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and it could impact their vote. qanon is one of them. it claims president trump is fighting a secret war against elite, satan—worshipping paedophiles. though completely unfounded, it's been entertained by the man himself. these are people that love our country, they just don't like seeing it. so, i don't really know anything about it other than they do supposedly like me. tom long runs a local facebook group in the swing state of florida. it's one of the places false claims from qanon has reached. you see all these crazy things that are posted and reposted, and then reposted. and if you know that person, you think, oh, that person knows what they're talking about. and then it gets spread, and spread, and spread. even though it's completely false. qanon has also surfaced on younger platforms like instagram and tik—tok. jade fleury is from houston, texas.
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she says it could affect how her friends vote. honestly, they believe that the republican party and the democrat party are both just evil. so, they think that they're better off just not voting. they have no idea that it's linked to qanon. some of them do, and some of them don't. i would say the majority of them have no idea. exclusive research from the bbc shows that qanon has generated over 100 million comments, shares and likes online this year. that increased sharply over the summer, with more people at home because of lockdown. social media sites stepped in and began to slow qanon‘s spread. by then, it had already reached the mainstream. qanon is a very pervasive conspiracy theory with a lot of very cult—like tentacles that can really grab onto people's minds when they spend a lot of time online. if you're in a dark place, you're very susceptible to easy answers to very complex problems. it's notjust a domestic problem. whilst qanon appears to have
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originated in the us, it's these sorts of spaces that could be exploited by foreign interference campaigns as polling day approaches. marianna spring, bbc news. as we've already heard, one of the new measures the government is expected to announce tomorrow is a curfew on pubs, bars and restaurants in england, which could see them ordered to close at 10pm. our correspondent duncan kennedy is at a pub in winchester. yeah, it is a pub where there has been some lively interest in the sport that has been on the telly. they have been enjoying themselves with that. when you ask them, what you think about the idea of pubs closing up ten, many say, yes, they would accept it. but others have been telling us it is yet more mixed messages from the government. firstjob done, line—out won. at the march hare pub, they're mad about rugby. they're going to replay it! even on a monday night, there's quite a crowd, with many staying until closing
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time at 11. but if, as expected, the prime minister says pubs will have to shut at ten in england, what then? ten o'clock, yeah, as everyone has said, is reasonable. and i think we all recognise that we have to adjust. if it saves lives, then, it's something you've got to do. but others here would see a ten o'clock shutdown as yet another confused government message. priorities sometimes get a little bit mixed up. a lot of sound bites, but no substance. we've heard about moon shots, we've heard about whacking moles, we've heard about everything. but what we seem to lack is a coherent strategy over the whole thing. the uk hospitality industry employs around 3 million people. the eat out to help out scheme was a real lifeline for many pubs and restaurants. so any new restrictions in opening hours is unlikely to be welcomed. it's going to be a negative effect for the hospitality trade. a lot of businesses solely provide on the later hours. and they are the trades and businesses that would be affected more.
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england alone has around 40,000 pubs. but the government has been saying it has to act over covid—i9. and so, the signs are pointing, yet again, to more change in our lives. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in winchester. that's it from us. the prime minister will deliver a televised address tomorrow evening at 8pm here on bbc one. but now it's time for the news where you are. good evening.
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hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor at the guardian and eve pollard, former fleet street editor. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. a the second shutdown begins, says the telegraph — they say borisjohnson will order pubs to close by 10pm and people to work from home once more in a televised address tomorrow night. the daily mail says the new restrictions mean the uk is being slammed into reverse. the mirror says mrjohnson could also announce a ban on households from mixing, both indoors and outdoors, putting an end to socialising at home. while the times, which also leads on the story, says it's understood the number of people allowed to attend weddings could be reduced from 30 to 15.
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an exclusive for the guardian on their front page, which says that families whose relatives died of coronavirus in the early stages of the pandemic want an inquiry into nhs iii, who they feel failed to recognise the seriousness of the illness and told people to stay at home. global stock markets took a tumble today, report the financial times, as concerns intensify over a second wave of coronavirus infections. and the washington post home page reports on trump and biden on the campaign trail — as co ntrove i’sy over whether the republicans should replace supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg during an election year continues to play out. so let's begin... one huge story dominating, good to see you both. let us start with the
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daily mail, stark language, uk slammed into reverse, that is the front page. some of the language is quite interesting. jessica, let us start with you, what details have you picked out from this article? we are learning about the new restrictions that will be imposed from tomorrow, probably not as stringent as you might think from the headline, or even from what was briefed a few days ago. there is going to be a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants. they are calling time at being served on the bar, you have to have table service if you go toa have to have table service if you go to a pulp in england at least now. borisjohnson is also probably to a pulp in england at least now. boris johnson is also probably going to go into reverse on the drive to
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get people back to work so there will be more of an encouragement to keep working from home. only a few weeks ago, it was on the front page of papers that we should all get back to the office. that is changing. that is what they are getting at with the headline slammed into reverse. the picture is quite striking as well, the two top scientists wearing masks outside downing street? what is quite interesting is when you walk around, how many people do not wear masks. you do not have to wear them in the straight but if you go into a shop which you do. i love seeing men hugging other men but none of them are waiting masks. perhaps if we did have to wear masks, that would remind as what is going on. if you walk along the street on a sunny
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day, you might forget. but there you both are, they are both wearing quite dark sombre masks, the fashion has not gotten into bright colours and has not gotten into bright colours a nd flowers has not gotten into bright colours and flowers as it has for women. what is interesting, in northern ireland where they have a lot of problems, one family cannot visit another family. that will terrify most of us because we have survived by going into one another‘s gardens oi’ by going into one another‘s gardens or even houses. if that goes, i think we will all go bonkers. let us go to the front page of the daily telegraph, this will not make you any happier. jessica, it is the same image, the second shutdown begins, basically a very similar message on the front page of the daily telegraph as well. yes, it is quite
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interesting, we are told rule six will be reviewed to weeks after it came in so that will be the beginning of next week. it could be replaced with this more stringent rule as we have seen in northern ireland today which means you cannot mix with other households inside your own house and to reassure you a bit, they will still allow people to visit one other household outside. you can still meet up, it is not a total ban on mixing with anyone else at all but still something which is at all but still something which is a lot stricter than what we have become used to since lockdown. eve, give me your thoughts on this, having to post, the online website,
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will there be a corona curfew? lots of people asking questions about this 10pm curfew, why 10pm and will it work, what do you think? we have seen photographs and all the papers of people out late because we have been very lucky, we had a glorious septemberand the been very lucky, we had a glorious september and the weather has been great so people have been out late. if you shut the pub at ten o'clock, people will get on public transport and go home whereas if you shut the pub at 11 or12, and go home whereas if you shut the pub at 11 or 12, people carry on and go back to one another's houses and party on and maybe the feeling if you should not be out after ten will make the job of the police easier because we have seen great crowds of people and the police in carnaby
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street a few weeks ago trying to control them. it puts uphall on saying, i will meet you for a drink, there will be a party later, i am afraid it is a serious curfew and as the weather gets colder which covid prefers, the curfew may stop because i think older people, like myself, are trying to be as careful as we are trying to be as careful as we are but of course if you are young, andl are but of course if you are young, and i sympathise with that, you think you willjust get a bad flu but the danger is you might affect someone you're standing next to in a lift or nearby in a shop who is 65 and might not be so lucky. yes, that is part of the messaging. let us go to the front page of the guardian, we are looking at an article on the right—hand side, and exclusive for
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them, families and virus victims wa nt them, families and virus victims want inquiry into nhs111, what is this about? some of the cases that are described here by michael lique are described here by michael lique a re really are described here by michael lique are really incredibly tragic and make you realise how overwhelmed the service was and unable to cope with some of the cases coming in. there is one person described who died in blackburn after having called 111 twice and was told to state and take paracetamol even though his wife described him as losing his sense of taste and smell, being a huge fame —— back pain, developing a fever, no energy and turning grey but totally stay at home. eventually he was placed on a ventilator in intensive ca re placed on a ventilator in intensive care and diet. there are many more exa m ples of
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care and diet. there are many more examples of this and what these people are saying, they thought the services could not cope with the advice it was having to give on this new disease. yes, harrowing and awful stories, and interesting exclusive on that front page in the guardian. staying with the guardian, a different story, kier starmer to urge redwall voters to return to labour. he is asking the voters who departed to take another look at labour, will it work? first of all, who can believe that the first time he gets to stand up as a leader of the opposition is online on an empty hall. i think he obviously has to try and see if he can win some of those people back. the problem was very much brexit, labour did not get what people, especially in the red
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wall area felt about brexit. they felt very strongly they wanted to be british on our own and leave. i do not know whether labour party is going to go about brexit. apparently kier starmer himself was a remainer. many who were remainers have said let us get on with it. he will have to make it clear whether labour party stand. then we have all the trouble we will have with brexit and the problems with northern ireland between now and the end of the year so it is possible he can persuade them but they have got their own troubles in the red wall area. a lot of them will lose jobs and a lot are worried about the pandemics are whether this is the right moment to catch their attention, i do not know and of course probably nobody has been to see them. i think boris went up been to see them. i think boris went up after the election but you cannot travel around the country at the
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