and home from schools to. check their catchment area things like that i think we've seen a whole so shift in the relationship between the state in the citizen and that's what we need to change it is a bit of a dichotomy there isn't it the government have to be seen to be protecting people but at the same time protecting their individual liberties have they overstepped the mark well that's it i mean the last government it was typical played a lot of politics with this and they presented this is a sort of seesaw trade off and yet when you looked at the measures one by one they were to dial freedom to very little for our security the proposal to extend attention that charge to ninety days was not justified on the evidence that we actually saw about police investigations id cards something that was said would help stop illegal immigration and terror and and terrorism as well it was very clear when we looked at both the the very vulnerable design of the cards but also the way the system would work in practice allowing foreign nationals to come in for three months before they'd need a car well that's no use to stopping terrorism so the real danger is that we've given up a lot of our freedom and it hasn't made us any safer top the argument of course is

that if you've got nothing to hide you've got nothing to say where do you stand on that i just think there's been too many examples of injustices i think too many people have found themselves on the wrong end of the state through very arbitrary action whether it's the market trader endorsed and fined and given a criminal record for selling in selling vegetables in pounds and ounces rather than. metric we've got other examples of day to day citizens who've come up against the harsh justice of the state and i think it's about time we start standing up for the british citizen and i don't really like that slogan at all but what can be done now to reinstate britain's leprosy where you're seeing a range of things to go home of his counter-terrorism review which is great we've seen the new coalition government scrap id cards i spoke out very very much in favor of that there's a whole freedom bill that we're going to be debating shortly great opportunity to repeal some of the draconian legislation. some of the unnecessary legislative

graffiti that we've seen littering parliament over the last thirteen years we've had three thousand new criminal offenses hit the statute books but it hasn't cut violent crime police record violent crime has gone up that's just i think a few of the example of the kind of things and the way we can change the conversation the state has with citizens what is this freedom bell well it's a piece of legislation it was in the coalition agreement it's going to be coming out later on i think this year or early next year and it will be i'm hoping we haven't seen the details but a range of things that will be repealed on hoping that we're going to look at control orders i'm hoping we can reduce the level of pre-charge detention i love to see strength and jury trial in this country we've had the first criminal trial without a jury for four hundred years recently and scale back some of this intrusive surveillance as well it sounds a lot like this government will be dedicated to undo ing a lot of what the last government did without actually having any kind of original ideas that say well i'm not sure that's true i think protecting british liberty is

a fantastic tradition of god in this country but i think it's also very relevant to what we've got today but the idea is to have less law so you're going to create a new law you're going to try and get rid of some of the old stuff but i do think it's important that we actually take. presenting this thing as a debate between having on the one hand security and liberty on the other hand one of the things i'm going to be talking about in the next month is the importance of strengthening the justice system not just so that we've got the safeguards that protect the citizen but the so we can use it to take the game to the terrorists i think we should have a much more a boss prosecutorial strategy more use of plea bargaining and lift the ban on the use of intercept evidence so there's also new ideas and i hope some of them will get some favorable reception from the home office in the government as a whole things like the european investigation or seem like they would make it easier for terrorists and other criminals to be prosecuted your white surely that's a good thing be great if it was limited to counterterrorism that would be perfect great. it isn't and we've seen the european arrest warrant we got from twenty four

requests coming to britain in one year to over a thousand and i'm afraid there's a lot of british citizens who are either innocent or against whom the charges are very shaky being swept up in this and i feel the european investigation order would only exacerbate that risk because what it basically allows is for an investigation authorities to demand not requests demands british police forces cash cash strapped at the moment going under all sorts of pressure with a tight budget situation is going to demand that they prioritize every one of the requests they get i think that's bad news for the enforcement but i also think it's bad news for the british citizen calls the protections around the data whether it's bank records of d.n.a. whether whatever it may be just not there in countries like bulger will remain but from that perspective it's not really looking very good is it william hague the foreign secretary has in fact further into the european investigation of what what if it was the home secretary but you're right it doesn't take these decisions

a whole i think in fairness they were landed with a very poorly drafted text and a very quick decision to make the decision they've taken is that they were opt in and then continue negotiating and try and remedy the defects i think that's very difficult when you talk to and you lose your negotiation leverage but you know fortunately they got this this decision loaded on so that without having to be able to influence the preliminary stage of the of the text the directive and i'm afraid it's one of those decisions which i think regrettably we ought to do more we should have stayed out i can you see any hard evidence that this government will stop the transfer of those kinds of powers to the european union well we've already said we got a review of extradition ongoing there are some things that we can do without going to change the european arrest warrant decision so that's one thing i think you are hearing a different conversation but what we need to do is and this is the point i made in parliament about the scrutinize every decision that comes up. very carefully if

they're sensible or enforcement measures we should be taking in partnership with our european colleagues let's do it but we also need to scrutinize the protections for the british citizen and also the norm for cement that it will have what do you support a referendum in britain at this stage as to whether we should carry on being a member of the european union when i think it's too late for a referendum on that i think at some point and of course once that is lisbon treaty entered into force the whole issue of the referendum became legally moot politically it's still a very hope and i think you know listen very you know short clear what our position in terms of the coalition position it's not it's not in the coalition programme for government but david cameron made it very clear in the run up to the election the conservative position was that we would try and alter the terms of trade the conversation between britain as a nation state and brussels if the end of that period we're not getting the answers and the kind of change of direction that we want the referendum question could come back onto the table i suspect the referendum look which we're going to be introducing via legislation which will prevent any further transfer of power

without a referendum within the medium term at some point make some kind of referendum inevitable now you came under fire thought for your email address to be removed from various websites how do you defend that as someone who supports freedom of information first of all what i own is one lobby group to stop sending me a bombardment of emails. there's a system a device they set up which allows them to send you clone emails and so i was getting hundreds and what i said is look can you just take me off your list very politely it was no and then the question was why and one of the reasons why is that i was advised if you have your email address in the public domain you can all these lobby groups to stop email you just basically junk so that's what i mean what my email address is available people can e-mail me my office is being very accessible via my. site i've just been nominated for awards from my website because very user

friendly inaccessible but what this is really all about is me saying look actually an m.p. has a limited amount of time and we work hard there's a huge amounts in terms of demands a lot on what i want to do is prioritize my constituents the ones that are in the greatest need the issues that i think voted to deal with and not play pitter patter tape ping pong with lobby groups and their phone emails i don't think that's serious business and you'd be amazed at how many people have emailed me to say they agree to what do you think the biggest threats to civil liberties in britain today is i'm not sure there's a single biggest threat but for me reported journalists put it quite well he said we seem to be lost on liberty reflects and i heard phil johnson from the other end of the media spectrum from the daily telegraph say this they say something similar today we used to instinctively react against the state's incursions into our freedom and to offer free space and i think that what the last government which was

very cunning and surreptitious was to be so long slice of freedom and there's not one big thing because the culture change that happens when you gradually eroded free speech when you gradually erode the justice system when you gradually extend detention without charge we've got to do i think the single biggest challenge is to stop scrutinise text the case for these new laws these new powers and one of the suggestions i had today was i need to have one queen's speech every five years in a parliamentary term that maybe would get too far but i certainly would like to see a sort of chilling effect on the legislative hyperactivity we saw in the last government do you think that's the fault of an apathetic population that isn't really taking any notice of a slow but steady erosion of liberty i think is a little bit of that i think the media are a much more acutely sensitive to now on both sides of the political spectrum and it's the guardian of the daily mail the very conscious of this issue now but of course it affects one person at one point into. they may complain about it they may

try to raise the profile of a injustice but we picked off one by one as individuals in different ways in different parts of our life and and civil liberties always being inherently vulnerable to that kind of slowed abuse but we've got to do is recognize it as a much bigger issue and protect that tradition of liberty we have in our country otherwise our children are going to find themselves growing up in a in a very different kind of society with a very different kind of culture. thank you very much thank you. the close up gene has been to the saucily in regions where the biggest russian salmon caviar processing try tree is located is known argy goes to northern

paradise where many still live off the land. for new ways are being found to fight a common term on. the russia's first free elections retro. thousand years ago. welcome to the road region russia close up. forty two thousand americans die each year from car accidents only a thousand. seven hundred thousand people are there and thirty two thousand will kill themselves cancer in all its forms kills five hundred sixty thousand of us a year part disease is even more devastating it kills over eight hundred seventy thousand americans every year. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and

what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world join us for technology update on our. more news today violence is once again flared up flow from these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are today. which brightened. some from funds to pressure.

needs for instance on t.v. dot com. to go chavez kicks off a diplomatic torn mosque ours russia and venezuela seek to pull together and shake up the balance of world power. pandora's box open to women in u.s. politics are accused of playing dirty voters with emotional tactics where they lack professionalism. and the grand prix is coming to russia the formula one event will be held in the black sea resort of sochi the city hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics. also america is beating its own financial records again with soaring unemployment and national debt now come on president of bonus payouts for the country's top banker. up next the latest from the world of sport with andrew farmer.

thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up. a story russia has set to host its first ever formula one grand prix. plus we've the latest action from the k. is the bottle inside the chairs of point a new coach. is put on hold after its american owners take court action to block the deal. but first history is being made in russia today a deal is being signed to give the country's first ever formula one race. bernie ecclestone is signing a deal to put sochi on the racing calendar the first russian grand prix will be states in twenty fourteen at the black sea resort where a track is being built it's a six year contract with the option of extending it for another five in the move

follows a series of f one fans in the russian capital over the last few years not to mention the emergence of rhinos batali petrol as the first russian driver in formula one sochi incidentally but also hopes the big three in twenty four teams. now they are the worst team in the kontinental hockey league at the moment in the chairs have appointed a new coach after losing the thirteenth game from fourteen former tractable under a number of old takes over from alexey had a shock after the chance lost. the style last night the defeat keep them rooted to the foot of the table while service down with the third elsewhere to discuss late goal by dimitri morning i couldn't save them from a six four defeat at home to a lot of my teeth while they were too thin. and mean that the inside of a ruthless against the school ones you think you come out with gold and me. actually. make the shoe game against the. street but

if you can pull the message. out tonight sky. with a chance of leaping into third spot in the lake and they've got every reason to think they should be competing for owners by the end of the season and i like to skate shelf. takes a closer look at the big spenders from st petersburg. russia northern capitals a home to star athletes like boxing giant nicholai while loop olympic figure skating champion you get the pollution go and of course arsenal's striker andre out of shape and in the last couple of years the city's team had been accumulating players including from the n.h.l. to stake a claim for the guarin cup. first stop skull is an old soul and yet now russian abbreviation which means the central kabul the army hence the nickname army even

though today the players are far from being on to d.g. even minutes away now let's jump straight to that history this team has never been crowned champions in either the us so or the russia however it's becoming increasingly evident that skulls are becoming russia's next major ice hockey power the club's joint instead star studded rockstar being only one of the factors on the road to success and fundamental belief president alexander made did explains it with the fullness of the team or because all would you go for really. is a little rule number three is that interest is all and with a wave of players who could demonstrate skills as i characterise. a local youthful killer he fell about the evils of people for far away for a loser for his acquittal here are some names that might ring a bell for an avid fan of the national rugby league alexei yashin getting the bulk

of moxie knocking again it's all these guys were at one point instrumental in their respective n.h.l. flops therefore you are finding their yosh in such company is obviously a plus in his hands but they get our income first of all it's a lot of unsold players the former still less. so it's make. because. it's all a. read on it's a lot of guys play footy and have much to miscalculate for the sake of a different. environment but that again it's a. great city of beautiful arena the fans that time as far as you can on the last year was a lot of soul dollars and a lot of fast implores this place has been exciting to bear and didn't do well in the playoffs but still protect their existence in twenty ten head coach ivan janata picked up the reins from compatriot gary smith who led the team to see. second place in the regular season a longtime canadian ex-pat having lived in italy for the last twenty five years as

a nazi admits that reading is syria is so far his biggest challenge in russia as for the game of hockey well desire to win is probably universal in any country the goal is always to be the best you can be and of course we want to be amongst the best so. you know we we have to understand that is expected of us we have the capabilities to feel just once we have to make to be amongst those busboy robust things. that's we're fighting for it getting a back up spent ten years in n.h.l. san jose sharks where he became an all time goaltending leader in several categories but his star status seemed to have put in major strain on the management's wallet so after becoming a free agent at the end of last season he promptly signed a four year deal with st petersburg sparking competition among all of the cage shells forwards as to who will score at least a goal against the two thousand and eight world champion however that's nothing to

get used to according to an upmarket sundays and to of all of the game. especially now in this league a lot of good teams and a lot of surprises and sometimes people expect you to win every single game and almost want to bowl teams out but it's not easy. are you have to challenge yourself every time and. so far as that's a challenge that we try to face. experts in russia and. st petersburg as the cage shells team however such comparison is a rarity served any team in any sport any real justice the kontinental hockey season is still young and sky are doing pretty well so far and hopefully their fans will be just as happy in april twenty seventh as they are now for a man called sort of artsy st petersburg. now another news the sale of liverpool football club has been stalled again american owners george gillett and tom hicks

have gained a temporary restraining order from a texan court to stop the club being sold to new england sports ventures the pair is seeking one point six billion dollars in damages claiming the sale orchestrated by the club's board was an epic swindle gillette in the hague believing the price tag of four hundred seventy seven million dollars had severely undervalued the club however the board say the restraining order is unwarranted and with that swiftly to have it removed. on the pitch liverpool hope for their star striker fernando torres will be fit for sunday's merseyside darby he was sidelined at the start of the month of the growing injury regime training yesterday although carrick and daniel agger are doubtful after picking up knocks on international duty liverpool are currently in the relegation zone after winning just one of their seven matches and out of form wayne rooney was thought to be struggling with an ankle injury at least that's what he's a man in just a alex ferguson said after leaving match of the side recently but the manchester

united forward he's only scored once the season as the ninety's ever had a man could probably do this season although he told reporters and short of goals in this venture united. we can. saying with football because of president sepp blatter he has been in the u.k. to discuss england's world cup bid he met with prime minister david cameron just a few weeks before the sport's governing body announces who will host the twenty eight and twenty twenty two world cup also at ten downing street. russia also bidding to be hosts and is seen as england's main rivals for the right age the tournament it's. one of the most troubled commonwealth games comes to an end today but the closing ceremony in new delhi strayer will top the medals table but it's also been a successful games for india who finished at least three goals in boxing on wednesday these two medals tally. one the light welterweight division while the host also claimed the flyweight and titles and is also drawing table tennis india

a stunning favorite singapore in the doubles final. well despite all the problems including the late completion of the athletes' village organizers say the games have been a good six games federation chief mike fennell saying the competitors had enjoyed their experience and although three athletes had failed drugs test it was still alive number. one would concede to have three don't think uses a lot of thirty two hundred is not about record. and to all those have been concluded for structures that are considered by many to be not serious over. duty which is shipman. has not been heard and therefore. would not want to make any comments on it until we can have gone through the process finally in basketball yang ming has paved he's

still a force to be reckoned with despite spending a whole season on the sidelines the n.b.a. superstar helping the houston rockets to beat the new jersey nets in his native china yang is making his comeback from a foot injury and what better place to return than at home the league's tallest place spent just ninety minutes on the court but using a ticket to turn things around for his two second quarter the rockets taking a ten point lead the next did pull within just the last quarter but mainly began on target to launch that leg and chase putting gas shortly after trying to break point but whatever jason ninety one eighty one to houston and the i mean he said playing at home a very sweet memory so. it's always exciting it's come back to china. against our own. country particularly in this arena. you know i'm still the memory of stewart fresh for me when we play olympics here you know

a supporter from offense and. today to come back even play for a different team but. you know. as much as before and good to see him back that wraps up the sport for the moment the weather is not . fixed.

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party's top stories or go chavez kicks off a diplomatic tour in moscow as russia and venezuela seem to pull together and shake up the balance of world power. pandora's box opened women in u.s. politics are accused of playing dirty swaying voters with emotional tactics where they lack professionalism. and russia's formula for success that's hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics simply isn't enough for the black sea resort of sochi it's racing ahead to welcome some premier motor sport.

it's five pm in moscow and this is r t coming to you live first up this hour russia and venezuela are two countries set on shaking up the system so that the global balance of power is more evenly spread over chavez has come to moscow to nail down cooperation which is so important for the south american republic to strengthen its standing is following the first leg of the president's diplomatic tour. doesn't seem like question when israel and never run out of things to discuss and of course there are several reasons for that when they meet our political pundits world over seem to pay close attention because these two seem to be at the forefront of the changing political landscape in the world on the one hand you have russia an already established political power with immense has to teach it and natural resources and capabilities in it only seems to grow stronger to force a lot of a lot of politicians in the west in the united states and in europe are paying very close attention to what russia has to say and what russia is doing in the us.