Shiaab, did, were you using my mic before we started this recording?

I'm currently using my own mic.

Yeah, but before we started, were you using mine?

Lewis, I've been very clear.

I'm currently using my own mic.

It's that clever use of the present tense that'll get you out of any bind.

Well, that was the Prime Minister's hope.

But now with investigations launched, the opposition on the offensive,

and most importantly, the Calling Peston podcast doing an episode about it,

pressure to find out how exactly the refurbishment of the Downing Street flat was funded is mounting.

I'm Shihab Khan, and I'll be calling ITV's political

editor Robert Peston to ask him how much he spends on a role of wallpaper. Later in the podcast,

we'll be joined by the Yorkshire Post cartoonist Graham Bandera, who won political cartoon of

the year in 2020 for his depiction of the Prime Minister trying and failing to pull a pint of beer to mark the

reopening of pubs earlier this year. Please stick around for that. But first, Lewis, just to be

clear, I didn't use your mic. Thanks, mate, because that wouldn't be compliant with coronavirus.

It wouldn't be, no. Well, have you made of all of this? It's been odd. We haven't really

explained it yet, but if anyone's tuning in to the podcast, we assume you made of all of this? It's been odd. We haven't really explained it yet, but if

anyone's tuning in to the podcast, we assume you will be aware of the controversy that's been

surrounding how the refurbishment of the Downing Street Flat was funded. What have you thought

about this, Lewis? Yes, it's been going on for, well, all this Tory Slee's allegations have been

going on for a while, haven't then?

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