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but they flit up “mr w etmil il w; w r all . am up “nigfiit be: m are injobs but they might be on o—hours contracts, at some are injobs but they might be on 0—hours contracts, at some stage the wheels could come off and quickly they end up on the streets. what about the climate change? politicians are urged more and more to do more about climate change? that is one thing but i think the ma nifesto that is one thing but i think the manifesto will be different this time around. from two years ago, only two years ago but since then we had the extinction rebellion protests a nd had the extinction rebellion protests and we had a lot of attention on the urgency of climate change and it is interesting to see. we haven't got much detail yet except thatjohn mcdonnell is against expanding heathrow. as a constituency mp he has always been opposed to that but it looks like thatis opposed to that but it looks like that is labour party policy and so it should be. shall be look at the observer? cameron, bercow thinks that he is born to rule. do you think it is because he went to a comprehensive
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and therefore inherently dislikes the public school? i don't know, he is saying this is an exclusive interview in the observer. and he has... it is a long—standing feud with david cameron. that he has a public school instilled sensitive his superiority. he talks about the brexit referendum and thinks that cameron called the 2016 referendum, will we ever forget it? that it was for selfish political reasons because there was a strong clamour for a public vote on leaving the eu from the british people. there were a lot of people in the conservative party. it was the backbenchers. yes, and speaker bercow turns out not to have been impartial. that isn't
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really a story. shock horror, hello, sherlock! and there he had these private views and we knew that he and david cameron got on incredibly badly. david cameron used to get up in the morning he said and think whatever it was that bercow could do to make his life miserable, he would end up doing that day. lowe i always like pictures that newspapers choose as well. what do we think that picture says? he looks quite, generally there! i wonder if they look through all of the pictures and go, happy there! looks like a royalist complaining someone looks like a royalist complaining someone will take his land away! he will be popular on the speaking circuit. the speaker? the whole point is, you are not supposed to
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speak! but they do afterwards. and it isa speak! but they do afterwards. and it is a lot during his tenure. increasingly so. and wasn't there a story about the fact that he is in a rap song? some of his statements are in this, shouting order, order. i thought, that probably does sound quite good. there is a rhythm there! put a beat to it. the new speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, the photo that is so sir lindsay hoyle, the photo that is so wonderful is of him and his menagerie. the torture sex the parrot —— the turtle, the parrot and the terrified cat! has he written a book? not yet. the sunday telegraph, hospital
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obesity admissions top 1 million for the first time? now, the sad thing about this, no matter, there are so many people who say we should not be fat shaming. it isn't about that but saying, the trouble is, if we are not careful, we are storing up so many problems for the future. particularly if you are starting with a weight issue. you are storing up, obviously we know about diabetes type two and heart disease, but also asthma and depression. they have all been linked to childhood obesity. there is a line saying that almost two in three cases of women with an average age of 54, but there has beena average age of 54, but there has been a sharp rise in the number of babies and children getting hospital treatment. spiralling cases among toddlers and young children. of course, it can threaten your life. cut it short, or mean your life is unpleasant because it isn'tjust about death but also about how you
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live. it is incredibly difficult. of course, when you have so much fast food available, and fast food tastes great. that is part of the problem. really it is about saying, families have to take control. it isn'tjust about trying not to make your child feel that they are the odd one out but let's all of us, together, let's eat a bit better and do a bit more. it isn't rocket science. but it is very difficult, and difficult for the nhs to deal with. they are a sickness service and only deal with it when obesity causes a health problem. it isn't really well placed to deal with the cause of obesity. and i know from accidentally putting oi'i and i know from accidentally putting on four stone in three months. i'm very good at putting on weight! you
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didn't really. i did, iwent very good at putting on weight! you didn't really. i did, i went from nine stone to 13 stone. i discovered a cheese issue, cheese, chocolates, beer... a cheese issue, cheese, chocolates, beer. . . and a cheese issue, cheese, chocolates, beer... and taking the weight off is so beer... and taking the weight off is so much harder! and it took me three yea rs so much harder! and it took me three years to take it off. it isn't like i don't know how hard it is to take off the weight. but also to take control. everyday, iused off the weight. but also to take control. everyday, i used to get onto the scales, i threw them out afterwards, and if i had lost a bit of weight! afterwards, and if i had lost a bit of weight i would celebrate by having some cheese and if i gained weight, i would drown my sorrows with some cheese. it becomes a self—fulfilling prophecy and it's difficult to step back and say, enough. i'm going to stop now. it isn't as though i do not understand the issue. it is incredibly hard to change habits. you have to eat less and make better choices. thank you for your candour about this matter.
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the story on the observer, regarding a decision to postpone this investigation into the relationship between boris johnson investigation into the relationship between borisjohnson and investigation into the relationship between boris johnson and jennifer arcuri. the independent office of police conduct strongly refutes claims published in the observer, they have not delayed any announcements on the state of this referral. our assessment on this matter is ongoing as we collect information and seek legal advice. the observer did not approach the iopc to validate or confirm these claims. they were not tasked by the greater london assembly is reported in the paper, the gla monitoring officer was required to make this referral to the iopc as the dependent authority to investigate possible in criminality. a very robust statement from the iopc. that's it for the papers this hour. john rentoul and penny smith
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will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers. next — ‘this matters', new programme from bbc news, examining issues raised during the election campaign. this first edition takes a closer look at climate change and asks if your vote could help save the planet? welcome to this matters, a brand—new election show for bbc news. for a lot of people, climate change is the most important issue facing the country. concern for the environment has gone mainstream. look at greta thunberg. we cannot continue to look away from this crisis any more. she's a celebrity. she's friends with leonardo dicaprio. and jane fonda is out getting herself arrested at climate protests now. and if you look at the polls for voter priority, it has jumped right up the list in the last few years. it is something the green party has built itself on. the green wave is sweeping the globe, and it has been cascading across britain with our two
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best—ever election results in green party history. and other parties are also trying to muscle in. a country that leads the way with clean, green technology. the climate emergency is an existential threat. scotland will be a net—zero emissions nation. to tackle the climate emergency. not tackling the climate emergency could be a political liability. not all the partyies' manifestos are out yet, so we don't know their policies in detail. but they are already making moves to prove they care about the environment. this week, the government banned fracking, a kind of gas mining that can cause minor earthquakes. that was a change of tune from a government whose prime minister once wrote, "let's leave no stone un—fracked". and jeremy corbyn thinks the timing of the fracking ban is a bit too convenient. i think it sounds like fracking can come back on 13 december,
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if they were elected back into office. seems to me like an election stunt. ok, let's forget about what was said in the past. what are the parties saying now? we are seeing an election going green of which i've never seen before. how do you go to the loo in the arctic? for the last 15 years, david has been reporting on climate change from all over the world. what this is all about is how rapidly the country should reduce its carbon emissions to zero. the green party want to do that by 2030 and spend £100 billion a year doing it. the conservatives say their target date of 2050 is much more realistic also but labour, snp, lib dems and others say that's way too late, they want to act much more rapidly. the brexit party has not come out with a policy get. all the major parties are fighting to be the political green giant. but actions speak louder than words, so let's look at the data we actually have.
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the guardian did a study and gave each mp a score on how they voted in parliament on climate issues. each dot represents an mp‘s voting record. the guardian's findings say conservatives, in blue, generally voted against pro—climate issues, getting worse scores, they say, than other parties. that being said, lib dem leader jo swinson's score was 50% — even though the lib dems have criticised the tories for not taking climate change seriously. it is sometimes hard to see the effect of climate change happening in front of you, especially in the uk. but in certain places, it is getting real. take wales, where sea levels will be up 20 cm by 2050. this is fairbourne, where those rising sea levels could call the uk's first climate refugees. its sea defences will only last a few more decades, so by 2050, the village will be abandoned. to decommission the village, i'll
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have to take my house and my land. this is sylvia stevenson, one of the village residents. unless they start to look at climate adaptation rather than climate change, i don't think we are really going to move forward. the welsh government, like other governments, have got to start treating it as climate adaptation. unsurprisingly, the people in fairbourne are seriously concerned. but is the rest of wales? you have the welsh government declaring a climate emergency. they're obviously taking it very seriously, it is high up on their agenda and they think it is important to voters. we get lots of bad weather here in wales, unfortunately, lots of storms, rain, flooding, high winds — that's obviously a really pressing concern for people. on the other hand, i really don't get the feeling, when i chat to people, that it is the most pressing issue, or one of the big things they are worried about. it's more of an issue for young people, definitely. but brexit is still the main thing that people feel frustrated about, i would say, at the moment.
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when we were looking into this, we found an interesting poll. it is an age thing — 45% of 18—24—year—olds put the environment as their second biggest concern after brexit. it is probably part of the greta effect again. how dare you? you have stolen my dreams, my childhood. we are always told that youths aren't engaged in politics. but in the last election, it is thought that young people turned out to vote in their biggest numbers in 25 years. so it makes sense that the parties are making big green promises chase them. it's the brexit bit now, isn't it? right, i know we got this far without mentioning the b—word. but... ..while we are still a member of the eu, we have to abide by eu laws and regulations on things
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like carbon emissions. but after we leave, it will throw this whole climate conversation up in the air, good or bad. more unanswered questions around brexit — just what we all needed. after all that, is this the first climate election? hard to say, but this is definitely the most prominent it's ever been as an issue. until next time. see you.
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people in parts of the north england and the midlands are still being rescued, after some of the worst flooding in recent years. many are now counting the cost of a month's worth of rain falling in just one day. we only moved in five weeks ago. i've never seen it like this in all my life. 30 years on, celebrations for the dawn of a new era in germany — east and west united, when the wall came down. and, a record crowd of almost 78,000 see the lionesses take on germany at wembley.
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