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you know, they are making money out of, you know, what they're enabling. but some believe that making so much money at a time of economic hardship shows that there's something fundamentally wrong with the economy. let's take tesla, for example, just look at its share price over the last year. it's now worth more than the nine next largest car companies combined. it's made elon musk the richest man in the world. speaking of wealth, out of the ten richest people in the world now, six are us tech entrepreneurs — elon musk, tesla, jeff bezels, amazon, bill gates, ex—microsoft, larry ellison, oracle, mark zuckerberg, facebook and larry page, google. joe biden has said he wants to look closely at competition around big tech according to those close to him. i don't think he has a huge choice in the matter.
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within the business community, there is a growing chorus of voices who are realizing that they're operating on a very unfair playing field. president biden is also reportedly considering hiring an antitrust tsar to look into monopolies in tech. other senior democrats have even called for companies like google and facebook to be split up. big tech has had a bumper year, but withjoe biden as president, they're likely to face more and more scrutiny. should so much power and wealth be concentrated in the hands ofjust a few companies on the west coast of america? james clayton, bbc news. a reminder of our main story this evening — the news that captain sir tom moore has died at the age of 100. he'd been treated for pneumonia and had tested positive for coronavirus. sir tom raised tens of millions of pounds for nhs charities by walking in his garden before his 100th birthday. in a moment, we'll have the news where you are, but we'll leave you tonight
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with some memories of a remarkable man. when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high... i will go on as long as i can, for as long as it's worthwhile doing it. at the end of the storm there is a golden sky, and the sweet silver song of a lark... never imagined anything like this. you are the uk's official number one. that really is truly amazing, isn't it? # you'll never walk alone.# you'll never walk alone.
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ben wright, bbc news, westminster. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are uk trade and economics correspondent for politico, anna isaac and chief executive of the think tank new economics foundation and former labour adviser, miatta fahnbulleh. tomorrow's front pages starting with... "a national treasure" is how the metro describes captain sir tom moore, who's died in hospital at the age of 100 — he'd been battling both pneumonia and coronavirus. the i describes the second world war veteran as "the best of us". he was knighted by the queen last year after raising more than £30 million for the nhs by walking laps of his garden. under its large image of a smiling captain sir tom, the telegraph reports on the results of a study which has found just one
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dose of the 0xford/astrazeneca vaccine is successful in cutting virus transmission rates — a key factor in tackling the pandemic. that encouraging news about the oxford jab is also the main story for the mail, describing the development as a game—changer. the guardian says it has seen a leaked presentation which reveals labour's strategy for winning back its "red—wall" from the conservatives. the paper says it includes "making use of the union flag, "veterans and dressing smartly". and the ft reports on alexei navalny�*s jail term in russia. the kremlin critic has been handed a three and a half year's sentence for embezzlement, but has told he only needs to serve two and a half in prison, having already spent a year under house arrest. so, let's begin. there is anna and miatta the papers are really interested in, the death of a national treasure, let's look first of all at the daily mail which has a picture of a rather nasty sir
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tom in a dinnerjacket draped with a union flag with that famous walker of his. looking rather proud there... let's start anna, it is extraordinary that a man until the age of 99 and a half who was entirely anonymous now died potentially the most famous man in britain. , �* , potentially the most famous man in britain. , v , potentially the most famous man in britain. , �*, , ., , , britain. yes, it's been absolutely extraordinary _ britain. yes, it's been absolutely extraordinary and _ britain. yes, it's been absolutely extraordinary and he _ britain. yes, it's been absolutely extraordinary and he really - britain. yes, it's been absolutelyl extraordinary and he really caught the public mood at a time that was very dark when we think back to last year when we first had reports of the webs he was doing in his garden. borisjohnson had just been taken into intensive care and everyone was into intensive care and everyone was in a state of shock at the seriousness of his pandemic —— this pandemic. it was such a heart—warming story about what someone can do in the very limited powers they have and then millions of pounds later, he has become this national hero.— national hero. miatta, why was it that he walked _ national hero. miatta, why was it that he walked his _ national hero. miatta, why was it that he walked his way _ national hero. miatta, why was it that he walked his way into - national hero. miatta, why was it that he walked his way into our l that he walked his way into our
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hearts? something dogged about him, the way he dressed in his elegant way? i the way he dressed in his elegant wa ? ~ , the way he dressed in his elegant wa ? ~' , , , , way? i think he 'ust inspired us all. i way? i think he 'ust inspired us an. ithink— way? i think he 'ust inspired us all. i think it— way? i think hejust inspired us all. i think it was _ way? i think hejust inspired us all. i think it was a _ way? i think hejust inspired us all. i think it was a really - way? i think hejust inspired us all. i think it was a really dark. all. i think it was a really dark time~ — all. i think it was a really dark time the _ all. i think it was a really dark time. the nation was in shock and you just _ time. the nation was in shock and you just saw— time. the nation was in shock and you just saw such a resolve from a 99-year-old — you just saw such a resolve from a 99—year—old and there is something about_ 99—year—old and there is something about his _ 99—year—old and there is something about his spirit that i think warmed all of— about his spirit that i think warmed all of us, _ about his spirit that i think warmed all of us, gave us hope and inspiration and a sense that actually— inspiration and a sense that actually if he could kind of battle through — actually if he could kind of battle through and thinking of others and trying _ through and thinking of others and trying to— through and thinking of others and trying to raise money, all of us can do our— trying to raise money, all of us can do our part— trying to raise money, all of us can do our part as well. i think he kind ofiusl_ do our part as well. i think he kind ofjust spoke to the national spirit. — ofjust spoke to the national spirit, was a sort of light of hope and resilience at times i think we all needed — and resilience at times i think we all needed it.— look at the metro which says simply on its front page a picture of sir tom with his world war ii medals, we have lost a national treasure. it was extraordinary and know that just walking in that connection to world war ii was something back in march and april, those terrible times that connected with people in an
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incredible way and just kept on going. incredible way and 'ust kept on oiiin_ �* , , incredible way and 'ust kept on oiiin_ , ~ incredible way and 'ust kept on iioin. , . ., incredible way and 'ust kept on oiiin_ �* , ~ ., ., going. absolutely. we have to remember _ going. absolutely. we have to remember the _ going. absolutely. we have to remember the generation - going. absolutely. we have toi remember the generation that going. absolutely. we have to - remember the generation that has been hardest hit and has faced the greatest loss are people who would've had very strong memories if not of serving in growing up in the aftermath of world war ii, people in their 80s and 905. so aftermath of world war ii, people in their 805 and 905. so figures like captain sirtom their 805 and 905. so figures like captain sir tom moore and at the queen have been really crucial in people keeping their resolve where people keeping their resolve where people have face extraordinary levels of isolation, it's been frightening but to have people like this has been empowering for people, it has made them feel through small act5 they can do something. it has made them feel through small acts they can do something. we have seen it and lots of ways where members of the public volunteering in trials now volunteering to help vaccinate. everyone wanted to chip in and be useful and it was wonderful to see someone less obviously able in terms of his physical fitness deciding that he is
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going to make it his goal to use what little power he has to create a lot of attention and make goodness, he did. == lot of attention and make goodness, he did. , ,, ~ ., ., he did. -- my goodness. an hour or so an i he did. -- my goodness. an hour or so ago i was — he did. -- my goodness. an hour or so ago i was interviewing _ he did. -- my goodness. an hour or so ago i was interviewing a - he did. -- my goodness. an hour or so ago i was interviewing a man - he did. -- my goodness. an hour or| so ago i was interviewing a man who was 101 who did 970 laps of his garden in east london, he was an asian british man who said he was so upset about captain more's death that he couldn't eat and so his son was going to make sure he tried to have a good meal last night. that expression affected everyone young and old. i remember miatta at the time we had to learn all these new words and phrases, coronavirus, social distancing, track and trace, contact tracy, antibodies and so on. so there was something deeply familiar about so there was something deeply familiarabout him, a kind of so there was something deeply familiar about him, a kind of person we almost thought," you know what he reminds me of someone from my family or someone i met years ago", there was something deeply familiar about him which we really needed at the time when the coronavirus was
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vacant, dangerous, and scary, it was suddenly personalised and familiar with its fight back.— with its fight back. absolutely. a lot of peeple _ with its fight back. absolutely. a lot of people talked _ with its fight back. absolutely. a lot of people talked about - with its fight back. absolutely. a lot of people talked about the i lot of people talked about the twinkle — lot of people talked about the twinkle in his eye, there was the sense _ twinkle in his eye, there was the sense that — twinkle in his eye, there was the sense that he could have been any of our grandfathers but i think the piece _ our grandfathers but i think the piece that really touched people was the sense _ piece that really touched people was the sense of solidarity that he was trying _ the sense of solidarity that he was trying to _ the sense of solidarity that he was trying to help others at a time when we were _ trying to help others at a time when we were all— trying to help others at a time when we were all worried and i think one of the _ we were all worried and i think one of the things that did spark and dominate in that first wave was the sense _ dominate in that first wave was the sense of— dominate in that first wave was the sense of us— dominate in that first wave was the sense of us all reaching out looking after our _ sense of us all reaching out looking after our neighbours. there was a collective — after our neighbours. there was a collective resolve that we have to iet collective resolve that we have to get through this and i think he embodied and epitomised that in a way that— touched many people. he is on the front iaie touched many people. he is on the front page of _ touched many people. he is on the front page of the _ touched many people. he is on the front page of the daily _ touched many people. he is on the front page of the daily telegraph i front page of the daily telegraph looking there with his four metals. i am not a metal expert, looking there with his four metals. iam not a metal expert, i looking there with his four metals. i am not a metal expert, i don't know if that includes the knighthood from the queen but the article we will look at is one of good news. 0ne 0xford job cuts transmission, major study finds a single dose
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prevents two thirds of onward infection with no hospitalisations recorded. anna what you make of that? , , , ., ., that? this is the news we have all been waiting _ that? this is the news we have all been waiting for, _ that? this is the news we have all been waiting for, it _ that? this is the news we have all been waiting for, it being - that? this is the news we have all been waiting for, it being sort - that? this is the news we have all been waiting for, it being sort of. been waiting for, it being sort of stage to know what a vaccine where we know there are vaccines that work, we know with a bit of luck we will get them out of the door and the robot is going very well, we have nearly 10 million people vaccinated now which is extraordinary compared to some other countries. —— the roll—out is going well. the one question on everyone's might is it may stop me going to hospital but doesn't mean i can go about my business, see family, and hopefully not too far down the road give someone a hug? with it being two thirds effective, 67% at cutting transmission, once we have a very heavily vaccinated population as it were, that gives us some real hope of normality. that means we can really think and look forward to his state a few months away still, you are hopeful but less dangerous to
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other people even if you are safe yourself, it is pretty massive news. after two that may be the key point in this article, the reduction of transmission by 67% after the first jab. transmission by 67% after the first 'ab. , , ., ., , jab. this is huge, and really good news because _ jab. this is huge, and really good news because i _ jab. this is huge, and really good news because i think _ jab. this is huge, and really good news because i think the - jab. this is huge, and really good news because i think the big - news because i think the big question— news because i think the big question mark was always about transmissibility and whether vaccines— transmissibility and whether vaccines would have an impact on that _ vaccines would have an impact on that and — vaccines would have an impact on that. and this shows that they do particularly after the first jab because _ particularly after the first jab because i think where the government has come _ because i think where the government has come under criticism for its strategy— has come under criticism for its strategy of— has come under criticism for its strategy of spacing out the jabs and hoping _ strategy of spacing out the jabs and hoping that if you get your first 'ab, hoping that if you get your first jab. that— hoping that if you get your first jab, that is enough and then you can wait three _ jab, that is enough and then you can wait three months and this suggests that strategy is right. sol wait three months and this suggests that strategy is right. so i think we can— that strategy is right. so i think we can all— that strategy is right. so i think we can all be high optimistic but cautiously— we can all be high optimistic but cautiously so not least because we know _ cautiously so not least because we know there are mutations of the virus. _ know there are mutations of the virus, there are so question marks about— virus, there are so question marks about how— virus, there are so question marks about how that interacts with the different — about how that interacts with the different vaccines. so we are still in a waiting — different vaccines. so we are still in a waiting game but because for some _ in a waiting game but because for some hope. in a waiting game but because for some hope-— in a waiting game but because for
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some hoe. ., ~' ., ., , ., some hope. miatta you know any of these 1,000,000.96 _ some hope. miatta you know any of these 1,000,000.96 people - some hope. miatta you know any of these 1,000,000.96 people who . some hope. miatta you know any of i these 1,000,000.96 people who have had this first dose? yes. these 1,000,000.96 people who have had this first dose?— had this first dose? yes, i do. since my _ had this first dose? yes, i do. since my friend _ had this first dose? yes, i do. since my friend puts - had this first dose? yes, i do. since my friend puts her- had this first dose? yes, i do. . since my friend puts her parents, the older— since my friend puts her parents, the older generation have had a jab. -- i~96 _ the older generation have had a jab. —— 1.96 million people... there is 'ust —— 1.96 million people... there is just a _ —— 1.96 million people... there is just a sense — —— 1.96 million people... there is just a sense of relief and hope... anna? _ just a sense of relief and hope... anna? , ., ., anna? yes, i have quite all different— anna? yes, i have quite all different stipend _ anna? yes, i have quite all different stipend sending i anna? yes, i have quite all- different stipend sending mildly plain text messages making sure they have got there appointments. do they listen to you? — have got there appointments. do they listen to you? yes, _ have got there appointments. do they listen to you? yes, i _ have got there appointments. do they listen to you? yes, i think— have got there appointments. do they listen to you? yes, i think so. - have got there appointments. do they listen to you? yes, i think so. what i listen to you? yes, i think so. what we will go a slightly younger people now. we're moving down the generations now from captain more down to schoolchildren because the next story in the telegraph says pm urged to follow scotland's meet and reopen primary schools, to sum this up, scotland looking at a return on the 22nd of february, england looking at march the 8th. are these miatta dates that people should put in pen or pencil in their diary? i
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think with everything with this virus. — think with everything with this virus. but _ think with everything with this virus, put it in pencil probably. but i _ virus, put it in pencil probably. but i think— virus, put it in pencil probably. but i think the government will come under— but i think the government will come under some — but i think the government will come under some pressure. i understand i think— under some pressure. i understand i think probably everyone understands why they're being cautious and every single _ why they're being cautious and every single parent with school age children. _ single parent with school age children, myself included, our hearts— children, myself included, our hearts sank when we heard the 8th of march _ hearts sank when we heard the 8th of march rather than half term. we can understand — march rather than half term. we can understand the cautious approach. it will but _ understand the cautious approach. it will put some pressure particularly if combined with news of vaccine effectiveness, it has been capping transmission because there is a deaf spirit _ transmission because there is a deaf spirit need _ transmission because there is a deaf spirit need to get kids or find behind — spirit need to get kids or find behind and ones that are being supported are using so much is supported _ supported are using so much is supported an infrastructure that has brought— supported an infrastructure that has brought them their development... we have to _ brought them their development... we have to prioritise getting our schools _ have to prioritise getting our schools back. my view is for a schools back. my view is fora matter— schools back. my view is fora matter of— schools back. my view is for a matter of couple weeks it is ok to be cautious— matter of couple weeks it is ok to be cautious but i imagine he will come _ be cautious but i imagine he will come under a lot of pressure
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particularly from their side that we need _ particularly from their side that we need to— particularly from their side that we need to move quicker.— particularly from their side that we need to move quicker. anna, or the dates about — need to move quicker. anna, or the dates about right? _ need to move quicker. anna, or the dates about right? i _ need to move quicker. anna, or the dates about right? i think _ need to move quicker. anna, or the dates about right? i think it's - need to move quicker. anna, or the dates about right? i think it's very l dates about right? i think it's very hard to tell- _ dates about right? i think it's very hard to tell. we _ dates about right? i think it's very hard to tell. we have _ dates about right? i think it's very hard to tell. we have to _ dates about right? i think it's very | hard to tell. we have to remember that young children themselves can transmit the virus, that teachers can transfer the virus, and they can bring the virus home. in that situation where you have most people with children, talking about the youngest primary school years in scotland, those are of people of nh where they want to have had the vaccine yet and you could still end “p vaccine yet and you could still end up in situations where there could be huge disruptions at schools because of so many families having to isolate and teaching staff have been to self—isolate. until we have more clarity about whether teachers are going to get some special key worker status and get the jabs themselves, i think it's a bit hazy and as we've heard, everything should be in pencil at the moment. it should, miatta, i was having a debate with people on air about whether or not it should be called
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that wasi are for kids and their education, what do you say? tragically i think it is. and the stories— tragically i think it is. and the stories you hear of kids in the private — stories you hear of kids in the private communities where they are 'ust private communities where they are just losing _ private communities where they are just losing notjust private communities where they are just losing not just the private communities where they are just losing notjust the education, it is all— just losing notjust the education, it is all the — just losing notjust the education, it is all the other support. and it is absolutely heartbreaking and we have to _ is absolutely heartbreaking and we have to do — is absolutely heartbreaking and we have to do everything we can to get this year— have to do everything we can to get this year back so there has to be a programme — this year back so there has to be a programme notjust of this year back so there has to be a programme not just of support to help them catch up educationally and academically, but it's all the other stuff that— academically, but it's all the other stuff that is really important for our kids— stuff that is really important for our kids growing up that many kids are losing — our kids growing up that many kids are losing out on. and we have got to address — are losing out on. and we have got to address that we cannot have the generation— to address that we cannot have the generation that loses out spectacularly because of this pandemic. spectacularly because of this pandemic-— spectacularly because of this iandemic. ., ., , , pandemic. anna, how to subdivisions from widening _ pandemic. anna, how to subdivisions from widening so _ pandemic. anna, how to subdivisions from widening so kids _ pandemic. anna, how to subdivisions from widening so kids whose - pandemic. anna, how to subdivisions from widening so kids whose parentsi from widening so kids whose parents have books and time and ipads go ahead and kids whose parents had to work may not have the assets fall behind? , ., , ,., , ,
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behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect _ behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to _ behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to this _ behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to this which - behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to this which is l

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