chris bryant is also said mps should still pass the motion to suspend 0wen patterson for saturdays. he has now resigned as an mp but will be the right thing to do to clearly declare what he did was wrong in his breaching of lobbying rules. also he said his standards committee are going to be considering proposals for any reform to the system and going to put together a report before christmas about any possible changes to the standard system so mps will have a chance to consider those in the new year but i think this debate will carry on into next week with the liberal democrats securing a debate on this tomorrow and the houses of department for mps to debate all these issues that have cropped up over the past few days. security officials in iraq say the prime minister, mustafa al—khadimi, has survived a drone attack. they said rockets from the drone hit his home in the high security green zone in the capital, baghdad in the early hours of sunday. the united states has condemned the attack as an apparent act of terrorism. following the incident — mr al—kadhimi called for restraint.

it may well be in light of that, borisjohnson has decided something has to be said on 0wen patterson.ility to read or listen to the radio. 0r indeed follow any of the radio. 0r indeed follow any of the information. it was an absolute, huge mistake by the government, and this has led to a bowl that has started rolling and wrapped up many other stories as well. the prime minister personally is someone who seems to be rather resistant to a variety of scandals, both in his time as prime minister and his time as london mayor and foreign secretary. but it appears at least in the short term that his government is not immune to this thanks to the events of last week, so perhaps it's an attempt to deal with —— draw a line. the question which will be asked in downing street is, will this last? will this have a long—term impact on the polls? my sense is a probably won't, but there are a number of things coming down the track to deal with the cost of living and the economy. the government must deal with this, and they would want to be much better position than they are at the moment in order to d

but, it is a very difficult situation, very difficult story with 0wen patterson and dealing with the is pursued and we get the right outcome. ._ right outcome. . this like due rocess right outcome. . this like due process to — right outcome. . this like due process to you, _ right outcome. . this like due process to you, james? - right outcome. . this like due process to you, james? this | right outcome. . this like due - process to you, james? this smells to hiuh process to you, james? this smells to high heaven. _ process to you, james? this smells to high heaven. it— process to you, james? this smells to high heaven. it looks _ process to you, james? this smells to high heaven. it looks like - process to you, james? this smells to high heaven. it looks like a - process to you, james? this smells to high heaven. it looks like a fix. l to high heaven. it looks like a fix. there _ to high heaven. it looks like a fix. there are — to high heaven. it looks like a fix. there are a — to high heaven. it looks like a fix. there are a lot of of bias going around — there are a lot of of bias

and it's only today that we have got the agreement that 0wen patterson did break the rules. ow damaging do you think all of this has _ break the rules. how damaging do you think all of this has been _ break the rules. how damaging do you think all of this has been for _ think all of this has been for the parliament? we had the mps expenses scandal a few years ago i know we have had this plastered all over the papers for many days the revelations about second jobs in a second incomes and so on. how damaging has it been for parliament was yellow absolutely terrible. apart from anything else the idea that you would suddenly change the rules three quarters of the way through a disciplinary process for a named individual is surely not the way that we do due process in this country. that's what they do in hungry or in vladimir putin's russia where i've seen show trials. we have a proper process and stick with it to the end. there may be things that we can do in our improve that, but in the end you have to enforce the rules that we presently have, and with the government has done i

he said that 0wen patterson would've begged to rise evenif patterson would've begged to rise even ifthere for two years and he's been told by some fellow mps only been here two years, you don't really know how this plays work. he said two years is long enough to know right from wrong. i thought it was a incredibly powerful intervention. very powerful probably won't have made him a lot of friends. ijust want to pick that point up, actually with you jonathan, do you have a sense yet of how this is playing in birmingham and maybe in the west midlands, black country and stuff like that? and some of the towns they turned in 2019, we talk a lot about the red wall in the north of england but there was some in the midlands. i think of a place like dudley when announced they would back, conservative. nota constituency that back, conservative. not a constituency that you back, conservative. nota constituency that you would not have thought of his tory leaning in the past. thought of his tory leaning in the ast. �* , ,., , thought of his tory leaning in the ast. ~,, , .,�* thought of his tory l

accusations of mps having potentially broken the rules and also to vote on the verdict against 0wen patterson of the standards committee as it is against him. plenty of turmoil over this, plenty of examination of the rules that mps have to play by, have to live by while they are serving in parliament but certainly no clear way through at the moment of how that system might be reformed or what it might end up looking like in the future. , ~ the future. interesting week next week, the future. interesting week next week. thank _ the future. interesting week next week, thank you _ the future. interesting week next week, thank you now _ the future. interesting week next week, thank you now and - the future. interesting week next week, thank you now and let's i the future. interesting week next l week, thank you now and let's stay week, thank you now and let�*s stay with us. we can speak now to alistair mccapra, chief executive of the chartered institute of public relations. he represents lobbying firms around the uk. good evening. thank you for having me. interesting _ good evening. thank you for

even though plans to overhaul the system were very directly tied to the vote on whether or not 0wen pattersonor 30 days for breaching lobbying rules has been fiercely rejected both by some conservative mps and the opposition. this is what keir starmer said this morning. it is a pattern of behaviour - and what makes me most angry is the prime minister is trashingj the reputation of our democracy and our country so this is farj from a one off and a u—turn, a bad week for the government. it is a pattern of behaviour - by a prime minister who does not know how to uphold standards in public life. _ what happens next? does this go back to the house of commons? as we heard from george eustice the government is still keen to have some reforms but are now saying any future plans would have to receive cross—party consensus. the chair of the existing standards committee, chris bryant, has said there is a committee tojudge mps which he is chair of and that is not going away anytime soon and i think the goodwill from opposition parties to reform the system is now pretty low. chris bryant has also said mps

minister or agency on their behalf, and that's what apparently happened in the case of the former mp 0wen pattersonn do. for example, sir geoffrey cox, the former law officer who spent part of this year in the caribbean, advocating for the british virgin islands, he has not broken any rules by doing that. he's had a well of criticism, but that is within the rules. there are some difficulties, and this is not that second job, this is about restrictions on mps' activities. if you carry out private business, that's one thing, but you shouldn't carry out private business from public premises. from the houses of parliament where the taxpayer pays for these facilities. because the opposition say, and he hasn't denied that he took part in a meeting. directly from his own office, he says he's done nothing wrong. he said if there is any investigation, he will cooperate fully with that, but it has stoked up a new focus on notjust but it has stoked up a new focus on not just where some but it has stoked up a new focus on notjust where some mps are breaking rules, but whether the rules governing second jobs ar

there were allegations about 0wen patterson who was found guilty of paid lobbying and then there wasallowed to use their position and contact they might have in government to benefit the organisation they might work for. today we're talking about sir geoffrey cox, former attorney general and he on the side is a very well—paid barrister. he has done that many years and and hundreds of thousands of pounds. no suggestion that he has broken the rules and terms of lobbying back to the report this morning says he spent a significant part of the year from spring onwards in the british virgin islands working on behalf of the government there doing paid lawyer work and getting some pretty eye watering sums and this morning the deputy prime minister dominic raab was asked for his thoughts. i think it is a perfectly reasonable challenge but one for his voters to decide. i do not think it is for me to start making or prejudicing or second—guessing the judgments they make, what is crucially important is transparency around outside interests and ultimately voters will decide at the ballot boxes, w

it would restore the original verdict on lord patterson 0wen paterson.ion through parliament late last night. at the end of the parliamentary day. without a debate, potentially without a vote. the mechanism that was used meant if just one mp objected to the process it would not happen and that is what happened. it was christopher chopra who has got a history of doing this sort of thing. likes parliamentary procedure to be reflected and often is tools at his disposal to thwart anyone who tries to subvert the procedure. what it means is that motion will now be discussed today, there is a good chance there will be a debate and there is a good chance there will be a vote so it will be a little bit more high—profile than if it had been the late—night little snake through that the government originally intended.— originally intended. frustrating for the government _ originally intended. frustrating for the government that _ originally intended. frustrating for the government that it's _ originally intended. frustrating for| the government that it's happening t

protect patterson and jacob re—smog because apparently he supported and suggested this amendment and they all voted _ suggested this amendment and they all voted for it was supposed to get 0wend has not. owen patterson off the hook and has not but _ owen patterson off the hook and has not but att— owen patterson off the hook and has not. but all of the parliamentary to inking _ not. but all of the parliamentary to inking throwing is not going to do much _ inking throwing is not going to do much for— inking throwing is not going to do much for most people. but it's the fact that _ much for most people. but it's the fact that they rallied to support one of— fact that they rallied to support one of their own on the instruction of the _ one of their own on the instruction of the prime minister who then reversed — of the prime minister who then reversed the ferret and is now saving — reversed the ferret and is now saving it — reversed the ferret and is now saying it has nothing to do with me, governor— saying it has nothing to do with me, governor while someone else takes the blame — governor while someone else takes the blame for him. that's the thing ithink— the blame for him.