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This Is Why

Partygate's over, but not for Boris Johnson...

This Is Why

Sky News

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed partygate investigator Sue Gray as his chief of staff, prompting some Tory MPs to say her inquiry was a "Labour stitch-up".

But she will have to set out the timeline of her discussions with Labour, including when she first began talking to Sir Keir about the role.

Not the only one facing questions, Boris Johnson is soon to appear in front of a parliamentary committee looking into whether he misled parliament.

On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson is joined by our political correspondent Joe Pike to make sense of the battle for integrity in politics.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Transcript

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0:00.0

Uber drivers. Have you seen your pay go down while your fees to Uber go up?

0:05.0

All because of an algorithm that reduces your take-home pay, making you work more for less.

0:10.0

We believe Uber's dynamic pay and upfront pricing is unfair.

0:14.0

That's why Worker Info Exchange has launched the dynamic pay claim to seek compensation for drivers who have lost income.

0:21.5

If you've driven for Uber at any time since 2020, it's time to stand together.

0:26.8

Find out more at dynamic pay.org.

0:30.1

You know, when Helen used to get home from work, I'd ask, how are you?

0:34.4

Fine, she'd say. She clearly wasn't.

0:42.3

After 10 years in IT, she was on autopilot. Then she found this job, training up-and-coming tech wizas at the college, same skills but with new people, new challenges.

0:49.8

Now when she gets back, I get the full debrief. Can't get a word in.

0:55.0

Give your skills new life.

0:56.6

Train others.

0:57.7

Search jobs in further education.

1:06.3

Sue Gray.

1:08.0

Remember her?

1:09.2

The leader of the opposition certainly does. So too Boris Johnson.

1:13.4

But for those who need minds refreshing, she was the senior civil servant tasked with looking

1:17.7

into the parties in Downing Street during lockdown.

1:20.9

I'm grateful to Sue Gray for her report today. And I want to thank her for the work that

1:26.3

she's done. Back then, even Mr. Johnson

1:28.7

praised her impartiality and professionalism. But, and I cannot lie, it is a big but. As revealed by

1:35.7

Sky's political correspondent Joe Pike, she's now left the civil service and wants to work for

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