Hello and welcome to another O-God what now emergency chardenfreude cast I'm Dorian Linsky

I'm here with Alex Andre. Hello Dorian and name me Smith. Hi. So on Wednesday afternoon we gathered

to discuss in the main show the likely findings of the privileges committee into the wrong

doings of Boris Johnson and I think we broadly we broadly got that right in the sense that we

knew it was going to be very bad news for the big man but I think we anticipated the brutal kill shot

that the actual report was going to deliver and that it would thoroughly end Johnson's parliamentary

career in the unprecedented disgrace for a British prime minister. So we're here to pick over the

details. So let us start I'm going to ask both of you and the first Alex what surprised you

relative to what we were anticipating on on Wednesday. So there is an appendix almost a mini report

to the report that includes evidence that's admitted to the report that we haven't seen before

and there is basically a whistle blower a bit of evidence in there from a spad

and it's worth reading into the record as it were. I was the position removed which had the press

office, spad office and a vestibule connecting all through rooms and what he goes on to say that

is that wine time Fridays were calendar weekly events in our ad look diary started at 4 pm

during the pandemic number 10 despite setting the rules to the country was slow to enforce any rules

in the building. The press office wine time Fridays continued throughout social distancing was

not enforced and mask wearing was not enforced. I am I once inquired the name of the person is

removed whether we should be wearing masks and was told that the science advice was that there

was no point. This was all part of a wider culture of not adhering to any rules number 10 was like

an island oasis of normality. Operational notes were sent out from the security team to be mindful

of the cameras outside the door not to go out in groups into social distance. It was all a

pantomime birthday parties leaving parties and end of week gatherings all continued as normal.

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