . the history and the things that done, the i that they've done, the past. i can't trust that. rebecca if first two questions really that i want to ask you first all, why

do you think he doesn't want richard doesn't want to collaborate ukip? what the collaborate with ukip? what the baggage the party baggage that he thinks the party bnngs baggage that he thinks the party brings it if he was to brings to it and if he was to come you directly and say come to you directly and say i don't want the ukip association but i want you rebecca jane because we all want more strong minded women in politics. come along, jump, jump the fence. come and join me. let's i've been made that offer by all the parties and i've absolutely said no because i'm loyal and i'm transparent and i'm straight bananas. everything that ukip for is me . so that's the first for is me. so that's the first thing that you would say? i would absolutely still have a conversation. i've had a conversation. i've had a conversation with ben this week to say that would still talk to richard . but i've some richard. but i've got some serious issues , especially serious issues, especially around the whole what happened with the vaccine with obviously the vaccine situation. i struggle really put that aside sorry, what was your the question the baggage of ukip. so yeah. let me address one for you. so it's not quite , one for you. so it's not quite, it's not quite like that. so they refused to collaborate with anybody, not just ukip. they haven't directly said there is

actually there was one email where isabel richard's partner said that we were to obey immigration and obviously that she deemed to be racist. and that's why wouldn't talk to us. but that was quite some time ago and obviously they're changing that you one immigration so who knows . reform uk say they're knows. reform uk say they're going to put up 630 candidates. rebecca the next general election ukip a position to put up any candidates all yeah, we are actually thank goodness . and are actually thank goodness. and so we are. however we're i'm not going to announce anything that i absolutely stunned by whether they will stand by that 600 we will see in time i quote some by 600 right now it'll because we have pundits with the electoral commission and obviously we are trying to unite with other centre right parties and it's going once that's under control then i will commit to a figure. but until then i won't say something that's not going be true. the top tier of true. who are the top tier of ukip now? rebecca well , the next

ukip now? rebecca well, the next help obviously on that there is neil hamilton who is absolute phenomenal. i absolutely adore neil. and then we've got our chairman , then we've got a board chairman, then we've got a board elected members. so i wouldn't like put other people's names to it right . now like put other people's names to it right. now i think it's for them to do that for themselves, but the ukip board is definitely reformed over the last of the last year. it's quite exciting. it's very and it's actually a lot younger than what people expect now . yeah. all right. expect now. yeah. all right. thank you so much , jane. the thank you so much, jane. the deputy leader of ukip . well, deputy leader of ukip. well, still to come, follow on from the problem in the home secretary's comments yesterday, where she rejected the label of instant regional racism, the instant regional racism, can the met police ever really change if its to acknowledge it? its leaders to acknowledge it? we'll out after the latest we'll find out after the latest news . hi there. it's just after news. hi there. it's just after 30. i'm out. i'm strolling the gb newsroom. the committee investigate whether boris johnson knowingly misled parliament over partygate has published fresh evidence this morning . the 110 page report

morning. the 110 page report contains witness statements covid advice , a commons covid advice, a commons transcript and photos of gatherings mr. johnson attended and that document will be referred to when he answers questions in front of a panel of employees later, if he's found to have deliberately misled the house, he could be suspended as . an mp, former prime . an mp, the former prime minister he did so on purpose and can watch boris johnson in front of the privileges committee live here on gb news from 2:00. meanwhile, boris johnson and liz truss say they'll both vote against rishi sunak's new brexit deal for northern ireland. a key element of the windsor framework aims to give the stormont assembly a greater say on how eu rules to the province and to a vote on the province and to a vote on the storm and break in the commons later, the minister is facing a potential rebellion from several conservative backbenchers and we that sammy wilson all eight wp mp sort of kids but not being pure brexit it's not even democracy because

the a part of the united kingdom will be subject to laws which are made for brussels with no shade from the united kingdom or northern ireland. the compromise that would be required if we are to accept eu law is that we decide that week as unionists compromise on being part of the united kingdom because we have no longer subject to law samuelson the dup and surging food prices unexpectedly pushed inflation up last month increase fears of another rise in interest rates . the office for interest rates. the office for national statistics says it's the result of higher price growth in restaurants , clothing growth in restaurants, clothing and food, which had its rate in more than 45 years. and that was partly driven by a shortage of vegetables . the bank of partly driven by a shortage of vegetables. the bank of england will make their next interest rate decision . tv online dab and rate decision. tv online dab and chiltern radio. this is gb news. now back to andrew and beth .

now back to andrew and beth. prince harry's american is under scrutiny amid questions over whether he disclosed his drug use should he be deported if he's found he didn't disclose all the important. find out shortly shortly

very good morning. it's 1137. very good morning. it's1137. you're with to the point on gb news. well, president joe biden has ordered the release of files on a lab leak over covid 19 and the linked the outbreak to the lab in wuhan. that's right. so we are doing. now, i'm excited to talk about this. charlie rowley is with us really and also deputy editor of the conservative henry hale. right those of us who've had an eye on this story for three years now, charlie , getting quite excited charlie, getting quite excited by the fact that we might actually find a smoking gun here. do you think we will? this is just just to set it up. so this is the idea that the of

function research that was being conducted in the wuhan lab funded originally partly by the american government and fouchier and company called ecohealth and a company called ecohealth alliance a british guy alliance and a british guy called daszak. called peter daszak. they've denied allegations. we denied the allegations. we started say it was from a bat started to say it was from a bat in a way. wuhan wet market. it's looking increasingly like it was not cal surprise . well you're not cal surprise. well you're absolutely right to say that president biden has now signed a bill ordering release of that intelligence that they. so he's ordered director national ordered the director of national intelligence the intelligence release all the material available. material that's available. and it's state from the it's important to state from the start . at 1.1 american. start. at 1.1 american. americans 1.1 million americans. i say lost their lives to i should say lost their lives to the virus . and there are the virus. and there are discrepancies between . some discrepancies between. some essentially the fbi take a view and the cia take it particularly. and another view where they haven't drawn a conclusion . and but it is conclusion. and but it is looking like whatever intelligence that the american ones have been able to acquire are going to become into the pubuc are going to become into the public domain. and that is going to really, i think play into the

relations that the americans currently have with china. the fbi say now that they it is highly likely the results of a laboratory leak in wuhan . there laboratory leak in wuhan. there have been people saying that for a long time. but harry. harry, what does. henry. sorry. what does this mean? because if is concluded categorically , this concluded categorically, this was american funded biomedical research in china that led to the outbreak, which changed everything across the world. and so many people did lose their lives. what does that mean? well, i suppose it means several things. one, it means that america going to have america is going to have difficult questions to answer about the way handles what is about the way it handles what is essentially dangerous essentially very dangerous potentiallybioweapon research. biological bioweapon research. second, it's going to have implications for second, it's going to have implicationsfor current implications for its current relationship china , which relationship with china, which there already tensions there were already tensions there. and third, it's going to have big questions for western governments in the media and other people, because, of course, one of the things that's been a feature the been a feature of the politically, like, is the politically, if you like, is the way some things are absent way that some things are absent gospel all of a sudden

gospel and then all of a sudden they're in and they're not in positions and things this has things change. but this this has been as a conspiracy been dismissed as a conspiracy theory for years and people peddung theory for years and people peddling were called cranks. yeah, whatever and it may yet not be true. it's important to state, but the that the us government and the intelligence agency is now treating it as credible means that people who were so keen to dismiss this a year ago, two years ago, do need to take it very hard. and the question will be if it is true how high up did it go politically, who knew? yeah, it will. we will be going to stop judgement . i will. we will be going to stop judgement. i would be demanding to know. absolutely well, it will be one. it will be a question of whether or not they knew about this research was going on all because this is, going on at all because this is, you know, remarkable collaborate with china, given the increasingly but increasingly antagonist. but also, know that was also, did they know that it was being at an unsuitable being conducted at an unsuitable facility? the facility? because i believe the last might but last time might be wrong, but there few facilities there were very few facilities in the world have adequate in the world have the adequate level to deal with level of protection to deal with very highly contagious diseases and this was the outbreak just happened to be near one of them.

yeah so clearly somebody was not doing their due diligence within the us medical security establishment . what trump's establishment. what trump's thinking about this . obama thinking about this. obama refused to fund research in america. this is kind of all happened before this because this sort kind of bioengineering this sort kind of bioengineering this twiddling around with these viruses to potentially make them more lethal . more lethal. why more lethal. more lethal. why anybody would want to do that. research is beyond me . and obama research is beyond me. and obama refused to fund it. and so got taken by fouchier. and as i say, this company ecohealth alliance over to china where the restrictions were a little less and could just be done overseas . but if you have a loved one who died of this virus , how do who died of this virus, how do you how do you reconcile that with the fact that it was potentially manmade ? that is potentially manmade? that is that's the question . and, you that's the question. and, you know, who is conducting this research? why were they conducting it? who ordered it? who knew about it, who was

funding it and how long if they knew about it? and how long has this been in the pipeline? actually, what other , uh , actually, what other, uh, bioengineering , what are the bioengineering, what are the exact searches going on at the moment still, how long we know that we know about and is anything still going on now that we shouldn't have? happened we shouldn't have? it happened on republican presidents watch. look political capital that look at political capital that joe out of that joe biden could make out of that if this is proven. link. yeah. yes. well, obviously, china yes. yeah well, obviously, china will never cooperate . who is now will never cooperate. who is now running the research labs will not cooperate. we may never find categorical answer this , but categorical answer on this, but it's potentially enormous . it's potentially enormous. right. let's talk about prince harry. prince harry about so should other rules apply to him? henry in terms of his visa permissions , because if he takes permissions, because if he takes the boxes when apply for a visa, have you ever used drugs? you a terrorist? i mean, no one's ever really going to say yes. no, no, no, no. and then he's gone out

publicly, write a book saying. actually, i've used rather a lot of drugs in my. what happens now? well according to the heritage this heritage foundation, this american it is american think tank, it is actually constitution for actually on constitution for him to received special to have received special treatment. personally, think treatment. i personally, i think you of make sense if you just kind of make sense if a government like, well, government can be like, well, you the prince the united you are the prince of the united kingdom, look over. kingdom, okay, we'll look over. we'll marijuana, we'll overlook the marijuana, but apparently that's unconstitutional. is unconstitutional. however, so is releasing the details of visa applications. i suppose that applications. so i suppose that we'll never know but it is highlights america has very strict laws about shows you strict drug laws about shows you know if you have a drugs conviction the kingdom conviction in the united kingdom you be banned for an you can simply be banned for an indefinite time ever indefinite period of time ever going to the united states. so is a serious something that america takes very seriously? i suppose americans will suppose that the americans will allow this to to allow this to develop to the point he ends up getting point where he ends up getting deported because that would be a diplomatic embarrassment of some magnitude. but does highlight again, i think, the hypocrisy of somebody whole brand somebody who whose whole brand is built on the idea of is now built on the idea of being, you know, this kind of wellness and everything wellness guru and everything else. only in else. and he's he's only in america because to have america because he seems to have got exemption from the rules got an exemption from the rules around, of and

around, the use of cocaine. and you write about in his book that ridiculous, self—indulgent conversation therapist, ridiculous, self—indulgent cortalked on therapist, ridiculous, self—indulgent cortalked on about therapist, ridiculous, self—indulgent cortalked on about thertoo,t, ridiculous, self—indulgent cortalked on about thertoo, i he talked all about then, too, i confess , have not read his book. confess, have not read his book. and i don't need to unless i know i really need be. he know i don't really need be. he was deported. he'd come back here and we don't want him. well, at one end, he can over there with the duchess. well always rwanda, but tonight he could get the planes up in the air on a sunday. we'll see. i think i. think what the wanted. he wanted to go to america. there are commonwealth realms, right? lots places right? there are lots of places where royal family. where the have the royal family. we have a permanent world. we don't have a permanent world. i he was going i always thought if he was going leave why go leave this country, why not go and base himself in australia? in zealand? because in new zealand? because she wants be president united wants to be president united states. maybe but for best that might but his might be it. but from his perspective, australia, new zealand, the country that they're liberal, what you're western countries that don't have permanent residence. have a permanent residence. and who might have ended up who knows he might have ended up king australia. you know what king of australia. you know what somebody message show keith somebody message a show keith saying comes saying that harry comes off drugs a of years what drugs for a number of years what no to have picked up no one seems to have picked up on fact this is when he on is the fact this is when he was in the british army. and he

says as former serving officer says as a former serving officer in the british army, this in the british army, i find this appalling what we've been asking you. yeah, that she you. well yeah, i think that she wants harry back. it's wants to see harry back. it's not torture. and you wanna harry back in britain. i'm look, i think be diplomatic. think maybe be diplomatic. i think maybe be diplomatic. i think it's to be news. think it's going to be news. harry and meghan. perfectly happyin harry and meghan. perfectly happy in america and i think that's continue that's where they'll continue career sometime right. you've been as been very diplomatic charlie as always. know those always. like to know those policies. yes yeah. mean, the policies. yes yeah. i mean, the question is he going to come question is, is he going to come back for coronation, which back for the coronation, which is, well, we still don't know. it was very pointed piece on one page the other saying you page the other day saying if you have did the courtesy have the kurds did the courtesy of to invitation, of replying to the invitation, we'd more because. we'd have more idea because. apparently haven't replied. apparently they haven't replied. who these people? who is advising these people? we have by have asking you this morning, by the whether you want the way, about whether you want to see boris johnson back in front line politics on. well, would 54% would you believe 54% of you have said yes. would you believe 54% of you have said yes . you would like to have said yes. you would like to see boris johnson back in front politics. no real surprise, andre . no surprise. well, that's andre. no surprise. well, that's we come to end of our show. don't forget boris johnson will. we'll take him live here on gb news. coming up next on newsnight, it's mark longhurst.

this the point with andrew this is the point with andrew and thanks hi it's and buff. thanks hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. windy day for all of office. a windy day for all of us, particularly the north west of scotland, with quite of of scotland, with quite a of showers through that showers coming through on that too. breeze, but some too. brisk breeze, but some brighter interludes and the showers move through showers will move through quickly. the quickly. low pressure to the northwest scotland and we've northwest of scotland and we've got tightly packed days of got these tightly packed days of hours strong hours bringing those strong winds, widely across the winds, gales widely across the northwest scotland . a weather northwest of scotland. a weather front, moved front, however, has moved through that means brighter through. that means brighter skies many also fairly skies for many but also fairly frequent showers moving in from the west . the cloud rain the west. the cloud and rain gets out of the way from east anglia in southeast. that's where the driest and brightest conditions will be elsewhere. gloucestershire with longer gloucestershire with some longer spells the far north spells of rain in the far north and northwest of scotland, where we'll scales and wind gusts of 60 more miles hour. 60 and perhaps more miles hour. temperatures, though , will be temperatures, though, will be higher than average, with 1516 celsius likely in the perhaps even 17 degrees. but further move through during the evening, perhaps even some rumbles of thunder in places and some longer spells of rain affecting central and southern scotland .

central and southern scotland. that clears out of the way for the second half of the night. plenty spells then, but plenty of clear spells then, but with breeze that will help with the breeze that will help to the air up and prevent to stir the air up and prevent a frost for the first majority, just perhaps isolated one the just perhaps isolated one in the far north scott island. far north of scott island. otherwise 5 to 8 celsius as we begin thursday . bright skies begin thursday. bright skies once especially for once again, especially for central and eastern as as the far north. but actually quite a. , , of bright far north. but actually quite a , , of bright far north. but actually quite a . . of bright showers. but day of bright and showers. but the hint of some longer spells of rain heading the far south by the end of the afternoon. temperatures down two degrees or so, 11 or 12 celsius for scotland and ireland, 15, perhaps 16 in the south of england and south wales. rain then into southern and southeastern during thursday evening, clearing away by around midnight, further showers into the rest of the uk . and we keep the rest of the uk. and we keep that showery theme into the weekend but one thing we'll nofice weekend but one thing we'll notice as well as those temperatures will fall away with

northerly winds by .