conservative mp, former cabinet minister brandon lewis . minister brandon lewis. >> really looking forwardo this interview. >> really looking forward to this interview . the first thing this interview. the first thing i want to say is you look very slim from the brandon lewis that i last saw for what's going on here. well thank you. >> yeah, occasionally when you see the stories and they use an old photo and i've had friends message me a few times saying, oh, you should correct that story. >> i'm like, no, i want to create the photo. it's the story you get used to as a politician. yeah no, i have one of those moments a couple of years ago when 50 and i had when i hit 50 and i had a medical and just thought everything but it's everything was fine. but it's either now or never. and i've always been big and i just thought, right, i'm going to i'm going and going to go for it. and so decided lose weight. how decided to lose some weight. how much lost.7 much have you lost.7 >> about and a half stone >> about four and a half stone from. >> from where i was. yeah. wow >> from where i was. yeah. w

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live now to new york to speak to brandon lewis, founder of when things go pop — a pop culture and entertainmentg us. she broke into the pop scene in 1994 with two albums in next year she released an english problem, what impact do you think she had on other chinese or ecs and singers in the international music scene? thank you for havin: international music scene? thank you for having me- _ international music scene? thank you for having me- i— international music scene? thank you for having me. i think _ international music scene? thank you for having me. i think her _ international music scene? thank you for having me. i think her impact - international music scene? thank you for having me. i think her impact is i for having me. i think her impact is reallyjust broadening what was possible for station performers on the international stage. —— e station. i became aware of her performance in 2001 associated with crouching tiger, hidden dragon which actually was recently released here in the theatres in the united states and should perform such a beautiful song and also having that relationship

brandon lewis is the founder of a pop culture and entertainment blog, when things go pop, and he toldwhat was possible for east asian performers on the international stage. i became aware of her performance in the oscars 2001 associated with crouching tiger, hidden which actually was recently re—released here in the theatres in the united states and should perform such a beautiful song and also having that relationship with disney through mulan where she was the voice in the cantonese, mandarin version broaden what was possible and showcased a strong affinity for asian culture. and made it possible and opened doors for east asian performers on the world stage. you mentioned how you became aware of her. what performance do you remember the most? it would absolutely be the performance at the oscars. just everything from the actual presentation of the performance. there was a beautiful choreographed scene based on the film, just the choreography of her walking down the stairs, with her beautiful voice and beautiful performance of a love before time, it really sticks with you and really b

i saw brandon lewis he's saw that brandon lewis he's backed what they're backed it as well.y don't saying is that why don't you extend the ukraine extend things like the ukraine scheme people or scheme and encourage people or allow people that's they allow people if that's what they want put some of these want to do, to put some of these people, these migrants, into their you that? their homes? would you do that? >> had space, yes, i would >> if i had space, yes, i would . and i think. do you really? >> you're telling that >> so you're telling me that someone gets onto a dinghy. someone that gets onto a dinghy. wait, no, but you know. >> but you see. but but, michel, this is where gets this is where it all gets muddled. those are people who are be held are going to be held in detention or in a centre detention or held in a centre before anything happens to them. and they're not going to come in. argument about the in. my argument about the backlog people backlog is that there are people who've waiting to three who've been waiting up to three years. something like years. ther

so at minister brandon lewis.at the moment they get dumped on in hotels as wherever the government can find space for them on military bases or quite often in poor communities because that's where housing is cheapen because that's where housing is cheaper. and more available. so they get put there and communities are less well organised. yeah, yeah. and less of less of a voice. they've got less empowerment. >> they can't phone up their local mp and say, i mean the kid, but you know they don't, they don't have that sort of political power to say don't dump these people in my community. >> and i think it's really unfair because, you know, there are so many people who demand that we have open borders. we've got ngos , human rights lawyers, got ngos, human rights lawyers, labour politicians and the whole , you know, guardian reading charter party demanding that we have these these people come here quite often . here quite often. >> they're not the most desirable people who get through in a points based system and they

>> i think if brandon lewis thinks this is a good idea, he should lead the way. how that goes down. it's a terrible idea, it? terrible idea, isn't it? honestly do is honestly what we should do is get government to process get the government to process these lot faster these asylum claims a lot faster than they're doing. it's criminal. how slow they are. and then we deport unsuccessful then we can deport unsuccessful claims have less of a claims so that we have less of a backlog for the claims that are actually put actually in process. we can put the play so the rwanda scheme into play so we somewhere to do and we have somewhere to do it and then we're on to something. i don't why of this is don't know why all of this is taking so long. >> baroness foster, what do you think about idea? think about this idea? you've got if you've got got space. if you've got a little room going. little spare room going. >> i have some friends who have lovely ukrainian lady with her son. i think the british public are more than have been more than welcoming . and i think than welcom

this report by the policy exchange think tank and backed by former tory party chairman brandon lewis,d and vetted men into our homes. i mean, what could possibly go wrong? i'll tell you what. why don't the refugees welcome brigade go first? you know , bleeding hearts first? you know, bleeding hearts like sadiq khan , labour's home like sadiq khan, labour's home secretary, yvette cooper , and secretary, yvette cooper, and liberal democrat leader ed davey . why all the holier than thou nicola sturgeon jeremy corbyn, diane abbott care for calais staff know what about the archbishop of wokery justin welby? any room at your in thought? not old gary lineker could squeeze a football team of them into his £4.5 million surrey mansion and not just heavily vetted poster boys like rashid here who stayed at chateau big ears for a mere 20 day pr stunt . of course, this day pr stunt. of course, this won't ever happen because these refugee welcome hypocrites are the nimbys. no illegals in my backyard. and it's not just the mps and the luvvies on saturday. gb news reporter from a protest in portland a

this report by the policy exchange think tank and backed by former tory party chairman brandon lewis,vite undocumented and vetted men into our homes. i mean, what could possibly go wrong? i'll tell you what. why don't the refugees welcome brigade go first? you know , bleeding hearts first? you know, bleeding hearts like sadiq khan , labour's home like sadiq khan, labour's home secretary, yvette cooper , and secretary, yvette cooper, and liberal democrat leader ed davey . why all the holier than thou nicola sturgeon jeremy corbyn, diane abbott care for calais staff know what about the archbishop of wokery justin welby? any room at your in thought? not old gary lineker could squeeze a football team of them into his £4.5 million surrey mansion and not just heavily vetted poster boys like rashid here who stayed at chateau big ears for a mere 20 day pr stunt . of course, this day pr stunt. of course, this won't ever happen because these refugee welcome hypocrites are the nimbys. no illegals in my backyard. and it's not just the mps and the luvvies on saturday. gb news reporter from a prote

bannau backed by brandon lewis , former backed by brandon lewis, former conservative party chairman , said a good idea to sort the immigration mess is for brits in britain to take asylum seekers who can be undocumented and unvetted into their spare rooms. what on earth is going on? >> well, firstly , what's going >> well, firstly, what's going on is that the government has lost the plot in being able to stop those people coming across on channel migrants. so they're desperate. now to be able to find accommodation for them. they're running out of space. but here let's let's have a think about this and let's think of the policy, the policy saying that brits should be able to accommodate these individuals. and i'm going to say something here that might surprise people . going agree with it. . i'm going to agree with it. but i'm going to agree with it in this principle that the 700,000 houses in this country, that are valued at more than £1 million and that have more than two bedrooms, they should be forced by the government to accept them first, purely and simply. they'll include the mps

. >> first up, former conservative cabinet minister brandon lewis and moeen ali have never spoken aboutned to her, it sort of reminded me of what happened to me. got the former labour to me. we got the former labour mp, luciana berger. to me. we got the former labour mp,i'd ciana berger. to me. we got the former labour mp,i'd lefta berger. to me. we got the former labour mp,i'd left the rger. to me. we got the former labour mp,i'd left the labour party >> i'd left the labour party because i couldn't sleep at night. the wake of the night. and in the wake of the party coming out of special measures, i felt the party was returning to a place that i could call home again. conservative james morris. at conservative mp james morris. at the age of about 14, i sort of realised i was sort of suffering from depression. >> all that afternoon news headunes. headlines. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> i'm tatiana sanchez in the newsroom. the bbc has suspended the male presenter accused of paying the male presenter accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for explicit images . tha

. >> first up, former conservative cabinet minister brandon lewis and moeen ali have never spoken about