armory is that mr johnson's and this is something which does disturb me as a unions is that mr johnson's well documented record of lying not least about the s.n.p. . means that whatever e says in mary to surf referendum campaign is carries a 0 white's so let's move gently again a bit of above the a c. a telling point in politics when you have well displayed good the solution to the some of these techniques of crept into politics how the parties have become and the ownership of the big dollars. that has the lighting developments across politics that do you think there's going to be a tumbling point the people of ensley say though or we're fed up with their slogan or elect a clean government party or do you think we're on the road to perdition to answer your question you have to understand what has happened to the fanservice if party is shaped change in being a pragmatic sensible new party union when you were never very. broadly based party to be something which is quite. quite a very right wing it's moved it into words the old right to use the jargon trance it just says that the republica

difference especially among the other hand i think hurts the average race and may discover that mr johnsonhas been lying to them and the brass it hasn't meanness wonderful economic triumph for which he sentenced to project. and there's going to come a moment when reality and the world created by johnson which he projects very effectively it particularly in northern areas a good part company and people are already seeing him sort of pull barriers that can but the press it promises across england job destroying our businesses so we are living in a sort of fantasy world that many were made many ways of a moment how long that will assist i know. the peril but you've been noted for your command of of sweeping views of politics one of the most influential thoughts than early 20th century the political developments of england was the strains death of liberal england as it was called can you explain though this strange death of the labor party in all of that what an f. is going on. the book you refer to that george dangerfield strange death of brit liberal england's. suggested and britain was head

armory is that mr johnson's and this is something which just a step is a unions is that mr johnson's well documented record of lying not least about the s.n.p. . means that whatever he says in mary to syria referendum campaigns carries a 0 weights so let's move what generally again peter odom do you see a telling point in politics and when you have well displayed good the solution with some of these techniques of crept into politics how the parties have become and the ownership of the big dollars. that has the line development across politics do you think there's going to be a tumbling point the people of ensley say though or were fed up with their smuggler let the clean government party of the if they were on the road to perdition to answer your question you have to understand what has happened to the fanservice if party is ship change being a pragmatic sensible the party union when you are an m.p. you know broadly based party to be something which is quite. quite a very right wing it's moved it into words the old right to use the jargon trance in justice and the republicans in the

mr. johnson's technical difficulties. >> mr. chairman and ranking member -- >> i think you may need to punch your mic button. >> is that better? >> much better. >> okay. well, thank you for allowing me to testify about the tax gap. we estimate that the tacks that were legally owed and not paid was $574 billion in 2019 and will accumulate to $7.5 trillion over 10 1/2 years, equal to what the lower 90% of individuals, 135 million taxpayers paid in income taxes. and, as we know, commissioner reddick recently testified it might be higher than that. it's practical to recover 1.4 trillion of the tax gap over ten years, which will still only be 19% of the total. in our estimate, all the gain will be from 20% and top 3%. whether it's reported from third parties in the manner that the information can be efficiently used by the irs. where income is reported and easily checked by w2s and 1099s, compliance is 99%, almost all of that paid voluntarily without any -- where income is not reported compliance is as low as 50%. shrinking this tax

mr. johnson. far too long, this is what i don't understand. you talk about police, mr. e you ever been out cop and seenn a the street like george floyd? he had all that in his system and i know about all of that. >> did you want to talk about your background? >> for sure, i've talked about law professors, officers used to be, a deep understanding of the justice system, a former police chief and former police officers about reforms they want to see, it's not just one side of the coin, people who work in law enforcement say needs to be different. in the chauvin trial, one of the first times we saw on the national stage were not only did police officers, and testify against chauvin and other police officers, very much against the grain but the police chief of minneapolis got up on the stand andol said they condemned what chauvin did to mr. floyd. >> how are you going to cover this anniversary of the death of george floyd? >> i think there's definitely going to be, as far as negotiation goes, i don't think there's going to be any crazy breakthrough today. i might be wrong bu

mr. johnson: thank you, mrs. kim. you are so right that we need to back the blue and i'm so grateful to be joined by so many colleagues who share that sentiment. and delighted nokes yield to another freshman -- delighted next to yield to another freshman here on capitol hill. the gentlewoman from minnesota's seventh. mrs. fischbach: i thank the gentleman for yielding to me. mr. speaker, it is national police week and i rise today to join my colleagues in support of the men and women of law enforcement. we ask law enforcement to do an impossible job and they do it with professionalism, compassion and grace. their days are spent putting themselves in harm's way to keep us safe. and they are always on-call. for that alone, they deserve our gratitude. but the men and women of law enforcement do so much more and i want them to know that there are many of us who are not afraid to stand up and say, we support you. we see the sacrifices you make and the good that you do. we see the time that you spend away from your families

mr. johnson. mr. o'donnell just concluded his testimony so we are to move down and three to go. we are still going through mr. johnson's technical difficulties. >> thank you for allowing me to testify. thank you for allowing me to testify about the tax gap. we estimate those that were not paid was $574 billion in 2019 and will accumulate to 7.5 trillion over ten years. this amount was equal to the lower 90% of individuals 135 million paid in income taxes and as we know, the commissioner testified that it might be even higher than that. we estimate that as practical to recover $1.4 trillion of the tax gap over ten years which is still 19% of the total. in our estimate all of the games would be from the top 25% of taxpayers and majority in the top three. tax compliance is heavily driven weather taxpayer's income is reported by third parties in a manner the information can be efficiently used by the irs. where income is reported and checked for the forms like the w-2 and 1099, compliance is 95 to 99%

mr. johnson: mr. gonzalez, the committee also received rebate data for your cancer drug, m brew vicka -- imbruvica, the rebates you gave to p.b.m.'s and insure plans averaged between 4% and 11%. in contrast you raised the price of imbruvica by 82% since it came to market. the data is clear, p.b.m.'s are not the primary driver of the dramatic price increases of abbvie drugs. abbvie is the primary driver of dramatic price increases. would you agree with that, dr. kesselheim? dr. kesselheim: i would agree. drug prices are set by the pharmaceutical manufacturer, and p.b.m.'s and other insurers use rebates as a negotiating tool. that helps reduce prices somewhat. drug prices are generally set by the manufacturer. mr. johnson: we should not allow pharmaceutical companies to distract us with the argument that p.b.m.'s are responsible for the explosive increases in drug prices. it's actually the pharmaceutical industry itself. chair maloney: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired.

mr. johnson: thank you. and i yield next to mrs. miller. mrs. ller sprk thank you, congressman johnson, for hosting this special order on so many important issues that our country is facing. i stand for peace and a lasting one. side-by-side, the american and israeli people have stood for freedom and democracy in the face of authoritarian aggression. side-by-side, the american and israeli people have stood for justice with restraint in the face of reckless violence. side-by-side, the american and israeli people have stood for peace through self-defense in the face of terrorism. president trump was working with various islamic nation states in the middle east to adopt the abraham accords in order to foster better diplomatic relations with the nation of israel. unfortunately, joe biden has brought this peace process to a screeching halt. we know hamas is a terrorist organization and they are funded by iran. the biden administration continues to negotiate with iran to get them back in the iran deal. iran is a funder of terrorists and the iran deal wo

mrs. johnson, mrs. johnson. pick that trip on around and so the secret service had to come up with protections as diana said they ran an engine 15 minutes ahead because of the bombing threats and then mrs. johnson will say later on when she gives her william's speech and her yale speech on conservation in the environment and it's later in the administration 67 early 68 that she will come back and say in her diary that it's very hard for her to go out and deliver her message when there are protests and she wonders she's beginning to get depressed as to whether trying to deliver the message on environment and beautification is being overwhelmed by the message of hey. hey, how many boys have you killed today and getting out of the vietnam? so certainly there was an angst in her at a certain point as to whether her going out was beneficial or was not well, i'm eleanor roosevelt. definitely. yes, some did you know individuals and her husband's administration who thought that she was way too public and vocal but you k

mr. johnson's lady bird. i never called her lady bird, but but those who were irish friends did in others others who didn't know her very well, but i think that it was a love of beauty and a wanting to make a difference and you know, she she following jacqueline kennedy i can say this the daughters are going to say this, but but she suffered because people quit to contrast this young smelled very fashion model with and older woman led twang and her voice and and she would be mock but over time she became one of the most outstanding first lady ever you read many articles about first ladies. there was a recent. yeah series on cnn about first ladies and if you happen to listen to that you heard what i'm saying? so answer your question, i think that it came from within her to try make it ever. she did anybody talks about the beautification people at the interior department. well many other countries she was very much involved in the cherry blossoms around the turning basin when the japanese had to be late some th

mr. johnson, . mr. johnson europe and my apologies for skipping of you a few minutes ago . >> that's fine and i'm going to yields to allow more time so we can get going on this. >> thank you mr. johnson. next. >> please unmute. [inaudible]. >> thank you so much. same here, i will yields. >> i just want to thank testimonies. i will yields my time to the others who about questions that they have. thank you chair. >> thank you. gentlemen, i cannot imagine your loss. and deeply affected by your testimonies here this morning. there's not a decent thank you and sharing with the committee as a marine veteran, first fourth marine, this is a situation that i know well. i spent a lot of time including in the water operations is how we got into baghdad predict a salon time five. we were afraid so there's a lot of work here to do. and as a veteran with the avv operations and with new operations, i can promise you the involvement. thank you and i yields back. >> thank you and indeed we will lean on you for your exper

mr. johnson, . mr. johnson europe and my apologies for skipping of you a few minutes ago . >> that's fine and i'm going to yields to allow more time so we can get going on this. >> thank you mr. johnson. next. >> please unmute. [inaudible]. >> thank you so much. same here, i will yields. >> i just want to thank testimonies. i will yields my time to the others who about questions that they have. thank you chair. >> thank you. gentlemen, i cannot imagine your loss. and deeply affected by your testimonies here this morning. there's not a decent thank you and sharing with the committee as a marine veteran, first fourth marine, this is a situation that i know well. i spent a lot of time including in the water operations is how we got into baghdad predict a salon time five. we were afraid so there's a lot of work here to do. and as a veteran with the avv operations and with new operations, i can promise you the involvement. thank you and i yields back. >> thank you and indeed we will lean on you for your exper

mr. johnson, you are up. >> thank you mr. chairman and i appreciate it very much and thanks the to the generals for their time. this is an important hearing it. we forgot heart wrenching testimony earlier that is so disturbing to all of us. then we get to write two questions. i apologize if this is been answered already in previous statements. my internet has been an event date today. we know that we had multiple mishaps, another term grammy concerns with as well. but in the leadership and properly reported on the training and materials sufficiency bus or deficiencies. but they were ignored and relieved. how are you riveting this. general thomas, how are you remedy this and empowering the commanders to highlight the deficiencies as like concerns without facing punitive actions. secondly, as a leader raises these types of issues proceeded when the chain of command is not responsive enough to ensure commissions successful safety. >> thank you i think you are getting right to the culture issue. and again, i'm just struck by some

mr. johnson on that common? guest: -- comment? guest: i think police reform activists and civil rights activists in the past 10 years as body camera footage and bystander video with cell and stuff like that, they have grown more common and we have a better insight into how these encounters with police go, we see you -- we see when people do comply and when people have put their hands up or have reached for their insurance and a license and registration and they have been shot and they have been complying and were still -- i think the conversation around that is deeper than just this person did something wrong and they need to comply. host: bring it back to the negotiations on perhaps bipartisan proposals and when it does come out, what do we know about the role of police unions and civil rights groups, how much influence they have had on not only the members, but the debate as well? guest: you know, the lawyers committee, civil rights and legal, the naacp, urban league, they have been very active in pushing this reform, -- the bip

mr. johnson and ms. speier in that order. mr. wilson will return and i will come back to him when he returns. mr. johnson, you are up. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it very much and thank the generals for the time. this is an important hearing. we did hear that heart wrenching testimony earlier and it's so disturbing to all of us. let me get right to a couple of questions. i apologize if some of this have been answered already in previous statement or questions. my internet has been a little intermittent today. but we know with multiple mishap. i know the term would have concerned with as well but mishap investigations that revealed unit leadership properly reports. we will return to the string after i get after brief pro forma senate hearing. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., may 3, 2021. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable rober

mrs. johnson to make that and many people think that president johnson suggested that to her. n i interviewed mrs. johnston, mrs. johnson picked that trip on her own. and so the secret service had to come up with protections, as dana said they ran a entered 15 minutes ahead because of bombing threats. and, then this is johnson will say later ron, when she gives her williams speech and yale speech on conservation and the environment, and it's later in the administration, 67, early 68, that she will come back and say in her diary that it is very hard for her to go out and deliver her message when there are protests. and she wonders, she's beginning to get depressed as to whether trying to develop the message on the environment is being overwhelmed by the message of hey, hey, how many -- have you killed today and getting out of vietnam. so certainly, there was an anxious in her at seven points as to whether her going out was beneficial, or was not. >> eleanor roosevelt, some individuals and her husband's administration sought that she was way to public or vocal. but he was very su

mr. johnson for being with us this morning. i look forward to our testimony. madame chairwoman, i yield back. thank you. >>> acting director johnson we'll submit the full text of your official statement for the hearing record. please begin your opening statement which i ask you keep to five minutes. >> chairwoman, ranking member, and distinguished members of the subcommittee of homeland security. it's an honor to appear before you today representing the 20,000 outstanding professionals of i.c.e. because the fy-22 president's budget has not yet been submitted to congress, i am unable to address any specific details at this time. that said, i will discuss our operational challenges, impacts of working in a covid-19 environment and our efforts to remain nimble and forward leaning in response to changing operational needs. as you are well aware, we are continuing to experience a wave of families and unaccompanied children arriving along the southwest border. at the border, our goal is to ensure border security while supporting an immigration system that is orderly,

mr. johnson.n i first saw the postings about the tulsa massacre, i thought it might be some sort of a horror click bait, some exaggerated story meant to rile people. after all, i never even heard one thing about it. how could something like that happen and i did not know? i was angry that i didn't know. so to mary's point and to antoinette from philadelphia, your response. >> you know, i hear that all the time. particularly people in oklahoma who are angry they are from this place yet don't know its history. i hear that as often or more often from people who are white than people who are black. it's really important to understand that we have been cheated out of something if we don't know our history. we've got a lot of remediation to do and a lot of catching up to do. the caller's point i think really goes to the issue of trauma, and the need for us to acknowledge that we have been traumatized and to perhaps convene listening sessions around that trauma to understand the full extent of the trauma

mr. johnson. when i first saw the postings about the tulsa massacre, i thought it might be some sort of a horror click bait, some exaggerated story meant to rile people. after all, i never even heard one thing about it. how could something like that happen and i did not know? i was angry that i didn't know. so to mary's point and to antoinette from philadelphia, your response. >> you know, i hear that all the time. particularly people in oklahoma who are angry they are from this place yet don't know its history. i hear that as often or more often from people who are white than people who are black. it's really important to understand that we have been cheated out of something if we don't know our history. we've got a lot of remediation to do and a lot of catching up to do. the caller's point i think really goes to the issue of trauma, and the need for us to acknowledge that we have been traumatized and to perhaps convene listening sessions around that trauma to understand the full extent of the tr

mr. johnson: mr. president, there was a time of --. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. johnson: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: mr. president, there was a time, and it really wasn't all that long ago, when securing the border had bipartisan support. it was actually a bipartisan goal. i think that made a lot of sense, but it's not now. but it wasn't all that long ago. in 2006, congress passed something called the secure fence act of 2006. what that piece of legislation did was it authorized 700 miles of what was supposed to be double-layer fencing. in the end, only 36 miles of actual double-layer fencing was constructed. another 613 miles, consisting of about 299 miles of vehicle fencing -- in other words, people could walk right through it -- and another 214 miles of single-layer pedestrian fencing was actually built. i think we've seen, unfortunately, that fencing did not fulfill the requirements of the secure fence of 2006 and it also didn't work.

mr. corpman? if not, why don't we move on to elliott johnson. mr. young, sounds like elliott johnson is not there unless he's one of the phone numbers that doesn't have a name attached to it. >> clerk: yes. i do not see mr. johnson on the log-in sheet. if you have called in via telephone, you can hit star 6 to unmute your line. if you're calling in as an applicant. >> okay. can you guys hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> hey. how are you guys doing today? >> great. >> i'm elliott johnson. i'm the navy vet. as well as when i got out i reenlisted and was a cb construction electrician. currently, i'm an sfmta employee over here at the traffic signal shop for 17 years. i do live in daily city outside of san francisco. you know, i, you know i'm not as qualified as probably a lot of guys are, but i'm around the veteran community a lot. i bar tend at the american legion for five years. worked at the va before i came to the city. i'm around a lot of guys. i'm just a regular veteran like they are and i just want to help and support guys any way i can. so as f

mr. johnson had to take some personal business. he will be back shortly. the first witness

this is of course mr johnson's third marriage.n is notoriously private about his personal life whatever is asked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that. it's a real surprise that there is in any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mr johnson's third marriage. he got divorce from his second wife while he was prime minister. that makes him the first prime minister and a very, very long time to have both divorced and now remarried while in office. a reminder of our top story... chelsea fans celebrate their team winning europe's champions league — after beating manchester city 1—0 in an all—british final. it's the second time the london team has been crowned the best club in europe. 0ver sixteen thousand supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal to watch the match. chelsea football team has beaten manchester city one— nil in the all—england final of the european champions league. it's the second time the london team has been crowned the best club in europe, a

mr. johnson: thanks, steve. on behalf of the conference i'm delighted to be the first, i think, to publicly at least in broad setting congratulate elise stefanik on her election as our newest republican conference chair. that is a critical season for us, an important time for the country as has been said, all these great challenges articulated here and the american people know we have an important job to do. elise did a great job over the last several day, extraordinary job, reaching out to every member of the conference, showing a vision for unified leadership, agreeing to work with everyone in our conference to bring to bear the important task ahead of us. we are excited, we are unified, there's a great feeling coming out of that auditorium today. we are ready to face this challenge to present this vision to get our message to the american people and to take back the house in 2022. without further ado let me introduce you to our new conference chair, congresswoman stefanik of no. ms. stefanik: i want to thank

most prominent was the question of who paid what and when toward the redecoration of mr johnson's downingurday on the news channel, martine croxall suggested to the former labour party director of communications, alastair campbell, that many people might not be that bothered about the details of the case. do voters really care? doesn't this just look like the rough—and—tumble of politics in what's been an extraordinary year? i think people should care about this because we're talking about the nature of our government, the nature of our democracy. jon byrne agreed with alastair campbell, writing... but caroljude was not alone in saying... that view that the public was less interested in the details of who paid for those new curtains and soft furnishings than bbc journalists seemed to be continued to feature prominently in our inbox during the next few days, as the story remained prominent in the headlines. today at six, boris johnson and his downing street flat — the questions that just will not go away. where exactly did the prime minister get the tens of thousands of pounds he spent doi

mrs. johnson and it was something to talk about, but then the retreats began.ngs must be getting worse because their letters were getting more cheerful. the boys were trying to keep our spirits up. there were more telegrams. there was one for old man landry about his grandson who had been an orphan. one for the whites and the greenbergs and two for the dunlaps. the two dunlap boys had always stuck together. the war was certainly getting closer to us now. we were in the middle of america. we could not be bombed. but there was a war right here on our front steps. [explosions] and it came to the door the day it fell. we knew most of the boys had escaped, but all other news was scarce. somebody started a cruel rumor that they had been killed. people picked up scraps of gossip and passed them on as gospel truth. poor mrs. stone was told three times that her boy was dead. but it wasn't true. so now she just doesn't believe any rumors, only what is official from the government. somebody put a flag outside the house and soon, they were all over town. we were worried an

johnson: miss heath and mr. miller, are you aware of any instances in this country where black people have received reparation for harm done to them ? >> yes. in 1923, the rosewood race massacre occurred two years after the tulsa race massacre victims in the 1990's were compensated, including their descendants, with scholarships. in addition, north carolina compensated victims of forced sterilization for a discriminatory eugenics law. so reparations have been paid, but not to descendants of enslaved africans at the grander level, and also in the case of tulsa and many other incidents of racial violence. >> thinking broadly about reparations, the federal government has actually already made it possible for african americans, for example, black farmers, to sue to gain some compensation. congress has taken a lead on this before -- >> you might need to turn your microphone on, professor. >> i thought it was on. congress has taken the lead on this before, for example, with black farmers' legislation, and i am glad th

mr. johnson your remarks. as isis senior law enforcement official, you have an extraordinarily difficult job. there are many of us who believe in the integrity of you and those under your position. i would like to extend my thanks to the men and women who work to enforce our laws and protect our citizens, because this is a nation of laws. you mentioned that what is happening at our border is a humanitarian crisis and i could not agree with you more. since january, we have seen an unprecedented number of individuals, families, and abandoned children come to our border. it is overwhelming our borders -- and is presenting a health risk for our border patrol and ice agents. i hope this committee can have an open and honest discussion on ways to address and fix the ongoing crisis. as i mentioned since the beginning of the biden administration, our southern border has seen an invasion of migrants trying to come into our country illegally. border patrol told this community that a large majority evade the law enforcem

mr. johnson had to take some personal business. he will be back shortly. the first witness on the second panel is the honorable regina goodwin. where is ms. goodwin? she is virtual. member of the oklahoma house of representatives and descendent of the tulsa greenwood massacre. representative goodwin is a native currently serving as chair of the oklahoma legislative black caucus and assistant minority floor leader representative goodwin patch their fine arts degree from university of kansas minimizes coursework coursework in chicago illinois. i understand the oklahoma house is in session today and she may have to briefly step out to cast votes on the house floor. thank you for being her ms. gooe to be able to be here and hear from ms. randle, mr. hughes van ellis, 100 years old. the pleasure of knowing these folks. i will say before i start my statement, i think for right hearted folks, we have heard enough. it is beyond question that a massacre occurred in 1921, it is beyond question that that happened, murder happened, and bombs from airplanes fell on tul

johnson: mr. speaker, in no way underestimate the suffering of those buildings -- the victims of those buildings that have been prejudiced by the spectrum of unsafe materials and that is why we have 5 billion pounds of investment and i can tell most of the most dangerous is all gone from the high-rise buildings and we certainly agree that leaseholders should be protected from remediation costs, and people in high-rise buildings will pay nothing to replace their unsafe. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister will understand that fevering is located on the outskirts of london and has very different needs and aspirations from those in the core area of the city. once we need to corporation on things like transport, wealthy except that it is time for wholesale reform of the way london and the wider region and support my campaign to take back control from the mayor and city hall interference, allowing favoring and all outer london boroughs the freedom to make their own decisions that best meet the needs of

this because, as we saw, mr viktor 0rban came out and said, yes, i have a great friendship with mr johnson country. well, thatis press is free in my country. well, that is disputed by some. his claim that is disputed by some. his claim that thejudges were that is disputed by some. his claim that the judges were independent in his country, that is disputed by some. but he denied that his administration is anti—semitic and thatis administration is anti—semitic and that is disputed. and, as we stood there, he is very, very accepting that he is hostile to immigration and he defended this phrase that many people have found offensive referring to muslim invaders. you know, back when the builder was crossed back in 2015. so, curious timing. pm crossed back in 2015. so, curious timinu. �* ,, ., ., ~ timing. an s, one lusk vault. all the kind of— timing. an s, one lusk vault. all the kind of diplomatic _ timing. an s, one lusk vault. all the kind of diplomatic words, - the kind of diplomatic words, attention is on the g7 next month. again, it's an interesting choice of properties, isn't it? because

mrs. johnson and her husband? >> well, i would like to know how they are going to respond to the book.the book is only out this week, so hopefully i will get some feedback from them soon and sorry i'm distracted, our dog walked in and jumped on the couch. [laughter] >> i -- so i'm looking forward to hearing about their reactions. i ask to sit with the daughters to interview them and they chose not to -- to do that. >> this is related, i think, was lady bird a feminist or say anything about the women's liberation movement of the 60's? >> excellent question. i'm so glad that you asked. lady bird comes out as a feminist in 1977 and at the houston national conference for women. so now almost ten years since she's left the white house but i see her as a secret feminist all along. she wasn't -- i look at her focus on women especially in 1964 before she had taken up her environmental agenda. her feminism in the doing -- ultimate multi-tasker and devoted to professional women and hosted an old-fashion term. the doers luncheons. she had luncheons, maybe 15 of them over her course in the white h

mr. johnson said this was down to focusing on what people want, including brexit. a key seat from labour. results are still coming in from wales and scotland. the scottish national party hopes to get a mandate for an independent referendum. let's go to our u.k. political correspondent, rob watson. you have been talking all day, i know, about how these rults in england show the post-brexit political realignment. what is the thesis? rob: well, it goes something like this, and i should say first of all, good evening. number one, the success of the covid vaccine has played a huge part in the conservative success. absolutely, this is what i've referred to as the revolutionary post-brexit realignment in british politics. the thesis is essentially this -- that, for many years, basically people who were less well educated, less well-off tended to vote on the left. they voted for the main opposition labour party, but many of those people voted to leave the eu in 2016, and its many of those people who now seem to have transferred their allegiance to the center-right populist