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Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
Fresh "Parliament" from Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
"15 minutes. Head Baxter has a look at global news headlines next at yeah, thank you, Douglas, White House planning to disband its COVID-19 team in May, Washington Post report. California's strange weather continues yesterday, Northern California hit by another bomb cyclone, tens of thousands of people still without power today. Now also today, outside of Los Angeles, a funnel cloud ripped through several neighborhoods and Montebello, weather officials say they're investigating whether they can officially call it a hurricane. I mean, I'm sorry a tornado, but a very, very weird and very, very strong. China's land base of the August effort to supply nuclear powered submarines to Australia. Meanwhile, during the sheep Putin summit, both countries say they are deepening their cooperation on their commitment to develop the so called neutron reactors. France president Emmanuel Macron has defiantly spoken out today for the first time since parliament moved ahead with his push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 saying the good of the
AP News Radio
Swedish lawmakers vote to endorse country joining NATO
"Swedish lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted in favor of Sweden joining NATO, signing off on the country's membership along with the required legislation. The 349 seat parliament authorized accession to NATO on a two 6 9 to 37 vote with 43 lawmakers absent. It was at the last required domestic hurdle to the country becoming part of the 30 member western military alliance to NATO countries, turkey and Hungary have yet to ratify the joint application by Sweden and neighboring Finland, admitting new members requires unanimous approval from existing members. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last week, his government would move forward with ratifying Finland, paving the way for the country to join the alliance before Sweden. I'm Charles De Ledesma
Mark Levin
Fresh update on "parliament" discussed on Mark Levin
"Coming after allegations that president Joe Biden's family got money from a Chinese company. I'm just not going to respond to that from here. We have heard from House Republicans for years and years and years. How the inaccuracies and lies when it comes to this issue. That was press secretary karine Jean Pierre. She called the alleged payments a lie and inaccurate. The House oversight committee issued a memo last week showing Biden apparently got over a $1 million during Barack Obama's presidency. Speaking of Biden, the president is taking a trip to Canada on Thursday. Biden will speak to Canada's parliament. His National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. President will participate in a bilateral meeting of course with prime minister Trudeau during which he will absolutely reaffirm the United States enduring commitment to this U.S. Canada partnership. In his remarks, the president will underscore how the U.S. Canada partnership benefits not only our two countries, but the entire world. It is the first true bilateral meeting between Biden and prime minister Trudeau since 2009. A man is trapping himself in an apartment as he is investigated by the FBI, Ian Mitchell broke a floor 31 window at the city's fire building and threatened to jump, resulting in 56th street being blocked off. Kind of hard because now they've got to go all the way around to get to their
Mark Levin
Mark Levin: Our Country Is Not About Populism
"But our government isn't about populism It's about republicanism little R republicanism where republic were specifically not a parliament and we're not majoritarian Look at the Bill of Rights Read the Bill of Rights There's not a word there about populism or majoritarianism Those are your individual rights given to you by God and they can't be taken away by antibody else certainly not morally or legitimately But another society is people can vote and take these rights away or the people are manipulated in a certain way to vote and take these rights away Are the people vote once and they install regimes where they never vote again And so you have these totalitarian regimes and again you don't have your rights So this is very very important to understand as we have this developing and new populism nationalism and populism nationalism is even oxymoronic What does that mean What if a majority of people vote for globalism Well not what are you going to do Oh that's perplexing That's confounding We've been here before This isn't complicated This is stupid Conservatism I started a movement many decades ago called constitutional conservatism Is what protects us The framers the great philosophers Locke and montesquieu and Burke And Hume and on and on and on the men that the founders of our country had studied and believed in The judeo Christian ethic whether you're an atheist or an agnostic whether you like it or not you live in a society that was founded in the judeo Christian ethic which creates these rights and principles and understanding of society and so forth
AP News Radio
Fresh update on "parliament" discussed on AP News Radio
" Swedish lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted in favor of Sweden joining NATO, signing off on the country's membership along with the required legislation. The 349 seat parliament authorized accession to NATO on a two 6 9 to 37 vote with 43 lawmakers absent. It was at the last required domestic hurdle to the country becoming part of the 30 member western military alliance to NATO countries, turkey and Hungary have yet to ratify the joint application by Sweden and neighboring Finland, admitting new members requires unanimous approval from existing members. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last week, his government would move forward with ratifying Finland, paving the way for the country to join the alliance before Sweden. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Boris Johnson says 'partygate' untruths were honest mistake
"Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged he misled parliament about rule breaking government parties during the coronavirus pandemic, but he insists he never intentionally lied. Britain's boisterous former leader is set to be grilled by lawmakers on Wednesday. Over whether he lied when he denied there had been parties in his Downing Street offices in violation of COVID-19 lockdown rules. If found to have lied deliberately, he could be suspended, or even lose his seat in parliament in a dossier of written evidence, Johnson acknowledged rules and guidance had been followed at all times, but did not turn out to be correct. He says they were made in good faith, and he had not planned to mislead the house, Charles De Ledesma, London
AP News Radio
France: Protests continue after Macron's pension plan push
"Protests continue in the wake of the adoption by Francis parliament of a divisive pension bill. Groups of angry demonstrators took the Paris streets on Monday evening after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no confidence votes against the government. Police charged towards protesters while bins and plastic bags were set on fire, the demonstrators calling for the resignation of president Emmanuel Macron, Macron's controversial plan to raise France's retirement age from 62 to 64 has caused regular nationwide protests over recent weeks. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Macron's leadership at risk amid tensions over pension plan
"President Emmanuel Macron's leadership is at risk of intentions over the controversial pension plan. A parody photo shows president Emmanuel Macron, sitting on piles of garbage, is both a reference to the trash going uncollected with Paris sanitation workers on strike and to what many French people think about their leader McConnell had hoped his push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 would cement his legacy instead he finds his leadership contested both in parliament and on the streets of major cities the president's political opponents in the National Assembly have filed two no confidence motions. Government officials are hoping to survive a vote on them because the opposition is divided with many Republicans expected not to support it. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bid
"Finland's bid to join NATO has finally received the blessing of Turkish president. Finnish president salani minister thanked turkey for the announcement that Ankara would move forward with ratifying Finland's NATO application. It is very good to hear these news. We understood earlier on that you have done your dishes. And signing it today confirms that the Turkish parliament starts to work with ratification of finished membership. The move paves the way for the country to join the military block ahead of Sweden, the breakthrough came after ninis to met Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, both Finland and Sweden applied to become NATO members ten months ago in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of non alignment. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Anger spreads in France over Macron's retirement bill push
"Protesters have disrupted traffic in Paris as anger rises against president Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote. Opposition parties are expected to start procedures later on Friday for a no confidence vote on the government led by prime minister Elizabeth Bourne. The vote would likely take place early next week, Macron had ordered born on Thursday to wield a special constitutional power to push the highly unpopular pension bill through without a vote in France's National Assembly. His calculated risk was infuriated opposition lawmakers, many citizens and unions, thousands gathered in protest on Thursday at the place de la Concorde, which faces the National Assembly building as night fell, police officers charged the demonstrators in waves to clear the place. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Macron shuns parliament to raise French retirement age
"France's government has invoked a special constitutional power to enact a contentious pension bill without a vote in parliament in a risky move by president Emmanuel Macron. Left wing lawmakers stand up in parliament singing the Marcellus and brandishing slogans to express their discontent and to prevent French prime minister Elizabeth born from speaking the move led to the suspension of the session for decision came just a few minutes before the vote was scheduled because the government had no guarantee the bill would command a majority in the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament later, president Emmanuel Macron imposed the highly unpopular Bill, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by shunning the raucous parliament and invoking a special constitutional power.
AP News Radio
UK bans TikTok on government phones on security grounds
"British authorities say they're banning the Chinese owned video sharing app TikTok from government to mobile phones on security grounds. Following similar moves by the U.S. and the EU. Cabinet office minister Oliver Daven has told parliament the ban will apply to work phones and other devices used by government ministers and civil servants. It does not apply to personal phones and devices. The moves were prompted by growing concerns that TikTok's parent company ByteDance would give user data such as browsing history and location to the Chinese government or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf. The U.S. government, mandated last month that employees of federal agencies have to delete TikTok from all government issued mobile devices, while Belgium and some other EU countries have also temporarily banned the app from employee phones. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Netanyahu allies in Israel plow ahead on legal overhaul
"Hundreds of Israeli writers, artists and intellectuals have called on Germany and Britain to cancel upcoming visits by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying his plan to overhaul Israel's judicial system has put the country on a destructive course. NASA speaker, a mere ohana, announces that the legislation to weaken Israel's Supreme Court was accepted by a parliament vote and will be passed to the special committee of amendments, Israeli demonstrators blocked roads to government offices in Jerusalem the following day, the move gives Netanyahu's coalition, control over the appointment of the nation's judges. They say the plan is a long overdue measure to cab what they see as outsized influenced by unelected judges, but critics say the plan will destroy Israel's fragile system of checks and balances by concentrating power in the hands of Netanyahu and his parliamentary majority, I am Karen Chammas
AP News Radio
Garbage tarnishes Paris luster as pension strike continues
"The city of light is losing its luster as tons of garbage piles up along the streets of Paris as sanitation workers strike for a 9th day, the creeping scholar is the most visible sign of widespread anger over a bill to raise the French retirement age by two years. Tourists Nadia tour says the smell in sight definitely affected her visit for the worse. But she sees the reason behind the mess. For us for tourists and for the locals. But if it does the job, then why not? I mean, it's for the cause. Lindale from Texas doesn't think the strikes are making a difference. There's got to be a better way than to just let it pile up and stop your job. It doesn't seem to be doing any good. Strikes in France have intermittently hobbled other sectors, including transport energy and ports. But French president Emmanuel Macron remains undaunted as his government presses ahead with trying to get the unpopular pension reform bill passed in parliament. I'm Karen Chammas
CryptoInfonet
Chinas parliament member requires NFT rules at Two Sessions
"2 a.m. Monday March 13th, 2023. China's parliament member requires NFT rules at two sessions. Non fungible tokens NFTs might be a key topic of dialog in China's two sessions assembly.
AP News Radio
China names Li Qiang premier nominally in charge of economy
"China has named a close confidant of Chinese leader Xi Jinping as the country's next premiere, as Chinese prime minister Li Chang will be in charge of the world's second largest economy, now facing some of its worst prospects in years, Lee was nominated by Chi and appointed to the position at a session of the national People's Congress, China's ceremonial parliaments, the announcements came a day after two secured a third 5 year term as state leader, Lee is best known for having enforced a brutal zero COVID lockdown on Shanghai last
AP News Radio
France on strike: Unions say 'non' to higher pension age
"Unions are threatening to shut down France's economy in what they hope is their toughest yet to president Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age. The first actions have involved truckers sporadically blocking major highway arteries and interchanges in go slow actions dubbed escargot operations across several French regions. Then unions plan an open ended strike on the national rail service, starting later Monday, the government's bracing for the biggest disruptions on Tuesday, when unions plan protests across multiple sectors, the retirement reform would raise the official pension age from 62 to 64 the bills under debate in parliament.
Blockchain News
UKs Bank Regulator to Propose Rules for Digital Asset Issuance
"9 a.m. Monday March 6th, 2023. UK's bank regulator to propose rules for digital asset issuance. The Prudential regulatory authority PRA in the United Kingdom is set to propose rules for issuing and holding digital assets, according to Vicky's supporter, executive director of the Prudential policy directorate at the Bank of England. The rules will be developed in compliance with the Basel three rules and the financial services and markets FSM bill currently being considered by parliament. Read more
AP News Radio
China to increase defense spending by 7.2% - CNBC
"China's increased defense spending is necessary for the country's complex security challenges. That's according to a spokesperson for the nation's parliament, Wang Chao, said the defense budgets to be announced at the opening of the national People's Congress has remained stable. The modernization efforts has prompted concerns among the U.S. and its allies, particularly over Taiwan. China claims the self governing democracy as its territory to be brought under Chinese control by false if necessary. However, Wang reassured reporters at a news conference that China's military modernization will
AP News Radio
China purging 'Western erroneous views' from legal education
"China's ordering closer adherence to the dictates of the commonest party and leader Xi Jinping in legal education before its parliament starts its annual session. The directive demands schools oppose and resist western erroneous views, such as constitutional government, separation of powers and judicial independence, the directive and similar ones issued in the past reinforced she's leading role on ideology. China's most powerful leader in decades, she is mentioned by name no less than 25 times in the document. He sought to purge western concepts from the education system and has attempted with more limited success to reorganize popular culture along more conservative lines. I'm Charles De Ledesma.
AP News Radio
Russian lawmakers endorse suspension of nuclear pact with US
"The Russian parliament has quickly endorsed president Vladimir Putin's move to suspend the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the U.S., officials and lawmakers, casting it as an 11th hour warning to Washington. State Duma speaker via chess love bulletin says vote for four O one. No one against nerve tensions. Today, we have begun the implementation of the president's address with a law that will largely ensure the security of our country, the Russian deputy head of Russia's Security Council, has emphasized the suspension of Russia's participation in the back is a signal to the U.S., the Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons to protect itself on his messaging app channel. He says, we have the right to defend ourselves with any weapons, including nuclear. If the U.S. wants Russia to be defeated, we're standing on the verge of a global conflict. I'm Charles De Ledesma
77WABC Radio
"parliament" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"The parliament voted to impose the death penalty on all of the 15,000 protesters. As a hard lesson for all rebels they call them. Their preferred method of dealing with the people who have caused disturbances has understandably sparked outrage, following the letter calling for a harsh punishment to serve as a good lesson. Journalists Ahmed mammary and called on the world to respond. He said after killing hundreds of protesters when the streets in a violent crackdown 227 MPs in Iran called for the protesters, the received death sentences. Iranian journalist and activist, if you're an activist and Iran, you truly are a brave person. If you're an activist in America, you're typically on the dollar. Iranian journalists and activists called the world to stop this act of terror. On Monday a revolutionary guard court in Tehran issued the first death sentence to a protester per the BBC is this boring everybody. Well, it ought not be. According to Iran has issued the first death sentence to a person arrested for taking part in the protests have engulfed the country's state media say. The revolutionary court found the defendant who was not named had set fire to a government facility, was guilty of enmity against God. Gee whiz. You many buildings went on fire as a result of the 2020 riots, mister producer? Another court jailed 5 people for between 5 and ten years. But what they're doing is they're putting them in jail and then they're executing them. In many cases. And we put out a statement and that's about it. The unrest continues, it's really grotesque. What's going on over there? And you know, Trump had it right. He had his foot on their throat. I'll be right back. Mud
Woman's Hour
"parliament" Discussed on Woman's Hour
"How have we got to a place in our society where watching pornography on the tube as you say in public in front of children in parliament in the workplace has become somehow normalized for some people. And so accessible. And one of the biggest symptoms of that is now we've seen very young children. Accessing pornography in primary schools, which sickens me. When I think actually, we've got to look more profoundly at the coarsening of behavior in our culture. And some of the mixed messages that we're sending our children and our professionals actually on the one hand, we've got women saying it's my right to post photos of myself wearing underwear. It's empowering for me to post naked online and that's my right as a woman. So don't be so prudish to curb my liberty. And on the other hand, we are denouncing the very permissiveness that's enabling that. So I think actually as a society, we've got to take this moment to reflect on what are we doing to actually lower standards of behavior. Whether that's on the tube in front of children in parliament or in public, the problem doesn't start in parliament. It actually ends up there and it starts in wider society. We need to discuss..
77WABC Radio
"parliament" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Us continue As we march against the marchers who click their heels Canadian member of parliament During House of Commons proceeding catching the other day Now listen to this one Cut 14 go I've heard the words of my colleague on the other side of the floor and so I have a few questions As a Jewish member of parliament myself So what's happening now is the radical left wing Jews who are mostly secularists Because you can't be a radical left wing Jew and an adherent to the original slash traditional interpretation of the Bible It's not possible It's not possible It's my wife likes to say the religion of this secular Jew like the secular Catholic or anybody who's secular is their political ideology It's not faith itself And so while some might try and some might pretend and semi dress the role the fact is you can not be a traditional as an example orthodox Jew Hawaii thank our closest to complying with God's law than most other Jews That's right I said that Can you imagine that I said it on open airways but I believe that I believe it And be a radical Marxist leftist It's not possible They're sharing the ideology of an evil butcher ideologue marks who rejected faith including his own But why get into the way of a cool story Cut 14 go And send him to survivors of the Holocaust as well I like many Canadians were shocked to see Nazi flags confederate flags Dismayed and angry and hurt You know what lady You're disgusting Who were carrying the Nazi flags Who were these people Do you can you identify them Do you have no idea who they are They could be plants They could be nut jobs They could be anything They could be neo Nazis To smear hundreds of thousands of truck drivers with that crap is unbelievable to me Particularly since it's your government your party you are prime minister Who is using totalitarian tactics to destroy the liberties.
The Last American Vagabond
"parliament" Discussed on The Last American Vagabond
"It's just about getting the data in front of these people right there with the people that are on the extreme side of that. You're all vaccines good. No matter what most of them are never going to care what you show them. But there is a grouping in the middle. They don't want you to see they want you to think it's only far left and far right and that's all that matters. There's a huge group of people that could be swayed with information that could find common ground like the lady in the mask to simply realize that we are already on the same page. This issue was raised by us is proven by the records of the parliament. Now it's affecting a lot of people a lot of our citizens now. The problem is that it's affecting all of us here and he's threatening the parliamentarian democracy of this house because we will be allowed to enter these hubs unless we have certificate. We will not be able to do our job here exactly along with us. It's our assistance and our staff names. I have to tell you that us and many others of us were contacted. Anonymously off the record i would say. But many of the staff members for deeply concern people that work for this house for decades. They have family. They have mortgages crediting bands and now they destroyed the sooner than later. if they don't have the green certificate they will be losing the job but they haven't done anything wrong. This is the this is the third situation. Many of them already went through these insane illness that killed so many people they have proved that they developed a naturally meaning and for some reason. Unknown reason illogical a non medically proven reason. They will be faced with losing their jobs. Sorry about that. i'm still here. I'm going to get a bunch of comments. No no no audio the point is you know why because you watch this show not because i said it and you just believe what i say but because i've shown you the science that backs it up the peer reviewed science from the places that they tell you to listen to that they were simultaneously. Show you the reality. They're ignoring this. Because there's obviously something there they don't want people to think about on top of that. I think truly truly. It's about transitioning this passport over to natural immunity as one of the options which drives everybody into the passport infrastructure. And then oh now it's about climate change to late. You're already in your already done. You already have it already. Have your passport your phone. However this works next virus next Would next reason they drive this infrastructure forward into the technocratic future my opinion obviously regardless.
The Last American Vagabond
"parliament" Discussed on The Last American Vagabond
"These. It's something we should trust these people or any government that doesn't mean you have to immediately discount what they say either right be objective and listen to what they have to say. There could be motivations behind why they're saying these things maybe there's an alterior motive but ultimately it doesn't matter because we're not just trusting what they say all we're doing is pointing out that what you're about to hear is exactly what people like me are saying in some cases that this is a violation of your rights and this is an okay and this is an abuse and this is toronto. I mean they go off and this isn't this is important because it will reach the normies out there. That don't wanna hear this stuff. Now this is as you can see you know. I had to do a little bit of digging on this. It was a little frustrating. Because this is how the a lot of the stuff works today even in the communities you know whatever truth community whatever you wanna call it because this is a rather the video that's being shared is just kind of being shared with us a way less quality version. So it's almost like you can't see what their lips with lips match what they're saying and it was shared repeatedly also platforms without any due diligence. Now yes it is a video but we all know that that can be faked today. We know that audio can be put in without. You know all sorts of numbers so i went around and around and around and traced it back to christian tear has which is the guy sitting right there okay. This is his youtube channel and then he lied he links it to his own facebook page. So you can confirm it here with his own facebook page and what's interesting and you can go through this. It for yourself goes basically lists off exactly what they're saying. We're gonna listen to it here. They are again showing you all the different pictures of what we just saw. Now this is say meme. Mep's is members of parliament are excuse me met me Members of european parliament is what it stands for. So let's take a listen and then we can go into some other points about the interesting. I'll obfuscation. I guess of the coverage of what was actually discussed around the. You know you're supposed to be able to find this stuff on european parliament website and even discussions of these meetings. Don't seem to even remotely touch on what they actually had to say. Not very shocking. In the kobe clown world we find ourselves in today. But let's take a listen being here today and to to answer our.
The Last American Vagabond
"parliament" Discussed on The Last American Vagabond
"Tuesday october. Twenty six twenty twenty one. Thank you for joining me today as always a fantastic show planned for you today. It's going to be shorter to a degree. Probably not a three hour show but it will be t live show for sure. We're going to be talking about something quite important. The european parliament or members of select members of the european parliament held a conference where they discussed how what's happening today is wrong. The vaccine mandates and how it violates your rights and a lot of other important information now that does not mean as always pointed out that those people are necessarily on your side does not necessarily mean that they don't that they not have another agenda behind why they're doing that. Possibly when i'll point out in this discussion because of the transition to allowing natural immunity which still continues the vaccine passport infrastructure. But it's still very important now. I agree with comments. Already made before. This show started in regard to how these people are not really the illusion of control but at the end of the day. The point of showing this stuff today is to reach those people that are still lost to recognize. It's not anti-science fringe weirdos in their corner screening anti vaccine rhetoric. We're talking about members of parliament. Members of european parliament members of the united states government members the scientists doctors. Phd's nobel laureates all across the world..
The Red Box Politics Podcast
"parliament" Discussed on The Red Box Politics Podcast
"But the There was it was not necessary the stages but the But the important thing is if if the official position haven't been one hundred percent supportive of tiny Then the response of the british government would be much less. Yeah yeah it was pretty good. Speed you subverted jenkins follow. Speak to lord campbell. Ming campbell as many from former leader of the lib dem's but sitting alongside charles kennedy in the house of commons. On the day the the parliament was recorded. The party's foreign affairs spokesman being your your memories. That day and i was interested watching the video back of the by. You're sort of leaning over. Sort of almost giving charles kenzi notes was advised what you remember about that moment in the house comments but i do remember how by golda because stralia delegation that co wealth. Mp's conference and moving told that the house was being re cold Then we were also told. We didn't come back but because i was the phone the fast bikes. I'm just determined to come back. And i came back to all the difficult internal consensus because the the them high command wanted charles candidates to do everything because they were seeking to emulate the influence which patty ashton and it had on the first gulf war And when i got thing to pull my wife and my wife she said you better watch trying to cut you out. And so i. I very speech in singapore and london. I got off the plane. I got my suitcase at seven. Fifty from the carousel. And i had to be in western style by nine fifteen for nine thirty. Start changing my change into my suit much to the surprise and astonishment does the taxi driver and i did literally not know what was going to happen. I saw walked in two runs. I guess the the res and I remember this what happened was it was fest. Then there was in duncan. Smith told her baptism for him. And you fulfilled responsiblities. Absolutely beautiful as one might have expected and then charles kennedy and then there were people able to us christians and then when that was concluded There was a service in. I think symposia cathedral and the three leaders off to that and then Jack stole led a debate as the phone. Secretary michael ancram. I was the shadow at the time. Competent shadows fulton for secretary. And i spoke to the dem's but i just spoke by I think the efforts of my wife the high. Come on one of the things you haven't told about. I don't think is the older phil might have one of the most significant things to happen Outside of the commons was the And implementation of the article five obligation over nato and that is the obstacle which provides an attack on one is attack on all. The first time it'd be done. I that never has been done was done by jones. Robertson of course had been the labor For the defense secretary but it moves to be the secretary. General of nato ever overall reactions. Once he couldn't believe it. I remember in my speech trying to say that we whatever we did we had to be responsible at had to be proportionate it had to be reflect what had happened but we had to be very careful because sebre nitsa was still in people's minds. We had to be very careful. This still look like white man's justice and of course that's why it was so important that nato to cop does not just the united states with united kingdom in support and george robertson deserves huge credit for having done that because once he made the five declaration no one could do anything other than to act in accordance with that and david williams who is the peer in that in the in the house of lords eventually they was the overall commander in chief of the nato forces so nah nah the nato thread runs very very strongly throughout all of this. I simply couldn't believe what i saw I i bank but the because the fed up with a bit of the conference. I turn the television sets on and i watched it almost yeah slide by slide And then of course we've begun to get these terrible photograph so the people who are fleeing on the ground and then worst of all and this. I'm afraid to say is etched indelibly in my memory. The people who've jumping is of the fifteen sixteen story Because they knew the time was up and they couldn't beth heat exhaustion and all the rest of it and effectively. They took her in life. I went back to to and gels gun. Didn't i pay the visit. To the u n to washington together we went down to the site And again the thing is absolutely edge to my mind. There was a noticeboard and this noticeboards. This is sometime later. This not sport still contain messages. Saying has anyone seen alexander smith my father if you have those angry messages to people send you posted. Yeah and then there were others on the others from obviously from children saying That i know you're not coming bank but we still.
The Red Box Politics Podcast
"parliament" Discussed on The Red Box Politics Podcast
"Adult. It however difficult it would be this must breast in addressing the whole range of mesh and its remaining to do this. Ni- or with new would not be something easy. It would not simple and it may well be. The threat could not be eradicated. But they have to be addressed out to be recognized. And that's what i was. I was saying. I remember now so clearly. The feelings i happen to feeding so many people. The something dreadful has half. There was the shock of the murder the mass murder so many people. It had been all caniza organized by people who are committed to their own ideologists who were influencing others around the world very intentional and the trestle though the response to nevis simple solution would never be simple. Never be complete and it also what's happened. Not that was not repeated on that scale. Terrorism forms of course continued and has to be addressed in the hill range of ways. So bernard jenkin search. Mp watching the video back from as you're sitting right behind in dunkin's methods been officially leader of the opposition for what about twenty hours to the shutter defend newly-installed shouted defense secretary. Then what was your. What's your memories of that time. How do you prepare a new leader of the opposition response to such an extraordinary event in some respects and was quite well prepared himself because he'd been shuttered event secretary before becoming leader and he was. He had good contacts with the american administration. The bush administration and in fact probably much better context. The boss majority of government. Mp's labor government ten peas and he had A very clear view. The americans are thinking and was very confident that we could support the prime minister. If the prime minister gave his support to the americans there were labor. Mp's will be very windy by this and You would be surprised. How quickly iraq. And into the conversation. I mean within days because the Iraq was unresolved problem rogue state developing weapons of mass destruction. And something they we were. We had to reassess every kind of threat and iraq was perceived a right wrongly as a much greater threat off. I let it had been beforehand and The a course. Two years later it led to the invasion of iraq But i the atmosphere. I mean everyone was in a complete state of shock. I remember the day it happened. I was having lunch and my friend went. Somebody said In my office. I think better come back to the office. There's something gay all you need. Snap is I went back to my office and Initially picked up the soda twin tower one of the towers on fire. There's just picking up the phone and during in because it wasn't actually leader at that point. The leadership was going to be pulling day. I'm watched the second hour. Go into the second I got hold of it. And then i said. Do you know what's going on. And he said yes and you'll be shuttered defense secretary So it was very helpful. Lever I'm good an enormous of mind to read and it became very evident very quickly what we should have known This event was predicted unpredictable in many respects By people who had not had sufficient exposure to decision because And we had a lot of private meetings with the uk intelligence services minister defense foreign office and that sort of fan. it very quickly became. I mean the one thing. That this really underlined brilliant Security services are an how well world advised the prime minister and the leader the position. Safe quick to there was so quickly on top of it. They knew that this was al-qaeda almost from the get go and They knew that Al qaeda was based in afghanistan and it became it was surprising. Actually how long it took the full any military action to be taken. And i think there's also reflected the fact that Actually the united states didn't sort of lash out and the way that Clinton had al qaeda bombing basis in deserts. There was no reaction of that sort. It was a much more considered strategic reaction. My goodness through mistakes in that reaction In spent quite a bit of time trying to persuade the prime minister that we shouldn't. I've stayed the taliban from From from from from afghanistan. We should be looking for moderate taliban moderate push to Who would murder omar regime because For students with the majority in afghanistan that would never be a credible government in afghanistan if it didn't include the pushtoon which means which meant including the taliban and we need to recognize that the town of something different from al-qaeda but there was complete blindness about blasio and Conversation feels very very familiar. Now as as well. I've just wanted to see talking that but at the extraordinary circumstances to become a leader of a political become a leader of the opposition in the middle of what is clearly an enormous global political diplomatic Security crisis whether it's a parallel a bit to what keven has been through the past eighteen months and how as a leader of the opposition politics and how you impact when frankly nobody cares what the leader the opposition's saying all doing to a large extent because this hugh single huge thing is dominating so much dude sort of the fight was sealed a bit of dhaka smith's leadership just because he nobody ever. I only country that was essentially conservative policy. That Actually the policy was lucky to have chosen into space. Addition was very familiar with with the with the with the with the self. I mean other thing was. We knew that the labor party was going to be a big problem for tiny blah backing american military action yes therefore the role of the opposition was absolutely crucial and giving confidence to tiny and the americans with the brakes would and The there was no vote about gains down. Stop but the There was it was not necessary the stages but the But the important thing is if if the official.
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"Was some clips from the debate when the house was recalled called on the fourteenth of september to the act to the events in new york washington and pennsylvania. Pity from tony blair followed by the new conservative leader. Ian duncan smith than the lib-dem leader. Charles kennedy they also unions leader. David trimble the labor impe and father. The house tom. Denial and the labor impe paul marston. Voicing some The need for caution. Well it's now. Speak to philip webster. There's glitz of the times was in the press corps. That day i feel the thing that really struck me revisiting. The whole debate was the the sense of it was very somber. It was very serious really quite often. You buy expensive solving rhetoric adam shapiro. We knew the words to sort summit up. No i think the the shock that disbelief the anger the fair in the nation. Generally at this time just three days afterwards towards was well mirrored in the commons died Calm measured generally united that undercurrent of concern about what bringing people to account actually meant and it was little dive in most people's mind. When tony blair said that the people who have terrorist have a choice they give them up or they become the enemy i think even by that stage people were beginning to realize that man. He didn't use the word war at that time. Al qaeda hadn't been formally identified as they as the culprits. But i think everyone was moving to a situation with a new some very big decisions. Were coming up fairly soon on a did but overall i think it was one of those occasions where sometimes we'd rather pass say the the house of commons was at its best and this was one of those occasions also this and also we saw a couple of weeks ago but i forget when the house was we called invasive circus to talk about afghanistan. What is the point in. Because you're the people sort of came together. The speech very heartfelt. Listen to in sort of samba silence. But nothing really happened. What why is it so important. These moments are classes for the house of commons to come together because i don't sort of voting on making a decision but why do you think it's important. I think it's important. In this particular context. The main purpose coming together was to express solidarity with the united states and the thousand two lost that lives and Mp's have a feeling than that. They've they've got to do something even there's nothing they could do. The only way they could express the horror outrage support for the people of american close to the families of the british people who died in the twin towers was to have a special session of the house of commons. They called a debate started at nine thirty in the morning friday and they called a three minute silence and eleven o'clock and that was i think that way of identifying them with the horror fell generally outside and across the world. And just paint a picture of your your experience. Where were you when a non eleven happened and what happens. Then in terms of the politics of coach at the times because of what's going on inside number ten what was going through. Tony baz mind cause it ended up being probably the single biggest incident which which had such an incredible impact on his own climate ship. And even how today will you as you could say. It was the edged. The was the beginning of the end of his apprenticeship because from Afghanistan floaty rock and from iraq flowed the the end of a player's premature. It took some time but blair that point was shit was determined to show from the very start. His place nece to American this send in as i say he didn't use the word or geoff hoon defense sector. The end said that was already considering. How would help any military action that the united states took now blair news at his role would be to Donna support around the world for any military action. that The united states took and my editor at the time just decided that i should stick with blair through that following periods so i went off with bladder following week to new york where he did the judge service in manhattan to remember the the british people who died either. We then flew on that evening to washington with george. Bush made a speech in which he i referred to the war on terror. And that by that time we do ready. What was going to happen. I was with when he went to visit. British troops. Just a month later in amman. At nobody said they were preparing to go to afghanistan. But of course we will do. They were just wasn't officially acknowledged that they were and i was with blair again in january two thousand and two shortly after the taliban had abby defeated to be more accurate had run to the hills as we now know i was with blair went in under the cover of darkness. We flew into afghanistan and hercules plane. Midnight that time and landed at by gram f failed and it was. It was an amazing time to be with him. I think he covered about forty five thousand miles in a couple of two three weeks going round the world a building support for the calculation. I remember one occasion. We landed back from. India a t. Throw one saturday evening and we all have to be back at heathrow. The next morning quite early on to fly to russia and then on down to cape town so it was a fairly mad fine. He was getting ryan trying to pick up support absolutely everywhere and that was seen as he saw that as his role at the time he was later to paper. I and just personally from your perspective. How did you feel even getting on a plane. So soon after What happened in in in america you. We had a lot of scary times actually as political correspondents did there were occasions when we did things that we would never rent doing as as civilians you like. It was a scary time. It was certainly a scary time. When we flew off from islamabad that evening at two to kabul and the not the taliban had fled but they were firing at anything that was up in the up in the sky at that time and the lights were out in our hercules. We you couldn't even see the guy sitting next to you But the missiles were flying up from everywhere. We were just praying among ourselves that there was a defense system up there to help us get check where we were getting. It was scary but it was a job that had to be done and looking back on it. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. It deserves a job you had to do as a reporter to ripple these things going on and the politicians all set for themselves in in the line of fire as well at that time so it's w. speech as thank..
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"His position of unflinching support for the united states in its search for the perpetrators and subsequent actions. It was an american writer who once observed that the terrorist attempts to wash an impure world clean with the blood of innocent victims the impunity. He is the dreadful of terrorist. And that is what this house. Don's shoulder to shoulder with american presence in infants and compete not easily. It requires of course very careful. Intelligence leader. father tried two point months as far as possible to avoid injury. Too many innocent people how does intelligence is absolutely crucial. Then the correct application of terrorism about intelligence which course has taken those li caused heavy assurance we also said no way will inflict terror on innocent people. Because if we do so. We simply recruit mortar. Can i inject note of caution. The american sources now indicating that there could be nato bombings prepared saddam iraq around syria and the whole place broken a tinderbox middle east so i would urge him to talk with president bush to find the right target defined the kill prints but ultimately we should be acting out of revenge but of the sense that.
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"Podcast on september the eleventh two thousand and one. Tony blair was sitting alone in a brighton. Hotel them putting the finishing touches to speech for the to uc conference. An aide came in and told them to put on the tv. He saw the second plane hit september. The eleventh had also been due to be the closing date of voting and the conservative leadership contest to replace william hague. The announcement of the winner was then delayed for two days. In duncan smith did not have time to celebrate. He had twenty four hours to prepare for his debut at the dispatch box as leader of the opposition and then on september the fourteenth two thousand one the house of commons was recalled speakers. I'm grateful that you agree to recall. Parliament hideous follow events in washington. Pennsylvania took place on tuesday and whatever the cost whatever the progression of religious feeling whatever the political fleet inflict soggy tara on the well to take the lives of so many innocent and defenceless men women and children. I'm never ever be just as we speak. Total death toll is still unclear under the mouse. Several thousand because the world trade center was the home many big financial firms and many of their employees read committed. these acts of terrorism will have learned. At least a hundred citizens may be many more of british people in new york is no different in nature from them. Murder here in the heart of burnett's l. In the most direct sets them we have not merely an interest button obligation to bring those responsible to democratic. They are not. We have respectful human life. They do not. We hold essentially liberal values. They do not as we look into these issues. It is important that we never lose sight of our basic values but we have to understand the nature of this enemy and act. Accordingly civil liberties are a vital part of our country and all of our democratic will but the most basic liberty of all is the right of the ordinary citizen to go about their business. Re from terry that liberty has been denied in the cruelest way imaginable. So the passengers aboard the hijacked planes to those who perished in the trade towers and the pentagon to the hundreds of rescue workers killed as they tried to. I have absolutely no in giving the prime minister. Uh my party's full. Support for his immediate pledge to stand shoulder to shoulder with strongest friends and allies in the united states together. We must ensure that the perpetrators are hunted down and has he said brought to justice over the knicks. Next few days and weeks there may be some who council cautioned over the full measure of support that the prime minister has already announced in contrast i would like to say and to assure the prime minister that he out who have our total backing in maintaining.
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"We are in the site upper waiting hall which makes it sound like assault covered. It is not as grand way with. How often have you how many times you've been any. Have you manage to not get lot. Do you know your way around. Enough is a new mpg. What it's been quite difficult. Because he had like twelve weeks and then locked down have been down quite a bit. And but yeah like committees have been sitting in these rooms. So i was on the public accounts can see and yet never been in any of these rooms really so yeah not much at all what about you how. How many times have you managed to make. Its pilot as possible. And really since the end of the lockdown in march april. I've been down every day. Was i believe politicians should be in parliament and should be doing the job. We would like to do what is it. About what difference does it make about being in the chamber. Alex against Being all doom to ask you administer the makes us different ways of doing these most important difference for me is the whole purpose of debates debates not meant to be prepared without speeches and zoom you currently. Mp's as the house. There's no pointing blame anti-politics just reading pre pet speech And that's it just keeps on social media you probably discussion you intervene. You can't challenge point. And we see that she lacked any dynamism and it's also challenge the executive So i think having that ability to interject not she holds a ministers hold speakers to account is voiced otherwise franken food send a copy of speech handsaw bala reading over the facts. What about you. What do you import about. Everyone being here. I mean i think he does make a difference. I think has been good to be able to keep parliament going in everyone who might not be able to attend parliament to be involved during this period but yeah i think it's obviously nice to be able to intervene on speeches and kind of be in the chamber and head hit the debate. Much more lively. We saw on the day that we came back. Yeah it is definitely a lot more. What about getting to know your colleagues in the labor party although didn't make huge pokharel overall Quite a lot of new faces. Are you a ganging labor. Two thousand nine hundred and thank please done on. What's up is absolutely them by. So it's been really nice to get to know like the one thousand nine hundred nine intake call ourselves but yeah it's been really nice and kind of i think we've all been through the same experience and it's really kind of bonded together in a way. I don't know the intakes plan at all of you and i'm sure we'll see we'll get something. What about you alex. Because obviously a whole load of new till in twenty nine and eight scott across the country and actually in parts of the country where the toys haven't haven't been before a how many different groups are in for twenty nine red bull. Is y'all gloves all different groups next to all different Policy issues wings. The policies different Intake so even go children all get the parliamentary nursery. I mean there's so many different which the most annoying which is people always posting. It always always a wall about the backbench ones that good average having goodson complain about everything under the sun. So that's always good. Phone wants to watch but we will end up in the newspaper anyway so they do exactly what what was he. One of the things. They're complaining about most. It seems now is the idea of putting up national insurance to pay for social care. Where were you on on this issue. Would you support that. If that's what they bring forward of one percent visor national to fund social well. Let's a conservative network subs. We shouldn't be raising taxes. Willy nilly thing. We wanted to be doing but we wanted to do that. See a proud become just raise tax without a plan to make fundamental changes and make things better. My concern is if they just Our next one percents But no actual fundamental ways to make a special pacific division better. It's a bits of bit pointless. What we need is a new plan of how we provide this. Okay and then see. How much is the cost of how much we're going to need to to get from. The public works that way become just raise it without having a new way of providing care and thinking about fisher cats. I was telling to ask you about the labor party Giving everything that's happened over the summer whether it's exams afghanistan rows over social care across the board beco- number of migrants crossing the channel on almost every policy area. The government seems to be in trouble and they're still outpolling the labor party and in the podium just just discussing with him he's african Polling worse is minus twenty three pashtuns minus nineteen. Are you worried that the public made up their mind about star or reggie and he's not having an impact has been incredibly difficult to become leader of any party. Anything not being in the chamber as much not having the opportunity to have conference last year has really made it quite difficult. So i'm really looking forward to labor party conference and seeing the leader out his plans where we're gonna go and i think that that will be attending point. I think more people will get to know the real key. Dahmer and see see what policies will take us. One of the advantages of being back in westminster is. I can call you in the coffee shop cuba. You can also call the case talbott maybe the voting lobbies or whatever ahead of that particle was. What's your one bit of advice for. What would you like to see them do. Oh i just think we're looking for what we need to be really ambitious and you know. I'm shot administered for nature's obviously love to see some around fifteen and twenty six. What labor's plans are for the environment really good Alex if you managed to call it. The prime minister in the voting lobbies. What are you. What's what's top of your list of things. Ben about oh always been is living up saw application for twenty.
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"Because then you have to do all the heavy lifting himself talking of no. Let's let's turn to some of the other cabinet ministers donate bob dominated over the summer. Actually i would be. I'll be honest having the chart. Dominic wallabies now down to minus thirteen. Sound great which is pretty bad but was already pretty wasn't hugely popular. Before i was a bit worse. Yeah i mean. I wonder whether some of the sort of stuff to do with dominic. Grabs holiday is one of those of slightly westminster versions Where westminster focuses on particular element of a story. Whereas i think what a lot of voters will be paying attention to more so Is what the disaster some folding and novel. The you know the questions about britain's long military involvement there whether it was worth as but i still don't think is good. The man is deeply unpopular including with conservative voters whereas in that negative eight points and so in the context of the reshuffle. I mean the the big reshuffles are ones wet. A a senior minister gets moved. Well that's the point. There's no point as perhaps you could argue dhamma discovered. There's no points embarking on risha unless you're going to make big changes that people are going to notice if you're in government that means changing one of the big jobs is going not going to move. She soon at the other two jobs. All fallen and home show and dominic robb is arguably based on the headlines. You'd say put himself the prime spot removed pitch patel actually polls even worse yes pretty. Priscilla has a negative rating of forty seven points. And she's even more popular re conservative voters than dominic robb. I mean that's quite interesting thing. I mean potatoes often talked about this activists favorite conservative activists favor and this reminded the conservative. Voters are obviously a much larger number than the incredibly poultry membership of the conservative party. Famously loss do one of those accepted wisdom's or she pulls very well that people saying that two three years ago yes. They might various reasons why. She's generally unpopular with voters. But no i mean Well you mentioned. Boris johnson's woman. He might be equivalent popular unpopular with men as with women polling wise. There is a problem with the number of women in the cabinet which is low. Now i think that it was in two thousand and six tony. Blair's lost cabinet So you don't think it'd be a look necessarily to move a woman from the state unless he was exactly the just funny had on this and the other thing that left to me was pulled ben wallace who has put in a shift over the summer. People like you. And i may have said he'd had a better war if you like you know he terms and empathetic reaction to what was i going afghanistan. More so than dominic robb. Nobody knows who he is. I mean you know you could look at it and say as a net negative of eight points. The the reality is that only twenty eight percent of people view to people. Do look if you're in. Boris johnson's cabinet and people. Don't viscerally loath you. That seems to be success. So unless you're she say ben. Wallace will be will be staying weary as i'm sure that's that's the case Why you're talking through the public. Think of the cabinet. As when bowie's johnson embarks on risha for whether it's this week or not he'll be looking at exactly this party and like i said if you want to see the chart that we've just been discussing tweeted app naturally now in a moment we're going to hear from two twenty three twenty nine hundred nineteen mp so we elected two years ago only had a few weeks in the house of parliament and then immediately dispatched their constituencies. For the first several lock tests will speak to them in just but first we'll speak will hit. Let's hear from an smp mp impeach him scotland is. I've always traveling on a monday morning. So before he set off. I spoke to stephen. Flynn he was the smp mp for aberdeen south in nine thousand nine. I asked him just how many times he'd actually set foot in the house apartment since the election. I've probably said food. Macaulay totta thank god. I drew quite really quite quickly of the virtual students. and it's. it's not too difficult to get from our london with a direct flight. So i went done quite a few side wants. We're able to travel restrictions lifted and it's a new way be wideness outweigh expected to be a for. That's for certain ahead. So yeah it's been Eighteen months two years attempt to travel at amongst Wise do you expect to be sort of. You'd be focusing on in the new in the new tab. Yeah i think that's a really important question that couvert recovery's going to be the fundamental point obviously called translates autumn statement coming up to see what he's going to be Prospective i want to see lots of money. Thrown at the energy transition harbored in the north east of scotland the at the forefront of Guy away or the fact. He's intended on cotton universal cates hoping you're versus stansell not that moving forward as scott nationalist. I want this situation where not cover to cover. Eight is one that sunday looking for the scottish government. So i'm looking for a second independence referendum to be a great two in the not too distant future and hopefully we can get competing for for me to be traveling to westminster even less. What was going to ask you whether it's just not weighed situation. You've got the you've got a job where you basically you are one of those turkeys. Who want to vote for christmas. You want to put out of your job. You wanna be going to westminster. You almost don't want westminster to work particularly well. It sort of E- a dysfunction of westminster which treats scotland Scott good for you to your arguments. So we'd touch it of doing your job properly helping your constituents that while also proving that westminster isn't serving scotland's. You have to sort of you. A bit of schizophrenia. I what you'd be yet. I'm quite happy to be the last evo. Mp independents. Absolutely yeah it's it's but contempt not place uc everytime heckle aleve. They've gotten one testing and talk Whether to do a job which is to talk with. Scotland's talk talk about what scotland achieve anti weekend before the town vision and we have the platform to do that. And it's important to engage on that basis. And that's that's what to do and that's why i've tried to do everyday i've been down there. Obviously moving forward. I'll continue to do that up. Just finally the the big question is if when there's gonna be a a second independence with when do you think will be. Do you want it next year year. After the scottish government would obviously the new agreement with us a with being quite clear that hopefully it will be the first half of the new scorch parliamentary term. It starts said no long after the election so that Ambition but we need to obviously be nice. The situation relation to couvet. I think anyone who touched dependent in this moment as as perhaps doing something that they have no control over so yet. Naima says certainly next eighteen months two years. I think all scores nationalists would hope and hope we get to that point and as i said earlier renew long enough to westminster stop at the one thing about the house upon them. You'd make longer the patron seth that mess with discuss a tough question. You know what. I actually quite like the back and forward the chamber. I came from a a very robust local authority. Hosa coleman's is just almost like a bigger version of so quite a quite like the two of it does anyone any fevers. To be honest said the back-and-forth with politicians by passing like Quite like elbow. It's going with those involved is less those watching. I think. Probably the probably the steven flynn the. Snp aberdeen south. I let in two thousand nineteen spoke before you hit it off leaving aberdeen to head down to london. Well now. i'm joined here. Live in the house of parliament by the labor in for sheffield hallam. Olivia blake hall of you. Nice to have you with us. We've also got on the line. Alex stafford concerts pay for all the values. Heading down to lend hayek's nice to have you so livia here..
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Now let's dig into some exclusive polity with him now henry because the new intake of mp's about that not that new but they haven't had very many weeks here with you thought we look at the cabinet because amongst all the other things that he's talking about in their various what's up groups. He's just of a reshuffle. How likely is that g. Think it's hard to tell lots of people. Do think it's very serious. And there's been enough days of remember there's going to be a reshuffle. Downing street has had enough of an opportunity to scotch the rumors. If it's definitely not happening on the other hand is a useful thing for them to have out there because they are big things coming this week. Controversial things coming this week as you've been discussing in the era of this show so far and you know nothing will make a cabinet minister. Supress their concerns about what i johnson is planning to do social care like the threat of emotional the prospects of promotion so it may be real but whether it's real or not is very useful for danny streets. Have out there hanging over ministers okay. Let's talk about some of them. Then we've got some exclusive poland from you of where they have asked people instead of how they would votes because actually i think the latest yougov poll toys four five point in terms of what they think of the politicians themselves. Let's start with voice. Johnson first of all do voters have a favorable unfavorable view of ocean overruled. They have an unfavorable view. So thirty six percent of respondents to the survey said they had a favorable opinion of boris johnson. Fifty five percent Said they had an unfavorable opinions. And that's a negative net negative of nineteen points. So that sounds quite bad right. This is boris. Johnson is the prime minister landslide. Two years ago shortly his opinion rating should be higher than that. Well yes and no. If you look at the cross breaks of the polling so if you look at the what twenty nine teen voters think. Boris johnson the people who gave him this huge majority pictures quite rosy for him. He's got an positive rating of forty one points So it doesn't matter. That people voted labour and lipton In two thousand nineteen still hate him. They hated him in two thousand nine won a huge majority. And so you know while they're a little bit to be concerned over in twenty eight percent of twenty nine thousand votes. Just having an unfavorable opinion of him i think we knew. Twenty nineteen that. Were plenty of sort of tories holding that nose and voting for trump's and for whatever reason perhaps because they were a remain as you know didn't journey to be prime minister or something like that so actually it's amazing that the old leave remain a bike cross. Bike still is still that twenty percent of a miner's fable tools boss johnson fifty eight percent of leave us. Yeah well they're actually. Even that percentage of remain i think is not bath. Scrape lounge michael go. Basically every person who voted remaining twenty twenty-six spa so to many conservatives labor and lived in voter so it's not necessarily of you of michael go confined to that column on the spreadsheet. Well let's let's pick through some of those. I should be just one thing that we will ask me is always know gender split. If various times there was sort of think pay pieces written about how boris johnson has a woman problem and actually in terms of favorable and unfavorable. It's almost exactly the same minimum. I mean the main thing that. Let me about this spreadsheet at boris johnson. Whichever cross break you want to look at is that he's very popular. And it does fail sometimes particularly in this place although not necessarily if you go out to various parts of the country that voted you do have to remind both people you speak to and yourself. But boris johnson is the preeminent electro politician of our age. If our age comes after tony blair. Boris johnson should not be surprised at this point and he won a huge majority in. Twenty thousand hundred. I'm pretty sure that we would not have left the european union if he hadn't endorsed and campaigned for leave. He wanted to london. Mary elections in city which had previously not just voted labour but voted independent four. Ken livingston the man is very good. Politics should not be as fries to us. People like him. I mean all this discussion of the missteps good counterpoint. To twitter and i have a talked about twitter have tweeted. The chart that we're talking about you can see who's up and who's down amongst senior politicians. The only person polling better than Voice johnson is wishy soon the chancellor. He's got a positive rating. Yes and positive Yeah net pulse. Eight. that is quite right. I think he's the only person who was polled. He does have a positive rating forty. Four percent of people say they have a favorable opinion. Thirty six said they have a negative among twenty nine hundred. Conservative voters ratings at even higher than boris johnson. Plus fifty one to johnson's plus forty one among twenty nine hundred labour voters. he's much less unpopular. Boris johnson has negative of eighty-one amongst twenty nine hundred voters soon. Not just a net negative of twenty nine so again not very surprising. We know that russia soon became very popular particularly around the time the furlough scheme being announced but also because he was the first minister to appear in one of those early daily press conference to show a bit of carbon empathy and actually speak vaguely humanly about the disaster which was engulfing so many people's lives. But you know if you wanna feed this into a question of okay well. Why don't conservative impeach. Just dump richie soon. Four dump. boris johnson. I assume neck seems even more popular. While i do think if you speak to consecutive. Mp's the man is still just a year a half into being chancellor he has so far only to make fairly popular. Decisions will be in a very crisis dominated time and i think the next week the questions over social care in the tax to pay for and the months that follow will give us a much better. Sense of richie. Soon ex metal in terms of the internal debate and government policy debates political questions but also in terms of whether the public is going to continue to see him as a sort of a better version of forest especially interesting i mean seeing everything through the prism of lawyer we between the two men. The there is a issue is sort of ying and yang to complement each other. If if she soon is reaching into labor people who voted labour. In twenty nine hundred. And he's winning them over and charming them wall boys johnson's holding onto people voted conservative in thousand nineteen. That's a pretty formidable political machine. Yeah i mean ultimately if you don't see ya there's no reason we have to say i mean they are disagreeing on some things at the moment ultimately is good for the prime minister. If he's johnston popular yes certainly better for the prime minister. That is being dramatically unpopular. All completely unknown..
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"Fisher voice over that what next. It's our prime minister of the week. Yes it's three hundred years whitten. I pawn minister and every week. We are looking at one of the main detail without the historian and author. Andrew jackson are delighted. Andrew joins me live in the house department morning. Absolutely wonderful to be here just around the corner from great corridor. The committee corridor full of splendid portrait of prime ministers. Now i'm although you have to check it in tie on your wearing chino's the cupboard speak much notes. Let's see you doing that. But so who is this week's prime minister. This week's prime minister asquith. Who was prime minister from. Nineteen eight to nine hundred sixteen tremendous olympian intellect spotted. Glad soon as he came into the house of parliament first. Ministerial office was the home office. He was the inevitable accessible and campbell. Element died in one thousand nine hundred eight. Everyone he had to go off to the ritz actually to see the king. Georgia seven through was invigorates. And then he started making his cabinet and he had to. Figures would emerge really titanic figures of the twentieth century had george in his cabinet and also winston churchill into the cabinet in one thousand nine eight so he he wasn't a fight to have big beasts but he was above them as long as peace lasted he was the olympia and figure people said judge. She listened and then he decided he guide to conversation. He wouldn't say very much himself but he was these. The first one was such a horror that one somehow forget that before the war we. This country almost had a civil war over over home rule for ireland which ask pushing through an ulster gained to fight and things have got very desperate by the hour of nine hundred fourteen. Asquith was writing lessons during cabinet meetings to his young woman. Who've besotted with called venetia stanley he wrote a six hundred letters in three years and he assured her towards the end of july nineteen fourteen. Wasn't we weren't going to be involved in the war. Luckily we would just be spectators of this thing. And on the fourth of august we were into the war. I mean not. Predicting fall of kabul. Is these things. John watch through belgium. Belgium he has a habit of himself. A that says what sort of character wasi well people said he's critic said that he just drifted and that he was he was too fond of drink and concluding even at the dispatch box. I'm afraid he was sometimes the worst drink. The dispatch proxy with ever exposed at the time. Churchill right to his wife saying that had terrible terrible. The prime minister could not speak last night. It was deeply embarrassments somehow. The was what church will of freemasonry. Now's your comments in those days. And of course no pictures of all recordings at tool. So that's the thing is the is the these days we let you down the corridor. When is the commission with his friends is cameras everywhere. Yes voice persson. All of his faults could not certain up in the house. A couple of john kennedy not be spotted it will be sorted and when we're in re smokes reclined on a bench. Even that was by my by the pro z. Modern standards to be getting a bit. Yes or at least he was cheetos. Ease the because. I was struck looking at asquith records. Noise nice sixty actually compared to the way were chopping through them. It's a decent chunk of eight years. Yes divided by the first world war and he. He was popular when the war broke out. But then the war became more and more awful. People didn't want this sort of detached man readership and he had to form a coalition with conservatives in one thousand nine hundred defuse criticism and then the conservative boehner law was was off to france for important meetings in france and he had to see the prime minister first on the monday morning and the prime minister said could visit me at my country house on the tens abingdon and so lawyers landing boy. You went to abington you. Shed into the prime minister. The prime minister was playing bridge with three young women. Canadian presbyterian by origin. He wasn't didn't think that was funny. so he was kind of frivolously about asquith as well as the ability to transact business and eventually some have people realize they needed lloyd george to be running the war effort. Not asquith. ask. You wouldn't so under lloyd george. He went out liberals split georgia's last liberal prime minister so in fact he came in as dominant figure and left the party. All no one realized it was shattered irrevocably and it's not because the wall changed everything that what people wanted from politicians changed. Yes they won't they needed to worry on. The of course the shortage shells and lloyd george dealt with that and then the somehow they knew the people round ask with i think new as well i mean but he was a tragic. I mean that's so many people his his brilliant eldest son. Raymond asquith killed on the western front. So it was a very hard thing for for him but he had this curious insistence on relaxing so he just the and read a novel a couple of but particularly bridge and drink and holding holding young women's hands. We couldn't imagine these days alphabet is suspected the playing cards with three young women. And how are you finding as show here because you're sort of based here department. How been you've been wandering around with a lot of people around. How was your office my office. My chair be nicked. There are lots of no one else in the room. So i couldn't investigation into nick. Yes i borrowed somebody else's show but it's all a bit quiet but it is really important to get parliament. I think the chain full as for the afghan debate that is much than even if even if the opposition these coming mainly from within the conservative party which they had the people have often does also. It's a big tax was big test of don't we also big test of johnson has had to face the cut and thrust of the commons chamber given the he will not lance election victory. Everyone's very happy with him. We were quite quickly into kofi then lockdowns and we haven't had that hasn't been truly tested at the dispatch box. All with all with the voting obvious he hasn't he wasn't good in parliament as a backbencher because he wouldn't he wouldn't diverge enough time to it he's been better at the dispatch box but it will he will be properly tested and you'll be able to see whether his own troops behind on. That's that's and if people start shaking their heads as they all just go quiet to ease of eight. As one of her death stern shooting lasers across cost to cope job it.
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"It all fell apart. What do you make of the labor. Labor opposed this. Well i think festival you're right has been incredibly quiet. Some of labor in the latest opinion poll shows that still five points behind the conservatives in the polls kissed almost come out and said that labour weren't support insurance rise to fund The long-term overhaul of social care. He hasn't set out alternative though. There's a lot of pressure on him from Andy burnham king of north to To look instead to a wealth tax taxing wealth instead of work. I think labor really need to come forward and put their own stamp and policy proposals out kiss. Thomas had in this merit interview that he wants to wait until the next manifesto is drawn up several years hence when this policy might even be implemented. I think he was not important is because it's not it's not clear. What what the alternatives are you know. I think income taxes serious alternative. It's one of the big leave as like national insurance like the some of the talking labor circles about for example raising capital gains tax. It's not clear that would raise Enough money. I think another area where we haven't heard labor really speaking a lot about yet. But i think is going to become a big issue of contention in all this is that this is a levy. That's not just going to fund social careful. It's also supposed to be the extra money that the nhs needs. We need to see. Exactly what what. The governments can set out in terms of national insurance rises. How much it will raise but a lot of the talk has been. It'll be about ten billion pounds year. Will that alone as well. Nhs leaders say that health service needs. There's nothing left for social care. And i think that's why we've seen this really down to the wire wrangling between the prime minister and the chancellor over the weekend because we she see his desperate to make clear that if he agrees to a big tax rise now that this isn't just going to be the thin under the wedge and he's going to have to put it up you know next year or the air after to To deal with all sorts of things like the nhs waiting list extra costs for pb hospital clean and the fallout from the from the candidate pandemic. But it's talk about what she's soon after because he's call lots of E- spreadsheet to add up is going to be a big challenge over the coming weeks. And i've i've mentioned this on the show before i remember speaking to someone. The treasury you said is how many how which has been taken hostage by treasury orthodoxy. And they said it's not treasury orthodoxy. It's maths and the watch you spend should in theory match. What your basic you. Can't purposely go a boeing alongside this about social kevin. How's it going to make the money for that. There's a big row coming. Wednesday labor go to force a vote on the taking the twenty pounds universal credit uplift away. Let's kick in next month. They can politics is a really tough because these are the families. Low income working families who voiced also will involved with marcus rash coming out of universal tax credit card. I think this is really interesting. Dynamic here politically so. There is oversee tension between the treasury and number ten in between richie. Suna combines johnson. You only have to look at them to see the difference in temperament and attitude and politics race. Not very control disciplined very thin. I don't let it all hang out. I think that for me what's most interesting says. Also a sort of internal conflict within the tory coalition so those sort of traditional shire tores who want their taxes low their state controlled and then there's sort of new red wool conservatives who many of whom probably on universal credit depends on the public services. And that's kind of really fundamental disagreement about size of the stage how taxes should be raised the tax should be on welfare or work and so in a way that's an internal conflict within the tory coalition and therefore within the prime minister himself as well as between boris johnson. Sooner sort of this this this is what happens when cake is them comes up against reality. The seeds actually have most of what we're going to see over. The next few weeks was two years ago in the what up to that election campaign and if you have a manifesto promises we will fix social care and we won't put up tax. That doesn't work. no that's right. And i think we just have to look at the whole list of spending demands to the beleaguering. The treasury. the green agenda is another massive theme this autumn in the run-up to the cop twenty six climate summit in glasgow in all sorts of spending needed there around infrastructure for electric vehicles to subsidize the switch from gas boilers to greener alternatives. Then you get to the education catcher which now you never felt right. Show the buck logging courts the two-billion-pound funding for the railways. And of course there's leveling up. You know the agenda. The prime minister considers this legacy defining dimension of his premiership. That really needs to be kind of filled in with all sorts of infrastructure investment so and afghanistan afghanistan of course and and and and the cost for resettling thousands of afghan refugees who are now arriving in the country. So it's hard to see how We should say not get that maps to square up. Have to say if he does. What would you expect to walk around this morning. How how normal does it never feels. That feels feels bit. Hawks wars hogwash. How normal does it feel. Wait till i haven't touched. She had a complete wander around but he's looking very smart ones. I've seen what about you to say. Yeah good. I had to wait a whole three minutes in the queue for coffee this morning. Got pch poll also. Yes is is feeling busy. i'm. I'm desperately glad that everyone's coming back.
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"Did the whole moretons show from down here in westminster hence the echo in the beautiful Oppo waiting all. It's called that the name doesn't really give credit to his grandma. Lots of carve statues of kings all around us gold plated creston enormous fireplace and above me an enormous painting of king. Lear mike you will coming up on today's episode. We take some exclusive yougov poland into what the public think of the cabinet post johnson. Kiss dr patel and yes dominic. Robb office holidays. Henry's f pick that but also speak. Mp's who elected twenty nineteen and only had a few weeks in palm before the pandemic. Hey what do they want to get out of the coming weeks. We've also gonna bring you on a monday our pm of the week. Andrew jackson the author being counting down all fifty five ministers since the beginning of the year. And we started the so-called starts bringing on the podcast coming up today we've got with the. I is our columnist panel today. Silvester join me in person. Along with lucy fisher from the telegraph. The so much we can talk about this way. This focus on social because it's the big issue of the week. It seems Rachel and boys. Johnson seems just we supposed to powerful wants. Oem couple of minutes ago. He says i would vote for national shorts voice paper social care but only if it kicked it forty thousand dollars and i suspect we're going to get three hundred different ideas every year. I will vote for boat if you just do this week. Like that and the problem is they've decided on this. National insurance rises. It seems really based on politics rather than the policies so they thought. Tony blair gordon brown. Got away with this panel insurance for the. Nhs will do the same. Nobody will notice but at she is quite bad policy because pensioners working pensioners. Don't pay nash insurance. Lots of things aren't covered by rental income dividends etc so that she much fairer way would be to basic rise on income tax across the board for everyone. So everyone's going to have something they don't like the truth is we. Do all have to contribute. It's not something that only pensioners should pay. Because we're all going to need social care at some point or we might need it so the key thing is you've got to spread the risk between as many people as possible so it's sort of like a massive insurance game and everyone pays the least possible amount but but tori. Mp anyone pay anything and the big issue lucie is that we haven't really heard very much about what we could to get for these extra tax. This is a big row about putting the national insurance. But not really paul promotional saying we are going to fix social care or the two years ago. What does what does that mean well. I think it's a really good point to make about the sequencing of of all this that the row over the funding for the reform has come ahead of any any policy details being outlined. and we. I think that's a mistake. Because in actual fact you have real consensus about the fact that social care reform is long overdue and that this is ethel that needs to be grasped immediately so i think that was sort of starting point of consensus that the government could have run from set out. The plans gained a degree of support over that johnson pitch rolling and then talked about the money of it. So i find that a little bit bizarre but certainly now a slightly disagree you originals. I think that all tories disagree with There needs to be tax rates for pay for this. I think they're all some marcus fish meter chairman of the economic growth group of conservative. Mp's people like him Very much on the right of the party economically speaking. I do think you're right. are object in principle to any kind of tax rise and breaking the manifestation tax log. But i think there is There is a spectrum of opinion and others are more open to it. But i think as you as you said. Rachel want to see it done in what they consider fairway particularly when it comes to the generation. Adamant this is going to be a policy that benefits older people. It shouldn't fall on the shoulders of the working age At working age population including those on the wages. It's this real sort of cupful full the whole while they decided. What do we want social look like. How much is that going to cost. And then how are we going to wait. I'm going to seems like they've been an argument about one percent in two percent possibly landed on one percent and then presumably going to raise that amount. How thinly can we spread that so we could end up in a situation where we don't fix social care after all the irony as well as the plan has been there really for more than ten years after do not published it even before he publishes report the sort of consensus building around this idea of a cap on care costs. There's also pretty much consensus now across the board about the need to improve wages and make sure there's enough workers coming into the system to deal with the aging population. So actually the the system reform. There is quite wide agreement on what needs to happen but the strange thing is boris. Johnson claimed he had a plan ready to go. You know two years ago didn't then say well. That plan was and now as into this concept for me to cast aspersions on the problem is i think it's fair to say the two years ago he did not have a plan characteristically. He may not be entirely the case. What about the politics of this lucy. Here's tom has given an interview to the mirror. He's had a quiet summer. I think it's fair to say and so he's trying to sort of come back hitting the ground running. Speak to the daily mirror this or the in house. Paper of the labor party and he's ruling out labour-backing increase in national insurance. So again we sort of we whisked turning this sort of massive political vow and therefore mp's in seats where labor or close behind those mp's might stop body. So is it a solving somebody. The in theory everyone agrees on you know we had it before when the cost party talks and then touch the death tax..