and registers in whitehall, politically just couldn't grasp and registers in whitehall, politicallyjustwonder how much else might be looming around the corner that the state isn't getting its head around at the moment. {lilia its head around at the moment. 0k, chris smith, — its head around at the moment. 0k, chris smith, political editor for the times, thanks for your company, thank you. it was probably only a matter of time before someone worked out how to use artificial intelligence for nefarious purposes. well, now it seems that moment has come. a bbc news investigation has revealed that a feature on the chatgpt app — which allows users to easily build their own artificial—intelligence assistants — could be used to create tools for cyber—crime. the feature, called gpt builder, was launched last month by open ai ceo sam altman. it allows users to build customised versions of chatgpt for, quote, "almostanything." for more on this, i'm joined now by the bbc�*s cyber correspondent — joe tidy. joe, tell us a bit more about what your investigation has uncovered. we've known for a while, h

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we were trying to wake up whitehall to the scale of the problem.ust want to take you back to what you tell us, that mrjohnson said, that he wanted to be injected with covid—i9 to demonstrate to the public that it didn't pose a threat. it was before the italian situation had really become apparent to everybody. it was the time when covid was not seen as being the serious disease it subsequently became or was seem to be. it was a moment in time. borisjohnson later said he rejected that account. newsreel: the government warns against all but essential travel to italy, as the country's coronavirus lockdown comes into effect. as the virus hit europe, emergency cobra government meetings were held, chaired by mr hancock and not the prime minister. in that period, january, really, until the end of february, towards the end of february, covid was pretty much like a cloud on the horizon no bigger than a man's hand and you didn't know whether it was going to turn into a typhoon. i look at all this stuff in which we seem to so oblivious with horror. i mean, we

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i mean, just, you whitehall. i mean, just, you know, it's real.ving doors. >> but kevin maguire, isn't it a great move? i mean, the fact that quentin barely get the words out and the fury of the story about the conservatives completely . completely. >> i mean, of course, there was a parliamentary a there was a parliamentary inquiry that johnson inquiry which found that johnson had of the had broken the rules of the parties lied and leading to parties and lied and leading to his quit his suspension, why he quit parliament. way, her parliament. so in a way, her investigation was validated rather than conspiracy theorists can oh , it was a put up job can say, oh, it was a put up job by her, but she's worked wonders on the starmer team. people speak awe of how she brings speak in awe of how she brings order to meetings. >> three in, you can see >> three months in, you can see it . yeah, she how it. yeah, she knows how government yeah, government works. and yeah, because been out of because the labour's been out of power long, they need power for so lo

joining me as a financial times whitehall i who need it.tor lucy fisher. what's your analysis of how successful the prime minister is on meeting these five key pledges? what grade would you give him? 50 pledges? what grade would you give him? ., ~' �*, pledges? what grade would you give him? ., ~ �*, ., ., ., him? so far, i think it's one out of five that he _ him? so far, i think it's one out of five that he can decisively - him? so far, i think it's one out of five that he can decisively say - five that he can decisively say he's met. that is one of the pledges regarding having inflation that in fact, many people said injanuary wasn't really within the government because �*s control anyway. the independent back of england has the mandate to get inflation down to a maximum level of 2%. interestingly, we heard rishi sunak reprimanded by the statistics authority for claiming in a campaign video on social media that he has met another of his five pledges that he set out. the prime minister claimed that is falling, but sir robert made clear th

he had not lied or been overconfident, he had been forceful he said because he wanted to wake up whitehall. now what he said yesterday, lets go through a little bit of fry his evidence is so important. matt hancock was in charge of the government health department at the time the pandemic began. he was an extremely powerful figure but also controversial, many will remember at times. he was tasked with overseeing restrictions such as things like lockdown and social distancing. let's have a listen to matt hancock speaking yesterday. mrcummings, sir patrick mr cummings, sir patrick vallance in his diaries, _ mr cummings, sir patrick vallance in his diaries, helen mcnamara had made reference _ his diaries, helen mcnamara had made reference to _ his diaries, helen mcnamara had made reference to you lying, to you getting — reference to you lying, to you getting overexcited and just saying staff, _ getting overexcited and just saying staff, that you say things which are people _ staff, that you say things which are people because they knew evidence base was _ people because they knew evidence bas

it could not have been unknown to whitehall but you say... i not have been unknown to whitehall but youand ice are different figure ithink— figure and ice are different figure i think towards the end of february. by i think towards the end of february. by which _ i think towards the end of february. by which time, our alarm was really truly raised — by which time, our alarm was really truly raised. but i am trying to give _ truly raised. but i am trying to give you — truly raised. but i am trying to give you my best explanation for why people _ give you my best explanation for why people were in the mindset that they were in _ people were in the mindset that they were in. . , . people were in the mindset that they were in. ., ., .. , people were in the mindset that they were in. .,, ., .. , ., were in. there was a cabinet on the 1st ofjanuary. _ were in. there was a cabinet on the 1st ofjanuary. if— were in. there was a cabinet on the 1st ofjanuary, if we _ were in. there was a cabinet on the 1st ofjanuary, if we go _ were in. there was a cabinet on the 1st ofjanuary, if we go to _ were

so it couldn't have been unknown to whitehall . but you say the to whitehall.as not aware it. >> i didn't see that figure and l, >> i didn't see that figure and i, i saw a different figure. i think two towards the end of, of february , by which time our our february, by which time our our our alarm was really, really , our alarm was really, really, truly raised . but our alarm was really, really, truly raised. but i'm trying to give you my best explanation for, for why people were in the mindset that they were in. >> there was a cabinet on the sist >> there was a cabinet on the 31st of january 56125. if we go to page ten, please, we can see the nature of the debate . it the nature of the debate. it was, of course, chaired by by you that afternoon . and the you that afternoon. and the secretary of state for health and social care. mr hancock says two cases have been confirmed in the united kingdom. there had been of course confirmed on the 30th and 31st of january. it was a very serious problem in china , a very serious problem in china, a very serious problem i

it's not just whitehall , but it's local whitehall, but it's local government.rly. they were told by their minister, steve barclay, to stop having all these diversity people. and then they went out and advertised for a few more, just as if to spite him. >> absolutely . the nhs , it was >> absolutely. the nhs, it was estimated last year at 800 of these diversity officers . and as these diversity officers. and as you say, when steve barclay tried to introduce a moratorium, they just recruited more . and in they just recruited more. and in local government there's that over 800 of them as well. and there's 40in leicester county council. we counted and it just goes right across the public sector . and it's also to other sector. and it's also to other consequence of this are it's so many public services are now see their job many public services are now see theirjob is not to actually provide basic services to the pubuc provide basic services to the public but to indulge in a form of social engineering and indoctrination and promoting groupthink . and they and they g

we were trying to wake up whitehall to the scale of the problem.s wasn't a problem that couldn't be addressed only from the health department. it should have been grasped and led from the centre of government earlier. right from the start we've tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. he admitted for the first time that protective ring was not a circle with no breaks in it and measures to protect care homes were not totally effective. and to accusations the inquiry has previously heard from senior civil servants and aides that he had lied on several occasions, he had this to say. i was not. you will note that there is no evidence from anybody who i worked with in the department or the health system, who supported that — those false allegations. outside the inquiry, a small group of protesters were keen for matt hancock to hear their voices. with the whole group, we feel betrayed by him. he seems to think like borisjohnson, that he has the right to do what he wants to do. break every rule under the sun and expect us to accept that whe

and we'll see if we can apply that or something similar could be applied in in whitehall, because youle to be in a working environment where they're treated fairly and they're treated fairly and they're treated justly and isn't that the underlying aim of the diversity and inclusion officers, even if sometimes it goes wrong? >> the theory ethical ideas of inclusion and the theoretical ideas of diversity are very few people would debate with those and say that that's wrong. >> it'sjust and say that that's wrong. >> it's just the practical outworking of this is so the opposite of groupthink. it's uni dimensional. >> so are you more optimistic than i am? because i think esther will succeed if she repeals the equalities act. but do i get the impression that you think it can succeed just by moral drive and the power of her personality to push this through whitehall, that she can do it within the current law ? because within the current law? because the intention is benign. >> optimistic about the >> i'm optimistic about the higher education world, given that we've got professor arif ahmed a

on december 26 , 1606, shakespeare's play king lear was staged for the first time at whitehall palacen london. looked, above the nobility, the monarch himself, james ii. this tragedy is considered the most powerful and darkest among all the playwright’s works. the plot is known. the old ruler gave his kingdom to two daughters who despised him. and he hated and cursed the third one, who truly loved him. in the raging whirlwind of human passions , the state is collapsing, score, selfishness, cruelty rule, deceit and cynicism. the good characters die and the ending is so terrible that in england it was often rewritten or the play was banned. in the first production, the main role was played by shakespeare's friend and colleague, the outstanding actor richard burbitch. then lear was played by the best artists of his time. the play is regularly filmed. and does not leave the stage all over the world. on this day in 1825, the russian empire was rocked by the decembrist uprising, the name given to nobles who wanted to overthrow the autocracy and replace it with a constitutional monarchy or r

and ijust wonder whether belt—tightening within whitehall.timing of this does not work for the government because they are just about to go into the new spending round, the new public spending round of 420 24-25 round, the new public spending round of 420 2a—25 for doctors, nurses, teachers, police officers, civil service. if you were to give anywhere near 35%, do you undermine the other paid reviews on going? yeah, they should not go anywhere near 35%. yeah, they should not go anywhere near35%. honestly yeah, they should not go anywhere near 35%. honestly i support people�*s right to strike and that junior doctors all do a really importantjob for all of us, but 25% just would not be fair. i don�*t think realistically they think they�*re going to get anything like that but they been offered something like 3% for the next year so there is a lot of space between those two figures. and ultimately nothing gets solved with people or out on picket lines. 0nly always a deal to be done. i think the new government health secretary should be around the

early on, you referred, mr keith, to the competing perspectives of the whitehall departments and thea balance of the argument. the evidence appears already to suggest that the chancellor of the exchequer and then her majesty's treasury had considerable influence over the ultimate decision—making process because the chancellor would come to see you in bilateral meetings, there were bilateral meetings, there were bilateral meetings in the week of the 16th of march, before the first lockdown decision, in late october, before the second and in the summer of 2! and then again in december of 21, in relation to omicron. and also eat out to help out. but that advice was given to you by the chancellor and her majesty's treasury in a way that wasn't openly transparent to the way that the sage advice was provided to you. there were no minutes disclosed of the advice you are being given to the public, there was no regular production of material or any kind of published economic analysis provided to you. do you think, in hindsight, that that was an error? t hindsight, that that was an error? i th

pay squeeze grade inflation in whitehall is costing £1.5 billion a year.t's your money, by the way. taxpayers money and resulting in less qualified, qualified staff doing senior jobs. the think doing seniorjobs. the think tank also warns that top officials , who cannot be officials, who cannot be promoted because of the pay squeeze, are experiencing much bigger pay cuts, driving the talented people to the private sector. the think tank warns that this is going to be a disaster for the civil service and a disaster for us, but the question tonight is, is a civil service completely out of control? do the government need to get a handle on it, and who the hell is running the country, civil servants or the government aren't? i'm going to come to you first on this one, matt. what what has gone wrong with the civil service? all we seem to hear that they're not doing hear is that they're not doing their jobs. they're working from home. a lot of what's happening basically , i think there's a lot basically, i think there's a lot of going with of things going wrong w

well, the telegraphs reported that sources in whitehall say that whitehall has been trying to raise questionse. if that's happening. that is, of course not following the code of being impartial . i not following the code of being impartial. i think there are a couple of reasons that would lead us to suspect this is happening . not only the happening. not only the anonymous sources , but the anonymous sources, but the pubuc anonymous sources, but the public and commercial services union, which has about 16,000 members in the home office , has members in the home office, has actually threatened strike action. now, it says that that the strike action would be over deteriorating, working conditions that arise as a result of the policies rather than the policy in question . but than the policy in question. but if you read up their statements , if you read up their statements, i just don't think that really quite rings true. the psa has said there's no stomach among its members for the policy. so from the union itself, we get an indication that civil servants aren't on board with rwanda . so aren't

and we'll look through the front pages with the whitehall editor of the financial times. good evening. it's been a tense few days for the prime minister, but tonight's victory on his safety of rwanda bill brought some respite for rishi sunak. a majority of 44 mps passed the legislation through its second reading in the house, giving the prime minister some breathing space as the parliamentary christmas break looms. for all the talk of this vote being on a knife edge and tory rebels looking to give downing street a bloody nose — just 2a tories actively chose to abstain on the bill — not a single one voting against the government. some of the mps within the wing of the party most likely to rebel did actively vote with the government tonight, but the pm remains on a warning that mps could vote it down next time if they don't get what they want. those on the left of the party, of course, have warned an inch further to the right and they'll withdraw their support. so has rishi sunak�*s canjust been kicked down the road, then? and can he ever do enough to get all of his party o

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for more analysis on borisjohnson�*s appearance at the hearing, i spoke with the whitehall editor at times, lucy fisher, starting with her thoughts on the former prime minister's apology. during his testimony at the covid inquiry, i make imake any i make any two was the first woman to die of the virus, she told me when she made of borisjohnson�*s evidence. when she made of boris johnson's evidence. ., , ., ., ., ., evidence. there was not a lot of substance _ evidence. there was not a lot of substance to — evidence. there was not a lot of substance to what _ evidence. there was not a lot of substance to what he _ evidence. there was not a lot of substance to what he said. - evidence. there was not a lot of substance to what he said. and | evidence. there was not a lot of| substance to what he said. and a evidence. there was not a lot of - substance to what he said. and a lot of his answers did not make sense. the answer regarding why he could never achieve messages, i felt the answer regarding why he could never achieve messages, ifelt that is not making sense whatsoever and i'm sure

is it time for these whitehall wingers to butt out of politics? yes. get the thoughts of tonight's top pundits, writer and broadcaster emma webb and former labour mp simon danczuk. emma, what do you what do you make of this? i mean, because we hear a lot of talk about the woke blob, you know, the civil service and pretty much everybody in the establishment media, the stymie ricci's efforts. i mean, i'm not sure he's made that much of an effort, but stymie rishi sunak efforts to get the rwanda plan working. well i am shocked. >> the civil service seems to have bias against solving the problem. >> we've seen recently. actually, the telegraph published this whistleblower from within the civil service who was basically making the same point. i think it's very clear we saw it with brexit. we're seeing it now with immigration. i don't buy the excuses that actually the civil servants are just offering their impartial legal advice. i think the government is facing a number of challenges. i think that the civil service face and it's biased is clearly an obstruc

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we were trying to wake up whitehall to the scale of the problem.d have been grasped and led from the centre of government earlier. right from the start we tried to thaw a protective ring around our care homes. he a protective ring around our care homes-— a protective ring around our care homes. . ., care homes. he admitted for the first time that _ care homes. he admitted for the first time that protective - care homes. he admitted for the first time that protective ring - first time that protective ring was not a circle with no breaks in it. and measures to protect care homes were not totally effective. accusations of the enquiry has previously heard from senior civil servants that he had lied on several occasions, he had this to say. i was not. you will know there is no evidence from anybody i worked with on the department or health system that supported that, those false allegations. outside the enquiry, a small group of protesters working for matt hancock to hear their voices. ~ ., ., , voices. with the whole group, we feel betrayed _ voices. w

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, probably they whitehall, but probably why they kept won't her kept theirjob, i won't name her because it would embarrass her to praised by me. to be praised by me. >> probably. but thank you, stephen. i'm delighted be stephen. i'm delighted to be joined another friend of joined now by another friend of the an immigration the program, an immigration lawyer, you lawyer, shoaib khan. thank you so on again . do so much for coming on again. do you think this is a reasonable solution to the problem ? solution to the problem? >> i don't think it is. i mean, firstly, just going through the five points, as you were saying, you know, the government is particularly fond of five point plans, but some of them, i think they are quite horrendous really . firstly, the ones that . firstly, one of the ones that you mentioned obviously you mentioned is obviously you said, you mentioned said, you know, you mentioned them. i think, you know, rather euphemistically really and family visas. basically that family visas. but basically that means visas . so if you're means spouse visas. so if you're a british

. >> whitehall. >> whitehall. >> i'm not the number 10. >> i'm not the number 10. >> oh, the bbc newsnightght set. >> oh, the bbc newsnight set. >> i do. i have to confess , i >> i do. i have to confess, i only watched the first episode and i ought to be watching it all because, of course, i've written a book about nigel farage and need catch farage and i need to catch up with doing. i with what he's been doing. i have whether the people have no idea whether the people who've left a bottlers all i would say is you wouldn't get me jumping aeroplane as jumping out of an aeroplane as they to in the first episode they had to in the first episode or climbing down skyscraper. or climbing down a skyscraper. terrifying things. i wouldn't have any problems about eating a kangaroo's penis or whatever , or kangaroo's penis or whatever, or insects , but the. yeah, i insects, but the. yeah, i understand if people can't can't keep it up but i think farage will will do well out of this. i mean he's coming across from what i gather as a, you know, a genial person, you're getting people are getting to see

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i also sleeping during the week time as well. types us outside paula, but outside downing street whitehall, the previous major labor policy, it's curb. the coping was to speaking a few minutes ago was condemned mainly to this british governments type, which is really not on the display for one. when you consider the extreme sightsee of 75 percent of the population is closer to the foreign garza, i'm going to select the us and you pay, and all the countries are just resolute is standing behind not supporting the public sci fi. however, i can set that that. busy there was a definitely to got gnostic gap between for us. so do you pay a story to tell to the united states well isolated that it has to be? so it's well to even the british government they expect to be through the us of the boss. was the idea run, so it's a tax on gaza. these really prime ministers turn his sites on lebanon says he's on forces exchanged sporadic rockets, 5 with the has block minutes in group. and benjamin netanyahu stress in the neighboring states with a striking escalation of violets, a team this is by like, this

. >> whitehall. >> whitehall. >> i'm not the number 10. >> i'm not the number 10. >> oh, the bbc newsnightt set. >> oh, the bbc newsnight set. >> i do. i have to confess , i >> i do. i have to confess, i only watched the first episode and i ought to be watching it all because, of course, i've written a book about nigel farage and need catch farage and i need to catch up with doing. i with what he's been doing. i have whether the people have no idea whether the people who've left a bottlers all i would say is you wouldn't get me jumping aeroplane as jumping out of an aeroplane as they to in the first episode they had to in the first episode or climbing down skyscraper. or climbing down a skyscraper. terrifying things. i wouldn't have any problems about eating a kangaroo's penis or whatever , or kangaroo's penis or whatever, or insects , but the. yeah, i insects, but the. yeah, i understand if people can't can't keep it up but i think farage will will do well out of this. i mean he's coming across from what i gather as a, you know, a genial person, you're getting people are getting to see th

mail’vicvey'about:en in the daily mail today about her ridding whitehall of her war on ridding whitehalllion something like half £1 million every to fund heating every year to fund the heating bills people who work from bills of people who work from home. so 800 k in the grand scheme of things, to protect and preserve british preserve a bit of british history. we don't much left history. we don't have much left these . everything. so, these days. everything. so, you know, whitewashing it existed before story across though. >> no, i didn't know i did. i'm all for it. it's important in the grand scheme of things. there lots of things from there are lots of things from churchill's life that are. but i think, the barge that think, you know, the barge that took thames took him down, the thames is perhaps most important perhaps not the most important thing. there are other aspects of that i think we of his life that i think we should other, but it is should then other, but it is something that, course, something that, of course, people johnson and people like boris johnson and other rally peop

course he was asked about the parties at number ten — in particular, several christmas events held in whitehalld have done more while in number ten to insist that people thought about how their behaviour, would be perceived by others. you know, i've extensively tried to explain how i think that came about and why i think the people who were working in downing street for a very long time and very hard believed that they were operating, working within the rules at the time. though, as i say to you, to those you represent and again, i understand fully the point that you are making and i regret it very much. joining me now is member of the house of lords and former minister for nhs test and trace, lord james bethell. thank you for being on the programme. is there anything you heard _ programme. is there anything you heard from — programme. is there anything you heard from borisjohnson programme. is there anything you heard from boris johnson today that you didn't _ heard from boris johnson today that you didn't agree with?— you didn't agree with? there is [en you didn't agree with? there is plenty

so the raf intelligence officers join whitehall army officers join whitehall and army in lockdown. initics, including david davis and peter hitchens . and peter hitchens. >> so they're spying on a on a member of parliament. >> absolutely. david davis was at the time and david davis, who, the way, was questioned who, by the way, was questioned who, by the way, was questioned who questioned the who himself questioned the modelling behind the alarming covid death toll predictions on social media and elsewhere was investigated . for that, peter investigated. for that, peter hitchens was outspoken about monitoring . he was monitored monitoring. he was monitored after sharing an article based on leaked nhs papers which claimed data used to publicly justify the lockdown was incomplete . right now, what incomplete. right now, what happened? what happened here is and is becoming more and more apparent every day, whether you went along with it or not, whether you were happy to go along with it or not. people were controlling the information. could be information. so you could be controlled and

so the raf intelligence officers join whitehall army officers join whitehall and army in lockdown. inritics, including david davis and peter hitchens . and peter hitchens. >> so they're spying on a on a member of parliament. >> absolutely. david davis was at the time and david davis, who, the way, was questioned who, by the way, was questioned who, by the way, was questioned who questioned the who himself questioned the modelling behind the alarming covid death toll predictions on social media and elsewhere was investigated . for that, peter investigated. for that, peter hitchens was outspoken about monitoring . he was monitored monitoring. he was monitored after sharing an article based on leaked nhs papers which claimed data used to publicly justify the lockdown was incomplete . right now, what incomplete. right now, what happened? what happened here is and is becoming more and more apparent every day, whether you went along with it or not, whether you were happy to go along with it or not. people were controlling the information. could be information. so you could be controlled and

truthat what is going on in whitehall. what do ou what is going on in whitehall.nstantly, not immediately. thank ou ve instantly, not immediately. thank you very much- — instantly, not immediately. thank you very much. worth _ instantly, not immediately. thank you very much. worth reiterating | instantly, not immediately. thank| you very much. worth reiterating a point that inflation has come down but still almost double the bank of england target of 2%. do not expect interest rates, the cost of borrowing, mortgages and so on to be coming down particularly any time soon. thank you very much indeed. thank you for explaining that. john is on the sofa with us. an incredible night last night with the sports personality awards. . . night with the sports personality awards. . , , ., , ., awards. incredible when you see all the famous — awards. incredible when you see all the famous faces _ awards. incredible when you see all the famous faces under _ awards. incredible when you see all the famous faces under one - awards. incredible when you see all the famous faces unde

um so civil servants are being over promoted to get around a whitehall pay squeeze?sts suggest so . squeeze? analysts suggest so. grade inflation, as it's called in whitehall, is costing 1.5 billion a year and resulting in less qualified staff doing senior jobs. less qualified staff doing seniorjobs. the institute for government has warned. now this is very funny to me. this is people who are not qualified for a job, being promoted to jobs they shouldn't to get they shouldn't be doing to get round that's round a wage squeeze. that's quite like it's quite funny. that'd be like it's let's say i was just the producer of the show, and then they sort of put me on panel just people. just so i could get people. wouldn't that be ridiculous? >> order avoid actually, >> in order to avoid actually, uh, registering that would uh, registering that you would not paid correctly not being paid correctly exactly. own job. there is exactly. your own job. there is supposed something supposed to be something that operates civil service, operates in the civil service, traditionally calle

those running ukraine policy in whitehall don't think the supply of ammunition or money is just going from one day to the next. but what they are worried about is the uncertainties that are now being introduced into the equation. and they say that the ukrainian army, because of that, is unable to plan its campaign for next year, and that that hands the initiative to vladimir putin. by chance, putin held his annual press conference today. it was a moment for him to insist that russia's war aims against ukraine were unchanged and to imply satisfaction that developments in the west are now going his way. translation: there will be peace when we achieve our goals that. you've just mentioned. now, let's return to these goals. they have not changed. today, ukraine produces practically nothing. they are trying to save something, but they produce almost nothing. everything is brought in from other countries for free. but this freebie may end someday. and apparently it is ending little by little. and on the front, fighting continues, with the russians pressing on, apparently oblivious to heavy

this is whitehall place.e crowd has now kind of surge of crowd has now been to on because been told to move on because what is the police what happened is as the police were talking that man, were talking to that man, is that old somewhere in that an old lady somewhere in the that in that the crowd in that in that scuffle ended up over. scuffle ended up falling over. now, course, some protesters now, of course, some protesters believe that the believe that that was the metropolitan police that had pushed pushed woman. pushed this pushed this woman. that she'd that wasn't the case. she'd fallen because of the fallen over because of the density crowd rushing density of the crowd rushing towards. the other towards. of course, the other protesters who who were being made angry by the removal of that protester there from the crowd. but, of course , they are crowd. but, of course, they are now marching up and continue to march. the has to be march. majority of the has to be said all throughout march. majority of th