i know you know age they know human erosion they're not only iran they're not iraq and of course israel did arguably lose the war in lebanon against as a bull and i got to tell you though in britain i don't know whether you've been reading the news crown prince moment in selma has been visiting the prime minister in the queen here i understand your knowledge and intelligence of. this region suggests that saudi arabia would also be part of a an alliance with israel and washington in this war on iran and i think saudi arabia is in many respects a long pole in the tent especially with mohamed been so mom as the heir apparent and really the king. started already wants are on taken down and saudi arabia has an erstwhile alliance right now we are with riyadh in order to accomplish those and do you i mean of course we would be speculation but obviously he's here in london

you'd think that he'd be telling the british prime minister about these sorts of plans what do you think of the british just response straight from. requests from washington. i think it's a little bit of both but i also think prince bandar has demonstrated in the past how much billion dollar bribes impact both washington and london so it's not much doesn't make much of a stretch of imagination for me to imagine theresa may having shimming credible leverage exerted on her so the two years at least neutral not supported because explicitly saudi has never threatened military action on terror ronit talks against iran all the time says it's a dangerous country but it's never ever well it's never even said it's a big ally of israel. you know it's a it's an alliance of convenience and the saudis even more than israel would like the united states to do the dirty work in iran the saudis simply do not have the

kind of power that would be necessary to invade iran invest it for some decade or so which is what it would really take if you wanted assuredness that the nuclear program was indeed stopped. and as to how we can stop this war as most people in the international community arguably would wish for. could beijing lower moscow or them together stop the war there has to be some remaining full conversation between moscow and washington moscow to bring power to bear on don't ask us and on terror on and washington on riyadh and israel and to a lesser extent turkey still a nato ally by the way and there has to be some good offices all for probably and some leverage offered by beijing beijing has significant interest in your on. the

road initiative has a whole segment that envisions pipelines running south and north south the north in iran and on into europe and so for china has a lot invested and a lot in prospect for investment so yes they have a great interest we forget that iran is in geographically speaking western asia the middle east nomenclature sort of throws us all off western asia in other words china is more or less region of the world and so yes beijing washington moscow all need to be brought to bear on this to prevent the conflict in syria and prop potential conflict with iran from leaving widening or even happening and becoming a more region wide conflict and even a global conflict going to larry wilkerson thank you top of the break a millennial xah visually tuned out of mainstream media parallels to explain the rise and rise of jeremy cool been ridiculed by every outlet of britain's m.s.m.

and had a job or a spring statement to dres amaze universal credit policies lead to a thirty percent were raised in the use of food bags in the u.k. the list of all coming up a bot to have going underground. maybe . on march eighteenth vote with your remote. for special coverage of the russian presidential election exit polls opinions real time results monitoring and much more. welcome back to more of britain's finance minister or chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond will deliver

a spring statement about the economy of the united kingdom mainstream media will no doubt focus on his abandoning of neocon neo liberalism maybe but less attention will be paid to a tory britain arguably riven by division thanks to everything from benefit sanctions to the slashing of public services to subsidise the city of london official figures are conflicting about inequality which worsened under the labor years of blair and brown but many would argue that whoever has been in power the voices of the most marginalized in society are being heard senior producer pete bennett went to talk with the grassroots activists fighting for political representation in an effort to give the working classes of britain a starring role in this story how much of our lives that dictated by post by law schools and policies coming from the building behind me and its near liberal decisions are made on all the hoff by select few how can elected members of parliament accurately represent the diversity of british society i'm speaking activists on the front line campaigning against tory government and local councils

working class issues striving to get the most vulnerable in society a seat at the table of power chris barely is the founder and c.e.o. britain has class a grassroots charity stablished to tackle the institutions at the center of britain's class problems. so i'm a working class kid from i went to comprehensive schools all my life i'm going to say just sort of statistically in the sense of you know if you throw enough working class kids in the russell group universities some of them get in and i go and i study economics for three years and i nearly dropped out i think at least once a year because you just get there and you work so hard together you've done so many things to prove that you're worthy of being somewhere and doing something and then you have just thrown back in your face every minute of every day that you're around people who are better than you you know around your equals your on your superiors because people have seen more than you they've experienced more they they know more they've done more people you know quite line in the so every year people from the top twenty percent of social economic backgrounds drop out of university of about four percent but for working class kids for kids from the bottom twenty percent to

about eleven i think so two to three times as many working class kids drop out of uni every year and it you know is instilled in every single part of. british life and seven percent of kids educated in the u.k. go to private schools but private schools are such in still pubs of privilege that a third of m.p.'s are going to private schools a third of the one hundred c.e.o.'s are going to private schools sixty something percent of oscar winners seventy percent of leading surgeons and lawyers went to private school so education policy massively guides equality in the rest of the country and education policy is decided in parliament inside film as an educational project empowering marginalized groups to tell their own stories a collaborative documentary the feedback from the project's founder is talk to d.j. o'neal an activist educates and he left school at sixteen to raise a daughter single handedly attending night school until eventually in her fifty's been awarded a ph d. we worked with a group so i said them had. film camera just had

a handheld camera and what they did is they interviewed each other so that they could talk about why they came to the bank why they need to use it how they felt about used in the bank and of course what you get when you get people telling their own stories they get very different. they lead to a new form of mainstream media and people who come to the kinds of brazen sanctions is one big thing someone came in a couple of weeks ago and they've been sanctioned because they've been told they'd been moved to the person that was a set in their time and so that meant they had no money there was a woman with four kids who came in last week and she had been overpaid by the d.w.p. so they stopped her money so she had poor kids and no money coming in and people are being excluded from the ability to integrate their own lives they're being talked about by people who have no experience of working class by the how can they possibly know what it's for i to go through what the working class are going through at the moment they can't possibly know that so i think it's really really important that working class people get to represent themselves thirty years in the

film industry academy you would winning producer be it buries his works in british cult classics the old man is shifty plus the critically acclaimed feature let's assume back that we spoke about first hand experience of misrepresentation from london to hollywood in the last few years we really know that there have been some real issues around representation and discrimination and sexism and i think it happens around class too and a lot of it is really we're really about our prejudices in the u.k. and it wasn't our started moving into production that i realised actually i didn't sound the same that i hadn't been to cambridge i had a private education and that most of the people had and then you also realise that so many of the people who are telling working class stories of course we do tell those stories on you they're not from your class and of course we live in a country that is very very polarized in terms of class and a lot of the information that people get about the working class is just through

media representation and if the only visibility you happy working class people is on things like reality t.v. shows then there's not very much knowledge about working class life there's not much engagement particularly critical engagement with power. working class people have been treated under a series of governments how neo liberalism has very little use for working class people and then it's much easier to blame them for their predicament and they are in an awful predicament a moment well to look at the structural reasons why people are all elite in the kind of lives that thatcher definition the class was a communist concept to than the blair years of we're all middle class it's why we really come confused because the government policies around this equality act does it really protect class and discrimination now it doesn't so i think we really have to have a really big conversation around this and i don't think it's as simple as all

ideologies that are good or bad or particular parties are good or bad bad i think it's like a really big we view that we need to have since blair and those of working class people have turned away from the labor party because they see it's been dominated by middle class people who have middle class concerns and we can say that we can see how abandoned and i think that's part of the bracks here to idea that oh it's because they're racists it's because they're an educated now it's because they've been abandoned that's what people need to realize that you know you can see in london and kind of being very contemptuous of the working class who voted to leave here but if you go to those mining those are mining towns if you go to the south mill towns and you see how people are living then you might start to be able to understand why people voted to lay crossed is the early liberation very early to recognise merge most group of society that doesn't have protection of the qualities that you can fire someone on or hire someone legally speaking for having

a certain accent from being from a certain town or not going to a certain school we think that people socio economic backgrounds don't have a bearing on how people were so it should be decided for you whether you can be successful based on cross i mean i would definitely argue that quads. it's the hall of all of the issues that are affecting people in this country of course we have to take things like sex and disability and wraith into consideration of course. i think what we need to think about is not in terms of intersectionality but in terms of solidarity so that we work together and we recognise that you know there are ways to engendered working class people i think part of that identity politics is it deflects away from past and. the more visible. and i tend to become the more difficult has become poor working class people we contacted labor m.p. for north and a host of britain has class life where street sing about the role m.p.'s can play

in amending the equalities act he was unavailable for comment if you want to join the discussion the charity's next event is the great british class conference held at the london school of economics in central london on the twenty fourth of march. senior producer peter bennett on working class representation at westminster there because jeremy corbin the bookies favorite to be britain's next prime minister right now change all of that joining me now is liam young author of rise how germy corgan inspired the young to create a new socialism liam thanks for coming on going on the run i've got to ask given the massive mystery around this tragedy and wilcher of this seventy six agent and his daughter emily six the head of it weighs six adjourned we deal of said about the protagonist of your book just ahead of the twenty seven election journey corwin is a danger to this nation and with a six which are who wants lead he wouldn't clear the security vetting. you know that means jerry coburn is really dangerous yeah well they'd have us believe that

for sure but i mean jeremy coleman's been a member of parliament for a hell of a long time and if there was any issue with his background i'm pretty sure that they would have picked up on it already by now and we saw with the whole check spy scandal and smearing this world that there's no depth to which these people won't sink to do sport very early on that. really people older than just weren't listening to mainstream media when it came to the result of it definitely yeah i mean you know newspaper. sales are falling for most titles and a big reason for that is because the demographic of people who buy newspapers are literally dying off a little bit more that but it is true but we get on news and opinion and information from different sources now and so a lot of those hits against jeremy on in the check spy all the things that we had throughout the election you know allegations of being

a sympathizer with the ira with has a lot of all of these different stories that we've been hearing for the last two and a half years they don't really land with young people because it's not an area of the media that we're paying that much attention to the guardian newspaper columnist comparing this is actually serious and quoted in your book of comparing people people like colbert to the gruesome and you know early manson murders here so this was this was the discussion about the cult but it's actually quite offensive to be talking about somebody who has inspired mass membership of the labor party who has engaged young people whether it's a joke or noids not sceptical to just dismiss as all is a cult especially in that that way with that comparison what it was and what took hold because quite early on in this a lot of it is about media saboteur you named the magazine g.q. we. what we're doing is equally all the work over there were certainly pieces that

were asking the question of why do young people hate jeremy corbyn and this because for a while we had this idea that young people were actually big venture capitalists who supported the tory party didn't like socialism or what it offered in that it was old school and they link to all of this which only being old as well so why would young people be inspired by an old bloke who makes jam and has some dodgy tracksuits sometimes why did all of these journalists get it so completely wrong as to why. we called and could do better than the evidence of thirty forty five in terms of increased vote well i mean for people who talk a lot about plurality the plurality in many areas of the british press. when people were asking the parent left wing papers to represent the korban project fairly they were being told to shut up basically but it's not about critics of any of the typically left wing press saying everything you write has to be protocol that or

you have to have all of your commentators be protocol that it's about fairness people just want a balance there's no problem of reading a newspaper that half doesn't support half the that's good that's a good thing but what we had in the press in the lead up to the election and actually over the last two and a bit years has been complete and utter hatred actually of the project and people don't even want to engage with it or discuss it and you didn't much time for this term activist media when a blow to media that. does give the spectrum clear evolved over media and so on school books why don't necessarily think it is activist media in the sense that when people use that term they're comparing it to the establishment press who are supposedly the guardians of fairness and safe reporting for me this whole fake news phenomenon is actually down to a lot of them feeling uncomfortable that they've lost their grip on fake news fake news is printed on the front pages of many. stream newspapers every day in this country to the point where you get

a little correction on page fifty two but then sites and online news sites that are trying to present the leftwing view are completely dismissed as crazy or mad or fake news would you make of some loser that of course with relative success of course did lose to the who who said that the problem goes down to education in britain. history teaching about russia and the if britain better education system we'll talk more about russian crimes in here called we wouldn't be doing so where the response to the election was mindblowing were in that first of all they spoke about bribes and fees and said that everybody was bribed then it became people only voted labor because they didn't think jeremy had an actual chance of winning and then as the tories realized they had this huge problem they turned to this idea that young people have not been taught about stalin's crimes in the

soviet union. you know i don't really know how you respond quite seriously to that but if our debate has descended to that. writing something that will be pilloried for being so shouldn't be too much of a problem then young thank you and that's it for the show will be back on wednesday though for the fallout from british finance minister for the common spring statement on this stage of the u.k. economy till then given by social media forty years to the day british backed israeli troops invaded lebanon displacing well killing up to a quarter of a million in catalyzing the un's unifil force is now in dialogue with. the art of the deal is being put to the task the former reality television host broker a deal with the north koreans will the deep state allow him also is a world in training a new trade. join

me every day on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics. i'm show business. breaking news here on r.t. britain's parliament blames russia for the poisoning of a former russian spy despite the u.k. prime minister being unable to fully confirmed moscow was behind the incident in salzburg. nine it states remains prepared to act if we must. washington's envoy uses the floor of the un security council to deliver an aggressive message threatening to strike the syrian government. and washington leaves the door open for e.u. countries to negotiate their possible exemption from u.s.

metals tariffs with their financial contribution to nato membership playing a decisive role. and a very good evening to you my name is the this is r.t. international. british prime minister treason may have said it is highly likely that russia poisoned this former spy surrogate script that was in a statement she made to parliament what followed was over an hour of heated debate and accusations against moscow artie's on syria churkin who was following events. it is now clear that mr script and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent of the type developed by russia this is part of a group of nerve agents know. the government has concluded that it is highly likely

that russia was responsible for the act against and you the script well you know highly likely is it an interesting term to use given that the investigation is still ongoing there has been no evidence presented by the police we do know that theresa may herself has said that authorities would be given some more time to look into exactly what happened and there seemed to be one voice at least inside the house of commons today opposition labor party leader jeremy corbin talk called for dialogue but that message seemed to have fallen on deaf ears we need to continue seeking a robust dialogue with russia on all the issues currently dividing our countries both domestic and international rather than simply cutting off contact and letting the tensions and divisions get worse but i entirely agree with the prime minister in her approach to this murderous attack we are not going. to you know actually share it with all members of parliament should stand together yeah it which you'll

show except that while we may not be in a period of cold war with russia as we were in the ninety nations because of their actions it could be said that we are at least now entering a period of cool you know doubt that the only way to deal with putin's regime in russia is robustly decisively and together as a parliament and a country is russia and proper state to be hosting or engaging in international sporting fixtures in two thousand and eighteen yeah we possess a considerable range of offensive cyber capabilities which we will not hesitate to deploy against that state if it is necessary to keep our can. we agree that russia is a q a present danger we have got to be poorly organized to meet that danger the nerve agent was developed by russia specifically to avoid being covered by the

chemical weapons treaty so could my right shoulder friend today confirm firstly that nobody choke is a totally illegal substance on route krishi to a treasury signatory and the british prime minister theresa may went on to see that it will not be business as usual with russia anymore she said that the russian ambassador to the u.k. has been summoned to answer the questions about where this nerve agent had potentially come from theresa may said that if there is no credible answer from russian officials by wednesday that's when the u.k. will get back to the table to look at potential sanctions well though these latest moves and most feared terms of future relationships with russia don't seem too surprising given the extent of the media hype we have seen unraveling throughout this last week when it comes to this incident with sergei squalor we've seen headlines saying it looks like a state sponsored attack russia should be treated like a terrorist it is whether this poisoning can be conclusively pinned on moscow is

beside the point so given this extreme fight that this case has walked hand in hand with it's not too surprising that it does not seem that the british government is going to drop that narrative despite the fact that the investigation is yet to be finalized and of course we've heard reactions from the russian foreign ministry so far they've said that this latest developments are a circus performance they said that this has been a campaign based on provocation and that before creating new fairy tales the british authorities should provide details on the murders of alexander litvinenko boris berezovsky of course and many others as they see who mysteriously died on british. so well so all lots of developments here certainly very very hyped up story yet it seems to be important to keep looking forward to what the investigation brings and of course we'll be here watching that the novacek nerve

agent which to reason may be referred to as a binary gas that means it contains a mixture of elements it was secretly developed by the soviet union one nine hundred eighty s. it's no longer the former is no longer confidential it's reputed to be the most deadly nerve agent that's ever being created. and here's a reminder of just who is the former russian spy at the center of the assassination attempt. group started in the soviet airborne forces he quickly moved to russia's foreign military intelligence agency are you on a mission to the mediterranean region in ninety five he was recruited by a man calling himself antonio alvarez the head dongo of british intelligence time and spot a real name problem a lot. exposed at least three hundred russian spies to the u.k. he handed over the g. or use entire phone directory doing in this did model damage to moscow five years

on colonel scrupled retired from the g.r.u. on health grounds but continued moving crucial information to britain's m i six the code named him forthwith and bought him a timeshare holiday home in spain self coast the double agent was convicted in twenty six of treason getting a thirteen year sentence in a top security russian jail but just four years later he was freed in a high profile spy swap between moscow and washington scruple moved to the british town of brea where his recruits a problem allegedly lives the expire then enjoyed a fairly low profile till now. ok let's bring in broadcasting columnist john gaunt is on the line with me now good evening to you john the first thing i want to know in your opinion. considering the investigation still ongoing treason may comes out saying it's highly likely to be russia why did

she do that why doesn't she wait until the convention investigation is concluded and they know for certain or not who did it. oh it's all part of the fact that she's under incredible pressure at the moment not only from the labor party but from members of her own cabin and even our own party but i cabinet her position is very weak and the pressure has been growing for her to make some kind of statement that would condemn what russia are i think instead of condemning russia at this stage he might have been better if she sorted out the people of saul's really they they waited a week before they told them to wash their clothes or wipe down their glasses or their mobile phones i think many people saw as really feel there's been let down by the government meanwhile we've had a concerted attack on russia when as you rightly say at the moment it hasn't been proved it looks likely because that's where the nerve gas was developed that it could have been russia or somebody with access to that russian gas but it hasn't

been proven yeah and i think she has been premature if it does turn out to be russia there's going to be serious repercussions and will watch with great interest what the us now bastard has the say about this. but if we look at the facts russia are on foreign soil trying to assassinate somebody by using a signature soviet poison that's pretty incompetent is not asking to be caught. well i should competent and it would be stupid wouldn't it and i said this right from day one affair if anybody wanted this man dar dead there's many more ways they could have done it i'm surprised unless it was to send some kind of warning which is some of the narrative that the british press supported forward but you know what's fascinating about this new is that the press have been united the mainstream media in this country and almost from day one saying it's really russia saying it's president putin an explainer now a now turn of phrase the narrative again or russia is the enemy but when you look

on twitter and facebook when i speak to people out i think this is number one agenda for all a lot of people you know people obviously don't want people attacked on the streets of the united kingdom by nerve gas buddy i don't think it really occupied people's minds that much worse today it was a bit of a pantomime i watched it until i got bored he made a statement and then it was just succession of people wanting to prove the ranchi russian credential is an affront to all a bit pathetic let's find out the facts if it is russia or if it is what they're calling state sponsored terrorism then they will have to be dealt with but at the moment that hasn't been proved and also i understand that this guy this nerve gas over sixteen countries have got access to it at the moment and i personally don't want war or war with russia out of it most people do i think they want george sure we need to be getting on with russia we need to be moved.