dominic lawson wrote in they say. dominic lawson wrote in the sunday — they say.c lawson wrote in the sunday times as _ they say. dominic lawson wrote in the sunday times as well - they say. dominic lawson wrote in the sunday times as well that - they say. dominic lawson wrote in the sunday times as well that you | the sunday times as well that you had been told by two officials it was a party and should be cancelled. you were dismissive, he writes, and you said they were overreacting and that martin reynolds was your loyal labrador. is that also untrue? i’ge labrador. is that also untrue? i've told ou labrador. is that also untrue? i've told you and _ labrador. is that also untrue? i've told you and i _ labrador. is that also untrue? ia: told you and i repeat, i'm labrador. is that also untrue? i�*”2 told you and i repeat, i�*m deeply told you and i repeat, i'm deeply sorry for misjudgments that were made. sorry for mis'udgments that were made. ., , , sorry for mis'udgments that were made._ yes. i made. your mis'udgments? yes, ultimatel made. your misjudgments? y

this was in the i sunday times, in dominic lawson's: today, revealing a source told him this that borisjohnsonuest, had sent out invitations. he martin reynolds is guest, had sent out invitations.— martin reynolds is guest, had sent out invitations. he warned this was wron: and out invitations. he warned this was wrong and they _ out invitations. he warned this was wrong and they should _ out invitations. he warned this was wrong and they should stop - out invitations. he warned this was wrong and they should stop it, - out invitations. he warned this was wrong and they should stop it, and j wrong and they should stop it, and he described the chap as his faithful labrador... you could not make this up, could you? all these dog metaphors coming up at the moment! so he cannot deny it, i think lawson is a serious writer, he wouldn't have said it if you did not have the evidence. has wouldn't have said it if you did not have the evidence.— have the evidence. as the prime minister has _ have the evidence. as the prime minister has said, _ have the evidence. as the prime minister has said, he _ have

there's also this from sunday times columnist dominic lawson: "i spoke to a former downing street officialdiately cancelled." it's these allegations that borisjohnson denies. now — accusing someone of lying to parliament is a serious accusation. so let's go back to what the prime minister said last week. when i went into that garden just after six on the 20th of may 2020 to thank groups of staff from going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working i believed implicitly that this was a work indent. if that was a lie, borisjohnson would be in breach of the ministerial code. it's a document which sets out "the standards of conduct expected of ministers and how they discharge their duties." and part of the code is: "ministers who knowingly mislead parliament will be expected to offer their resignation to the prime minister." the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, was asked what the consequences would be if a prime minister lied to the house of commons. if it is annoying and deliberate in the way described and not corrected immediately nobody under the ministerial code it would

over the weekend, there were claims by columnists in the sunday times, dominic lawson, that the primehe armed forces to take charge of operations to limit the number of migrants crossing the channel. the move is intended to allow home office officials to focus on the government's reforms to the asylum system. i have been speaking to our defence correspondent about this, jonathan beale. a rearadmiral, mike, has been asked to look at what the ministry of defence, the armed forces might do to help the home office. i think what they will do is coordinate activities, what is called command and control. they have skills in that, so bringing together agencies involved like the home office, the border force, the coast guard and then we are not clear as to what assets they might bring, whether they would actually put ships in the channel, for example, whether they may use some of the army's drones, some of the raf�*s observation aircraft that have been used in the past at key points, high points of migrants crossing over the summer months. so the armed forces have been used in the past, but th