The Johnson Defence
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03/21/23
•32m
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What can we expect from Boris Johnson’s Partygate grilling on Wednesday?
Adam is joined by Chris Mason and the Guardian’s Pippa Crerar to look ahead to the former prime minister’s much-anticipated appearance before the Commons Privileges Committee.
And Baroness Casey is in the studio to go over the details of her damning report which says that the Metropolitan Police force is "institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic".
Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Tim Walklate with Cordelia Hemming, Chris Flynn and Cat Farnsworth. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editor was Damon Rose.
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