a major development from the police kicked partygate back into the headlines.ime in history, both the prime minister and the chancellor were fined for breaking the laws they set at the birthday gathering. i have, of course, paid the fpn and i apologise once again for the mistake that i made. this is an extraordinary moment, a prime minister standing here in chequers, admitting he's broken the law. tory anger flared up again. i'm very sorry to have to say this, but i no longer think he is worthy of the great office that he holds. really, the prime minister should just know the gig's up. not, it turned out, quite yet. first, sir keir starmer found himself under investigation by police over beergate — a curry and a beer he had had with others on the campaign trail in durham in 2021. if the police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, i would, of course, do the right thing and step down. he didn't get one. sir keir and his deputy angela rayner were cleared by the police. still, many tory mps were, like most of westminster, waiting for sue gray. on 25th ma

just tell us what you did with partygate. well, um, partygate was, um...o. i mean, we ran a cover of boris outside the front door of number 10 saying, um, "bring your own boos," and then everyone out there going, "boo! boo!" which seemed to me entirely appropriate. i was going to say, we ended up in a situation where the prime minister of this country and the chancellor ended up with criminal sanctions. yes. and the criminal sanctions they got did directly flow from journalistic endeavour. yes. i mean, the partygate story was broken by the mirror and, er, and then the rest of the media, quite rightly, piled in, and we found out more and more and more, and from initial denials, we ended up with, um, complete acknowledgement, and the police saying, "yes." keir starmer said that he would resign if he got a criminal sanction, but the issue that united starmer and johnson was that this was a year in which basically integrity and trust... yep. ..and the truthfulness of the people that run our country was kind of in the spotlight as it hadn't been for a very long

just tell us what you did with partygate. well, um, partygate was, um... mean, we ran a cover of boris outside the front door of number 10 saying, um, "bring your own boos," and then everyone out there going, "boo! boo!" which seemed to me entirely appropriate. i was going to say, we ended up in a situation where the prime minister of this country and the chancellor ended up with criminal sanctions. yes. and the criminal sanctions they got did directly flow from journalistic endeavour. yes. i mean, the partygate story was broken by the mirror and, er, and then the rest of the media, quite rightly, piled in, and we found out more and more and more, and from initial denials, we ended up with, um, complete acknowledgement, and the police saying, "yes." keir starmer said that he would resign if he got a criminal sanction, but the issue that united starmer and johnson was that this was a year in which basically integrity and trust... yep. ..and the truthfulness of the people that run our country was kind of in the spotlight as it hadn't been for a very long tim

i mean, partygate well. mean, partygate really seems thing that's really seems be the thing that's tipped after many things. there is, know, parties in the is, you know, the parties in the randox scandal. so things that you think bring down a you think might bring down a prime and boris just, prime minister and boris just, you away this you know, batted away this finally looks like it it might bnng finally looks like it it might bring him down but funny this is part of the you know, the spreading of coronavirus or whatever when rishi is responsible for it to help out. but it's your thing probably killed more people like thinking that was big partygate for the whole of the countries, the whole of the countries, the whole of the country it was amazing. i can't believe i was actually over the country for a bit and i was so missing out on all those like half price pizzas. it was good time. it good times. also, you couldn't get it to take and eat at your house and eat in a safe, safe non—covid environment, you ha

even after partygate in popular.saw him ousted downing street under a cloud and with some lovely wallpaper a according to a new poll of conservative members, he remains more popular than his successor. the latest one, that's rishi sunak. the latest one, that's rishi sunak . and our political sunak. and our political reporter catherine foster, has been this phenomenon and having a look at boris johnson's 2022 lucky her as a warning that our flashing images and boris coming up now . just two years earlier. up now. just two years earlier. johnson had won an 80 seat majority on his to get brexit done , but 2022 began badly. majority on his to get brexit done , but 2022 began badly . the done, but 2022 began badly. the latest partygate revelation was the most shocking yet number 10 staff who had parted with suitcases of wine . the night suitcases of wine. the night before, the queen sat alone at prince philip's funeral . the prince philip's funeral. the prime minister apologised . her prime minister apologised. her majest

partygate a back seat.a invaded, ukraine in february and, johnson led the west's response in offering strong support to vladimir zelenskyy in. the beleaguered british prime minister became a hero back home in april. he was fined police for breaking lockdown rules by attending a brief birthday gathering in june 2020. today i've received a fixed penalty notice from the metropolitan police. let me say immediately that paid the fine and i once again offer a full apology . in and i once again offer a full apology. in may sue and i once again offer a full apology . in may sue grey's and i once again offer a full apology. in may sue grey's long awaited report into lockdown gatherings was finally published . it was . the conservatives did . it was. the conservatives did terribly in local elections and lost by elections both to labour and the lib dems. lost by elections both to labour and the lib dems . many tory mps and the lib dems. many tory mps had had enough . a confidence had had enough. a confidence vote foll

, in the early stages — wake of partygate, in the early stages of — wake of partygate, in the early stagesestion to him, are you honest, prime minister, even in a couple of weeks _ prime minister, even in a couple of weeks he _ prime minister, even in a couple of weeks he was an ex prime minister, he hopes— weeks he was an ex prime minister, he hopes to — weeks he was an ex prime minister, he hopes to come back, he didn't, it has been _ he hopes to come back, he didn't, it has been an— he hopes to come back, he didn't, it has been an absolutely tumultuous year in _ has been an absolutely tumultuous year in politics. you do wonder when the next _ year in politics. you do wonder when the next prime minister came in, liz truss, _ the next prime minister came in, liz truss. how— the next prime minister came in, liz truss, how much, if we hadn't had that catastrophic mini budget, how much _ that catastrophic mini budget, how much we _ that catastrophic mini budget, how much we might have been able to give to the _ much we might have been able to give to the nurses, remarkable interview you just

meanwhile, partygate was not going away for the prime minister he and his chancellor became the firstoffices to receive a fixed penalty notice from the police for breaking the law . i from the police for breaking the law. i understand from the police for breaking the law . i understand the anger that law. i understand the anger that many will feel that i myself fell short when it came to , fell short when it came to, observing the very rules which the government i lead had introduced to protect the public . and i accept in all sincerity that people had the right to expect better and to the delight of westminster journalist sue grey finally released the pictures she'd obtained of alleged lockdown parties inside downing street's a few days beforehand. local elections across much of the uk and a disaster for boris johnson and the conservatives . tory like the conservatives. tory like wandsworth and westminster turned red at the hands of angry voters. it's been a terrible night for the conservatives in london to lose wandsworth , which london to lose wandsworth, which was very much the cr

partygate took a back seat when russia . ukraine partygate took a back seat when russia. in partygate took a back seat when russia . ukraine in february and russia. ukraine in february and johnson led the west's in offering strong support to volodymyr zelenskyy in ukraine. the beleaguered british prime minister became a hero back home. in april, he was fined by for breaking lockdown rules by attending a brief birthday gathering in june 2020. today i've received a fixed penalty nofice i've received a fixed penalty notice from the metropolitan police. let me say immediately that i the fine and i once again offer a full apology in may sue grey's long awaited report into lockdown gatherings was finally published . it was . the published. it was. the conservatives did terribly in local elections and lost elections both to labour and the lib dems . many tory mps had had lib dems. many tory mps had had enough. a confidence vote followed on the 6th of june. i can announce to the parliamentary party. does anthony truth and sued until deputy chief whip chris pincher was suspended fo

thing hanging over. had the partygate thing hanging over .s it was making him and it was controversial. it was dominating the news agenda. and that he seized on this he seized on this invasion by putin. it's so strongly because he saw this as a great distraction strategy away from all the stuff on partygate. what would you say in response to that cynical view as total rubbish ? i, i went to total rubbish? i, i went to a private meeting that he spoke at back in january and he was asked questions on a number of topics. as a prime minister would. but when he was asked questions about ukraine, the war hadn't started. then remember the war? and he started the middle of february. yeah 1912. yeah this is in january. and it just the way he answers, he just stepped up completely to world. world stage quality. he was completely on top of everything. i'm not saying, of course, there weren't other people in the cabinet like ben wallace, who weren't also working extremely hard to help prepare what our response was going to be. and i think you have to reme

boris johnson, after all of those revelations this time last year connected to what became known as partygatehen a period of the conservative party, on behalf of the country, picking a new prime minister. and then the most astonishing premiership of liz truss, imploding with an extraordinary efficiency. the conservative conference that i was at in birmingham at the beginning of october, i've never witnessed anything like it. it was volcanic, such was the anger within the party about the prime minister. then the majority view among conservatives i was speaking to was, well, we can't get rid of her, because that would just be so absurd. and then it tilted from that impression to one where they acknowledged it would be absurd, but in the words of one senior figure, they said to me, we are confronted by a choice between humiliation and death. and anybody confronted by those two things picks humiliation. there is an overarching threat to the entire world, of course — climate change. the world's leaders and experts gathered in egypt for cop 27, but in spite of all the evidence before everyone�*s ey

the end of 2021 had been dominated by partygate and just days into the new year, there was more. to make the most of the lovely weather. it came from borisjohnson's principal private secretary martin reynolds.

borisjohnson may have himself broken the rules that ministers have to follow after the scandal of partygateus different gatherings during covid restrictions in downing street and whitehall. since then there has been no one filling this role and rishi sunak pledged during the leadership campaign that he would make it a priority. he said during his first speech as prime minister that he wanted to govern with integrity so many people have been asking where the independent adviser was, in the absence of one was drawn into sharp focus recently when rishi sunak�*s deputy dominic raab faced accusations of bullying which he denied. but there was nobody to officially investigate these claims. in that case they did end up appointing an independent senior lawyer to investigate those claims instead but now any allegations involving ministers behaviour would fall to this new ministerial adviser. it fall to this new ministerial adviser. , ,. ., , ., fall to this new ministerial adviser. , ., adviser. it is the scope that has concerned _ adviser. it is the scope that has concerned people, _ adviser. it is

and this is just after some of the most kind of dramatic partygate revelations broke out.. this is first time we've seen you since reports emerged in the daily telegraph not denied by downing street about two boozy parties held in the garden in the buildings of number ten. the night before prince philip's funeral, when the country was in national mourning. was having to apologise to the queen about those parties the night before she put her husband of over 70 years, she laid him to rest. was that a moment of shame for you? i deeply and bitterly regret that that happened, and i can only renew my apologies both to to her majesty and to the country for misjudgements that were made and for which i take full responsibility. that was what we call a pull clip, isn't it, where you kind of interviewing him on behalf of everyone? and normally they're only there only like a couple of minutes. but you had them like a fish wriggling on a hook. well, that was an extraordinary moment in that we hadn't - seen him for a while. and dominic cummings, the day before, i think, i had made all t

was reasonable to suggest that boris johnson had broken the ministerial code over the so—called partygater the result of that inquiry being made public. we will come back to that. our correspondent is getting assembled. she cannot hear us at the moment. we will get back to her shortly. a final vote in the scottish parliament, on legislation making it easier for people to legally change their gender, is expected this afternoon. msps have for the past two days, been considering numerous amendments to the proposed law. critics argue the propopsals could be abused by predatory men, but supporters say there's little evidence of that. let's go live now to our scotland correspondent, james shaw, who's inside the scottish parliament at holyrood. it has been a big order getting through this piece of legislation with 150 amendments put forward? you are riuht. with 150 amendments put forward? ml, are right. but we are getting towards the end of that process and i think we are probably about half an hour away from when the final vote is scheduled to take place. the scottish government minister in cha

remember and don't forget big eight and partygate to add to the.year's message as prime minister , sunak has as prime minister, sunak has warned the uk's problems are not going to go away in. 2023. the leader, sir keir starmer, pledged his own address to continue making the case for a new britain that would fix struggling public and grow the economy for everyone. so such lot to look forward to. to discuss prospects of 2023 . we've discuss prospects of 2023. we've got with us james hill. he's the diary editor . got with us james hill. he's the diary editor. and yes, it's going to be an interesting year. but you can barely remember of the turmoil that happened in the last. the turmoil that happened in the last . i mean, it's crazy. look last. i mean, it's crazy. look at, for instance, in parliament, the number of members who served as ministers this year who was in who was out of the cabinet. it was more like a merry go round at times. and really, i think that was the whole problem. 2022 as politicians problem. the 2022 as politicians trying to get t

notice from partygate, so do - minister who has got a fixed penalty notice from partygate, so do youense your discomfort. recently, we made sure _ everyone can sense your discomfort. recently, we made sure that- everyone can sense your discomfort. recently, we made sure that we - everyone can sense your discomfort. i recently, we made sure that we could invest through the levelling up fund and those investments are making a real difference on the ground and thatis real difference on the ground and that is an example of what we can do and i will keep doing more of it. i and i will keep doing more of it. i would like to point out that the references to the privilege committee have nothing to do with fixed penalty notices, they are about — fixed penalty notices, they are about a — fixed penalty notices, they are about a separate matter. as a member of the _ about a separate matter. as a member of the committee, i am entitled to say that _ of the committee, i am entitled to sa that. ... ., of the committee, i am entitled to sa that. ., say that. good afternoon, prime minister. say that.

to big the least, from partygate to big eight.d away from a scandal and what was it? four chancellors, three prime ministers. it must have been two of something to monarchs. i think there were six education secretaries . two monarchs. it's secretaries. two monarchs. it's like it's like a verse of the 12 days of christmas says , deep days of christmas says, deep dive into the political year. that was 2022. now, political commentator anna mcgovern joins us in the studio . anna, thank us in the studio. anna, thank you so much for being with us. i suppose, first of all, what's the big takeaway from this year? there's always been too much to sort of compete. yes, absolutely. and i think so much has happened this year and i think many people are recording this one of the worst this year is one of the worst years yet. we had the everything happening with ukraine, for example, apartheid . we're example, with apartheid. we're coming the corrode of coming out of the corrode of our. so those terrible few years where we're all locked down in

because of partygate a pincher. partygate is because a pincher.think the it's because i think a lot the conservative membership are abandoning because of things like mass immigration, because of do anything of the failure to do anything conservative during 12 years. that's it's why that's why it's up. why think they're that's why they're doing that? that's why many are abandoning them. many voters are abandoning them. absolutely. okay. can i can. i just say that nick is right. i didn't know what what was talking about last talking about in the last session. you should just preface the show yeah. the whole show with. yeah. the though think that to though is that i think that to be we're going to that's be honest we're going to that's how i get out of saying that we're giving people we're giving homeless people work very, very work that's their very, very benevolent we're benevolent of us. anyway, we're going through front going to go through the front page lewis, what page of telegraph. lewis, what have we got there? well is nuclear. nuclear plants

a major development from the police kicked partygate back into the headlines.that i made. this is an extraordinary moment, a prime minister standing here in chequers, admitting he's broken the law. tory anger flared up again. i'm very sorry to have to say this, but i no longer think he is worthy of the great office that he holds. really, the prime minister should just know the gig's up. not, it turned out, quite yet. first, sir keir starmer found himself under investigation by police over beergate — a curry and a beer he had had with others on the campaign trail in durham in 2021. if the police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, i would of course do the right thing and step down. he didn't get one. sir keir and his deputy angela rayner were cleared by the police. still, many tory mps were, like most of westminster, waiting for sue gray. on 25th may, she finally published her full report, and it was quite the read. this is it, finally. we've been waiting months for this report. it gave details of late night drinking, even vomiting. there were photos

to pessimist , a exceptional from partygate to pessimist, a war in europe and three prime ministersater were still trying to catch our breath to , analyse all the big moments to, analyse all the big moments this year is chief political commentator at the independent rental who joins us now. so after say , a year. have you ever after say, a year. have you ever seen anything like 2020 to little . good morning. i know little. good morning. i know i haven't, but it must be said that i haven't had a moment's rest since the referendum in 2016. politics has been completely since then and the last time i thought things were calming down and returning to normal was in january 20, 20, when we saw the brexit impasse have been resolved halved and that politics will go back to being boring and of course everything that's happened since . yeah, i mean, i'm into i was going to say john, i'm looking for your predictions for 2023 and i was just thinking back and thought, well, who on earth have predicted what would have happened 2022? i was happened in 2022? so i was starting to think whether or not

matcheedd him up to da at the crime scene.t be any it can't just be any dna because that was a real partyg house. and is there anything wrong with that? having a good timehaving a but n critical locations such as in both the bedroom as in bs, on al the bodies or more than one body possibly on the doo r? did he touch the doorknob ofr kb the downstairs girl's that lived that night? it's not just dna at the scene . it's dna at critical locationsio in that scene thatns t will nohh match up to him.? where do they get the match up? maybe like you heard earlier,na genealogical dna or maybe they got his dna from this four day stakeout. we w that the cops have done. did they see him throw the pizza or mcdonald's coffee cut? we don't know. but they wercde watchingonald' r a reason. e ap nancy grace, love your perspective, appreciate your passion on this. and than this k you. sure.rn. you're going to be back at 10:00 pm eastern. you're going to be hosting the ingar mingle with a special live hour dedicated to this tha investigation so she can dovepe. even that much deeper. for stay tuned for that. bu

so boris is a very, very talented politician and i just think partygate was so toxic.upset and quite rightly so over covid i think he's made himself unelectable and i think the conservatives for the moment about their day , i heard someone about their day, i heard someone saying that it's believable that it could have been a liz truss back to boris flip rather than a rishi to boris because of what happened. we were all slightly too much of your political persuasion. you were shocked by how fast happened this year. i can't . we've been through so can't. we've been through so many prime ministers. do you mean just the number of prime ministers makes party seem. ministers just makes party seem. yeah this is. they're all having a go every and i want choose a go every and i want to choose days next and it looks like sanity may not be the enlightened bastion of human rights we thought it was cressida yeah this is horrific. maidstone trafficked and sold to wealthy on black market wealthy saudis on black market so . what's astonishing about so. what's astonishing about this is

so boris is a very, very talented politician and i just think partygate was so toxic.upset and quite rightly so over covid i think he's made himself unelectable and i think the conservatives for the moment about their day , i heard someone about their day, i heard someone saying that it's believable that it could have been a liz truss back to boris flip rather than a rishi to boris because of what happened. we were all slightly too much of your political persuasion. you were shocked by how fast happened this year. i can't . we've been through so can't. we've been through so many prime ministers. do you mean just the number of prime ministers makes party seem. ministers just makes party seem. yeah this is. they're all having a go every and i want choose a go every and i want to choose days next and it looks like sanity may not be the enlightened bastion of human rights we thought it was cressida yeah this is horrific. maidstone trafficked and sold to wealthy on black market wealthy saudis on black market so . what's astonishing about so. what's astonishing about this is

more broadly, that is the damage that needs to be turned around that, and beyond that the legacy of partygate and as i have already said, it is not going to be easy to regain. said, it is not going to be easy to retain. ., ~' ,, , said, it is not going to be easy to retain. ., ~ , . said, it is not going to be easy to retain. ., , . regain. thank you very much, john curtice. you're _ regain. thank you very much, john curtice. you're welcome. - a night of drama at the world cup in qatar has seen two european heavyweights knocked out of the tournament. a goalless draw against croatia meant belgium crashed out, while germany failed to progress beyond the group stages for the second world cup in a row. they won 11—2 against costa rica, but the victory wasn't enough to ensure their place in the final 16 because of an extraordinary comeback byjapan against spain. japan reach the round of 16! extraordinary elation and total despair. the world cup deals in emotional extremes. this was a night when germany went out and japan went through, all by the margin of the skin on the ball. it says on the big s

owen paterson, before partygate bofis owen paterson, before partygate boris johnson was talking aboutfour months multi people education secretaries , chancellors and the secretaries, chancellors and the really in a dire position in the polls and suppose that's partly why matt hancock went off to the jungle now he's putting a dyslexia bill before parliament, but he , like many other but he, like many other conservative mp, is thinking what happens next. he had to resign because he was caught fondling his now partner, gina . fondling his now partner, gina. angela dalrymple i call it deangelo pardon me . thought he'd deangelo pardon me. thought he'd be back in cabinet that christmas, but it was not to be. he's been offered the jungle. he's been offered the jungle. he's come in for a lot flak, but clearly thinking about what comes next and his partner is a communications professional . comes next and his partner is a communications professional. but whether matt hancock can reinvent himself as a national treasure ally, michael portillo did like ed balls did remains i would say in highly q

last christmas it was all about partygate and that's all about partygate and that's all we talked aboutomplete chaos, certainly we're going to certainly. look, we're going to talk now about a really serious affecting schools at the moment . an eighth now has been . an eighth child now has been claimed by strep a. this one in hampshire . this is a bacterial hampshire. this is a bacterial infection and causing huge amount of alarm amongst parents. and that includes ourselves. i mean, your your child's school. my mean, your your child's school. my child's school, both have outbreaks on kids. and the parents are really about this. anyway, the government has urged doctors to prescribe antibiotic ticks proactively in schools . ticks proactively in schools. there has been a case of strep a with the potential for penicillin to be given out en masse, like smarties. yeah, and look, we spoke to nick us. we've been saying in last half an been saying in the last half an he told us that the situation was closely monitored very much under guidance , health under the guidance, uk health security . let'

partygate or any such thing. of the people who are his government were involved in those kind of things. but i don't think the pubuc things. but i don't think the public don't blame do public they don't blame rishi do they? they may not blame him, but. well, actually, i think but. well, actually, no, i think they i think they do? i think they do i think they do? i think they do i think they do? i think they associate them all together. there a together. i think there came a point summer . together. i think there came a point summer. it happens point this summer. it happens often government . we saw it often in government. we saw it with black wednesday , the john with black wednesday, the john major government. saw with major government. we saw with the devaluation for in 1967. and there comes a point where the pubuc there comes a point where the public does lose total belief in government. most the public don't notice most events in politics. but there a moment and it's generally something to do with money the p

partygate or any such thing.ny of the people who are his government were involved in those kind of things. but i don't think the pubuc things. but i don't think the public don't blame do public they don't blame rishi do they? they may not blame him, but. well, actually, i think but. well, actually, no, i think they i think they do? i think they do i think they do? i think they do i think they do? i think they associate them all together. there a together. i think there came a point summer . together. i think there came a point summer. it happens point this summer. it happens often government . we saw it often in government. we saw it with black wednesday , the john with black wednesday, the john major government. saw with major government. we saw with the devaluation for in 1967. and there comes a point where the pubuc there comes a point where the public does lose total belief in government. most the public don't notice most events in politics. but there a moment and it's generally something to do with money the

and into trouble over partygate and then particularly after liz truss mini—budget, the truss as mini—budgetand it's going to be very difficult for rishi sunak's to rebuild from the damage that has been done . so i think both, both been done. so i think both, both things true, but it's partly just if you've been in government for a long time, there's the argument that it's time for change. it naturally comes more powerful . but also comes more powerful. but also some of the things that the previous conservative governments have done over the last couple of years have really damaged the party's brand and cenac has a very hard job in the sense of low power. good to talk to you this morning. thank you very much indeed. sticking with the tories, though, we're going to be having a look at matt hancock's glittering career , the hancock's glittering career, the pandemic diaries. you see that flying off the shelves. they say that george popping, but our jaws haven't dropped yet. not yet . 922. good morning to you. watching and listening to breakfast with stephen and anne. now the former health secre

i know people don't particularly like to talk about the whole partygate scenario because obviously people's quite insignificant to me it was quite insignificant to me it was quite a big deal because it showed inauthentic were showed how inauthentic were actually being. we've all trust this year in our government and that's the thing we have to try and get by next year. so they had to get rid of boris. they might have done it in the best and most perfect way, but there was never going to be a good to get rid of him. and then obvious like happened after that. like what happened after that. and ridiculous and but that was ridiculous hollywood well, hollywood movie. well, well, sure a movie about sure i mean, a movie about liz truss fascinating truss would be fascinating i mean i'm just trying to mean i'd but i'm just trying to think you know when it comes to liz truss mean really she she got short end of the draw got the short end of the draw didn't do feel sorry didn't she. i mean do feel sorry for her in any way. i do a little bit. yes think that i know that i can definitely say that even

power and protecting the you did the very opposite to that of nicholas sturgeon we've seen big eight partygate 45 days of liz truss . our politicians are truss. our politicians are changing frequently than the guard with three prime ministers in just year alone. yet the monarchy is unflinching . the monarchy is unflinching. the stability. this 1000 year old institution offers is not at. i ask again. what would you put in its place ? more politicians? no, its place? more politicians? no, thanks. its place? more politicians? no, thanks . and big royal is a lot thanks. and big royal is a lot harder than it looks . meghan harder than it looks. meghan markle is testament to that. she can't admit that she was unable to grasp how difficult it actually is and the incredible that these amazing individuals for this country. they make it look easy. sadly, both meghan and harry failed, which is why they're so bitter. blaming everything on race . they're too everything on race. they're too stubborn to admit that they not simply they were simply not selfless enough. they were eaten up selfless enough. they

all of his focus is directed on dealing with the small boats crisis and now going back even before partygateat was what first started to hit the tories ratings in the polls is that voters could see day by day as small arrived as these small boats arrived across channel and the across the channel and the government incompetent and across the channel and the gov government incompetent and across the channel and the gov government inccunablelt and across the channel and the gov government inccunablelt edo the government was unable to do its fundamental of its fundamental job of protecting our borders. and that's eroded in the that's eroded confidence in the government since. sunak government ever since. and sunak knows win back knows they will only win back those either switched those voters who either switched the in 2019 or have been the tories in 2019 or have been moving towards them over the last who left them last decade who have left them now incompetence now over the incompetence they've shown and past they've shown and over the past they've shown and over the past the last if he can pro

compliance is going to be a challenge because of the fact that this guy is of course and all the partygatecific circumstances where, there's something completely new. we need that . we'll have to new. we need that. we'll have to discuss time. but discuss it at the time. but there was something distressing, wasn't i don't know if wasn't there? i don't know if you saw the economist's survey about there was about this, where there was a substantial proportion people substantial proportion of people who were saying they like curfews forever more, curfews to last forever more, even because the even if covid, because the people the lockdown did what is going on there because people some people are just crack to beat. some people just crackers. i know some members of my family who said, oh, god know if people are very nervous and if they have that streak inside them, they're going to grow up to that and say, yeah we should be just isolated forever. we should be because they're not they're a bit unstable . don't you start bit unstable. don't you start also. oh, i'm sorry, calvin. people, it's not