00:00Make no mistake, this was an exercise in entrapment.
00:03Let me be clear, the party has done nothing wrong,
00:07taken no illegal money.
00:09In fact, no money was taken at all.
00:14I've been asked today about polling, so let me be clear about this.
00:19The polls in question were not commissioned by reform.
00:23Not commissioned by reform.
00:25The results, of course, were put out into the public domain,
00:28and yes, they were helpful to us, but that isn't the point.
00:32So there is literally no issue of any kind at all around the polls.
00:37But, to get to your question,
00:40what is more problematic is loose pub talk,
00:45including a couple of boasts that simply were not true.
00:53So, in the video when he says,
00:55we've done it with X, we've done it with Y,
00:56well, the reason that Channel 4 haven't broadcast the names of X and Y
01:01is because it isn't true.
01:03Donations from the names that were mentioned have not occurred,
01:07don't exist on the OECOM site,
01:10don't exist in our accounts.
01:13And whilst I'm aware that our people were pushed and pushed and pushed
01:17into saying these things, the comments were injudicious at best.
01:23Neither of these members authorized to act in that way.
01:27Accordingly, they've stepped down pending an investigation.
01:30So, thank you very much for the investigation.
01:31Thank you very much for the investigation.
01:31Thank you very much for the investigation.
01:31Thank you very much for the investigation.
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