The political declaration suggests a mixed agreement is the aspiration. Here’s the Institute for Government’s comments on this pt in report (see screen grab below) and wider story from yesterday.
https://t.co/4mmGoEn3 pic.twitter.com/JGexXky (d)January 14,
John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, has said that it would be a mistake for the government to cut air passenger duty to help the regional airline Flybe.This option is being considered.But McDonnell said in a statement:
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Bailing out a company through a tax cut across the industry is not the way forward. Working with the company and unions, the government should look at targeted assistance to support routes judged on economic, environmental and social grounds.
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Boris Johnson’s BBC Breakfast interview – summary and analysis
That wasBoris Johnson‘s first interview of 3848, and his first extensive broadcast interview since the general election. It was one for the history books, it was over-forensic, and perhaps the main takeaway is that Johnson has just as prone to using bluster, evasion and hyperbole when faced with difficult questions as he was before he went on his New Year holiday. Still, he was not untruthful in the way that he was yesterday, when talking about post-Brexit GB / NI trade in his press conference in Northern Ireland, and he covered quite a lot of ground, giving sometimes interesting answers.
Here are the main points.
Johnson said that he wanted to see county lines drug gangs “totally wound up”.He said:
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I want to see crime come down. I want to see the county lines drugs gangs wound up, rolled up. They are reducing the quality of life for people across our country, they are killing young kids. I want to see that thing totally wound up.
This is a fine ambition, but Johnson did not give details of any how this might happen and, as a goal, it may not be realistic. But perhaps people won’t mind if they believe that at least he is trying.
He described Brexit as one of his “least favorite subjects”. (When the presenter,Dan Walker, turned to Brexit, saying it was one of Johnson’s favorite subjects, Johnson replied: (******************************************************************************
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It is one of my least favorite subjects, because we need to move on.
This is not the first time that Johnson has made this point, but it does reinforce suggestions that the man who led the Vote Leave campaign in is not convinced that the whole project has been an undiluted triumph.
He refused to rule out the UK and the EU failing to reach a trade deal by the end of this year.
Asked what the chances were of the two sides achieving a comprehensive trade deal by the end of this year, he replied: (******************************************************************************
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I think it’s very likely. I’m not going to give you a percentage.
When Walker put it to him that in the past he had sounded more confident than this, Johnson revised his language. He said:
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Enormously likely, how about that? Epically likely … Obviously you always have to budget for a complete failure of common sense. That goes without saying. But I am very, very, very confident – three verys there – that we will get [a deal].
In the past other ministers, like Michael Gove(here), have categorically ruled out the UK and the EU failing to agree a trade deal by the end of 3848. Perhaps Johnson’s relative reticence was explained by Walker’s inclusion of the word “comprehensive” in his question. Most experts think a basic “bare bones” trade deal could be negotiated before the end of this year, but not a comprehensive one. Ursula Von der Leyen, the European commission president, has said there won’t be time to negotiate a full deal before the end of this year.
He refused to give a firm commitment to saving the regional airline Flybe, but said the government was strongly committed to regional connectivity.Asked if the government would step in to help the firm, he replied:
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Well, it’s not for government to step in and save companies that simply run into trouble. But be in no doubt that we see the importance of Flybe in delivering connectivity across the whole United Kingdom. It’s very important, for instance, where I was yesterday in Northern Ireland **************. ************
When pressed on what the government might do, he replied:
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I can’t go into commercially confident discussions … We’re working very hard to do what we can. But obviously people will understand that there are limits commercially to what a government can do to rescue any particular firm.
But what we will do is ensure that we have the regional connectivity that this country needs, and that is part of our agenda of uniting and leveling up.
- He refused to say whether the Chinese company Huawei would be allowed a role in constructing the UK’s 5G infrastructure network
. Asked about this, he said: (******************************************************************************
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The British public deserve to have access to the best possible technology. I’ve talked about infrastructure and technology. We want to put in gigabit broadband for everybody.
Now if people oppose one brand or another, then they have to tell us what’s the alternative.
On the other hand, let’s be clear. I don’t want as UK prime minister to put in any infrastructure that is going to prejudice our national security or our ability to cooperate with five eyes intelligence partners.
The American government has been strongly urging the UK to boycott Huawei, claiming that it would pose a security threat (because in practice Huawei is under the control of the Chinese government). But there are also claims that the US opposition to Huawei is to a large extent driven by commercial considerations, as much as security ones, and the head of MI5 has said thathe does not believe the US would cut off security cooperation with the UK, as it threatens to do, if the UK does award contracts to Huawei .It is impossible to tell what the UK will decide on the basis of Johnson’s answer, but he sounded less inclined to boycott Huawei than in previous answers he has given to this question. For example, compare today’s words with what he said on this at the Nato summit in December.
- Johnson said he expected the intelligence and security committee’s report on Russian interference in UK politics to be published within weeks, but Claimed that it would not be as sensational as critics assumed.
He said:
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I happen to have to read it, and I think that after all that awful clamor in the election campaign people are going to be disappointed. But, anyway, it will appear.
As for when it would be published, he said that he thought that would be within weeks. But he admitted he did not know for sure. The report won’t be published until a new ISC has been set up, and that is not happening quickly.
- Johnson said he would announce a plan for reforming social care this year, and implement it during this parliament.
Asked why he had not done this already, he said:
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We will bring forward a plan this year and we will get it done within this parliament. This is a big, big thing. I mean, this is a potentially massive change in the way we fund social care, and we’ve got to get it right.
We have got to think very carefully about how we do it because there are lots of quite important moral and social issues contained in it.
You know, should taxpayers be paying for people who might be able to afford it? What is the relationship you want to encourage, should families be looking after their own, their elderly relatives [and] to what extent?
All these are very complex questions. The key thing is that everybody must have safety and security in their old age, nobody should sell their home to pay for the cost of that care. We will do that.
Johnson was unable to explain to Walker why he was taking so long to publish his plan when he claimed in July last year, on the day was became PM, to already had a plan.In his first speech from No 12
Johnson said: “I am announcing now – on the steps of Downing Street – that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve. ”
- He said the chances of the Americans extraditing Anne Sacoolas, the wife of an intelligence official accused of killing Harry Dunn in a road accident, were “very low”.Asked about this case, he said:
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I think that it’s right that we made the appeal for extradition … I think the chances of America actually responding by sending Anne Sacoolas to this country are very low. That’s not what they do.
- He rejected claims that he should have ended his New Year holiday early to return to deal with the Iran crisis. Asked about this, he said:
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I was not in this country but I worked very hard, as you can imagine, in making sure there was a European response.
- He praised the Iranians for taking responsibility for shooting down the Ukrainian passenger airliner. He said
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I’m glad the Iranians have accepted responsibility and identified it as an appalling mistake and it does appear that it was a mistake.
It is very important that the bodies are repatriated in a dignified way and that the families are allowed to grieve and to have closure.
Clearly, as President Rouhani has said,Iranmade a terrible mistake. It is good they have apologized.
The most important thing now is that tensions i n the region calm down.
- Johnson urged President Trump to come up with a replacement for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal With Iran that ensured it abandoned work on acquiring a nuclear bomb.He said: (******************************************************************************
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If we are going to get rid of it then we need a replacement.
The problem with the JCPOA – this is the crucial thing, it’s why there is this tension – the problem with the agreement is that from the American perspective it’s a flawed agreement, it expires, plus it was negotiated by President Obama. From their point of view it has many, many faults.
If we are going to get rid of it, let’s replace it and let’s replace it with the Trump deal. That’s what we need to see. I think that would be a great way forward. President Trump is a great deal-maker – by his own account and many others. Let’s work together to replace the JCPOA and get the Trump deal instead.
- Johnson played down reports that he intends to keep a relatively low media profile as PM.
At the weekend there were reports that he decision to let Ben Wallace, the defense secretary, take the lead in briefing MPs on the Iran crisis was part of a plan not to hog the limelight on all issues facing government. Asked if this meant he would be a “submarine” PM, he replied: (******************************************************************************
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In terms of the submarine, the submarine is crashing through the ice flows … the conning tower is emerging through the ice floes right now. Here I am talking to you. I gave two press conferences yesterday. I want to be as available as I possibly can.
But I do believe in cabinet government. I do believe in the strength of our cabinet, they’re a fantastically able bunch of people. I want them to be leading … I want people who who are excited about their work and want to deliver for the people of this country.
Since the general election Johnson has kept a relatively low media profile. It remains to be seen whether this will continue, but this probably is a deliberate strategy. Prime ministers often define themselves in contrast to their predecessors, and Johnson may well be keen to show that he is not like David Cameron, who was very keen on recording short clips for broadcasters giving his views on the story of the day.
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My view on this is very straightforward: I am a massive fan, like most of our viewers, of the Queen and the royal family as a fantastic asset for our country. I’m absolutely confident that they are going to sort this out.
But they are going to sort it out much more easily without a running commentary from politicians.
- He suggested that the government was working on a plan to allow people to contribute to the cost of allowing Ben Ben to chime on 34 January to mark Brexit.
The The authorities authorities have ruled this out because interfering with the Big Ben restoration project to allow the bell to be rung at the end of the month would cost £ (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, . Asked about this, Johnson said: (******************************************************************************
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The bongs cost £ 500, but we are working up a plan so people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong because there are some people who want to.
Because Big Ben is being refurbished, they seem to have taken the clapper away, so we need to restore the clapper in order to bong Big Ben on (Brexit) ************** (night.)
And that is expensive, so we’re looking at whether the public can fund it.
It was not clear whether or not Johnson was joking.
- He said that he had considered doing veganuary, but he said that giving up cheese was “just a crime”.But he did also say that he hoped to lose some weight in (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. ****************************************************************************** (********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (************************************************
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Johnson says he wants to see county lines drugs gangs’ totally wound up ‘
There were various news lines in that interview, but perhaps the most surprising line came when Johnson announced that he wanted to end county lines drug dealing. No one will question the merits of his ambition, but he is making a promise that will be very hard to deliver.
This is what he said on the topic.
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I want to see crime come down. I want to see the county lines drugs gangs wound up, rolled up. They are reducing the quality of life for people across our county, they are killing young kids. I want to see that thing totally wound up.
3. (amEST)04:
Johnson says the US are unlikely to send her back to the UK. That is not what they do.
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be allowed a role in building the 5G infrastructure?
Johnson says Britons deserve the best infrastructure available. But he will not jeopardise security.
Q: When will we see the ISC report on Russia and UK elections?
Johnson says it could be out in weeks. But he has read it, he says. He says he thinks people will be disappointed.
Q: Would you go vegan for January?
Johnson says he has considered it, but does not see how you could give up cheese.
And that’s it. The interview is over.
I will post a summary soon.
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Q: Will you save****************************************************************************** (Flybe) ************
Johnson says it is not for government to save companies that run into trouble.
But he says he understands the importance of Flybe for regional connectivity.
He says the government is working hard to see what it can do.
But there are limits to what can be done to save companies, he says.
But he stresses the importance of regional connectivity. He wants to level up, he says.
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Johnson says the national living wage has been increased.
Johnson says he wants to end county lines drug dealing
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Johnson says he is working on it.
Johnson says he will do it during this parliament.
Q: When will we see your plan?
Johnson says he will bring forward a plan this year, and implement it this parliament.
Johnson commits to announcing plans to reform social care this year.(************************************************************************************************************************** (3) ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (am) ********** (EST) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************:
Q: When will people see a difference to the NHS?
Johnson says this is his number one priority.
This is a new government, with a different approach.
The NHS is getting its biggest ever cash injection, he says.
He says he will be working on this flat out.
Only recently they announced that parking charges for patients would go, he says.
He says this is a massive project that will require a revolution in how they provide, not just medical care but social care.(**************************************************************************************************************************** (3.) **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (amEST**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Johnson dismisses the stories.
As for changing this year, he wants to lose weight, he says.
He says he gave two press conferences. As for being a submarine, he will be crashing through the ice.
But he does believe in cabinet government, he says.
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(Q: Do you think Big Ben should bong for (Brexit) **************************************************************************************************************
Johnson says that would cost £ 500, (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************.
But the government is developing a plan to enable people to celebrate Brexit, he says.
He says, because Big Ben is being refurbished, the clapper has been taken away.
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Walker turns to
Brexit
.
Johnson says that is one of his least favorite subjects.
Q: What is the chance of a comprehensive trade deal by the end of this year?
Johnson says it is very likely.
(Q: You do not sound very confident.) ******************************************************************************************************
Johnson says he it is enormously likely, epically likely.
He says he is very, very, very confident about getting a deal.
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Q: Is there an issue with media intrusion in this country?
Johnson reverts to his answer about not wanting to interfer in the Harry / Meghan story.
He says the royal family is not helped by politicians wading in.
The royal family is a fantastic institution, he says.
And so is the media, he says.
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Boris Johnson interviewed on BBC Breakfast
****************************************************************************************************************************************** Andrew Sparrow
Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Ben Quinn.
Boris Johnsonis being interviewed now on BBC Breakfast by
Dan Walker.
After some questions aboutIran
, Walker asks about Harry and Meghan.
Johnson says he is confident the royal family will be able to sort this out.
But they will be able to sort it out more easily without interference from politicians.
Updated (at 3.) **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** am EST(************************************************************************************************************************************** 3. (AM) ********** (EST)**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************: 11
Fresh from his appearance in Northern Ireland
where he basked in the feel-good moment of generated by deal paving the way for the resumption of power sharing at Storming, Boris Johnson will take questions from the BBC at Downing Street in a short while.
While he sidestepped questions about funding to shore up the historic deal in Belfast, he pledged the government support for Northern Ireland
s revived power-sharing executive.
Not all is settled however, as the Sinn Féin Northern Ireland assembly member and Stormont finance minister, Conor Murphy, has warned that the government offer for extra money as part of the deal to restore the executive “ falls way short ”of what was promised
Perhaps even more pressingly, with days to go before (Brexit) he’s also going to face questions about the type of dealmaking which the UK is prepared to engage in on that front.
In a pointed intervention last night during Gavin Barwell’s maiden speech in the House of Lords, Theresa May’s former chief of staff warned there was no chance of the government agreeing a new trade deal with the EU by the end of the year.
The Labor leadership race also meanwhile rolls on today after candidates made it through to the next round of the contest
– Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry.
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I want to see crime come down. I want to see the county lines drugs gangs wound up, rolled up. They are reducing the quality of life for people across our country, they are killing young kids. I want to see that thing totally wound up.
This is a fine ambition, but Johnson did not give details of any how this might happen and, as a goal, it may not be realistic. But perhaps people won’t mind if they believe that at least he is trying.
It is one of my least favorite subjects, because we need to move on.
This is not the first time that Johnson has made this point, but it does reinforce suggestions that the man who led the Vote Leave campaign in is not convinced that the whole project has been an undiluted triumph.
I think it’s very likely. I’m not going to give you a percentage.
When Walker put it to him that in the past he had sounded more confident than this, Johnson revised his language. He said:
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Enormously likely, how about that? Epically likely … Obviously you always have to budget for a complete failure of common sense. That goes without saying. But I am very, very, very confident – three verys there – that we will get [a deal].
In the past other ministers, like Michael Gove(here), have categorically ruled out the UK and the EU failing to agree a trade deal by the end of 3848. Perhaps Johnson’s relative reticence was explained by Walker’s inclusion of the word “comprehensive” in his question. Most experts think a basic “bare bones” trade deal could be negotiated before the end of this year, but not a comprehensive one. Ursula Von der Leyen, the European commission president, has said there won’t be time to negotiate a full deal before the end of this year.
- He refused to say whether the Chinese company Huawei would be allowed a role in constructing the UK’s 5G infrastructure network
. Asked about this, he said: (******************************************************************************
(**************************************** (**************************************** The British public deserve to have access to the best possible technology. I’ve talked about infrastructure and technology. We want to put in gigabit broadband for everybody.
Now if people oppose one brand or another, then they have to tell us what’s the alternative.
On the other hand, let’s be clear. I don’t want as UK prime minister to put in any infrastructure that is going to prejudice our national security or our ability to cooperate with five eyes intelligence partners.
The American government has been strongly urging the UK to boycott Huawei, claiming that it would pose a security threat (because in practice Huawei is under the control of the Chinese government). But there are also claims that the US opposition to Huawei is to a large extent driven by commercial considerations, as much as security ones, and the head of MI5 has said thathe does not believe the US would cut off security cooperation with the UK, as it threatens to do, if the UK does award contracts to Huawei .It is impossible to tell what the UK will decide on the basis of Johnson’s answer, but he sounded less inclined to boycott Huawei than in previous answers he has given to this question. For example, compare today’s words with what he said on this at the Nato summit in December.
- Johnson said he expected the intelligence and security committee’s report on Russian interference in UK politics to be published within weeks, but Claimed that it would not be as sensational as critics assumed.
He said:(**************************************** (**************************************** I happen to have to read it, and I think that after all that awful clamor in the election campaign people are going to be disappointed. But, anyway, it will appear.
As for when it would be published, he said that he thought that would be within weeks. But he admitted he did not know for sure. The report won’t be published until a new ISC has been set up, and that is not happening quickly.
- Johnson said he would announce a plan for reforming social care this year, and implement it during this parliament.
Asked why he had not done this already, he said:- He said the chances of the Americans extraditing Anne Sacoolas, the wife of an intelligence official accused of killing Harry Dunn in a road accident, were “very low”.Asked about this case, he said:
- He rejected claims that he should have ended his New Year holiday early to return to deal with the Iran crisis. Asked about this, he said:
- He praised the Iranians for taking responsibility for shooting down the Ukrainian passenger airliner. He said
(**************************************** (**************************************** I’m glad the Iranians have accepted responsibility and identified it as an appalling mistake and it does appear that it was a mistake.
It is very important that the bodies are repatriated in a dignified way and that the families are allowed to grieve and to have closure.
Clearly, as President Rouhani has said,Iranmade a terrible mistake. It is good they have apologized.
The most important thing now is that tensions i n the region calm down.
- Johnson urged President Trump to come up with a replacement for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal With Iran that ensured it abandoned work on acquiring a nuclear bomb.He said: (******************************************************************************
(**************************************** (**************************************** If we are going to get rid of it then we need a replacement.
The problem with the JCPOA – this is the crucial thing, it’s why there is this tension – the problem with the agreement is that from the American perspective it’s a flawed agreement, it expires, plus it was negotiated by President Obama. From their point of view it has many, many faults.
If we are going to get rid of it, let’s replace it and let’s replace it with the Trump deal. That’s what we need to see. I think that would be a great way forward. President Trump is a great deal-maker – by his own account and many others. Let’s work together to replace the JCPOA and get the Trump deal instead.
- Johnson played down reports that he intends to keep a relatively low media profile as PM.
At the weekend there were reports that he decision to let Ben Wallace, the defense secretary, take the lead in briefing MPs on the Iran crisis was part of a plan not to hog the limelight on all issues facing government. Asked if this meant he would be a “submarine” PM, he replied: (******************************************************************************(**************************************** (**************************************** In terms of the submarine, the submarine is crashing through the ice flows … the conning tower is emerging through the ice floes right now. Here I am talking to you. I gave two press conferences yesterday. I want to be as available as I possibly can.
But I do believe in cabinet government. I do believe in the strength of our cabinet, they’re a fantastically able bunch of people. I want them to be leading … I want people who who are excited about their work and want to deliver for the people of this country.
Since the general election Johnson has kept a relatively low media profile. It remains to be seen whether this will continue, but this probably is a deliberate strategy. Prime ministers often define themselves in contrast to their predecessors, and Johnson may well be keen to show that he is not like David Cameron, who was very keen on recording short clips for broadcasters giving his views on the story of the day.
(**************************************** (**************************************** My view on this is very straightforward: I am a massive fan, like most of our viewers, of the Queen and the royal family as a fantastic asset for our country. I’m absolutely confident that they are going to sort this out.
But they are going to sort it out much more easily without a running commentary from politicians.
- He suggested that the government was working on a plan to allow people to contribute to the cost of allowing Ben Ben to chime on 34 January to mark Brexit.
The The authorities authorities have ruled this out because interfering with the Big Ben restoration project to allow the bell to be rung at the end of the month would cost £ (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, . Asked about this, Johnson said: (******************************************************************************(**************************************** (**************************************** The bongs cost £ 500, but we are working up a plan so people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong because there are some people who want to.
Because Big Ben is being refurbished, they seem to have taken the clapper away, so we need to restore the clapper in order to bong Big Ben on (Brexit) ************** (night.)
And that is expensive, so we’re looking at whether the public can fund it.
It was not clear whether or not Johnson was joking.
- He said that he had considered doing veganuary, but he said that giving up cheese was “just a crime”.But he did also say that he hoped to lose some weight in (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. ****************************************************************************** (********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (************************************************
(************************************ (****************************************************** (********************************************(************************************************************** (************************************************************** (************************************************************** (************************************************************** (************************************************************(**************************************************************** (****************************************** Boris Johnson being interviewed by Dan Walker (right). ). Photograph: BBC Breakfast / PA (************************************************** Updated (at 5.) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** am EST(**********************************************************************************************
(************************************************************************************************ 3. 35 amEST(******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************: 33
Johnson says he wants to see county lines drugs gangs’ totally wound up ‘
There were various news lines in that interview, but perhaps the most surprising line came when Johnson announced that he wanted to end county lines drug dealing. No one will question the merits of his ambition, but he is making a promise that will be very hard to deliver.
This is what he said on the topic.
(**************************************** (****************************************
I want to see crime come down. I want to see the county lines drugs gangs wound up, rolled up. They are reducing the quality of life for people across our county, they are killing young kids. I want to see that thing totally wound up.
3. (amEST)04:Johnson says the US are unlikely to send her back to the UK. That is not what they do.
(Q: Will) ****************************************************************************************************** Huawei
be allowed a role in building the 5G infrastructure?Johnson says Britons deserve the best infrastructure available. But he will not jeopardise security.
Q: When will we see the ISC report on Russia and UK elections?
Johnson says it could be out in weeks. But he has read it, he says. He says he thinks people will be disappointed.
Q: Would you go vegan for January?
Johnson says he has considered it, but does not see how you could give up cheese.
And that’s it. The interview is over.
I will post a summary soon.
(3.) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* (am EST)**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************:Q: Will you save****************************************************************************** (Flybe) ************
Johnson says it is not for government to save companies that run into trouble.
But he says he understands the importance of Flybe for regional connectivity.
He says the government is working hard to see what it can do.
But there are limits to what can be done to save companies, he says.
But he stresses the importance of regional connectivity. He wants to level up, he says.
(3.) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (AM) ********** (EST)**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************:Johnson says the national living wage has been increased.
Johnson says he wants to end county lines drug dealing
(********************************************************************************************************************** (3) ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (am) EST**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************: **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Johnson says he is working on it.
Johnson says he will do it during this parliament.
Q: When will we see your plan?
Johnson says he will bring forward a plan this year, and implement it this parliament.
Johnson commits to announcing plans to reform social care this year.(************************************************************************************************************************** (3) ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (am) ********** (EST) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************:
Q: When will people see a difference to the NHS?
Johnson says this is his number one priority.
This is a new government, with a different approach.
The NHS is getting its biggest ever cash injection, he says.
He says he will be working on this flat out.
Only recently they announced that parking charges for patients would go, he says.
He says this is a massive project that will require a revolution in how they provide, not just medical care but social care.(**************************************************************************************************************************** (3.) **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (amEST**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Johnson dismisses the stories.
As for changing this year, he wants to lose weight, he says.
He says he gave two press conferences. As for being a submarine, he will be crashing through the ice.
But he does believe in cabinet government, he says.
3 amEST(******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************:
(Q: Do you think Big Ben should bong for (Brexit) **************************************************************************************************************
Johnson says that would cost £ 500, (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************.
But the government is developing a plan to enable people to celebrate Brexit, he says.
He says, because Big Ben is being refurbished, the clapper has been taken away.
(********************************************************************************************************************************** (3) amEST************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************: 17Walker turns to
Brexit .Johnson says that is one of his least favorite subjects.
Q: What is the chance of a comprehensive trade deal by the end of this year?
Johnson says it is very likely.
(Q: You do not sound very confident.) ******************************************************************************************************
Johnson says he it is enormously likely, epically likely.
He says he is very, very, very confident about getting a deal.
(3). **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************EST05:
Q: Is there an issue with media intrusion in this country?
Johnson reverts to his answer about not wanting to interfer in the Harry / Meghan story.
He says the royal family is not helped by politicians wading in.
The royal family is a fantastic institution, he says.
And so is the media, he says.
(****************************************************************************************************************************************
(****************************************************************************************************************************************** (3). **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (amEST):
Boris Johnson interviewed on BBC Breakfast
****************************************************************************************************************************************** Andrew Sparrow
Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Ben Quinn.
Boris Johnsonis being interviewed now on BBC Breakfast by
Dan Walker.
After some questions aboutIran
, Walker asks about Harry and Meghan.
Johnson says he is confident the royal family will be able to sort this out.
But they will be able to sort it out more easily without interference from politicians.
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Fresh from his appearance in Northern Ireland
where he basked in the feel-good moment of generated by deal paving the way for the resumption of power sharing at Storming, Boris Johnson will take questions from the BBC at Downing Street in a short while.
While he sidestepped questions about funding to shore up the historic deal in Belfast, he pledged the government support for Northern Ireland
s revived power-sharing executive.
Not all is settled however, as the Sinn Féin Northern Ireland assembly member and Stormont finance minister, Conor Murphy, has warned that the government offer for extra money as part of the deal to restore the executive “ falls way short ”of what was promised
Perhaps even more pressingly, with days to go before (Brexit) he’s also going to face questions about the type of dealmaking which the UK is prepared to engage in on that front.
In a pointed intervention last night during Gavin Barwell’s maiden speech in the House of Lords, Theresa May’s former chief of staff warned there was no chance of the government agreeing a new trade deal with the EU by the end of the year.
The Labor leadership race also meanwhile rolls on today after candidates made it through to the next round of the contest
– Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry.
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- Johnson urged President Trump to come up with a replacement for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal With Iran that ensured it abandoned work on acquiring a nuclear bomb.He said: (******************************************************************************
(**************************************** (**************************************** I was not in this country but I worked very hard, as you can imagine, in making sure there was a European response.
- He praised the Iranians for taking responsibility for shooting down the Ukrainian passenger airliner. He said
(**************************************** (**************************************** I think that it’s right that we made the appeal for extradition … I think the chances of America actually responding by sending Anne Sacoolas to this country are very low. That’s not what they do.
- He rejected claims that he should have ended his New Year holiday early to return to deal with the Iran crisis. Asked about this, he said:
(**************************************** (**************************************** We will bring forward a plan this year and we will get it done within this parliament. This is a big, big thing. I mean, this is a potentially massive change in the way we fund social care, and we’ve got to get it right.
We have got to think very carefully about how we do it because there are lots of quite important moral and social issues contained in it.
You know, should taxpayers be paying for people who might be able to afford it? What is the relationship you want to encourage, should families be looking after their own, their elderly relatives [and] to what extent?
All these are very complex questions. The key thing is that everybody must have safety and security in their old age, nobody should sell their home to pay for the cost of that care. We will do that.
Johnson was unable to explain to Walker why he was taking so long to publish his plan when he claimed in July last year, on the day was became PM, to already had a plan.In his first speech from No 12
Johnson said: “I am announcing now – on the steps of Downing Street – that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve. ” - Johnson said he expected the intelligence and security committee’s report on Russian interference in UK politics to be published within weeks, but Claimed that it would not be as sensational as critics assumed.
Well, it’s not for government to step in and save companies that simply run into trouble. But be in no doubt that we see the importance of Flybe in delivering connectivity across the whole United Kingdom. It’s very important, for instance, where I was yesterday in Northern Ireland **************. ************
When pressed on what the government might do, he replied:
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I can’t go into commercially confident discussions … We’re working very hard to do what we can. But obviously people will understand that there are limits commercially to what a government can do to rescue any particular firm.
But what we will do is ensure that we have the regional connectivity that this country needs, and that is part of our agenda of uniting and leveling up.
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