sir chris bryant, the labour chairman of the committee on standards and priveleges — that's the groupe, against a backdrop of wider concerns about behaviour during a parliamentary period which has been fractious and mired in scandal. sir chris bryant has written a book — code of conduct — why we need to fix parliament and how to do it, and he's here. thank you for coming on the programme. we will talk about sexual harassment a little later but more broadly, do you think the reputation of mps in the eyes of the public is at a low point right now? i of mps in the eyes of the public is at a low point right now?- at a low point right now? i think parliament _ at a low point right now? i think parliament is _ at a low point right now? i think parliament is in _ at a low point right now? i think parliament is in real— at a low point right now? i think parliament is in real trouble, i at a low point right now? i think. parliament is in real trouble, both parliament is in real trouble, both parliament itself and the 650 of us there at the moment. if you look at there at the moment. if you loo

so what the farage moment, chris bryant or should i say, sir chris bryant and you know , very importantknow, very important member of parliament and there he is, chairman of the privileged committee, and he's publishing a book about what's going on in parliament. he thinks this parliament, in terms of behaviour, could be one of the worst ever. not just because of mps behaviour and the discipline they receive or the suspensions they receive or the suspensions they receive or the suspensions they receive or the forced resignations. but because of the lies they tell and here was lies they tell and here he was on good morning britain this morning , setting himself up as morning, setting himself up as the moral arbiter for all that should happen in parliament and that you've got you've normalised lying to parliament if you have a prime minister and ministers ripping repeatedly misleading the house of commons and refusing to correct the record. >> of course, you know, people, we've all done it. we've made we've all done it. we've made we've said million instead of billion or we've or we've ma

so what the farage moment, chris bryant or should i say, sir chris bryant and you know , very importantknow, very important member of parliament and there he is, chairman of the privileged committee, and he's publishing a book about what's going on in parliament. he thinks this parliament, in terms of behaviour, could be one of the worst ever. not just because of mps behaviour and the discipline they receive or the suspensions they receive or the suspensions they receive or the suspensions they receive or the forced resignations. but because of the lies they tell and here was lies they tell and here he was on good morning britain this morning , setting himself up as morning, setting himself up as the moral arbiter for all that should happen in parliament and that you've got you've normalised lying to parliament if you have a prime minister and ministers ripping repeatedly misleading the house of commons and refusing to correct the record. >> of course, you know, people, we've all done it. we've made we've all done it. we've made we've said million instead of billion or we've or we've ma

um, party are what's his name, chris bryant. um, you party are what's his name, chris bryant .t. um, you know, when i when i was advocating for a swedish style approach back in 2020, he described me as a nutcase. well, he was wrong. he was. he was a he was right. >> yes, he was . a lot of people >> yes, he was. a lot of people got hysterical. absolutely absolutely. and people should have, you know, and what was depressing is we weren't wanting the to lock down the tory government to lock down hard a few hard, quite well. quite a few people in my party did. and they were and they should have were wrong. and they should have looked at what sweden the looked at what sweden is the most democratic country looked at what sweden is the m> but actually the reason why the swedish policy worked is because they took out of the because the

um, party are what's his name, chris bryant. um, you party are what's his name, chris bryant .t. um, you know, when i when i was advocating for a swedish style approach back in 2020, he described me as a nutcase. well, he was wrong. he was. he was a he was right. >> yes, he was . a lot of people >> yes, he was. a lot of people got hysterical. absolutely absolutely. and people should have, you know, and what was depressing is we weren't wanting the to lock down the tory government to lock down hard a few hard, quite well. quite a few people in my party did. and they were and they should have were wrong. and they should have looked at what sweden the looked at what sweden is the most democratic country looked at what sweden is the m> but actually the reason why the swedish policy worked is because they took out of the because the

it's not just chris bryant there. town and parish councillors there as well. >> i think it's a pretty disgraceful situation. i mean, she's there to represent her constituents. that means you stand up in the house of commons and you fight for the people who put the and actually put you in the job and actually pay put you in the job and actually pay mean, it's pay your wages. i mean, it's obvious, isn't it? she's got the hump of what to hump because of what happened to bofis hump because of what happened to boris johnson. and boris johnson. you know, and she's out and said, she's flounced out and said, right, getting right, you're not getting me. almost know, we're almost as if, you know, we're suffering because not suffering because nadine's not in i she should in the house. i think she should just the decent thing and just do the decent thing and make she make her mind up that she doesn't want it anymore doesn't want to do it anymore and get i a great and just get out. i have a great relationship with mp , paul relatio

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i mean, chris bryant and ben bradshaw and others routinely used it in others have routinely used it inccusations that they weren't prepared to make outside parliament. and that's really how a lot of the russia conspiracy started . russia conspiracy started. >> yeah. and then the guardian or a journalist on the guardian pick this up kept running with it. >> and you've got to remember , >> and you've got to remember, it came from america. first of all, trump was accused of the same sorts of things. and then when they saw that getting traction, then they thought, well, is fantastic . we'll well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk . well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk. but well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk . but it well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk. but it started try it in the uk. but it started in parliament first. yes. >> was no evidence >> and there was no evidence produced point for this. produced at any point for this. and the electoral commission investigated this . and you investigated this. and you appeared before the famously before the dcms com

i mean, chris bryant and ben bradshaw and others routinely used it in others have routinely used it inccusations that they weren't prepared to make outside parliament. and that's really how a lot of the russia conspiracy started . russia conspiracy started. >> yeah. and then the guardian or a journalist on the guardian pick this up kept running with it. >> and you've got to remember , >> and you've got to remember, it came from america. first of all, trump was accused of the same sorts of things. and then when they saw that getting traction, then they thought, well, is fantastic . we'll well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk . well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk. but well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk . but it well, this is fantastic. we'll try in the uk. but it started try it in the uk. but it started in parliament first. yes. >> was no evidence >> and there was no evidence produced point for this. produced at any point for this. and the electoral commission investigated this . and you investigated this. and you appeared before the famously before the dcms com

the senior labour mp sir chris bryant has claimed he has been repeatedly groped by male politicians duringements i write about. i go into some detail about what it is like, not only for me. these are incidents that happened many years ago. but for women and young men working in parliament today. parliament needs to be a workplace like any other safer everybody who works there. it goes much wider than that, all the problems we have got. nearly every day there seems to be a new scandal. what i want to do in the book is festival lay everything out there and give people a backstage pass almost to what has happened in this parliament. we have had 22 mps could just focus on this for a brief moment. 22 mps have been suspended for a day or more, all sorts of different scandals, or they have left parliament before a report was published into them. some full sexual harassment by [i published into them. some full sexual harassment by 1! billion, peddling influence by paying clients and so on. i wanted to lay all of that answer people remember all of that. secondly, things we can do to change parliame

i interviewed chris bryant, sir chris bryant, the labour mp, the other for my labour mp, the other dayame in on the nhs. his own treatment for that. and it would have for me anyone have been for me or anyone else, not mp. not just because he's an mp. £110,000. didn't have to pay £110,000. he didn't have to pay a penny. it was on the nhs . i a penny. it was on the nhs. i believe in the nhs. otherwise you're going to get a big bill. >> lucky >> he's lucky. he's lucky he got an who can we go to an appointment. who can we go to next? who wants say next? who wants to say something? julie, do you want to quickly? something? julie, do you want to quou y? this up some of if you can wrap this up some of if you can wrap this up some of i don't agree that anything to do with brexit, we need to train the people in our own country because instead of paying cheap labouh because instead of paying cheap labour, that's part of the reason why the carers, most of the carers are from somewhere else in the care homes and it's just it's so sad to think that we've got to that when there's so many people in t

>> well, mine is, sir chris bryant for his suggestion that the rules that apply to councillors , thatonths, you're struck off should apply months, you're struck off should apply to members of parliament. it's specifically, you may recall woman called nadine recall, a woman called nadine dorries who hasn't bothered to turn up to do her job well turn up to do herjob in well over a and is on about day over a year and is on about day 70 of her immediate resignation i >> -- >> vile emma >> vile little troll. do you agree with him that i'm a nutcase or are you to going plead the fifth or do you want the answer? >> well, not no, hold it . >> well, not no, hold it. >> well, not no, hold it. >> dame andrew jenkins , your nominee. >> it's got to be the ultimate iron lady. margaret thatcher, who actually also with her comments as foretold , the future comments as foretold, the future of what we're going through today. of what we're going through today . and i just wish the prime today. and i just wish the prime ministers was continued to be made in her mould. >> well, actually, let's have a litt

>> well, mine is, sir chris bryant for his suggestion that the rules that apply to councillors , that're struck off should apply months, you're struck off should apply to members of parliament. it's specifically, you may recall woman called nadine recall, a woman called nadine dorries who hasn't bothered to turn up to do her job well turn up to do herjob in well over a and is on about day over a year and is on about day 70 of her immediate resignation i >> -- >> vile emma >> vile little troll. do you agree with him that i'm a nutcase or are you to going plead the fifth or do you want the answer? >> well, not no, hold it . >> well, not no, hold it. >> well, not no, hold it. >> dame andrew jenkins , your nominee. >> it's got to be the ultimate iron lady. margaret thatcher, who actually also with her comments as foretold , the future comments as foretold, the future of what we're going through today. of what we're going through today . and i just wish the prime today. and i just wish the prime ministers was continued to be made in her mould. >> well, actually, let's have a little look at

i interviewed sir chris bryant. won't. he's a high profile labour mp. he's sort profile labour mp. he's a sort of the chairman of the privileges and standards committees. 1 think i interviewed him for my podcast and he said that he skin and he said that he got skin cancer serious skin cancer cancer very serious skin cancer about three ago, about three years ago, a melanoma . he was given a 40% melanoma. he was given a 40% chance, i think, in 2020 that he would survive . right? blame me. chance, i think, in 2020 that he w0|has;urvive . right? blame me. chance, i think, in 2020 that he w0|has survive right? blame me. chance, i think, in 2020 that he w0|has survive had1t? blame me. chance, i think, in 2020 that he w0|has survive had a? blame me. chance, i think, in 2020 that he w0|has survive had a drugne me. chance, i think, in 2020 that he w0|has survive had a drug camee. he has survive had a drug came in and he was given that drug on the nhs not because he was a labour mp but because he was lucky despite and it cost

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bryant? brian? chris christina: thank you. arthel: tens of thousands of migrants have an buster from florida, texas and other border states up to new york city. now city officials saying there is no more room to house all of those asylum-seekers. hundreds of migrants have been sleeping shoulder to shoulder on the streets for days now let's go to cb cotton whose live in new york city with the very latest. >> the scramble you just mentioned, right now all signs indicate it's going to continue for the foreseeable future for the city is now weighing whether to repurpose soccer fields as migrant housing for the prospect is already getting some pushback. this petition with more than 2000 signatures is urging the city to not repurpose the space and a youth organization which uses the soccer field sent a letter to parents about this a letter obtained by fox news says in part, while we empathize with the urge and humanitarian needs of those seeking shelter and safety, we believe taking away valuable field space from kids would have a p