Boris Johnson takes questions from liaison committee on integrity in politics - watch live

Prime minister is questioned by Commons liaison committee about integrity in politics, war in Ukraine and the cost of living crisis
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[@guardiannews]

Starts at 15:16

[@padraigmurphy3785]

This new episode of The Thick of It does not disappoint

[@zakariyefidoe3389]

Haha

[@ianallen2]

If drink is causing some of the issues in the government, then they should ban the drinking of alcohol in the houses of westminster and downing street and all government buildings. Normal working people cannot drink while working, Why should the government be allowed to drink on work premises when everyone else cant drink or smoke at work ? A rule for one and a rule for the others.

[@brownrussell1073]

U have that right. That isn't right!

[@robertfish4052]

Get real.

[@joyclark2605]

@@brownrussell1073 Especially as the dining areas are subsidised by the British tax payer. MP's have 23 points of sale for meals and snacks and 8 bars.

[@osamabinladen8261]

Drinking alcohol didn’t make him do it, he’s just messed up in his head.

[@mysystem8961]

GET EXIT DONE!!

[@camrondirossi3249]

Boris and pritty patel out!

[@MassiveHappyClapper]

All Tories out. Time to clean house.

[@vl2809]

1:55:40 BoJo: "You must've seen another letter." Bryant: "No, I read it and you didn't."

[@badbooks476]

Bryant spot on as usual, but Johnson Has to have the last word

[@lesleywright2823]

😂🤣 Chris Bryant 👏👏👏👏👏

[@craigstephen7634]

Chris Bryant is an utter legend

[@chrisprobert5340]

Disgraceful human being...

[@Paralyzer]

So also is your mother

[@dragonfly6908]

Completely agree about Saint IKEA Starmer.

[@blivak8230]

Boris seemed to lack understanding on how integrity is linked to all aspects of his leadership.

[@grporter]

Actually "lack of integrity"

[@biggusdickus5986]

He thought Integrity was a new train.

[@billdavies6463]

Boris spouts the usual BS about train drivers (1:06:00) - the RMT has only 3% of drivers as members, and has repeatedly mentioned the low paid staff among the railway employees. Plus the use of agency workers to break the strike. The issue of P&O ferry workers being replaced by £1.82 per hour agency staff is long forgotten now. All this guff about levelling up...

[@dragonfly6908]

The average Train Salary is £50,000. Kerching.

[@HarrySarge96]

What a difficult watch - he’s totally flailing in this brief session without his handlers. Either wilfully or negligently blind to his government’s demise.

[@Oness2024]

His a real life David Brent from the office 😂😂😂

[@ember4878]

W pfp

[@okse]

David Brent is likable

[@albioncath7231]

Two hours of pure entertainment. Not least due to the calm intelligent forensic questioning by a cross-party selection of fine people with a shed load more integrity than the main witness.

[@alicedreams9833]

👏🏻

[@MrThorfan64]

It does serve a real contrast. BJ clearly isn't taking it seriously and is trying his usual act before a serious part of the Parliamentary process.

[@tonybrimmicombe5454]

So, BoJoke admits to treason and no one pursues this line of questioning regarding meetings with Lebedev while foreign secretary, this man should be arrested, he is a liability to this country

[@GravyBones1875]

Possibly one of the main topics that gave me immediate concern…… dodgy meetings with “ex-kgb”…. Something that should’ve been investigated in depth when raised.

[@tonybrimmicombe5454]

@@GravyBones1875 But we all know, there is no such thing as an ex-KGB, that's why anyone that tried to leave, Putin would have then executed

[@GravyBones1875]

@@tonybrimmicombe5454 that’s why I used “” when typing “ex-kgb”. It seriously would not surprise me to find out Boris (a popular Russian name) is a sleeper agent. This is a perfect time for a sleeper attack when the uk is at its lowest & weakest. On another note…… I feel strongly opposed to letting any of the resigned cabinet ministers the right to put their names in the hat for next PM……. Especially Sunak & Javid….. they’re as much to blame for the situation.

[@DeepMeditationMusic1]

It is so disturbing to see that some of these politicians talk about honesty and integrity.

[@Tiatabs13]

It’s moreso fascinating that their “integrity” has only now suddenly presented given that the ship is already halfway under.

[@woah5985]

@@Tiatabs13 godless men can never be completely sincere.

[@gingeralex4009]

Thanks for uploading so we can watch without the BBC interrupting to tell us what we are already seeing and hearing

[@hastekulvaati9681]

Oh Gosh. That was the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. Did it really happen? Was it just Boris Johnson having a Christmas Carol style cheese dream where all of his years of callow perfidy come back to haunt him.

[@edwardsp1916]

I never thought I would enjoy watching a committee meeting. Best viewing for a long time.

[@DB-yk2pt]

As an American looking in from the outside, as bad as this situation is, it's nice to see politicians being held accountable and effectively being ran out of office.

[@abcx1089]

47:28 she has got guts

[@michaelmueller9635]

Watching this from an EU country, I feel embarrassed for the british people.

[@miabartini6056]

Gosh. As if any EU leader is better than this. Ive lived in EU all my life - people have never ever been unhappier

[@Scitch-et4vk]

I would worry about your own 🤣 the whole EU block is a joke

[@miabartini6056]

@@Scitch-et4vk situation is perhaps a bit better in EU. But just a bit and not for long. Just wait and see. Huge protests are very likely to happen all over EU simply cause people cannot make ends meet any more

[@abcx1089]

@@miabartini6056 coz of growing leftism in the western world , I'm sorry to say we are declining , hail China 😞

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

Yeah it's embarrassing that so many of my fellow countrymen and women voted these fools in. They're an absolute mess. But beware of being so cocky about EU countries. I do wish we'd stayed in the EU but that's not perfect either. Every country has its awful politicians, that's the nature of the type of people drawn to politics, sadly.

[@MegaHooper25]

As if people voted for this man 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

And some still would. Pathetic sycophants.

[@Gabymxm]

Noooo they voted for you, just shush

[@dragonfly6908]

I did.

[@biggusdickus5986]

@@dragonfly6908 Kudos to you for admitting your guilt and stupidity, ive yet to find another who owns up to voting for him, l mean they must be there, but wheeeerree.. 😳

[@Haytem.]

His hair is short ... Bad choice.. He can't hide this time.

[@sideduck6501]

I guess BJ can take in agency workers to fill in for the missing staff in his own government.

[@aliceloveswonderland]

1:27:58 - start of discussions on integrity in politics

[@JamesConstableDeadly]

look how far this country has fallen in the last few years. Brexit and the division-strategy the tories took have devastated the UK and this video is the outcome. we are poorer, standards of living have not been lower for generations. We need a total re-think. NB: I have NEVER voted Labour in my life.

[@Tom-yu1fc]

If you think standard of living is lower than being in the 80s and 90s then you are naive person

[@kirkuk2076]

So a pandemic had nothing to do with world wide inflation, it was all Brexit ?

[@MrResearcher122]

@@Tom-yu1fc Or in the early 70s, when gobstoppers and a shared bag of chips got kids through the day

[@JamesConstableDeadly]

@@Tom-yu1fc highest inflation in 40yrs, highest taxation in in 70yrs, biggest drop in living standards in 65yrs, biggest fall in wages since records began (!), UK trade performance at its worst level, one of the highest death tolls from covid in the world....u want me to go on?

[@JamesConstableDeadly]

@@kirkuk2076 not only has Brexit divided this country its economic impact is rated by independant economist as having TWICE the impact as COVID. Slowest growth in Europe post-covid and its still a divisive topic. Boris backed it for his own personal political gain and he was right and we all have suffered. Look at us now. A laughing stock

[@grahammaguire404]

Totally out of his depth, he can't believe how people are talking sorry " INTERROGATING " him it's compulsive viewing watching him trying to duck and dive every question put to him, he constantly interrupts by trying to twist the question around to make himself look intelligent and switched on but it's not working and he knows it, I'm surprised he hasn't walked out yet or resigned live on TV, he is close to becoming ex PM of the 🇬🇧 maybe a week at the very very most.

[@vl2809]

2:05:15 "Why do you think integrity in public life has become such an issue under your premiership?"

[@themintleaf1778]

nobody has used this word but Boris is a pathological liar& always averts answering questions

[@poggybiscuit862]

It's called being a conservative politician

[@dragonfly6908]

As a General rule most politicians don't answer questions, this applies to Labour as well.

[@Kate-qs5eq]

Lol I think we should talk about what interests me.... So standards n mental health of his gov are not interesting

[@russelrutley1577]

What did you meet him for and why was it 2 days after a nato meeting on Russia mmmmmmm

[@vickymc9695]

Starts at 15:16

[@charl9933]

Thankyou

[@hastekulvaati9681]

No. It’s starts at 00:00. It’s like a supercut of difficult questions for an embattled PM that has been compiled over the course of a 10 year stint in that office. But it actually happened in real time.

[@Kampala_Harris]

At this rate Boris is heading for a cardiac arrest asap💔

[@paulmahon1869]

Reptiles slow their metabolic system when it get hot💃🐲

[@Kampala_Harris]

@@paulmahon1869 Agree,this one is very poisonous and slimey

[@FQuintanaMarrero]

We won’t be so lucky

[@Kampala_Harris]

@@FQuintanaMarrero All things are possible for those who believe 👍

[@jamesnichol2183]

If he was having a heart attack I for one would call 998.

[@weswemyssonbass]

51:25 and 1:41:58 where his PPS hands him notes telling him to STOP TALKING! 😮

[@kennybrown1315]

Johnson had no phone with him but was informed via a note during the meeting that Zahawi and some other cabinet ministers had gone to Number 10 to advise him to step down. Possibly after 1:30:00 of the meeting commencing

[@joeking7707]

10,500 per homeless ukranian and yet here i am homeless on the streets and being threatened with sanctions because of it!! This country is disgusting

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

How great that homeless people in the streets have phones and Internet and the electricity to charge their devices. Homelessness has changed a lot lately I see.

[@joeking7707]

@@faithpearlgenied-a5517 Not sure when you were born but contrary to the common belief of window sills like you Homeless ppl have access to portable charging devices even have solar power and also places that have no problem letting the less fortunate charge devices and even use wifi such as library's and doctor's surgeries 😱😱😱😱shocking isn't it,oh by the way the 1920s called and want their class dunce back i said i would let you know😚✌

[@yessir7147]

Get off your phone lad. ????????

[@Me-bw6xi]

Boris just determined to do HIS own thing no matter what. Disgraceful man.

[@fkofilee]

51:34 - This piece of paper contained the words - "Stop Talking"... Need I say more.

[@chrisprobert5340]

Look everyone, his pants are on fire...

[@jsb331]

Playing with his chair like a toddler.

[@hastekulvaati9681]

The Scottish MP who asked Boris if he remembered his own resignation as foreign secretary. The multiple layers on which that joke works would make Stewart Lee proud.

[@ethzero]

Only if he then deconstructed the joke for the following 45 minutes.

[@philipjohnkaye8890]

He's doing exactly the same thing he did when pressed on breaking lock down rules, does everything possible to avoid incriminating himself.

[@samuria-53]

keep digging that hole you made for yourself Boris be in Australia faster than levelling up

[@scudinthemud]

As an aside, does anyone know how to get wallpaper down without damaging it ?

[@C_0_D_E1]

50:42 He's finally admitted meeting up with a former KGB officer without any officials or Security (when he was Foreign Secretary) who had and still has strong links to the Kremlin

[@MrThorfan64]

I feel lots of people just sort of brush over how really concerning it is that a lot of the British establishment have ties to Putin's cronies.

[@C_0_D_E1]

@@MrThorfan64 Exactly, and there's been Russian money coming into the UK as a form of Tory political donations for a few years now at least

[@madgick3]

and he made his son a Lord, against the advice of our security services. crazy.

[@dragonfly6908]

So what?, can't Boris socialise with Russian people?.

[@MrThorfan64]

@@dragonfly6908 Missing the point here.

[@george52066]

Johnson has got to be a drug user. I’ve start my job today at 5am and to speak with the level of energy of Johnson (and he’s on far less sleep) I’d either need tonnes of coffees or drugs. Esp if you see the report about drugs being found near the offices of No.10 and other offices

[@christinavuyk7875]

‘Handsy’ is totally a word he would use 😂😂😂

[@robtyman4281]

....and 'Footsy', which he probably does with Nadine Dorries under the Cabinet table. Boris: winks at Nadine....she smiles back. Nadine is that your foot JRM: No, it's mine.....but I'm rarly rarrrther enjoying it if I say so myself. Nadine: chuckles Boris: (red faced).....anyway Rishi, what were you saying about raising taxes ......

[@dragonfly6908]

No matter what opinions people have of Boris this grilling was awful.

[@ethzero]

1:12:25 Let's all just admit it, we're here for this... 😂

[@kevinkevin-ug9po]

Lets just face it, the UK under the Tories is really not funny, everything is getting worse.

[@thegaffer6424]

clueless ....how did he get the post....certainly not on merit

[@cajoz]

Wow, embarrassing! How ridiculous a world we live in where Boris can be in the position he came to be. I'd laugh if he weren't so detrimental. What a joke of a human being.

[@EZEKIELAIA]

LADY HORTENSIA CRAWFISH DUNN IS LIVID!....doing the right thing (granny knows best) youtube.

[@samdog166]

They should start the proceeding shortly

[@mikejose4186]

Tories! Look what you've done. 👎

[@richardtaylor5438]

Boris doesn’t seem to want to listen to the committee

[@thedeep3759]

oh i watched it live he didn't want to listen to the committee when they asked if you were to resign would you resign boris try to dodge that question so many times and was struggling to answer their questions he could not lie any further so they forced him to resign

[@kmo6708]

Still surprised he actually resigned the morning after this. I honestly imagined him refusing to resign with only him and Nadine Dorris still in jobs with everyone else walked out. Think others expected that as well.

[@dragonfly6908]

I am glad that Boris sat back and waited patiently as the MP's resigned one after another like a pack of cards so that the public would remember what a load of disloyal, treacherous backstabber's they really were.

[@thelastpatrioticglobalist3738]

Chris Bryant killed him

[@malcolmmckinlay2143]

No he killed himself

[@williamjohnston7164]

This man should in Prison for Treason!

[@dragonfly6908]

I completely agree about Saint IKEA Starmer. Also I am not convinced about the outcome of Keir's "Beer and Curry party", sorry "work meeting", wink, wink.

[@Raherin]

Unfortunately Boris Johnson's malevolent hairstyle could not even save him from this political onslaught.

[@MrDavey2010]

‘Despicable me’ bluster and nonsense. Won’t answer questions directly.

[@tesssouter4521]

Stop shuffling papers and listen and answer the questions if you can or is the paper shuffling a distraction to your ignorance Mr Johnson

[@anidemjess5875]

I have been working since the age of 18. I'm now 43. As far as I can remember drinking has never been allowed in the work place. Even the most responsible person cant even have one drink , as one drink alone would not allow me to concentrate on doing my job and handle the task in concern. Drinking should not be allowed in the houses of the goverment, westminster or downing street, why should there be one rule for one and one for another. Borris Johsnon told the whole of the nation to go on lockdown whilst it was he who held a party , totally irrisponsible during the difficult times of covid that were in. We need a prime minster that we can look up to , who can delegate tasks accordingly who can appoint responsible people to be competent at their jobs and who is competent of serving our country and supporting our neighbours.

[@dragonfly6908]

Not true.

[@nialllee2695]

Johnston tells everyone how well he has done with Caronavirus , wonder what he is vping ro do about CAROWNERVIRUS.

[@fethryduck]

If he could see how cheap and disgusting he is, he would hide and never look in a mirror again.

[@lesleywright2823]

No he wouldn’t, Johnson is a narcissist, he has no shame or pride

[@xA.K007x]

Buffoon

[@Lewa-ve7np]

It’s staggering that questions are about how is is fighting against russia instead of why he hasn’t searched for peace

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

I think the proceeding will start shortly.

[@anonUK]

It took 15 minutes for the proceeding to start.

[@champchamp2841]

Boris dont give in bro x

[@notofthisworld7777]

Complete farce

[@ducxuan-oh1vq]

Bác dùng cavat Pháp cháu thấy cũng hợp. Bởi vì cháu nghĩ nên để 1 đôi làm , 2 đôi là khó lắm Bác ơi

[@ducxuan-oh1vq]

Bác thử đây Pháp năm quân đội, bác không quân với hải quân thứ lần nữa xem thế nào

[@joeking7707]

Only have concern for the women and girls of Ukraine,men and boy's have been cancelled this world makes me sick

[@jimward8095]

What's the point of this fiasco?

[@dragonfly6908]

Exactly.

[@tman5634]

1.36.30 Bojo loses it (again)

[@dragonfly6908]

I am not surprise, it is an onslaught.

[@cindyspiess9963]

What are you guys doing ? ! "The proceeding will start shortly ". To many times ! You're kidding right ? !

[@Pinkyearlgrey]

I know the Queen is 96, but is there anything constitutionally that she or her representatives can do to remove this man from office?

[@mysterymaverick1982]

Even if she could she wouldn't bother she doesnt care about us peasants either. She can heat the castles and put food on the table it doesnt affect her.

[@patricktravers9559]

End the Monarchy

[@shoblette961]

technically, yes. But it'd set a bad precedent and would risk the continued existence of the monarchy, so she never would.

[@percyweasley9301]

@@mysterymaverick1982 How do you know she doesn't care?

[@JangoBlader]

@@shoblette961 it would do the opposite it would make the monarchy more popular

[@vl2809]

1:50:55 for "You're not going to change".

[@serz1885]

46 weeks and 53 in a year so almost a f king year for a visa? i got my new passport in 2 days in europe + ID

[@dragonfly6908]

I wonder how many skeletons the people sitting around the table who make up the Liaison Committee have in their closets?.

[@nicholasmassey6941]

i feel tanks are now almost uselss. they get destroyed by comparably cheap weapons.

[@biggusdickus5986]

Agreed, used to be hard to take out but with new missiles and drones they don't seem worth the money. Obsolete.

[@unknown_system789]

Boris Johnson

[@yurt-the-silent-chief]

No sympathy for the WEF acolyte. All self inflicted. Best thing for him and his crackpot wife is to leave Number 10 pronto, any longer is just excruciating to watch.

[@Adriano993]

We worry but in a year Scotland will be in depended no matter what happens.

[@vp5633]

We can only hope - imagine if they did it in 2014, it’d be a third world country by now

[@影山平ら]

For some reason I doubt Scotland will ever be in depended...

[@Adriano993]

@@影山平ら keep dreaming mate 👍

[@PianoandKeysStudio]

Who's the gentleman in the white shirt behind BoJo getting very animated at 2:08:03?

[@Mrc172]

Integrity in politics. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@trevm1268]

1:36:29 Serious breakdown. 1:44:39 Chris Bryant. Get in there!

[@CT-nc9ku]

I think the entire government should resign and be replaced with mops

[@dafkid1985]

the bank account full so now he will resign.... what a joke xD

[@dragonfly6908]

I bet Boris is glad he is out of it, I would be.

[@robertfish4052]

So after all the crew jumping ship today, he fires one of his best guys. No party on Saturday then?

[@zulfilove]

Someone who can lie and dodge questions for 2 hours has the top job in the country to lead hahhahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 wow aint that British lol 😆 😂 🤣

[@SuperBoyz2men]

"I'm not going to get into some triviallising discussion about what I may or may not have said"

[@FratinandMadrik]

2:01:19 I like how the KZbin subtitles just gave up there

[@MantisGotSwagga]

45:00

[@leobunny1561]

Brexit Boris finally got stopped and searched !!

[@russelrutley1577]

Once again he lied in parliment when he denied going to Italy to meet lebedov

[@dragonfly6908]

Nope. No idea where you are getting your information from.

[@russelrutley1577]

@@dragonfly6908 he admitted it dur

[@dragonfly6908]

@@russelrutley1577 when?

[@russelrutley1577]

@@dragonfly6908 liaison committee he was told to stop talking to the committee He described it as fantasy in parliment when questioned by Chris Bryant

[@dragonfly6908]

@@russelrutley1577 The Guardian, the anti Boris rag of a newspaper allegedly unearthed a meeting that took place between Boris and Lebedev three years ago in Italy but they can't find out what it was about. This grilling of Boris by this Liaison Committee is the first time he has been asked to confirm if this meeting took place which he admitted that it did.

[@chrisg9627]

Note how brexit is studiously avoided.

[@delboyd72]

the torys must be embarrased by that performance from the worst pm in my lifetime, couldnt even persuade his own mps that he was being genuine. fobbed off countless attempts to remember his decisions and seemed completely out of his depth. eaton must be cringing at how this vacuous rambler with hollow ethics has turned out. hes destroyed his own credability and massively damaged westminster. his legacy will haunt england and the torys for a long long time.

[@departtment]

Who are the two men sitting behind BJ?

[@dovic86]

they look like two minions

[@rkbradley3567]

Google

[@abcx1089]

Biden : "we're stronger than other sides" Boris: "we're stronger than other sides" Conclusion : DECLINE AND DECLINE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@williamjohnston7164]

Mr Glum

[@i_post_random_things8402]

Chris... what a guy.

[@martinobrien7110]

There is an arsonist in the House .