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is the bird. going to still made a loss can learn why things all look up from her point of view and two thousand and nineteen before spoke up to those we were in the studio with the point she was mills and their messages thank you alex another great response to our show last week from copenhagen next as with all due respect to denmark and might and power and reach she is new u.k. market says interesting to see bricks it from a thinnish few certainly do i think any country would wish to follow our example of george says as a scotsman with very recent ancestors i'm proud to see the pharaohs being examined as a working example of how we human scotland could go it alone kenny says do you think all of europe needs to have a look at the immigration policy there seems to be a lot of disquiet all over europe regarding immigration leading to the rise of the far right. and finally we hear from craig who says people saying they're fed up
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with bricks after two years some of us have been campaigning for independence for ten times as long as never give up i quite agree creek now last week alice compared prime minister trees a miss approach to the commons vote to the charge of the light brigade in the crimean war cannons to the right of her kindness to the left of r. and cannons in front however at least a light brigade made the charge in contrast the prime minister pulled stumps on her breaks a proposal even before the first whiff of greek short it was as if her cricketing avatar geoffrey boycott had decided to stay in the pavilion eating the sun it is instead of facing the fast pulling then she survived an insurrection led by the double battles. and after a quick decision to brussels to be called nebulous by her the prime minister was back to the comments this week with her dead back at the ready rebuffing jeremy carbons attempts to have her brakes of proposals retake both and then finally given
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a decent burial the prime minister wants to keep her deal on life support until the new year it is the goal still of past christmas. we've now had three days of debate on the withdrawal agreement setting out the terms of our departure from the e.u. and the political declaration setting out our future relationship after we have left our this and very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and house i was being set in this chain and out of it by members from old sides from listening to those views it is clear that while there is broad support for many of the key aspects of pity was i. on one issue on one issue the northern ireland backstop there remains widespread and deep concern as a result if we went ahead and held the coach tomorrow the deal would be rejected rising argy. we will therefore defer the coach actually for tomorrow
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i cannot proceed to divide the house at this time so the teasing me breaks a charge faltered in the face of the enemy playschool cannon alex talks to one of the n.p.c. was fighting the biggest guns sammy wilson of the d. samuelson this week labor leaders tabled emotional confidence in the prime minister not going to be taken this week but could be taken in the new year is that the democratic unionist party could support no it's not me or being focused it's not on changing the prime minister on changing the government on changing the government's policy it's a misguided policy it's a policy which doesn't martie up to its manifesto commitments to the commitments it's made to the people in northern ireland this is too important for us and we believe that the important thing is to get this they need to feed it to keep as many people on board as possible that means keeping conservative supporters on
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board and that's what we're doing but no we know if they do you p.c. opposition to the proposal or anything. it contains a back story. differentiation between northern ireland and the west the u.k. no absolutely not in fact we believe that by engaging in these political games would be working on our position because he may annoy some people in the conservative party who are currently supporting us so our me in focus is getting this agreement stopped and whatever it takes to do that will do it and we don't believe that supporting motions of no confidence in the prime minister is a route the way to do that is to ensure that we keep as many people in board people who have already minute publicly clear that they will oppose this agreement when it comes to the house of commons whenever that happens in early january the prime minister misread the signals from the democratic you do this party so completely well i think that first of all she's not very good at reading any political signs
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look at the disastrous general election she led her party and she has ignored the warning signs within her own party and she certainly was never ever able to clear that we were already used the current term nebulous and the information we gave to her from day one and that was that we were going to leave and we would support a policy which made sure we left the european union and respect of the wages of the people of the united kingdom and secondly that northern ireland left at the c.m. time and left on the same conditions why did she go in a different direction did she listen to our civil servants to to listen to those are a her who thought we were bluffing they know not we're not bluffing so looking at the new year the commons strikes so from this impasse your position is the these i'm a deal is effectively day that can't get your support would i be right in saying that the main issue for the democratic unionist party is not the hardness or softness of
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but there is the euro is the same as the rest of the united kingdom's. well i think that there are two issues there first of all yes that has to be the c.m. as united kingdom but secondly the prime minister did make a commitment to the people in the kingdom that when we were leaving we'd be taking control of our own borders we've taken control of our money would be breaking free from the european customs union and single market and that's the kind of pressure that we want to see her delivering so are you saying if the prime minister was tempted to veer towards the norway plus we have some sort of need of know how do we deal not wouldn't find favor with the d u p no it wouldn't i mean it's been made perfectly clear that a norway state deal would still require what the use a special arrangements on the border between north and. norway's that was all of norway eventually joining the as
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a full member we want to leave the measure as well for the last five years as a very very significant point you're making alex because it was meant to be a temporary arrangement just as the backstop is meant to be a temporary arrangement and i don't want forty five years i'm saying all there is a temporary angels was never meant to be used only on assurance all of say but it would be done away with eventually in forty five years we're still stuck and norway is the second most prosperous country in the world by most measurement not doing too badly in the tempi arrangement and they're not involved because of oil and because of other assets which they have and the build it of hard to keep their facing industry clear from you telling this small come to before it was in a very good position a small country with oil is a very good but a small country with oil to the faith biggest country in the world is an even better position so we will so putting you in the mood to father christmas you're
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signed to clause a new god i wish that you can go on to the beleaguered prime minister to be so me what would that wish be for process the. well my wish would be that she would find the kind of resolve that she as demonstrating. against her own party members and apply up when she goes and talks to barney and co as she could show that resilience and not resolve or not backbone then i think should send those . scurrying for their that they're here. to get a deal which is good for the united kingdom and good for your so i will some ok because i don't want well not much these notes here for two days they are indeed the labor party for the out fast top labor m.p. chris voice was sent to explain the opposition's strategy because williamson a lot of people been quite surprised by the labor leadership tactics this week in table a vote of confidence in the prime minister which doesn't have priority in
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parliament to business as opposed to table one and no conference in the government which would have to explain what's going on in terms of what is a prime minister who is in the frame i mean he she is the one who's been dragging its feet and i think the feeling was that it was appropriate to table a motion of no confidence in her premiership she's clearly not fit for purpose she is somebody who has completely destroyed these negotiations it seems it was in relation to the european union and britain's relationship but with the e.u. i think as far as putting a vote in a companies in the government at this stage is concerned i know some people have a dog in that we should do that because they want to get on to this whole issue about a second referendum and frankly i think that's a sensible. way to proceed so our label in talks with the democratic unionist party to see if there is a means of agreement by which a successful vote of no confidence could billet well i'm not a party to any conversations but it was significant that wanted to of the spokes
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people seem to be talking in. family complementary terms i think about about jeremy corbyn and interestingly some of the. commentators to support. i have been posting online to suggest that jeremy corbyn appears to be speaking more in this sort of a unionist than the conservative party and sort of the challenge of the conservative party the conservative and you to the spot it's how on earth the most to get themselves into this situation so i do think it's a possibility clearly they've got no truck with this deal that threesome a has negotiated and i think in in those circumstances if indeed the deal is voted on and we think there's a good chance it will be then we feel that the might be an opportunity of getting a vote of no confidence then we got a fortnight parliament has a fortnight in which to see whether an alternative ministration could be stitched together if that's not possible then we get a general election i think frankly as a general election what we need to to end this impasse that was stuck in the moment but wouldn't. between a d p the democratic unionist party and jeremy corbin be a bit of
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a leap of faith look you know in the end the politics of it all to the possible and you know i think the g.o.p. would potentially take a pragmatic view on it i mean look you would have thought the in place they would have sat down with in favor you know when martin mcguinness and sharing power you know you did this sort of said that would never ever have been possible i remember paisley making a speech in us when he was chanting never never never would he surrender in that sense so yeah i mean look politics is a moving feast and sickly now and i think anything is possible but after all the tumult of the last few months we seem to reach the position at the end of a year we have the. seems to be a stalemate well i mean i think this is what happens when you have a. divided paula ments and a minority government and obviously a government which has been negotiating in a way which i don't think is in the national interest i think they've been driven by their ideology and they're quite happy many of them anyway to have
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a deregulates a tax haven frankly off the coast of mainland europe and i mean i think what may. because this is would like to see a bridge becoming a ball game basement economy of the european union and in an attempt to entice companies to locate here where it's easy to exploit workers and i think you know from your opinion is perspective they think they were too keen to have this bog abasement economy off the coast of europe i think if it was an arrangement that was negotiated say by a labor government then we becoming at it from a very different perspective we'd be wanting to see the the protections the environmental rights workers rights the consumer protections very much is a floor rather than a ceiling which is where i think this particular government's coming from so much sleep for two thousand and nineteen good to be the move that's going to to break the parliamentary impasse and provide the break through to get to a satisfactory engagement break so well tomorrow short of a general election i'm not quite sure that there is any of the way of breaking that
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and plus column and see is hopelessly divided the tories are riven. there are some differences of opinion certainly on the labor benches and probably in every political party there are differences of opinion and it's a very tricky state of affairs are not in favor frankly of a second referendum however i think you know we will then we lost i think calling for another referendum would. still further trust in the democratic process it would it would increase cynicism and more worrying than not i think is that it could only very door forces in our country we've seen the rise of the far right across mainland europe we're seeing even in this country i think a second referendum would be a gift to those extremists and who knows where that would end so my preference would certainly be to continue to press for a general election putting your name father christmas as you go and wish to gladden generally
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a club in your party leader for the new you what's it going to be. no bits and pieces number ten downing street obviously you know. them thank you very. join us after the break where we'll be talking to representatives of the two other crucial groups in the commons the labor breaks the tears and the scottish national party will see then. what is the him that's kind of. the global back in two thousand and eight it was a two thousand and eight subprime crisis. today i think we can safely say that the bubble popped but the collapse. was the principal emotions having politicians the same
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was my medical doctor i want him to do his work job i don't need to like him so i try not to attach any particular person feelings maybe something tactical objections i would have but in politics history is a judge and history will judge whose presidency was in the future when they were the victory to the to the nation and to the blow which was not. welcome back the face to breaks it is not just in the hands of the government the opposition. the small band of labor bricks of tears have a potentially key role in the new year as does the scottish book of s. and p. and p. is growing increasingly restive about the westminster breaks it brought us this is what was said in an s.n.p. emergency debate on the issue this week but scotland if you pull sure and.
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especially edible discoloring drugs against it's well it's quite clear that we need to buy. and depending on the strength of you know it people is calling this a future the labor party needs to lead it is the biggest opposition party it was holds great needs to step up and coordinate the opposition which is here in these benches and in those benches to in order to defeat these proposals the government is running down the call. but running down the clock is not governing. and it's not governing in the national interest this deal will combat so house in the new year when we're had time to respond to the concerns expressed sedate and how those further discussions with the reserve and there is broad support across the house for much of the deal out fast katoey one of them was convinced of labor small bands of bricks the tears and anger signal of the s.n.p.
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to stare into their crystal ball to see when their breaks it and the shape of christmas is yet to come. the labor m.p. you get a bit what are you the party leadership might be softening towards a soft break so no actually i don't think so i think i've got a lot of confidence in our leadership because i think jeremy's instincts are very clearly. to get a sight he accepts the result of the referendum he knows that he's got to keep his party together he's played it quite carefully balancing what is never party policy which of course is that if we don't get the general election then all options are open including a second referendum but it's generally thought the labor membership are sympathetic towards the main on the second referendum but you're suggesting that labor support those white of the membership have a different view yes and it's i think the difference is too in london you know it's very easy when we're here in london and very much labor is kind of dominated by by
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now. not to which it didn't used to be to forget that i side there when. she get into the. they really are a lot of. seventy percent of m.p.'s where there was a vote. and they are very torn because they know their constituencies are not happy if there's a second referendum they really don't want to go through the public generally you know we've had this saying about we just want to get on with it i think. they understand why we haven't left they don't they didn't understand the whole article fifty process you know they think. it's a. very strong prudent. if you going to me question my. leadership role in europe the problem getting scottish independence well
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i think the s.n.p. leadership are good as far as they can convince the u.k. for prevented. the u.k. is determined to do it self economic damage. monthly and woman what it can to stop but i think the. we've got to leave them to their own devices they will not listen to reason the rest of the world. we've got to move on and get ourselves on the lifeboat away from the economic carnage and i think i'm going to be running on his words ninety percent to ten percent of voters said to be members and supporters of course of said let's get off the people's vote idea. let's get on the second independence referendum because that is what scotland needs to do know and this is a golden opportunity of course for scotland. but there's another left. the position has been to be in favor of the single market in favor of the customs union the might will be. in the new you might even be
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a parliamentary consensus towards some form of. do. well i think is a logical and sensible but because it's logical and sensible it's going. to beat the debate has been governed by the opposite of logic and sense of what they should do is revoke article fifteen but they wouldn't do that. voted against this there was a good sense and. we should get on something that's good for independents i mean i think i guess is right by the almost a nonsense of a second referendum you know so-called people. forget that actually people did vote but also you know that this idea that somehow. the automatic everyone's going to change their mind on the referendum would be very different i think it would be a very similar result if not actually getting more because i think there would be a very clear view that you know how dare you treat us as stupid that we didn't know
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what we're doing and this time we're really going to show you so i think that's why there's not this grip for a second referendum the prime minister says she was against having a general election yes she did and she changed her mind on a lot of things and. people just feel once again politics politicians don't stick to what they say. can you explain the german this week. in the prime minister. problem precedence to be on the agenda instead of. the government which would have. a debate this week what was the thinking behind i think the prime. realized that that had no chance of getting through and that it was it was going to be just a kind of you know we're showing our our members there that we're fighting the government we end up with no change to northern ireland really is being separated i then that's when i think it would be a query of whether he would feel it was worth supporting
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a no confidence. vote is going nowhere at the moment people's votes could know what at the moment my concern is the s. and p. are spending a lot of energy. the route for the s.n.p. the reason for being is for scottish independence and we should be following this huge opportunity this disaster is giving scotland to become independent a final question to both. the parliamentary year in effect of stalemate what's the way out of the. ninety. nine even without a deal get a lot of money being spent to make sure that we can do that short term long term. economics is going to the politics of this and the economic starts to bite. the politicians will have to roll over because it can lead to huge problems and social unrest so i think article fifty will be revoked i don't think it'll be extended to be provoked such as going to be the feel of what there is no duplexed to do
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remember everybody is describing at the moment no deal. on all sides they don't accept the deal they're left with vacation. and i think they would have to go after describing the option. they would have to go forward and i would say it will be parliament versus the people because we give the decision to the people and for parliament to try to overturn that will be absolutely. you're going to wish to. what is. going to give you the confidence to actually recognized and keep true to his genuine instincts every single lobby and the e.u. for thirty years he hasn't changed his views he needs to exert those views and to get the labor party to be much more realistic about our future it's best off if the
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e.u. . laws were. there is a necklace there's an eye for a moment twenty one thousand are winning referendum in twenty nine thousand and also that how the neighbors spear themselves economic carnage on our doorstep and england of course and i think if we think back to twenty four scotland when it's independence then this chauvinist anachronistic nineteenth century experiment of blacks it would never have happened and the e.u. would be no i need you have twenty nine independent countries rather than a smaller e.u. of twenty seven who is a manuel but also should have thought ahead when he interfered in the scottish referendum on the behest of david cameron all those years i guess we'll get a medic christmas tree blinking thinking. by all normal loss of politics the prime minister should have packed on bags from downing street by no instead she's wrapping up christmas presents and hoping that the time of the year brings a ton of of political fortunes but merely hanging on and hoping for the best is
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hardly an ounce of the britain's bret's brugge legal there is no majority in parliament for the bay deal or anything that resembles that the prime minister capitulated and not last week there's no more to give from a exasperated aswell european allies we also know there's no enthusiasm in the commons for a hard backs or a no deal basis it will it seems unlikely that norway plus office a safe haven anymore and neither does the parliament form know then that we have a majority prepared to say let's just call the whole thing off most of these boats have already sailed and the ones that haven't of big holes just below the water line the prime minister is no longer even the normal captain of the parliamentary ship she's assembles more of a bomb the coal claim desperately to the whole meanwhile the leader of the opposition sons of. the tortie black city of flush is busted after the
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mistimed assault on their own leadership perhaps it's no longer any parliament to cop to the toll which would seem a setting way to run the ship aground even the scottish contingent seems unsure as to when or even whether to launch the caledonian lifeboat and shaft on course for the continent to fight the only parliamentary group p.p.s. secured and determined in their own objectives of the democratic unionists make no mistake the implications of a new deal but so far reaching come it will carmakers in the midlands will wait in vain for the just in time bob's beef producers northeast of scotland will not save a forty percent tata from the top end of the product that i'm still sadducees in london all right but it will shift operations to those locations elsewhere which allow god indeed access to the market places the idea of the odds of can be extracted from chaos and less than one hundred days remaining for preparations as
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for the budgets however and this is significant the european union seems rather better prepared for a new deal but acts of release the plans how dining state must to grant the last wasted two years of effectively zero content disciplining putting a gun to your own head and threatening to pull the trigger is hardly an affective negotiating tactic or a credible threat either with our former european partners or indeed before members of parliament since this is a parliament which has reached an impasse at the end of this year it acquires to make a resolution for the new year if it cannot make a decision then it needs to provide the means by which the success of parliament can parliament who take advantage of the scottish ruling from the european court of justice and stop the government to revoke up to fifty. this would allow the time and space for either a general election law to be nude referendum or even just a of rational discussion to break the deadlock and shot the way forward free from
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the looming cliff edge. as we say in scotland that would make for a good new year and so from tasm me and all the t.v. as a venue many christmas thanks for watching and goodbye from no. imagine being a six thirty five and you have a what a career and a career involves using your i phone in your computer and things like that being in an office and perhaps you sort of getting hit circulars you're going to have to
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stop doing all this and this is tell you lou the minutes must be frightened my world became smaller and smaller and smaller until i ended up winning it and the box. around it a very strong magnetic field held in my head. think of it like a real hard pressure my skin burned and that wireless access point air says continues on saying with our students in the schools. we are just continually bathing our citizens in this microwave radiation it is certainly electro small and it's getting worse. china a much bigger economic power lunch or wall inter. i think. you have to live with that. and there are lots of
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