Why are Tories bottling the 'Partygate' vote?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has just confirmed to The News Agents that the Met are looking at the video evidence of a party during lockdown - (thank you Sunday Mirror) with a view to opening another investigation.
We have the full exchange on today's episode - and hear his views on politicians telling the Met how to do their jobs.
Suella Braverman just suggested she'd fully support the Met 'ramping up stop and search'. Hmmm.
We also ask why Rishi Sunak is trying to be anywhere else but the Commons tonight for that vote on the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson. What does it say when our leaders dont like showing...erm...leadership.
Particularly one's who've promised to restore integrity and transparency to the job...
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
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| 0:13.2 | So here's a very simple question. |
| 0:15.7 | Will Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, vote to endorse a report by the Privileges Committee, the findings into Boris Johnson |
| 0:25.2 | and whether he misled Parliament. It's a pretty simple question, as I say, except maybe not for Rishi |
| 0:31.9 | Sunak. Well, this committee was established under the former Prime Minister. It commanded the |
| 0:37.2 | confidence of the |
| 0:37.9 | House at the time and I'm sure that they've done their work thoroughly and I respect them for |
| 0:42.3 | that. Obviously this is a matter for the House, not for the government and that's why each |
| 0:47.1 | an individual colleagues will make up their own mind when the time comes. So are you not going to |
| 0:50.4 | be there? I said each an individual colleague will make up their own mind when the time comes. |
| 0:54.7 | This is a matter for the House rather than for the government. |
| 0:57.8 | It's an important distinction. |
| 0:59.7 | And that's why I wouldn't want to influence anyone in advance of that vote. |
| 1:02.4 | But you promised professionalism and accountability, integrity at every level. |
| 1:06.0 | Boris Johnson has undermined all of those. |
| 1:07.8 | Do you not need to set an example and vote for him to be punished for that? |
| 1:12.0 | As said, this is a matter for the House. It's not a government matter. That was Rishi Sunak on Good Morning |
| 1:18.1 | Britain. I wouldn't want to influence anyone, says the leader of a political party. It's like being |
| 1:24.0 | a footballer and saying, I don't like footballs. I'm just the prime minister. I've got nothing to do with Parliament. I just happen to be the prime minister. |
| 1:30.5 | Look, if you think the reporting to Boris Johnson stinks, vote against it. If you think |
| 1:37.1 | the reporting to Boris Johnson is broadly correct, vote for it. But don't run for the hills welcome to the news agents the newsagents it's john it's emily |
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