— to national insurance and as alistair is _ to national insurance and as alistair is keen to remind we have _ chancellor, it is a uk wide tax, we have cut _ chancellor, it is a uk wide tax, we have cut a — chancellor, it is a uk wide tax, we have cut a uk wide tax because we are a _ have cut a uk wide tax because we are a party— have cut a uk wide tax because we are a party of the union and that has put — are a party of the union and that has put more money in bag accounts since _ has put more money in bag accounts since the _ has put more money in bag accounts since the beginning of the year. we have always said we believe in a society— have always said we believe in a society where hard work is rewarded. that is _ society where hard work is rewarded. that is the _ society where hard work is rewarded. that is the type of country we believe — that is the type of country we believe in. applause .just this week applause . just this week we had the final scottish budget pass. snp and green coming together, we are paying more in tax and getting less in services. we talked about the tax

great to talk to you, alistair. thank you for| talk to you, alistair.th. and every time for a look at the weather forecast with thomas scheffer and acker. hello, thanks forjoining me. let's see what the weather is up to for the rest of today and, indeed, the next few days. here's the summary for this evening. for most of us, dry and chilly, and with clearer skies this evening and overnight, another frost on the way. now, in the next few days, it's actually going to turn a little less chilly. we'll see these milder southwesterlies developing. that's from around about mid—week onwards. ok, the forecast, then — starting with the satellite picture, and you can see how big the gaps in the clouds have been, all of that bright, if not sunny weather today. the evening temperatures will already be pretty low. in fact, by the time we get to about 6pm, only four degrees for birmingham, five degrees for glasgow. generally dry, just a few showers scattered here and there. so the forecast, then, for tonight — a lot of clear, dry weather, just a few showers again in t

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her i mentor was alistair darling who gave her three _ mentor was alistair darling who gave her threeiece — her three pieces of advice, and the third piece of advice was leave people — third piece of advice was leave people with a bit of help. but if her colleagues are saying we're going _ her colleagues are saying we're going to — her colleagues are saying we're going to be really unpopular, it must _ going to be really unpopular, it must he — going to be really unpopular, it must he a _ going to be really unpopular, it must be a hard balancing act of how much _ must be a hard balancing act of how much help— must be a hard balancing act of how much help to offer. it is must be a hard balancing act of how much help to offer.— much help to offer. it is a really difficult set _ much help to offer. it is a really difficult set of _ much help to offer. it is a really difficult set of circumstances, i much help to offer. it is a really i difficult set of circumstances, both economically and politically. how do you make voters feel excited about what labour might offer when you know there i

alistair has written in and alistair has written in and alistair has written trans and written aboute and he trans people may think he says trans people may think they've changed their gender, but their dna, chromosomes but their dna, their chromosomes , structure and , their skeletal structure and their voice will all tell the truth . um, and elizabeth has truth. um, and elizabeth has written in and elizabeth says, what keeps the working class in ethnic minority people out of theatres is the price of the ticket. simple as that. well, if benjamin had his way, he'd subsidise everything as he thinks money grows on trees . but thinks money grows on trees. but now it's time for our next debate. up next, it is connor, and connor is going to tell us about, oh, last night, rishi sunak recited the diversity is our strength platitude on the steps of io our strength platitude on the steps of 10 downing street for the umpteenth time. >> very dull, if not the false equivalency drawn between islamic extremists who are calling for intifada every weekend and wednesday and westminster and phantom fa

because you worked for alistair darling, he had to produce budgets in very, very difficult times.y one of his budgets that came up and said, "oh, debt might hit 89% of gdp at some point in the future". and everyone went, "oh my god!" and actually, we've managed that. we've managed that, and even worse. so, what's it like if you're in a treasury team at a moment like this? well, i mean, it's busy — that's blindingly obvious. it is very different in just different circumstances. you know, writing a budget in happy economic times when there's good news to announce is quite a fun thing for chancellors. remember, it's a bit different nowadays, but if you're going back to the 2000s, you wouldn't see chancellors all the time. no. gordon brown when he was chancellor would only be out four or five times a year doing big things. two of those would have been fiscal events and they were basically opportunities to shape the political weather largely, in those days, by announcing good news and that obviously hasn't been the case that obviously hasn't been the case due to the less good news rece

i will be joined afterwards by author and social alistair social commentator alistair donald to talkher tiktok america may on tiktok in america may be on borrowed you're watching borrowed time. you're watching neil news. don't go neil oliver on gb news. don't go anywhere. welcome back to the neil oliver show. tick tock, tiktok. no i haven't gone mad. but that could be the sound of time running out for gen z's favourite app this week. the us house of representatives passed a bill that will require the tiktok owner, bytedance, to sell the social media platform or face a nationwide ban. lawmakers argue it's because beijing based bytedance is a national security threat. true or not, things don't look great for tiktok. joining me to discuss its future , associate director of the academy of ideas author and social commentator alastair donald. thank you forjoining donald. thank you for joining me, alastair. thank you. what do you make of it? i'm very interested in this, not least because tiktok is the communications platform of the young. >> yes, and about 100 million americans, i think. so

where should go next, where should we go next, alistair? have alistair?es. uh, yes, indeed. king charles. uh, yes, indeed. king set to visit australia despite cancer diagnosis. there's a great new development for our monarch. he's going to be well enough to head down under.i be well enough to head down under. i think that's, uh, definitely qualifies as a major royal development. uh, common sense calls for a four day week are madness , says the anti—woke are madness, says the anti—woke minister and former gb news star esther mcvey. and with the government under pressure to cut taxes , the nation is asking can taxes, the nation is asking can hunt and the prime minister pull a rabbit out of the hat and the mirror? king's health boost. there you go . more on that there you go. more on that positive story for charles. royals set for australia trip and budget cuts warning. as the other headline in the mirror. schools in crisis, hospitals in crisis, armed forces in crisis the price of tory tax bribes . the price of tory tax bribes. okay. brilliant stuff. we'll l

this are being target because there is no food stores the human centered simon has not worse than the alistair scott. there are patients who need ventilator assistance and to ventilate this has been turned off. the path to be we heard earlier from canadian generalist on physical analyst robots in the cash. she says that is a deliberate. it's all good thing, journalist, to cover what was happening on the ground. when it comes to journalist, israel has killed more journalists than garza during this conflict, then were killed during the fall of world war 2. and i think that says everything that needs to be said as an evidence attempt to cover up what is going on on the ground. and now that there are not many reporters, of course, people can always attempt to report, but it's very difficult once the equipment is confiscated and in nor randazzo specifically, we don't know everything that's happening because of the murder and the rest of journalists on a mass scale in this conflict of many journalists that i knew in the north, by their move southward have been killed. and so it's very difficult to f

if the human center in simon has not worse than the alistair scott, there are patients who need ventilator assistance and to ventilate this has been turned off the path to be canadian journalist and political analysts. robert and le cash says israel is deliberately targeting civilians in order to cut up the reality of its brutal raids. when it comes to journalists, israel has killed more journalists than garza during this conflict, then were killed during full of world war 2. and i think that says everything that needs to be said isn't other than attempt to cover up what is going on on the ground. now that there are not many reporters, of course, people can always attempt to report, but it's very difficult once the equipment is confiscated and in nor randazzo specifically, we don't know everything that's happening because of the murder and the rest of journalists on a mass scale in this conflict of many journalists that i knew in the north, by their move southward have been killed. and so it's very difficult to find out exactly what's happening. how many people were killed in an area, uh,

being target, because there is no food stores if the human center and simon has not worse than the alistair scott. there are patients who need ventilator assistance and to ventilate this has been turned off the path to be canadian journalist and the political analyst. robert and latasha says, israel is deliberately targeting civilians in order to cover up the reality of its brutal raids. when it comes to journalist, israel has killed more journalists and garza. during this conflict, then were killed during the fall of world war 2. and i think that says everything that needs to be said is an evidence attempt to cover up what is going on on the ground. and now that there are not many reporters, of course, people can always attempt to report, but it's very difficult once the equipment is confiscated and in nor randazzo specifically, we don't know everything that's happening because of the murder and the rest of journalists on a mass scale in this conflict of many journalists that i knew in the north by their move south where it had been killed. and so it's very difficult to find out exactly wh

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because, laura, in your piece that you wrote for the website, her mentor was alistair darling, who gaveree pieces of advice. and the third piece of advice was always leave people with a bit of hope. but actually, if your colleagues are then also saying to you, hang on, we're going to be really unpopular because we're going to do hard things, then it must be a really hard balancing act to know how much hope to offer. i think it's really i think it's a really, really, really difficult set of circumstances, both economically and politically. how do you make voters feel excited about what labour might offer when you know that there's not much in the tin when you rattle it around? and of course, politics is not all about promising spending money. there's a lot of focus at the moment across the political spectrum about how you spend public money better. nobody listening to this would think that money is absolutely the only answer. and yet it is, of course, a big part of political promises. and this is not going to be a chequebook election. you know, we've all covered and newscasters will all

do you think being in the treasury when you are preparing a budget because you worked for alistair darlingoduce budgets in very, very difficult times. i remember then actually one of his budgets that came up and said, oh, debt might hit 89% of gdp at some and everyone went, oh my god! and actually we've managed that. we've managed that, and even worse. so what's it like if you're in a treasury team at a moment like this? well, i mean, it's busy. that's blindingly obvious. i mean, it is very different injust different circumstances. you know, writing a budget in happy economic times when there's good news to announce is quite a fun thing for chancellors. remember, you know, it's a bit different nowadays, but if you're going back to the 2000s, you wouldn't see no. you know, gordon brown when he was chancellor would only be out, you know, four or five times a year doing big things. two of those would have been fiscal events and they were basically opportunities to shape the political weather largely, in those days by announcing good news and that obviously hasn't been the case due to the less

joining me now is alistair burlinson, china analyst, from enodo economics.owth is ambitious, but is it realistic given the economic situation today? i think it is, i don't think the target is particularly surprising. i don't think it's so conservative that will further oppress the economic prospects or sentiment in the country. nor is it so ambitious that it undermines the consistent message that growth must stabilise and is now second—order to more longer term objectives, most importantly as was on display today in the opening ceremony of the national leaders congress. the transition of the chinese economy towards one based on high—tech innovation, indigenous innovation and new productive forces as the driver of that economy. the economic growth target had become much less important in recent years in response to the acceleration of those ambitions. what other policies could we expect to get things moving? i think the physical support will remain fairly conservative but there are a few areas in which it is likely to emerge. most of them have a ready been an

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it's not since 2010 that there's been a labour chancellor — alistair darling.opes it won't be too long before she gets the job. let's talk to her about that and what she might do if labour wins the election, which is still an f. election is a long way away, in political terms at least. let's talk about the national wealth fund. the idea is the government would stump up idea is the government would stump up £7 billion to encourage the private sector to start to put money in. you have the former bank of england governor mark carney and the chief executive of barclays. the national wealth _ chief executive of barclays. tue: national wealth fund chief executive of barclays. tte: national wealth fund is chief executive of barclays. tt9: national wealth fund is a key component of our growth plan. britain has never had a national wealth fund before. the idea is to lavage in private sector investment, alongside a government endowment to invest in some of theirjobs and industries of the future, from carbon capture and storage to green hydrogen and steel. areas where we

alistair i think you've got a clip. do you want do you want to talk us into this clip? should, but there are so many gaffes these days, i think. >> i think this one pertains to his confusion about geography. yes >> on friday coming days, we're going to join with our friends and jordan and others from providing air drops of additional food and supplies into ukraine. okay so for those that weren't fully concentrating , what did he do in that clip? >> what went wrong? >> what went wrong? >> yes. so this was yesterday. he confused gaza with ukraine twice as he announced that the us would provide additional aid to is. this is not to palestinian is. this is not a hot topic of conversation in the state. 65% believe the israeli hamas war is important to them , hamas war is important to them, and 59% of americans believe the war between russia and ukraine is important. according to a pew research centre. so this is not necessarily, you know, on everybody's minds. however. over the weekend, comedian bill maher gave a blistering monologue on biden's age, saying the president walks

and alistair darling.ly and are a well respected think our tax is respected think tank. our tax is going or down. up still going up or down. up still rising to 30, 37% of gdp in 2829, the highest level since 1948. and if i can just do one !948. and if i can just do one more thing, personal taxes will also overall be going up, not down. however, there is a caveat here. middle earning workers gain more from rate cuts than they lose from the threshold. freezes but and here's the key thing lo and i care more about lo lo and higher earners are at the opposite ends. >> so lower middle income earners are the winners and people who are on the bottom and at the top they lose out. yeah. >> and some people would say , >> and some people would say, well actually some actually i suppose some people would say that's fair. i don't think if people who are struggling most are losing out, i struggle to see how that would be fair in anybody's calculation. >> to be fair to be generous to the government. they have been extreme

so you look at chancellors like alistair darling or roy jenkins and people like that.t to please his own backbenchers . please his own backbenchers. he's to try and move the he's got to try and move the dial the country . dial politically in the country. but i suspect he's looking at this saying it's probably this and saying it's probably too task for me be able too big a task for me to be able too big a task for me to be able to do the right thing to do so. do the right thing rather the popular rather than the popular thing. >> you agree that, >> would you agree with that, james? say, i think james? i have to say, i think jeremy a jeremy hunt looks to me like a legacy person , somebody who's legacy person, somebody who's concerned reputation concerned about his reputation rather perhaps, uh, give rather than perhaps, uh, give the squeaky wheel all the oil . the squeaky wheel all the oil. what do you think? >> yeah, i think this has been explained very well. think explained very well. i think it's tough situation. it's a really tough situation. you've got the political