to make hasting a routine thing it's far from being in the team and reap just don't seem to have a grip of what we need to do why do you want to set up a private casting laboratory and a private contractor a thing service which will never ever work as efficiently as if you had invested in your local n.h.s. services and systems in both the local authority in the end task and in public health england if we look at restarting amount of money spent $12000000000.00 pounds that is the equivalent of the and current budget of all. is exchanged is not that difficult when it is things that we proposed very early on was casting we still water from wholesome precedents but that was too difficult by water really years that there is a lot of people who don't really believe in the creative arts they don't think it is real they think it's

a hoax and my dick worry is that you know for those untrained. people who just a believe anything that be told by science will they even take a backseat it is made available if they don't then they will present a risk to everybody else who does because as long as you know you don't achieve this early beauty and that actually go through vaccination there's always a chance that the virus will come back. if we track down rain forest decide that we can see exotic meat and cattle together everything from snakes bats pangolin with chickens and dogs in market spaces and then everyone thinks it's their right to fly around the world as often as they like wherever they go then there is no hope for us because this will continue we have to start recognizing that the planet is itself well nibbled that we are biological organisms this is part of an ecosystem on it we need to reconsider completely the way in which agricultural traits trade when which we manage our natural resources and the way in which we travel because

these sorts of behaviors supporters to this point and they will continue to do so again so the world needs to rethink how it behaves and also to learn to played a great deal more cooperatively as we are learning to do now unfortunately sad times and great deal more cooperation has been before and we need to make friends not enemies of course covered threatened international economic collapse which we discussed with professor danny blanchflower and former u.k. government chief economist vicky pryce but could it be the psychological impact on a population struggling with successive lock those may be the long term a time bomb of the plan to make a subject we raised of lisa come and m.p. psychological crack a cease fire pole and come in waves that it doesn't come all at the one point in time so it's important that we hop this along terran delivery plan and that's what's needed in towns all supporting mental wellbeing for staff know that if

you're feeling really stressed and anxious that's completely normal so you've had 6 months now of the prefrontal cortex which is the area of the brain which is all about high thinking critical analysis being able to solve problems it's really been impacted down because you've had stress and anxiety which is only meant to can then the tearaway and what happens is that the brain gets in pass down and you're in mid to late instinct area kind of takes over so know that if you've not been feeling great if you've not been thinking clearly as things hoped for. we get that snowball you just automatically start a lift in that area and that will translate to field a little bit better on top of that look if you've survived this long and even though it's been challenging and you've still got great relationships with people that you love the frame that you're blessed because it's great to miss people it's great to have those people that you know that you love in your life and at that the you of course while many countries struggled with corbett a few handled it well south korea new zealand and the tiny feta islands which we described as a light in the north we have all chosen this early in the wrench and that we went

where early and would lock down the faroe islands we only had 3 positive cases where we lucked out we have traced all the cases found the people who have been in contact with people who are tested positive and that we have put people into quarantine we live in a world with a huge amount of and in fact growing transmission aspirants and we cannot be at all complacent about it and we need to really keep noticing our borders and keep doing large amounts of hissing new zealand and meant sure our tracing systems on a tracing systems are we can well as a backstop measure and finally at the end of the year we've got chris smyth by calling again the professor look at meall they were able to reclaim a triumph of science to give us all hope for the future. here we are less than a year after we 1st discovered this virus existed and we've got the genetic code

we've understood it's biology and now scientists have invented not one but possibly 40 different vaccines there are 3 which are nearing the finishing line in the u.k. this is really exciting and not just really exciting science but really exciting medicine these things look to be very very effective let's hope they're really really effective in the really long term but for now if we can carry on this trajectory then yes i think this is boris johnson said is the beginning of the end it is remarkable how the stress server mean by how all these vaccines that are under the incredible achievement are the most not be asleep but at least they predict i think june next year you may well. say more of the mh or we'll see the vote if i was a woman there it will be next then you got sanofi there called johnson and johnson you know noble acts and then as you mentioned i like that that much and what we've seen. certainly is well so so one prediction is by the middle of next year that maybe 28 seems to use in the european union of course the pandemic was not the only

big story of 2020 that is that small matter of a president election and we had a range of experts commenting on the ups and downs and downs of the presidential campaign president from would be fair to say is not my number whiskey overhears a dhoti defendant genelle us or be anthropologist we davis season the trump presidency the end of the american eagle. one of the biggest issues that the campaign is working on right now is election integrity we filed lawsuits in a wide variety of states act to make sure that the protections and the safeguards around the ballot box are secured for every voter and so regardless of who any one person is supporting it is a fundamental protected right and chris lived in america to be able to cast a ballot for those who will represent us and somebody is a law suits are for the purpose to make sure that we preserve and protect the

sanctity of the ballot and make sure that every eligible voter in the united states i has access to the ballot votes once and that their vote is counted. when i say that america is is is it's the end of an american era look i mean i don't wish that will be the styles are because i say to the american century and the best parts of that but remember that all empires are born. as a journalist at the irish times said so putting it really you know people have had many feelings about america in the years but they've never ever ever felt that the united states and those health workers desperately awaited relief flights of basic supplies from china i argued that humans of history move to the asian century i think democrats are worried about this peaceful transition of power and the republicans are worried about it too i think only the folks who are the most diehard trump supporters who support trump over the notion of our democracy are

fine with his his comments about fighting this on multiple levels even if it seems to be legitimate i think everybody else is worried about the prospect of him when we all believe that someone else will in the alleged country see some of the bible as anything more than a transitional figure is not likely as we have say and scotland to hold on fire to say yeah i think that's a great question and i think that you're right that he is probably a transitional figure and i think he knows that i think the democrats have made their peace with that i think that part of the reason that he has such an intense debate about the vice president who even as president was because everybody understood that a person named vice president would have a set to be the president in the next election one of the key issues to mice this year powered by the pandemic and the killing of george floyd in minneapolis was a resurgence of the black lives matter movement we spoke to some of the key players including

a grieving mother dialing cain activist taylor oh my i profess their jeffrey palmer . and what players should be taken literally because one of the most a tick of the advocates for former england football internationalist john bombs of course black history month is about empowering black young young black kids to understand that their history is varied and you have exceeded by people in the possible intellectual point of the scientific point of view who have done great things but this is what would be good for a long while we've been trying to influence young black kids to see their heroes not just as boxers or football as a scene as intellectual seen as a scientist so that's what we do more importantly black history month and we think black people should be for white people because white people have to understand the history of black excellence for intellectual and moral point of view we need white society to see just as equal not the shells as equal because i know or equal don't underestimate it be disestablished nature of racism and i just feel programs

like this help because the university they haven't done their job the schools have not done their jobs and it's probably not the school's fault i think we need government to say to schools get this in your curriculum i think it was being extremely inspiring to to seen the global outline to having you know france and me from liberia pictures of people protesting you know from brussels to brazil to i mean it literally has become a global movement and with that being said you know i think that the military has no crime black lives matter. matter black matter. but matter is is just the minimum black law our cherished their beloved they are important and they're essential to the world in much the same way as it is as all

other lives are right now we're focusing on black lives because they have been disproportionately impacted joins us after the break to take a look at some of the other highlights from the main to here was see you then. a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led.

by. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us on the death. or a mate in the shallowest. welcome back to a highlight show of 2020 now but i like the old as ever with the debate raged

on throughout the year but under the shadow of the fun dammit we discussed it with . you to m.p. claude to race and then independent minded scottish nationalist and you'll skeptic like neil m.s.p. . this is have i can it was declined i should aware of the prime minister was having some sort of light show in the dining street tomorrow to to mark burton's departure is there any sadder me taking place in the european parliament or is there anything to to mark britain's leaving of the institution. i think that the way that european parliament authorities have played this has been very mature and sensible they're not celebrating because they don't believe there's anything to celebrate and i was quoting the observer on sunday just explaining why that is a better way to do it than light shows and so on when you've still 'd got a divided country and people are feel very bruised by this decision

was. was. of the. i think the mood and don't excrete will be come hell or high water but going to deliver a break so by the end of the year even if it means leaving a w t k m's unless the e.u. can come up with some kind of compromise in those circumstances then i think that's what will happen a fundamental deal will be signed perhaps with an extension of the transition or the 23 year years that may be impossible to reach agreement on by the end of december at no stage how the european union sought to impose the sort of conditions on any other country whether it's canada or any other country that they are seeking to impose on the united kingdom that is practically not feasible and it

will lead to or no deal unfortunately if the european union don't change their stance to betray what the british people who thought to sell out at this stage to allow the european court of justice to override that decisions of the british agree . court would not be delivering bricks it and it would create a massive disconnect between ourselves as the governing party and millions of people across the country who voted for and believe in bragg's it and continue to believe in it we're living through the biggest national crisis since the 1930 s. now in those circumstances to have been a man of johnson's style of politics or jokes he found celebrity politics i wonder whether he is as we move into a very dark periods in not just british history books global history whether that

is the style of leader which people again or want the question is what will in due course what may replace it but maybe the change will come from within the conservative party but it matters or as great as i believe they are. i did they didn't rule out i don't say hi i know what will happen i do not rule out the emerging possibility of actually should governments and prime minister sharma before before the next general election is to ireland as one of our fascinations on the szell we presented the the argument from inside the dial under storm and assembly people from northern ireland who wanted to remain part of the you and feel european they floated the internet had them in the way the agreement said could never happen and they felt the minister so we're talking about people who if you went to them in your 1st question was would you like to see a night out and someday they would say yes but that's an aspiration if your 2nd question was will you join us to be an activist they would assert now. but after

the 24th of june 26th the answer to the 2nd question is where do i sign up. my view is not that we should never do which of course i am a republican. it is a game of over one a much cleaner fall approaching a lead and for years and it was actively involved at every level at that unification to call truth but it has to be done properly really organize properly negotiation trying to convince people that any other way will only lead to how it should go and show your amid all the chaos the labor party and liberal democrats managed to conduct leadership races we surveyed the field and our experts test there is out should be said they were both odds on favorite remember the old rule governments lose elections oppositions they win them so if johnson is a disaster the question is is kier starmer the man who could replace him if johnson

is excessive doesn't matter what his stomach does because johnson is going to be in power for 10 years so the question is can he actually nail johnson down so like a year ago everybody was saying we've already discussed a this labor party would only vote for a cotton type figure be next time it would have to be a woman so whenever kids stars name came up it's not chance it will be a woman he must want. instead he's running away with it they see in him a way to be credible or forests to figure who might be the leader lee figure to lead them towards some kind of recovery and that's why he's doing much better i suspect than any political commentator would have predicted a year ago. you know maybe there are said c 30 plus states which we could weigh in any way that we're complementary to the labor party rather than competitive. i

guess that happens you know you got serious numbers for an alternative government trends there in 9097 and that's how many of us got into parliament in the 1st place in the blair revolution it was a complementarity with the labor party rather than culture should scotland was never far from our thoughts on this this is alex summed up the 700 year anniversary of the declaration of i broke and he spoke to latest star pheno ellington scottish parliament was with a dream that we all think and i never thought i would actually end up singing there but a little great boost to the self-confidence of i think with the cultural scene in scotland and it was a tremendous honor for me. for the. crew.

the declaration of roe for 700 years old it is a medieval document it was sealed not assigned it was an e-mail to avignon it went by ship and by horse and 2 weeks to get there before oh it's ancient document is very modern and its concept firstly it's sophisticated all the stuff about the history of the scots as they are for the purpose that's there stablished the credentials of scotland got here before they wish according to the declaration the languages or level that it tells a cop but the roman historian solace that quotes from said john the divine that all people are created equal that means the port but that should be the case these are interesting concepts but even more interesting is 2 things about the document 1st leg seems to go beyond the usual feudal medieval cast list of the barnes and noble's good king robert the cleric who wrote the document it talks about something called the community of the realm of the community of the realm can't be the feudal

caste less so has to be something else sort of embracing that was something beyond that the something which we covered with the people and then most revolutionary of all is suggest what the people the community of the realm might do if good lord robert doesn't come up to snuff and doesn't fulfil what he's made to do doesn't protect scotland against the english then they'll get rid of him and get someone else and that seems to be some sort of look at a contractual relationship between the government and the government of what we might term in modern days popular sovereignty and that is a concept which in the modern world has decided the fate of nations as a concept which might still decide the fate of scotland. but of scotland's picture we had a range of guess articulating the forward for this restless nation including professor tom divine kenny macaskill m.p.

billy kay i declined a message over mcalpine this is how a veteran commentator special saw things at the start of the year well i mean i think the general consensus with which i agree alex is that there will be no referrer in them in 2020 apart from anything else we learned this week from the institute for government for one to happen just in terms of the logistics and there would have to be an agreement on a $1630.00 order by april and they're going to happen so there's not going to be one this year the 2021 scottish general election is effectively the referendum the next referendum on independence but the problem with 30 is that even if they win and win big the scottish government you still have the not inconsiderable problem of boris seeing new right of politics is an art not a science then what a bike the art of politics 2 of our most popular show a speech at the work of artists burns and through the lens of later to photographer heidi benson the man who's 40 got every american president since dwight eisenhower

when asked you know why the saltire. well i mean that painting i would probably just escape myself as being political it wasn't intended to be a quick statement basically a lot of the soul to have because i'm scottish and as an artist you literal and same for things that. you will confer that thing that catches your eye again and yet everywhere i went in the water but ever so for to get off the salt just. so for me it was almost the kissel can you believe and believe in a date as people are doing something with us for the graft some oh maybe 40 years and said to them donna i'd like to come on one photograph you in the white house needs said no i said well you know don't load up no need for font key. and you have saying no because it didn't like the picture you were from of all the money on the star and he was a bit too happy with that picture only did shome greed and he offered it i said

because i need taken on i can't see nights and it's wonderful don that all that money he said i can go in there and i can get a $1000000.00 right now and that by and told us and i've never photographed $1000000.00 and don't think i've ever seen it michel and you have got it and he wanted it to be actually a $1000000.00 and then once i didn't want any fate creature finally in the year end we paid tribute to those we have lost we featured the life and contribution of non-obvious peacemaker john hume and the world's most famous scot so sean connery. screen legend the world's most famous score the definitive bond demon golfer sean connery was all of these things and much much more it to me he was are a loyal steadfast friend over more than 30 years but i took this show on

some 23 years ago the pun passed in a really wanted to interview with sean kelly and he readily agreed but suckin stances and health prevented that happening and the reason was that of all the interviews that shown that over the years all the things that were written about him only read one from the the scottish often willy michael viney which got course to capturing the essence of sean connery because this was not just the a great personality and a great movie star this was a great human being a deeply deeply humanness funny ironic human being with great views than on life and everything else and never frightened to express them. in my life i've been privileged to be a few great people but only a few and one of these was was sean connery though in times to come we'll get the

opportunity to do a proper tribute to the show on but in the meantime for lady michelin and the family of condolences for the rest of us rode the world alight as didn't know universe but it will shine on and our memories and hopes for the future good bye sean. in many respects human is a moral it's simpler as much as a political exemplar i mean he was absolutely stunned on show global in his opposition to political violence during some extremely difficult times and you know a lot of this local so i think is really precious and one should really focus suit he came through a lot of very very hard times i think is a legacy who will be soon moral terms that.

i'm still until we see you next year have a socially distant sell everything stay safe as you bring in here and of course alex happy birthday thank you trust me that i shared it with so alex ferguson and bonnie prince charlie. and as we say in scotland all the best for 2021.

when i was so small seemed wrong. but old roles just don't hold. any you won't get to shape out these days because that's ahead and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. some people would associate optimism with risky behavior because they don't want to live like the trolls they don't want to untie the state they don't want to invite to see out mob they don't want to live by all kinds of trouble that comes with

optimistic thinking drug history optimists have been punished it could be galileo it could be copernicus it could be einstein it could be all sorts of be steve jobs and they were punished for their optimism but now there is no punishment for relentless optimism.

in the headlines this new year's eve the british government ramps up code restrictions across most of england as infection spiral following the discovery of a new highly contagious strain. also this hour we hear from frontline medics who have become the unsung heroes of the year. and we've seen people die and seeing people come in and they call us we have to do it it may sound what we want inside. is what we have to deal. and strikes a milestone trade deal with china removing key barriers to investment comes after years of talks and despite objections from washington.