Portrait of the week: Boris on trial, SNP in crisis and Rupert Murdoch’s fifth marriage

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Boris Johnson appeared before the Privileges Committee, publishing in advance a 52-page defence of his actions while Prime Minister regarding Covid regulations. He said that ‘the House of Commons was misled by my statements’ but they were ‘not intentionally or recklessly’ misled. Before the hearing he was reselected as the Conservative candidate for the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency. The review of the behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police by Baroness Casey of Blackstock found ‘institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia’ in the force. London no longer had a ‘functioning neighbourhood policing service’, she said. Commissioner Mark Rowley of the Met said he was not willing to use the word ‘institutional’ because it had become politicised and meant ‘different things to different people’. The BBC advised staff to delete TikTok from corporate phones over fears about privacy and security. This came a week after the Chinese-owned app was banned on government phones.