it appears andrea jenkyns went — is the tweet. it appears andrea jenkyns went to _ is the tweet.drea jenkyns went to downing - is the tweet. it appears andrea | jenkyns went to downing street is the tweet. it appears andrea i jenkyns went to downing street to watch boris johnson's jenkyns went to downing street to watch borisjohnson's resignation speech, and there were protesters outside the gates, and she made a rather rude one fingered gesture, but she has put up this tweet explaining, ratherthan but she has put up this tweet explaining, rather than apologising, for what happened. she said she suffered a lot of abuse like this over the years, and got to the end of her tether. she does say she he should have had more composure, but is only human. of course she is only appointed education minister after this all happened, but i think boris johnson is at the stage where he is struggling to fill a few of his posts, so she was appointed to that position. i would say that she was explaining rather than apologising, and saying that she essentially had become sick and tired of being sh

can we talk about the education minister andrea jenkyns, who explained on twitter her rude gesture as entered downing street the other day. there is the tweet. some people may have seen the video circulating online. it appears andrea jenkyns went to downing street to watch borisjohnson�*s resignation speech, and there were protesters outside the gates, and she made a rather rude one—fingered gesture, but she has put up this tweet explaining, rather than apologising, for what happened. she said she suffered a lot of abuse like this over the years, and got to the end of her tether. she does say she should have had more composure, but is only human. of course she was only appointed education minister after this all happened, but i think borisjohnson is at the stage where he is struggling to fill a few of his posts, so she was appointed to that position. i would say that she was explaining rather than apologising, well, joining me now is the assistant editor of political blog conservative home, william atkinson. good afternoon to you. i know that you don't have a position as it stands at

the newly—appointed education minister, andrea jenkyns, has admitted she should have shown more composureture to a crowd gathered outside downing street. she raised her middle finger to the crowd on her way to watch borisjohnson�*s resignation speech on thursday. she said she had endured a huge amount of abuse over years from some people and had confronted what she called a "baying mob". police injapan have admitted there were flaws in the security provided to the former prime minister, shinzo abe, who was shot and killed yesterday at a political rally. a 41—year—old man — armed with a home—made weapon — said he carried out the attack. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report — which contains some flashing images. the site where shinzo abe was gunned down on friday has now become a place of pilgrimage. many hundreds lined up this morning to lay flowers and pay their respects. it's an old cliche that japanese people don't show public emotion. not today. at lunchtime the hearse carrying mr abe's body arrived at his home in tokyo. here, too, the emotion was palpable. as a st

the newly—installed education minister, andrea jenkyn, has issued a statement over social media footageturing towards crowd of protesters outside downing street. the conservative mp, who has remained loyal to borisjohnson, wrote on twitter that she could have "shown more composure," but claimed she was faced with a "braying mob" while on the way to hear the prime minister's resignation speech on thursday and said public abuse of mps had become "all too common." thousands of protesters have stormed the sri lankan president's official residence and set the prime minister's private residence on fire in colombo, as anger intensified over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades. in the last few minutes, reports have suggested that the president is to step down next week. we'll get the latest on those reports in a second. first, with this report on the day's events, here's emily unia. clashes in colombo. thousands of anti—government protesters took to the streets of the sri lankan capital. they are angry about rising inflation and shortages of food and fuel. people travelled from

the newly appointed education minister, andrea jenkyns, has admitted she should have shown more composure gesture to a crowd gathered outside downing street. she raised her middle finger to the crowd on her way to watch borisjohnson�*s resignation speech on thursday. she said she had endured a huge amount of abuse over years from some people and had confronted what she called a "baying mob". the ongoing economic crisis in sri lanka has erupted today — with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombo — and setting fire to the home of the prime minister. after months of protests, huge crowds, enraged by the authorities�* handling of sri lanka's worst crisis in decades, overwhelmed the security forces. the prime minister has agreed to resign — and reports say the president will step down next week. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. caroline hawley reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowd, all suffering the effec

the newly installed education minister andrea jenkyn has issued a statement over social media footageely gesturing towards crowd of protesters outside downing street. the conservative mp who has remained loyal to borisjohnson wrote on twitter that she could have "shown more composure," but claimed she was faced with a "braying mob" while on the way to hear the prime minister's resignation speech on thursday and said public abuse of mps had become "all too common." let's talk more about the leadership contest with former conservative party donor and brexit party mep, ben habib. good to see you. after a very interesting week. i suppose the first question for you is, who does it need to be out of who we know so far as running or could be running, who would you like to see as the country's next prime minister. mil country's next prime minister. fill pointers as far as i'm concerned pointers as far as i'm concerned point towards suella braverman. she is an incredibly erudite individual. she is well educated, a lawyer which i think is particularly important at this point in time. we have go

now a bit of breaking news for you concerning mp andrea jenkyns who has apologised on twitter.they responded and stood up for myself, why should anyone have to put up with the sort of treatment? i should have had more composure, she says, but i'm only human. you may recall pictures of her apparently sticking her pick to break —— sticking herfinger up at people. now it's been a lovely afternoon thus far foremost if not all of the uk. what are the prospects? darian king is at the map. good afternoon. by that i call darian king, darren? you can tell i've been out in the sun. —— why did i've been out in the sun. —— why did i call you darren king?