the pressure is sliuhtl minds of partygate? the pressure is sliahtl off minds of partygate? boris johnson, but - minds of partygate? the pressure is slightly off boris johnson, but i - minds of partygate? the pressure is slightly off boris johnson, but i am | slightly off borisjohnson, but i am not convinced that this flurry of activity, it looks fairly miserable on one of the front pages of the pages that back of the papers tomorrow. he is desperately trying tomorrow. he is desperately trying to take attention away from booze in suitcases, cakes and goodness knows what else. people are really struggling, whether it is the cost of food, the cost of energy, the fear of a national insurance hike and even with that, you get the impression that borisjohnson was held hostage by his chancellor and will do anything to save his premiership and we will have the levelling up white paper, the flying visit to ukraine, whether it is enough to stop the backbenchers who will have been back in their constituencies this weekend, i don't think it is over for constituencies this weekend, i don

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and the partygate papers. prime minister boris johnson is set to speak to parliament after seeing the results of a civil service probe into allegations of rule breaking during lockdown. from new york, i'm kailey leinz, with guy johnson in london. alix steel is off today. welcome to "bloomberg markets." i think a lot of people are excited to see this january come to a close. guy: it has been a bit of a rocky ride. we certainly had a lot of bumps we hit. you will see some incredible numbers being posted in terms of equity markets. foreign exchange, may little less so. -- maybe a little less so. it will be interesting to see what february looks like. i should probably flag a little piece of news just crossing the screen right now. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing with them the last few minutes that he has recently tested positive for covid-19. i think this is the second time he's had it. i could be wrong about that. but i certainly have a recollection of him having it in 2020. let's get back

, and evenin by the goings—on with partygate, and even in one of the papers we may come to later, iting his leadership campaign up and ready but this is an article, a piece from both the prime minister and the chancellor, pretty much saying, you know, you can moan if you want to, but we are going ahead with this 1.25 increase in national insurance, or £12 billion, which will hit the pay packets and employers as well from april. so, a lot of conservative mps have voiced concern because the cost of living, as we all know it, zooming, and next week, the energy price cap is due to come to an end, and that will put a huge increase on energy bills. there are real concerns about the cost of living but this is the prime minister and the chancellor sticking to their downs and, as you say, trying to send out a message of unity. g trying to send out a message of uni . �* , ., , , unity. a message of unity, but, niel, unity. a message of unity, but, nigel. we _ unity. a message of unity, but, nigel, we have _ unity. a message of unity, but, nigel, we have tim _ unity. a message of unity, but, ni

: i'm just going to suggest on the second floor, where they have those lovely cocktails, is that partygatek it was. jonathan: i think you might be suggesting that this is a reason to visit london. [laughter] remember when tom became the brexit correspondent just so he could go to london every two months? from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ jonathan: live from new york city, looking to close out a brutal month of january if you are along the nasdaq. i'm sure it hurts. futures down about 0.5% on the s&p. we turn into negative territory on the nasdaq right now, coming in about 0.1%. the russell where the underperformance is, down by 1.2%. on the month, down about 7% on the s&p. as you might've heard some of the worst month going back to march 2020. i promised we would talk about the standard chartered bond market called. we can do that now and take a look at two. they go from 1.1% to 1.6% for the end of q2, and they look for a subtle move lower to 1.5% to end the year. this is how they frame the call, the hockessin us upfront, and much more dovish as the year progresses. they'll are -- they

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. >>> overseas,boris johnson is resisting calls to resign amid a growing scandal known as partygate.cotland yard is now investigating several events attended by johnson and his staff that happened at government offices during a strict covid lockdown. mts that yep has more from downing street. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: never before has a bit of birthday cake got a british prime minister into so much trouble. after visiting this school in 2020 boris johnson allegedly attended a party in his honor at 10 downing street, a violation of covid rules at the time that is part of the rapidly growing scandal known as partygate, a scandal the police are now investigating. >> i can confirm that the met is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street. >> reporter: those potential breaches, and there are many, were back when britain was implementing some of its strictest lockdown measures, measures so strict the queen had to sit alone at her husband prince philip's funeral. when johnson, who after battling covid himself, was issuing warnings like this. >> if y

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is fighting for his political life as downing street awaits an official report on the so-called partygate scandal. now, mr. johnson has faced growing calls to resign amid allegations his staff held a seeries of parties during stric covid lockdowns. the government is expected to release the findings of an internal investigation into those claims some time in the coming week. meantime, johnson is also fending off accusations by some members of his party that downing street tried to intimidate them into staying silent amid the scandal. for more now, we're joined by cnn's nadia bashir. and as if thing wasn't ugly enough, with that latest allegation, it's getting even uglier. and yet, many have said it before, boris johnson is your quintessential political survivor. what can we expect this week, now that this report is likely to come out? >> reporter: paula, it's certainly set to be a decisive week for the prime minister, particularly with all eyes on whether or not the conservative mps will turn against him and hut his role as the leader and prime minister in jeopardy. we are, of course, wait

i would even put it as strongly— by partygate. i would even put it as strongly as — by partygate.strongly as that. we all had what today— strongly as that. we all had what today what we wanted it to find in that report. if you loathe boris johnson — that report. if you loathe boris johnson and were looking for evidence _ johnson and were looking for evidence that he is a bad man and did not— evidence that he is a bad man and did not fit— evidence that he is a bad man and did not fit to be prime minister, you got— did not fit to be prime minister, you got words that were reassuring to you. _ you got words that were reassuring to you. but — you got words that were reassuring to you, but he did not get a killer blow, _ to you, but he did not get a killer blow, and — to you, but he did not get a killer blow, and if— to you, but he did not get a killer blow, and if you are charged today with going — blow, and if you are charged today with going out there to secure his future, _ with going out there to secure his future, you — with going out there to secure his future, you could point o

the partygate scandal came about, and i think that increase is the real key thing here.hese figures show he does not have the support of the public any more.— the public any more. well over a third of conservative _ the public any more. well over a third of conservative voters - the public any more. well over a third of conservative voters who | third of conservative voters who voted for the party in 2019 say that the prime minister should resign as well. �* , , the prime minister should resign as well. absolutely. it's a significant 42% of those _ well. absolutely. it's a significant 4296 of those who _ well. absolutely. it's a significant 4296 of those who voted - well. absolutely. it's a significant 4296 of those who voted for - well. absolutely. it's a significant 4296 of those who voted for him l well. absolutely. it's a significant i 4296 of those who voted for him last 42% of those who voted for him last time, thinking he should resign. it's quite clear that back in 2019, he did overwhelmingly well. that is ebbing away, and i think what will be key in the next few

is fighting for his political life as downing street awaits an official report on the so-called partygate scandal. now, mr. johnson has faced growing concerns to resign amid allegations his staff held a series of parties during strict covid lockdowns. now, the government is expected to release the findings of an internal investigation into those claims next week. meantime, johnson is also fending off accusations by some members of his own party that downing street tried to intimidate them into staying silent amid the scandal. for more on all of this, we're joined by cnn's nadia bashir. she is in london for us. good morning to you. boris johnson, we've heard this before, he's down but he is not out, at least not yet. what can we expect this week as this inquiry into the party wraps up? >> reporter: paula, this could certainly be a decisive week for the prime minister as leader of the conservative party as that confidence in him drops. we do expect to have the findings of that intel increasing the social gatherings and parties reported to have taken place within downing street and across ot

shyama, what about the partygate cards. shyama, what about the pa rtygate story cards.nd the sunday times have a new angle, the spotlight is turned on to the prime minister's wife, carriejohnson, she risks being embroiled in the party scandals, says the sunday times? yes. embroiled in the party scandals, says the sunday times? yes, this is because says the sunday times? yes, this is beeause of— says the sunday times? yes, this is because of the _ says the sunday times? yes, this is because of the number _ says the sunday times? yes, this is because of the number of _ says the sunday times? yes, this is because of the number of visitors i because of the number of visitors they wear to the flat upstairs at 10 downing street and the inference from this is that carriejohnson was receiving guests and was therefore, it is therefore a part of the enquiry. i would it is therefore a part of the enquiry. iwould have it is therefore a part of the enquiry. i would have thought she was anyway, a part of the enquiry, because we have seen her in photographs sitting outside in the gard

andrew: the crisis has been called partygate by the media. johnson is trying to ride it out .e rests on if the conservative party decides johnson is now a liability and needs to go. adrian: unemployment is on the rise in india as establishments close because of an increase in covid-19. financial experts say most people will not see any benefits from the impending inflation cut. >> this company supplies 90% of the wood used in indian pencils. moisture levels in india's poplar trees make them perfect to write with, but with schools being closed the past two years, demand is down, and many workers have lost their jobs. >> i am a university graduate, but there are no jobs available. thank god that we were hired to work here. so many have been fired in other factories, and it is impossible to get a job at these tough times. >> unemployment reaches a four-month high. >> in kashmir, the situation but always stands, but the last two years is the first time schools have been shut in india and other countries, too, which has impacted us badly. the business started to recover, but with t

— revelations come out in terms of partygate and the breaking of lockdown restrictions by the government, it is actually really hard — conservative myself, it is actually really hard to see myself supporting the party— really hard to see myself supporting the party when they are making these restrictions, they are making these ruies— restrictions, they are making these rules that _ restrictions, they are making these rules that they expect us to follow, but then— rules that they expect us to follow, but then they are actually not following them themselves. i think the news _ following them themselves. i think the news today, we had the covid—19 task force _ the news today, we had the covid—19 task force having a party while we were _ task force having a party while we were all— task force having a party while we were all locked down in our homes, i think— were all locked down in our homes, i think it's _ were all locked down in our homes, i think it's really disgraceful when they are — think it's really disgraceful when they are the ones making the rules. so i they are the ones making th

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the times carries a warning from cabinet ministers who claim partygate has left the prime minister drinkingnce saloon. the ft is of the same opinion, saying downing street's unprecedented apology to the queen has left the prime minister's future hanging by a thread. anger toward borisjohnson from the conservative grassroots is the focus for the guardian — but the front page also covers the latest in novak djokovic�*s visa saga — the world number one's participation in monday's australian open all hinges on a last—ditch appeal, after canberra cancelled his visa for a second time. the i claims leading conservatives liz truss and rishi sunak are preparing to swoop on a party leadership contest, as the pressure mounts on the prime minister. but the mail turns the spotlight on sir keir starmer — and carries a picture of what the paper claims to be the labour leader drinking beer at an indoor gathering in durham last april. the telegraph claims plan b covid restrictions in england are set to be lifted from 26th january — as the prime minister looks to secure his political survival — the paper als

looking at the observer who says number ten staff have swipe card data logged in a probe on so—called partygate that sue gray has details of a new event. meanwhile, the sunday telegraph reports that the uk claims putin is plotting a regime in ukraine, as the vaccine deadline for nhs the sunday times carries claims from a tory mp who says she lost herjob as a government minister because she was a muslim. elsewhere, the sunday express calls for prince andrew to be stripped of his title as duke of york. geri i calum, lovely to see you, geri, could you kick ass off with the story in the times, sacked because i was a muslim. it is the re because i was a muslim. it is the pretty extraordinary _ because i was a muslim. it is the pretty extraordinary claim. - because i was a muslim. it is the pretty extraordinary claim. this i pretty extraordinary claim. this minister said her muslim nurse was an issue. she says that she was basically told that this was the whole reason she was shuffled out of the cabinet, the government has said this isn't true and it isn't the case but it really demonstrates just how

there is pressure on the prime minister over partygate. he is facing pressure to resign.s see how this is playing out across the sectors. iron ore placing out at 2.5%. up almost 2% in basic resources, followed by energy and industrial on the list. modest losses for what you are seeing. health care is up 0.3%. that is the picture 30 minutes into your trading session. francine: we have rising inflation and europeans are facing their own price green. it shows that households in the euro zone are more worried about rising prices than at any time in the century. we are joined by jari stehn, the managing director and chief european economist at goldman sachs. the ecb would be the big cyclical. jari: the two big economies are in different stages in the cycle. we are seeing it happen everywhere in balanced economies, including the euro area, but we look at wage growth still running somewhere below pre-covid levels. we do think the inflation that we see here will confirm more gradually on an underlying basis. we saw the peak in inflation in the euro area in december. we had specia

reports that the conservatives are now 13 points behind labour in the latest poll in the wake of partygateaks with the consensus — it reports that ministers are thinking of paying energy suppliers to help with household bills. the telegraph says magistrates are to get greater powers to clear the trials backlog. and the daily mail reports that british troops are to be sent to ukraine to try to make russia think twice about a possible invasion. let's start off, then, sienna, why don't you kick us off? the dominic cummings claims in a lot of the papers accusing the prime minister of lying over that number 10 party, of lying over that number 10 party, of course he was the prime minister's chief adviser. now is his chief critic in many ways. i suppose it is kind of a question of, who do you believe, borisjohnson dominic cummings? you believe, boris johnson dominic cummings?— you believe, boris johnson dominic cumminus? , �* cummings? neither, maybe? but in this case i think _ cummings? neither, maybe? but in this case i think that _ cummings? neither, maybe? but in this case i think that boris

also a large labour vote share, voters are going away from the conservative party in the wake of partygaten bad for the conservatives. if the prime minister is seen to be an electoral asset for the conservative party, it doesn't seem to be the case any more. those conservative backbenchers that owe borisjohnson their job backbenchers that owe borisjohnson theirjob after the 2019 election, if he takes them to the next election and they lose their seat, they will not be very happy. constituents have been contacting their mps of all stripes to say they are unhappy with the way the government ministers and officials, advisers, have been behaving. how is it reflected in the voting intentions of people who have been conservative supporters in the past? what we have seen is thatjust two thirds of people who voted conservative in 2019 are sticking with the party, some are going to other parties and a large proportion are undecided. those who voted labour in 2019, 87—90% of their vote is retained. considerably more people are leaving the conservatives and labour. some of them are going to other par

it follows a fiery day in the house of commons over the so—called partygate scandal — with one new mpting to the labour party, and a former cabinet minister calling for the prime minister to stand down. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. calm? not much of it around here. westminster is tense about a report into what party happened in downing street during lockdown and how long borisjohnson will remain prime minister. yesterday one conservative mp decided he had had enough. christian wafer joined the labour party. they publicly defecting on the floor of the house of commons. music to the ears of his new leader. can i start by warmly welcoming the honourable member of very self to his new post. and to the parliamentary labour party. mr speaker, like so many people up mr speaker, like so many people up and down the country he has concluded that the prime minister of the conservative party have shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership in government this country deserves. a prime minister and a fire from his own side as well showing no signs he wants to go anywh

you can see this over partygate.e a few traditional supporters of the predator are now abandoning him. it was the daily telegraph that published the picture of the queen sitting alone in the chapel at windsor. the coffin of her husband in front of her, just about to be lowered into the grave. and she explained to the country and showed to the country what was expected. she could have had 60 guests, she only had 30 guests. this contrasts so dramatically with the two bodies that were happening in number ten in the same 2a hours. it had become like a nightclub. if you wanted to go dancing or drinking or eating then sign about the door and joined another ten parties. i think that picture will hang around boris's neck, irrespective of what the report says. and i don't think the report says. and i don't think the report will give him a completely bill of health. the only comment that i've seen is that the party he attended, not the party he attended, was drawn to his attention before. and his was that "i think counselling

the ft says the met police is accused of a "stitch—up" over the delay to sue gray's partygate report.imes also focuses on the anger over the delay to gray's report. the daiy mail also criticises that delay over sue gray's report, calling the probe into parties at number 10 a "shambles". the guardian says the redacted gray report is now "imminent" after a row. that literally just changed that literallyjust changed in the last ten minutes or so. the telegraph, meanwhile, say that energy bills will hit £1900 from april. and the daily mirror continues with reports that oil and gas giants shell and bp are set to profit from the cost of living crisis. so, let's begin. sian come kick us off with the telegraph as suspects receiving suit great dossier. the telegraph as suspects receiving suit great dossier-— telegraph as suspects receiving suit ureat dossier. ., , . ., , , great dossier. the telegraph chooses to lead off with _ great dossier. the telegraph chooses to lead off with the _ great dossier. the telegraph chooses to lead off with the story _ great dossier. the telegraph chooses to le

that in government things are bunged up at the centre and so much time and energy is devoted to partygate facing the nation, whether that is the threat of looming war in ukraine, the cost of living pinch coming in april and ukraine, the cost of living pinch coming in apriland i ukraine, the cost of living pinch coming in april and i think everyone now really wants to see this report come out in full but it sounds like it will be the case. [30 come out in full but it sounds like it will be the case.— it will be the case. do you think that at number— it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 _ it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 there - it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 there will. it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 there will be| it will be the case. do you think. that at number 10 there will be a feeling that for the moment at least some of the heat of the situation has been taken away for boris johnson and do you think that there may still be a push by mps to find a way to get sue gray's report published in its full form? yes,

how do you describe the mood within the conservative party relative to when the allegations and partygate? >> this isn't good this is watched across the world and frankly embarrassment that we are in the limelight in this way. the leadership and convening power that we know we can produce is not there to the level its required when america, for different reasons, decided to step back somewhat we need to get through this. we need to have the gray report land and understand where the party is going to go and get back to the important issues the world is changing fast in my fview, i posed the question will the world be safer or more dangerous in the next five years? if it is dangerous, we need to know what we are doing about it. >> going back to the ukraine point. i hear your point about sanctions playing in putin's playbook if we have the further east consolidation of nato and placement of weapons in eastern ukraine, could that be seen as poking the bear? which country lights the match under real invasion? >> how can you poke a bear when you are defending a democracy? we need to stand up. w

the latest on partygate — the bbc understands the report will be delivered to the prime minister withoutting for the police inquiry to conclude. hello and welcome. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, says a conflict with russia is not inevitable and the us military will continue to support diplomatic efforts to resolve tensions over ukraine. speaking at a news conference in washington, mr austin said the russian leader, vladimir putin, now had the capacity to act against ukraine, but the us remained committed to helping the country defend itself. earlier, mr putin told his french counterpart russia had no plans for an offensive. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv. we can cross to her now. another momentous _ we can cross to her now. another momentous day _ we can cross to her now. another momentous day in _ we can cross to her now. another momentous day in the _ we can cross to her now. another momentous day in the growing i we can cross to her now. another - momentous day in the growing concern of the crisis between russia and ukraine. telephone calls betwe

laughter ) johnson, he is in real danger of losing his job, thanks to the scandal brits have dubbed, partygate our thing. you have to get your own british suffix for scandals. might i suggest calling them "prince andrews"? ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ see, that's better. it's honest njtsz you're putting it out there! >> stephen: that's honest, baby. you have to put it out there. that's what andrew did. he put it out there, that's why it's a scandal-- allegedly, allegedly! so what is party prince andrew? well, late last year, reports surfaced of a christmas party that took place at downing street, the prime minister's residence, during the covid lockdown in december of 2020. then, "the guardian" released a photo from may 15, 2020, showing the prime minister and his wife in their sunny garden, alongside 17 staffers and half-mpty bottles of wine. so the prime minister is going to get fired over a garden party. the only way this scandal could be more british is if pbs interrupted it halfway through to ask for pledges. ( laughter ) ( applause ) but-- ( cheers and applause ) an album. an album. toa

british prime minister boris johnson has received the report of a government investigation into the partygatendal. the probe looks into possible wrongdoing over parties at downing street during lockdown. earlier, investment management and vista equity have a guide to buy six tricks -- to buy citrix systems. citrix access software that is used to log onto corporate programs. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> can it be selective -- you need to be selective. to drive those earnings, the main lever is going to be pricing power. companies which have the pricing power to overcome inflation will be able to drive those earnings, and they should get rewarded this year. jonathan: brilliant from saira malik as always, nuveen chief investment officer. your markets lower. the nasdaq just about in positive territory, up by 0.04%. over the weekend, here's the story you need to read from sunday. "credit traders like the edge in the new regime. the corporate b

loyalists came forth and one even resigned from her post citing deep disappointment the way he's handled partygated he was sorry. >> thank you very much. we're also learning some troubling new details tonight about another missile launch by north korea. cnn's senior international correspondent will ripley is working the story for us. will? >> reporter: these the longest range missile we've seen north korea launch in five years. the hwasong 12 has the capability of traveling up to an a altitude of more than 1,200 miles and while this missile in this test only travel about 500 miles splashing down in the waters between korea and japan this intermediate range missile has the potential to strike u.s. installations in south korea and japan. it was a number of years ago that north korea made a threat to strike guam when tensions were high between former u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-un and as tensions are ratcheting up again some are speculating that the north koreans are using this to gain leverage ahead of possible negotiations. wolf? >> will ripley reporting for us, tha

disgrace�* and that the nation was in �*outrage�* over how he had handled what the paper calls �*partygateimes also reports the other big story today, that prince andrew has failed in his efforts to stop a us sexual assault case against him — he now faces the prospect of giving evidence in a high profile trial. so, let�*s begin. let�*s start with a front page. operation save boris which is only going partly well. to 1 operation save boris which is only going partly well-— going partly well. to 1 degrees or another. his _ going partly well. to 1 degrees or another, his cabinet _ going partly well. to 1 degrees or another, his cabinet colleagues l another, his cabinet colleagues circled — another, his cabinet colleagues circled the wagons, as it were, boris _ circled the wagons, as it were, borisjohnson this circled the wagons, as it were, boris johnson this afternoon, pledging their support and trying to say to— pledging their support and trying to say to other perhaps those wavering members _ say to other perhaps those wavering members of the party that they should — members of the party t

in u.k., the so-called partygate scandal concerned members of boris johnson's conservative party anded whether he can survive pandemics of parties at his office. two polls out show johnson should resign and they'll continue making playstation consoles because of supply disruptions that limited output of the play station a 5 and the newest version is in short supply since released more than a year ago and it uses less advanced chins and simpler to make. a federal judge revised the trade commission anti-trust complaint against facebook and said it abused its dominance and should be broken up. the same judge dismissed the case in june but now says the agency established facebook exercises monopoly power and it will reveal the weakness of the government's case. global news 24 hours a day and on bloomberg quick take powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> a stintive market. if you look at our nfl season it's been successful and consumers love those products. consumers love those products. ♪ >> looking ahead in the context of t

the partygate scandal has prime minister boris johnson clinging to his job.esign after news emerged at numerous parties at 10 downing street while the rest of the u.k. was in lockdown. nina dos santos joins me. can the president survive all of these crises one after another? >> reporter: good morning. well, at the moment because of the mechanics meaning you have to have 53 letters expressing in writing no confidence from his party is premature. the wheels are coming off a little bit and the car is going faster and faster downhill. that's the sense at downing street. more allegations of these parties that have been taking place during lockdown including a couple of parties that seem to be taking place at a time when the nation and queen are mourning and parties that might have taken place hours before the queen was about to walk down the aisle in the chapel where the funeral was taking place for her husband of 74 years on her own because of the social distancing regulations. that has prompted outrage across the british public, prompted a number of ruling membe

newspaper says that the conservatives are now 13 points behind labour in the latest poll in the wake of partygates with the consensus — it reports that ministers are thinking of paying energy suppliers to help with household bills. the daily telegraph says magistrates are to get greater powers to clear the trials backlog. and finally, the daily mail reports that british troops have been sent to ukraine to try to make russia think twice about a possible invasion. let's start with the mirror. jo, why don't you kick us off? the mirror have made a lot of the running on the story with various exclusives, but this is from dominic cummings blog — pm gave go—ahead for that party in may of 2020. what do you make of that? this party in may of 2020. what do you make of that?— make of that? this is the sort of latest revelation _ make of that? this is the sort of latest revelation from _ make of that? this is the sort of latest revelation from the - make of that? this is the sort of latest revelation from the prime minister's former chief of staff dominic cummings, who, i think it is fairto say, dominic cumm

the ft says the met police is accused of a "stitch—up" over the delay to sue gray's partygate report. times now, who comment on the anger over the delay to gray's report. the daiy mail also says criticises the delay over sue gray's report, calling the probe into parties at number 10 a "shambles". the guardian says a redacted report from the senior civil servant is now "imminent". the telegraph, meanwhile say that energy bills will hit £1900 from april. and the daily mirrror continue with reports that oil and gas giants shell and bp are set to profit from the cost of living crisis. the daily express report on the "punishing" tax hikes to go ahead with "no ifs or buts", according to downing street. so, let's begin. i'll recommit with your paper let's kick your byline right there along with two of your other colleagues, the met police bid cut to details from the report. do we think things are going to be left out? absolutely. as we understand it sue gray he was risen to infamy given there is possibility of monitoring on these parties in dentistry over lockdown, or report was going to go

we don't exactly know when that report by the senior level servant into this whole partygate fiasco isk. we've already seen a whole raft of leaks in u.k. newspapers over the course of the weekend to try to reset the agenda, if you'd like, talk of how separation at number 10 downing street can be brought back to heal after all of those allegations of lockdown which in particular over the last few days we know there have been potentially two lockdown parties during the time when the nation was grieving from the death of the duke of edinboro and hours before the queen had to have the funeral of her husband of 74 years. it seems people may have been breaking social distance regulations here at 10 downing. we're expecting it to be tightened. members of staff who may have been broken rules and a whole raft of popular headline grabbing moves designed to reset the balance and get voters loyalty back on site. will it be enough? well, there have been members of the conservative party calling for him to go and they're saying they've been deluged. remember, the rules are such that you need to have

america comfort team "surveillance," and not to interrupt the opening of the show, but i think it is partygate in london. jonathan: would you like to go live to parliament? is that what you're suggesting? british prime minister boris johnson facing questions. reporting suggest he has been graded a few minutes to speak. let's take a listen. pm johnson: we simply did not get right, and i must take response ability. number 10 is a big department, with the garden as an extension of the office, which has been in constant use. when i went into that garden on the 20th of may, 2020, to thank groups of staff before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working, i believed implicitly that this was a work event. but mr. speaker, with hindsight, i should have sent everyone back inside. i should have found some other way to thank them. and i should have recognized that even if it could be said technically to fall within the guidance, there would be millions of people who simply would not see it that way. people who suffered terribly, people who were forbidden from meeting loved ones at all

this is a serious escalation of partygate that makes prime minister boris johnson's position more precariousbut with a stiff upper lip said he welcomed the news. listen. >> i welcome the permission to conduct its own investigation because i believe this will help give the public the clarity it needs and help to draw a line under matter. >> kate, this came after a another inquiry led by the cabinet office, has for weeks now, been looking into allegations of partying. i am talking christmas parties, garden parties, bring your own booze parties. the latest allegation is he held a birthday party when other kids couldn't even have their birthday party during the country's first hlockdown and te escalation now of these multiple accusations of parties that were being shared with the police. the police now saying that some of these events may potentially have breached covid rules. they might be, kate, a criminal offense. now, the prime minister says this will draw a line and bring clarity to the public, but it's also going to bring clarity to his own party. the conservative party. and it could be th

and this week in the u.k., boris johnson drowning under mounting pressure over his partygate scandalp all covid restrictions in his country. no more mask mandates, proof of vaccination requirements or even work-from-home guidance. nothing, it's done. all set to disappear by the end of march. the legal requirement for those infected with covid, to self-quarantine. and after a lengthy back and you for with novak djokovic, after two years of incredibly strict lockdowns, the nations has decided to give up on keeping covid out and let covid rip, experiencing their deadliest day on record with 80 deaths. new zealand remaining staunch position on covid. the country still requiring everyone entering the country to complete a ten-day stay at home or stay in in a managed isolation facility perhaps or hotel or home. but it suspended bookings for those seeking to enter the country over fears of omicron. kiwi stranded overseas? tough luck. they say it is a breach of their human rights not to be allowed to return to their home nation, which is the case as it stands right now. this case heads to co

if you wanted ans about partygate, he was not going to give them to you.cked the can down the road. members of his own party are losing patience. they are fed up. there was a dramatic moment where a member of his own party defected, crossed the aisle and sat with the opposition. and the hits kept on coming. former brexit secretary standing up and saying for goodness sake, just go. and we already know of a small handful of mps calling on him to resign, submitted letters to trigger a no confidence vote. look, johnson is a great political survivor. he has survived many a scandal. but he's going to need houdini-like powers to get out of this one, john. now he has two ways in which he could be pushed out of parliament. if he is caught lying to parliament, the custom in this country is you must resign. if his own party turns against him, that could also cost him his job. john. >> bianca, what is it going to take to push him over the edge? if you lie to parliament, you must step down? do you think he will abide? or what will it take to get his members to say, tha

kicking around for decades by that point, actually by generations by that point and the republican partyge national had said for years that its platform that it was explicitly in favor of it. until ronald reagan as the presidential nominee in 1980. reagan was right wing. and he was a culture war kind of conservative. and sticking it to the feminists was exactly the kind of thing that he built his campaign around so inth 1980 the republin party dropped its decades long supportpe for the e.r.a. which bothered some women in the republican party. and also reagan has this terrible record on women's issues and hiring women and appointing women from the time that heme was governor of california. so some republican women who were elected officials, and members of congress, long time party activists, women who power in thes, republican party, they were notin happy about ronald reagan as the nominee. they were disgruntled with their party's choice ind 1980. by the time the 1980 presidential election rolled around, the reagan campaign had a clear lead. they were pretty sure their candidate was going

all this while the partygate sensation is set to be released this weekend.from london. this might be an issue of trying to change the focus from his own problems. >> reporter: and it may be working, john. look, the restrictions in england has been under since december were called plan b. later this week, we will be back to plan a, which means almost no restrictions will be in place at all. so the government has already announced people no longer have to work from home, masks are no longer required in the classrooms. the indoor mask mandate will be going away. so will the need for covid passes, which were required for large gatherings and nightclubs as well. for most people, the only difference between this thursday and prepandemic, if you test positive, you have to isolate. the government has managed to shorten it down to as little as five days. the government's new approach here is to live with covid and treat it essentially like they treat the flu. the reason they think they can do that is because omicron seems to have peaked. deaths have leveled out at a

. >> reporter: and now the police need to get involved, this is a really serious escalation of partygate there have been accusations of multiple parties happening inside downing street. and they were already the subject of a civil service inquiry. that inquiry which is being led by civil service servant again sue gray, she had been speaking to the police throughout. now the police are saying that it has raised some of those events to the threshold required for a criminal investigation. what i'm saying here is potentially downing street staff broke covid rules, potentially they could be fined for breaking those rules. and critics have for weeks said when is the police going to get involved. one of those critics is the mayor of london. and he quickly took to social media, i'll read you what he wrote. i welcome confirmation that the met police is investigating a number of events that took place at downing street and whitehall in the last two years. the public rightly expect the police to uphold the law without fear or favor. and that is the bottom line here. this sense overwhelmingly in the

the moment is going to be something that they may have to rethink in terms of how they do this —— partygatere calls, obviously, this campaign is to get rid of it, get rid of the tax hike but on the flip side, the covid pandemic has meant there is a lots of debt to pay back so the government need to find a way of doing it and obviously this national insurance hike was part of that so it's a tricky thing for them to be dealing with right now and so they have enough going on as it is! sam. have enough going on as it is! sam, the mail inaudible _ have enough going on as it is! sam, the mail inaudible open _ have enough going on as it is! sam, the mail inaudible open door? it i the mail inaudible open door? it certainly chimes with the sort of backbench feel, unhappy about this tax rise _ backbench feel, unhappy about this tax rise it — backbench feel, unhappy about this tax rise. it is absolutely in line with _ tax rise. it is absolutely in line with them _ tax rise. it is absolutely in line with them but i think from the government's point of view, from everything — government's point of view,

and this week in the uk, boris johnson, drowning under mounting pressure over his partygate scandal,p all covid restrictions in his country, no more mask mandates, proof of vaccination requirements, or even work from home guidance. nothing. it's done. all set to disappear by the end of march. the legal requirement for those infected with covid, to self-quarantine. meanwhile, after a lengthy back and forth with tennis star novak djokovic, australia has a much larger crisis, after two years of incredibly strong lockdowns, they've decided to give up on keeping covid out and instead let covid rip, experiencing their deadliest day on record yesterday, with 80 deaths. across the ditch, it's a different story. new zealand remaining staunch in their determination to keep out covid. however, it has resulted in the new zealand government and its prime ministerfacing legal action, the country still requiring everyone entering the country to complete a ten-day stay at home, or stay in in a managed isolation facility, perhaps, or a hotel, or a home. but it suspended bookings for those seeking to

britain is consumed with boris johnson's partygate and brexit.these things that came together, the sense that there's weakness in the west, this anniversary that's so important to him, i think he's decided he wants to hold ukraine hostage to force a doover of the 1990s. he wants to go back to the time when the cold war order had crumbled and a new order was being created and create a stake for russia in it. he wants to get what his predecessors, mykkele gorbachev didn't get. if that's not going to happen, then he has historical interests in merging ukraine and russia. >> okay. very interesting conversation for which i thank you. mary elise, we'll look forward to seeing you again. thanks. >>> something's going to happen very soon that is supposed to help combat inflation. will it work? o help combat inflation. help combat inflation. will it worktakes everything y'♪ ♪ ♪taking a break from all your worries ♪ ♪sure would help a lot ♪ ♪wouldn't you like to get away? ♪ ♪ ♪ sometimes you want to go ♪ ♪where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪and they're alw

partygate.ng street last year flagrantly flouting covid lockdown restrictions. the prime minister attended one of those events, leading him to issue an apology over previous denials of his attendance. >> i know that millions people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months. i know the rage they feel with me over the government i lead when they think that in downing street itself the rules are not being properly followed. >> now to make matters worse, downing street has been forced to apologize to queen elizabeth after it emerged two staff parties were held on the funeral of her late husband prince philip. she was left to sit alone at her husband's funeral. the commemoration of her husband's life vastly scaled down due to social distancing requirements. but it is not only the issue facing the house of windsor this week. prince andrew has been stripped of his royal and military titles after more than 150 military veterans wrote to the queen saying they no longe

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