we heard yvette cooper asking about the public messaging, whether it is confusing for pa rents of messagingsing for parents of children about what they should do if they get symptom, we heard simon hall saying is it on his radar about how this is going down publicly? the same from pete wishart. the prime minister said what we have heard from him, really, which was this sense he is sorry for further and anguish people have gone through during the lockdown but no direct apology about this dominic cummings situation, he kept saying he wanted to move on, and that is very clearly the view in government, they have thought throughout this, that they hope that things go on to something else, and we heard that again from the prime minister who repeated that phrase several time, he said he thought the public message would be helped if the discussion about dominic cummings ended now and went on the something else, but it was clear some mps weren't prepared to let that point 90, weren't prepared to let that point go, and in fact another conservative mp was watching that liaison committee appearance, an

you saw yvette cooper putting him under a bit of pressure.but one conservative mp was raising with him the correspondence he had had from constituents. there was certainly that he was pressed on whether or not there should be some sort of investigation into mr cummings by the most senior civil servant. boris johnson cummings by the most senior civil servant. borisjohnson declined twice to say that. he said it would not be happening and did not think it would be a good use of officials time. he would not be doing hisjob if he shuffled this problem off into the hands of officials. i think as far as borisjohnson the hands of officials. i think as far as boris johnson is the hands of officials. i think as far as borisjohnson is concerned, he wants to draw a line under this and move into the next phase because we are moving into a new time, the launch of test and trace, potentially into that phase two of lifting lockdown restrictions so he is very keen to move the agenda on it but there are still quite a lot of questions for people to ask. we have

there was also really excellent question from yvette cooper who said to him, you know, you know, youe between protecting your advisor here and maintaining the tape with ace of the public health crisis that he has undermined vibrating little guidelines and it was very clear that boris johnson was very clear that boris johnson was doubling down, he refused to apologise for the actions of his advisor breaking guidelines that many people around the country observed at great cost to themselves. it really came across as a prime minister who is so reliant oi'i a prime minister who is so reliant on one a prime minister who is so reliant on one advisor that even when that adviser breaks really critical public health advice from the government, he is not prepared or willing to let him go, so he looks incredibly weak and then there were other occasions as well on the commits may. at one point... let's move on to some of the other titles because they are concentrating on the liaison committee as well. daily mirror, why don't you do your duty. the prime minister would argue that this is a false a

kasia: there was also this heated exchange with yvette cooper. >> here is the problem.eason you are not giving people your -- you are trying to protect dominic cummings. the reason you sent -- to say unclear things is because you are trying not to incriminate dominic cummings. you don't want to apologize for him. that means you are putting your political concerns ahead of clear public health messages to parents who have coronavirus. 40,000 people are dead we need you to get this right now. can you tell us you have a choice between protecting dominic cummings and putting the national interest first? which will it be? >> my choice is that of the british people. i want to lay aside party and political -- and to put the national interest first and to be clear with the public about what we want to do and how we want to take this country forward. kasia: one of the exchanges from boris johnson, giving testimony to the select committee. this whole dominic cummings saga has made headlines around the world. look at the new york times headline. public outcry against boris johnson.

and there was this heated exchange with the labour mp yvette cooper.han that, i don't really know what i can add. no, here's the problem, prime minister. the reason you are ducking this is because, the reason you're not giving people a straight answer is because you're trying to protect dominic cummings. the reason you sent all of your ministers out to say fudgy things and unclear things is because you are trying not to incriminate dominic cummings and you don't want to apologise for him. the problem is that means you're putting your political concerns ahead of clear public health messages to parents who have coronavirus. 40,000 people are dead. we need you to get this right now. so can you tell us, you have a choice between protecting dominic cummings and putting the national interest first, which will it be, prime minister? well, i think my choice is the choice of the british people, i want us all to make, yvette, and that is as far as we possibly can to lay aside party political point scoring, and to put the national interest first, and to be very c