we are awaiting lisa nandy about to take to the podium. let us listen to the culture secretary.pic gold medallist and a junior doctor come here to inspire and to serve, to allow people to dream, to change lives, to never take no for an answer. she absolutely sums up the spirit of our country. we need that spirit and conviction after iii dark, divisive years. successive tory governments running down our rich and proud heritage in arts and music and the right of every child to it. at the stroke of a pen, enrichment funding in schools, gone. libraries, theatres, youth workers, gone. that lifeline for young people broken. the promise of a generation inspired by sport, broken. this is what cultural vandalism looks like and come conference, it ends today. applause no more of their violent indifference to the things that matter most. because the rich, diverse culture in our country is not just how we grow as people but how we make and shape a nation. conference, we are a better country than the government we have had, and we are going to give voice to that country again. applause becau

i know lisa nandy very well.ian newspaper for 18 years and not know lots of people in the labour party very well. this is your career you talking about — lisa nandy, i know her very well. work for the guardian for that long, you get to know lots of people in the labour party and i know two big things about lisa nandy. 0ne, she is a woman of enormous integrity. secondly, she is incredibly clever. and because lisa nandy is incredibly clever, you have to look at every single word she says very carefully. so yourfirst question to her committee, can you guarantee that no—one in the labour party was involved in a conversation about the speaker's future job prospects? lisa nandy said, "yes, i believe i can." she said i have had numerous conversations with each keir starmer come up with the chief whip, with david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, and the idea of this sort of thing would be done is for than birds. but only after the second question. rather than making a political point, ijust wanted to highlight to vie

and so nandy says, well, i've got to say something.going to say, i'm in favour of us all getting on a lot better. there is no possibility in a free speech world and actually really in a social media world where people are going to agree with each other, what we've discovered is that not only do we get a vote, we have the ability to go on x or twitter or whatever it is and actually say these things, and it's that issue, which means and thatis it's that issue, which means and that is why i don't even know bother why? why is she bother saying any of this? because it fundamentally will not be true . fundamentally will not be true. people want to have pride in their country, but there is likely to be division based on culture. >> that's the difference. when you're saying about there will always be differences of opinion because people are individuals. icannot because people are individuals. i cannot just intrinsically think like you. i'm a different person. indeed indeed, it's possible to function with a difference of opinion without being

lisa nandy, welcome to political thinking. _ salford. lisa nandy, welcome to politicalthinking. hello. - salford. lisa nandy, welcome to politicalthinking. hello. how. salford. lisa nandy, welcome to i politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being _ politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being a _ politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being a political— politicalthinking. hello. how does it feel being a political spectator, l it feel being a political spectator, in effect at this time of extraordinary political crisis. i should stay the —— say this, it's not good started podcasting this, but in some ways it is quite a belief not to be laboured at the centre of the jama. we have had huge political upheaval on our own side —— the centre of the drama. i've not been the party going through that, thatis been the party going through that, that is unified and looking out to the country is a good place to be. when you're part of the politics, which will get to any second, do you also watch open—mouthed and think, my goodness, how is this happening? a bit. we got used to a lo

>> well, more importantly, if it's the philharmonic, does lisa nandy play an instrument?i think she plays the piccolo. really? yeah. >> yeah, yeah, right. okay, so i could understand if she was a flautist and she was off tune or any of that kind of thing. >> you should be cancelled for that. >> no, i mean, i do like her. i think she seems a nice lady, but i think she needs an adenoids. done. >> well, that's a different issue, but i think it's fair for you to raise it. okay. anyway, let's get a question now from maggie. where's maggie? hello. >> hello, are women's cyclists getting stronger? >> yeah. you would have thought, wouldn't you? because you will have seen this story. everyone. probably. so this is the, competition? i think it was in washington, it was a the elite women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix. women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix . and that's marymoor grand prix. and that's the winners on the podium, the 3 or 3 top medals went to, men who identify as women. all three. yeah. right. so and there are arrows there to point them out.

lisa nandy welcome to political thinking. hello.eel being a political spectator in effect at this extraordinary time of political crisis? i mean, i probably shouldn't say this. it's not good to start a podcast, is it, by saying, i shouldn't say this, but, you know, in some ways it's sort of quite a relief for it not to be labour at the centre of all the drama. we've had huge amounts of political upheaval on our own side and you know, us being the party that isn't going through that, that is unified, is and looking out to the country is a good place to be. but when you park the politics, which of course, we'll get to in a second, do you also watch open mouthed and think, my goodness, how is this happening? a bit, actually. yeah. so we've got used to lots of political drama in the last few years and it's almost become the norm. but there's something really extraordinary about what's happening to the conservative party at the moment. when borisjohnson fell, i was sitting on a bus in berlin. we'd gone over there to look at what was happ

by the gmb is crucialfor lisa nandy.ial for lisa nandy. if nay back her she has a good chance of being on the ballot. if not she will struggle. but it is the person who did not turn up for today's meeting thatis did not turn up for today's meeting that is the most interesting, because jess phillips that is the most interesting, becausejess phillips who, said she was a different type of leader and was a different type of leader and was a different type of leader and was a critic ofjeremy corbyn's, she was a critic ofjeremy corbyn's, she was due to put her case to members of the gmb today and chose not to attend and the expectation is she will be withdrawing from this contest in the very near future. there will be a meeting with people who supported her in parliament, she will be talking through the state of campaign. but it all points in one direction for a number of reasons. first of all, she didn't have any trade union support at all. secondly that different way of getting on to the leadership ballot, getting support fr

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that lisa nandy had.is the positions that lisa nandy had. she is now shadow levelling up had. she is now shadow levelling up secretary shadow deputy up secretary and shadow deputy prime up secretary and shadow deputy prirwell, deputy prime >> well, so the deputy prime minister is because she's the she's the deputy leader and she was elected. so i think that's quite straightforward. it's absolutely right that that's what he did. the levelling up. i mean, the thing about angela is she levelling up. i mean , she gets levelling up. i mean, she's she's lived through that . she's she's lived through that. >> i think lisa nandy did. >> i think lisa nandy did. >> i think angela probably will do it better. i think angela needs something where she really where she can really get her teeth it. i think she teeth into it. i think she wanted a proper delivery job. the problem with the cabinet office is, is it's quite amorphous. it's about government. interestingly, they've got three people in it to look at government .

my name's nandi. and i love playing the drums. recognise nandi?ation. videos of her amazing drumming skills have been viewed thousands of times, and she's even picked up some celebrity fans. hi, i'm lenny. hello! nice to meet you, finally. can i have a hug? i met lenny kravitz, and i played are you gonna go my way? and i met questlove. and i also know anderson paak. i met him in birmingham. if you could jam with someone else, who would it be? i think i want to jam with the red hot chilli with the red hot chilli peppers and foo fighters. if that wasn't enough, the little rock star was hand—picked out more than 100 children, to appear in one of the uk's so, i went to bulgaria, and it was pretty amazing. and i got like this chair that said ‘nandy bushell, actress'. and like, it's one of those director's chairs. so i got one of those special chairs just for myself. i wasn't able... i really wanted to bring it home so i could just sit on it, but i couldn't. i couldn't put it on the plane! after she appeared in the ad, the retailer told the bbc that sal

asi as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in as i say, lisa nandyill bejoining usina as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in a few moments. before we talk to her, what are we expecting from keir starmer in the speech? it's very early in the morning and these are strange times we are living in and there will be no delegates there, physically listening to him. he is going to give this speech in doncaster and there is a reason for that. that's right. he wants to get away from london, and he wants to go to parts of the country where labour turned their back on him and jeremy corbyn. let's face it, it's not going to be subtle. you might as well have put up a big label behind him saying i am notjeremy corbyn, talking about new leadership, have another look at us and he feels he has to distance himself from jeremy corbyn‘s leadership and that is what this speech will try to do. people talk about security, patriotism, the country he loves and there are many who feel in the labour party that jeremy corbyn was on the wrong side of the argument and sometimes

labour is lisa nandy- _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy.y. let's get _ people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all - people across this country. labour is lisa nandy. let's get all the - is lisa nandy. let's get all the sports news now. good afternoon. manchester city could reduced arsenal's lead in the premier league to just three points later before the two meet on wednesday. arsenal's dropped points yesterday have given the champions a chance to tighten the title race against aston villa later. that's one of two games today. the other one is the second meeting of leeds and manchester united in the last four days. after their draw at old trafford on thursday night, they're drawing again. chief refereeing 0fficer howard webb has contacted arsenal and brighton after what have been described as �*significant errors' in the var process at their games in the premier league yesterday. at the emirates, brentford striker ivan toney�*s goal stood after a var check by lee mason, even though there was an offside in the build—up.

lisa nandy, the latest to throw her hat into the ring. of those people who had said over —— wigan, that she was considering whether or not to stand, and tonight she has confirmed ina stand, and tonight she has confirmed in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heart lands, areas that had voted labour for decades, and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph from what she says. she says, i'm standing because i know too many people in places like wigan no longer feel they have a voice in our national story. basically, she is saying that there are many parts of the country that feel disaffected with westminster politics and the best solution to that is to get someone best solution to that is to get someone like her who is representing one of those areas in to sort out that issue. i must say, just phillips who announced she was standing a couple of hours ago it has qui

lisa nandy has said the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would _ the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not - the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not bring . the first place. lisa nandy has said the labour party would not bring itj the labour party would not bring it on and she says it's ironic that on the day michael gove is announcing plans to level up and address inequality is that this is not the right time to raise taxes and people should be able to spend more withering incomes to bounce back from covid. the foreign secretary liz truss said it is the intention of the government to cut tax rises before the next election but stressed this is about trying to deal after an unprecedented period of public spending to deal with coronavirus. one of the strongest winter storms in years is continuing to batter the east coast of the united states. more than 60 cm of snow fell on parts of new york state, as well as in massachusetts, where high winds have caused more

wise are such strong support for lisa nandy?fficult question? how are you going to bring us back to power and unite the party? the overwhelming majority felt that lisa nandy was a breath of fresh air. she understands the extent of the challenge that we have a mountain to climb. she was the one with the optimism, innovation, the ideas, the creativity and a decisive result and one am proud to back subway the differences between her and keir starmer and getting his agency nominations... why do people think that she has notjust the edge right away reps from every region dow was there a stance towards a london candidate? i think in the movement, we talk too much from the prism of our own eyes. people across the uk wa nt to our own eyes. people across the uk want to see someone who they can trust, who speaks for them it has the same experiences and have been through life's challenges like they have. lisa nandy one that by a mile, we had no discussion about whether it should be a woman, it can't be a bloke not met it was none of that.

by nandy back in 2020.d, and i believe that the gender recognition act strikes the wrong balance in relation to that. >> so i think that crimes that are recorded should be recorded as that person wishes. having gone through that process , gone through that process, received support and self—identified . i think trans self—identified. i think trans women are women and i think trans men are men. so i think that they should be accommodated in the present choosing . in the present choosing. >> yeah, fascinate . seeing how >> yeah, fascinate. seeing how so many people in the labour party, as far as i can tell, have had a complete politics transplant in recent years. but j.k. rowling is singling nandy out here. but is she right that generally many women on the left no longer trust labour to defend their rights? well, christine, no one would ever accuse you of being left, but would you being on the left, but would you trust labour defend your trust labour to defend your rights life woman? rights as a real life wom

they are weakened mp lisa nandy and the birmingham mpjess are weakened mp lisa nandy and the birminghamred that they will be standing. i think from lisa nandy we can expect to see an emphasis on the so—called labour heartlands, those parts of the country, particularly in the north of england where labour performed unexpectedly badly at the recent general election, she will make a case of somebody representing one of those community she will be especially well—placed to make labour's case to voters there. i think forjess phillips, she is a long—standing critic of jeremy corbyn, so she will be appealing to those members of the labour party who want to see a clean break from the current leadership. she will be arguing that as an independent minded mp she can be the fresh blood that labour now needs to rebuild. of course the slightly strange thing about this konta so far is that the two front runners, the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer and shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, have yet to formally declare that they will be standing. but we do expect them to both declare in t

lisa nandy.u've said i've heard for the last decade and i think brexit was the straw that broke the camels back in ex coalfield communities like mine, but it has been a long time coming. we have to be clear about our values and be honest with people. we want to make deep, transformative change in the country and we believe in public ownership and we should be clear about that. we want compassionate society where we are decent and kind to people, especially people facing adversity and that have difficult lives, but we also need to show a level of respect to people, and when we are asked a question and said it was up to you, we should have been respectful of the answer. i'm somebody who campaigned for remain and wanted to remain and if i'm honest, i want to remain now, but i accepted the fact that we lost the argument and when we promised in 2017 we would leave the european union with a deal, we should have gone and fought for the deal and agreed the deal and got on with it andi agreed the deal and

. —— nandy. she was talking yesterday. —— nandy. she was talking yesterday. —— nandy.ts be in the end, what the country wants is a labour party that has leader, team, policies and we're not about people who spend the times is obsessing about politics, but people look at them and think, i can imagine you at number 10 butjeremy, iam imagine you at number 10 butjeremy, i am sorry, but they did not. let's look at the travails of left politics. in the us, a form of nationalism and populism propels trump possibly to a second wind. borisjohnson has what trump possibly to a second wind. boris johnson has what floor. trump possibly to a second wind. borisjohnson has what floor. across europe, left of centre progressive are struggling to connect so how are the left of centre politicians and actors and campaigners such as yourself, how are you going to find what is missing? one of the problems we have had with the current labour party is there is always a danger that you address the world as you wa nt to that you address the world as you want to be rather than as it is. this anal

lisa nandy, for me.or reflection on the labour party, if in 2020, or in 2025 by the next election, that we've never have had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make the policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas. and a lot of disappointment, really. disappointment has all too often been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. our top story this evening. after talks at sandringham the queen says she supports prince harry and meghan‘s wish for a more independent life. and still to come — will flybe keep flying? reports that europe's largest regional airline is seeking an emergency bailout. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, james hook calls it a day. we look back at his fantastic rugby

lisa nandy is someone the north of england.e need for labour to regain trust in those so—called labour heartlands, those areas particularly in the north of england where labour underperformed quite dramatically at the recent election, resulting in a lot of conservative gains. she also emphasised the need for reconciliation inside the party. speaking on the bbc earlier today, she spoke about the need for unity. in the last few years, we have been riven by division and they have been difficult for every single activist, member, councillor and member of parliament in the party. i am someone parliament in the party. i am someone who parliament in the party. i am someone who comes parliament in the party. i am someone who comes traditionally from the left of the party, i work with child refugees and homeless teenagers before i came into parliament. i worked for a member of parliament. i worked for a member of parliament on the left of the party as his house in case worker, but i see the strength in all of our traditions across the p

that's right. >> i'm joined by lisa nandy , a >> i'm joined by lisa nandy, a shadow cabinet minister.ou for joining shadow cabinet minister. lisa, thank you forjoining us here thank you for joining us here @gbnews. the reaction is in now to your manifesto. do you worry, though, that you've tied yourselves in so many straitjacket of fiscal discipline that if the economy doesn't grow, you can't find any growth? you're in trouble as a as a party and your plans are in jeopardy if you win power. >> no, not at all. because growth runs through the document through its 128 pages. like a silver thread, you can see it on every page and in every policy. but i make no apology for the fact that we're being careful. it's people's money. they haven't got a lot of it after 14 years of tory government, so everything in it is carefully costed, fully funded . we know costed, fully funded. we know that we can deliver it and at a time when trust in politics and politicians is at an all time low, that is probably the single biggest thing that we could have gifted to the country right now. it's change, but

we speak to the mp for wigan lisa nandy about her bid to become leader of the labour party.ockadoodle doo — the giant new art installation gracing a skyline in yorkshire. the giant new art installation england the giant new art installation prepare to face wales twickenham england prepare to face wales at twickenham tomorrow needing a win to keep alive their hopes of winning the title in the six nations. good evening. in the last few minutes it's been confirmed that a second person has died from coronavirus in the uk — he was an elderly man with underlying health who was in hospital in milton keynes. the number of people in the uk now infected with coronavirus has risen again, to 164, up from 116 yesterday. that's the biggest increase in a single day so far. the government is to spend another £46 million to try to deal with the virus, including more money to find a vaccine and to develop a rapid test for the disease. around the world there are now more than 100,000 cases, of those more than 100,000 cases, of those more than half, almost 56,000 people, have recovered. but mor

it'd be lisa nandy for me.on on the labour party if in 2020, or 2025, by the next election, that we'll have never had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies, it is entirely the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas, and a lot of disappointments, really. disappointment has all too often have been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. it is almost a week since iran retaliated after its senior general qasem soleimani was killed by an american drone strike. iran fired dozens of missiles at air bases housing us and coalition forces in iraq. one of bases hit was in irbil and the other at al asad, where our correspondent quentin sommerville was the only british journalist to be taken by the american—led

rowling attacks labour's lisa nandy over stance on trans rights. >> lisa nandy is the she is the shadowecretary. i don't i don't know if that's even is that even a real position ? real position? >> i think it is, yeah. >> i think it is, yeah. >> anyway, she made a speech. she made a speech saying women's rights, women's rights, women's rights, women's rights, women's rights , and sounded almost rights, and it sounded almost believable until until j.k. rowling said, hey, you know, we've you've come down on it being against women's place uk, which is which is trying to stop biological men in from going into women's spaces. so you're not in favour of women. yeah. and although lisa nandy would say, well those, those males that want to go into prison, they are women because look at their pronouns in their twitter bio and look at their badly appued bio and look at their badly applied lipstick. >> so she would say the real women, as soon as somebody says they're a woman, that's that's it. there are women. the self id law promotes that says law that she promotes that says that. and in the past,

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader. the 2019 book entitled no—one is too small to make a difference is a collection of speeches by a swedish climate change activist, what's her name? sharon? greta thunberg. when greta became sharon, the climate change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and in this week's click, the team takes a look at facial recognition technology, the future of space travel, and super—fast sports cars. that's in half an hour. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has said america has made a strategic mistake by killing tehran‘s most senior military commander, and warned the us will face difficult days ahead. the funeral procession for qassem soleimani has been taking place in baghdad after he was killed by a drone strike at the city's airport on thursday night. president trump said he ordered the action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. david

>> well, more importantly, if it's the philharmonic, does lisa nandy play an instrument?ink she plays the piccolo. really? yeah. >> yeah, yeah, right. okay, so i could understand if she was a flautist and she was off tune or any of that kind of thing. >> you should be cancelled for that. >> no, i mean, i do like her. i think she seems a nice lady, but i think she needs an adenoids. done. >> well, that's a different issue, but i think it's fair for you to raise it. okay. anyway, let's get a question now from maggie. where's maggie? hello. >> hello, are women's cyclists getting stronger? >> yeah. you would have thought, wouldn't you? because you will have seen this story. everyone. probably. so this is the, competition? i think it was in washington, it was a the elite women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix. women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix . and that's marymoor grand prix. and that's the winners on the podium, the 3 or 3 top medals went to, men who identify as women. all three. yeah. right. so and there are arrows there to point them out. not

long—bailey seen as the other leading contender, in the ‘20s, as are the prominent backbenchers lisa nandyhillips. still struggling to make up numbers, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry saying yesterday she was confident she would get over the line, no doubt having last—minute conversations with her parliamentary colleagues to make sure she gets the required numbers by that deadline of 2:30pm. and clive lewis, if there is anyone who looks like he is in danger at this stage, it is him, the shadow treasury minister, just four nominations, one of whom is himself, for leadership of the labour party. he was asked this morning whether he was still confident he could make up numbers and he said he had faith in his colleagues. we will see how much faith they have in him when that deadline comes at 2:30pm and we will find out which candidates are going through to the next stage in this contest. at this stage, it is mps who get to decide. that changes in the later stages. as we have seen before everything can change at that point. there are three phases to this contest for labour leaders

labour backbenchers, lisa nandy and jess phillips, join the contest to become the party's next leaderr rod stewart is charged by police after allegedly punching a security guard in the chest, in florida, on new year's eve. and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for the 2020 paralympics. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession, of iran's most powerful military leader who was killed by a us drone strike. president trump said he ordered the attack on general qasem suleimani, to stop a war — not start one. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq — and all but essential travel to iran. charlotte gallagher reports. a funeral procession for qasem suleimani in baghdad. a man despised by many, but a martyr to others. crowds shout, "death to america," and, "america is the enemy of god." 0thers waved flags belonging to militia groups backed by iran. the military commander was killed in a us air strike on thursday in the iraqi capital.

, and what does he do with lisa nandy, a popularfigure, who had been in that levelling upjob, no signen the lines, what does this signify for labour going forward, and their approach? a really good question. we will have a better answer by the end of the day. what keir starmer is trying to do today is get his top team election ready, to say this is the people i will take to the electorate probably next year in a general election, the labour conference is in a few weeks which will give a chance to introduce people new to theirjobs. fundamentally the their jobs. fundamentally the question theirjobs. fundamentally the question people are asking is, is keir starmer ready to take power? the polls suggest labour are miles ahead, the conservatives have problems, yes, they will try to claw back the ground, but keir starmer has to persuade the public and the electorate he is ready to take over as prime minister and what he is doing today is saying, i have had time to get to know my party and people and these are the calculations i am making about who should be in those top jobs. calculations i

lisa nandy, one of those saying she will step in. give us those saying she will step in.aign. us your political take on the labour leadership campaignlj us your political take on the labour leadership campaign. i need to say this at the top of this, the daily mirror, quite a key layer in most leadership contest, like the sun is for the conservative contests. we are withholding judgement. we want to listen to all the candidates. what i‘m saying is a personal view. actually, i am quite a strong admirer of lisa nandy. i think she speaks a lot of common sense. she is very rooted in her constituency of wigan. she understands it. her majority went down in the december election. but she compared the neighbouring seats which all fell to the conservatives, she showed remarkable resilience and bucked the trend. so that one bit of a red while held up there. and, you know, she is for deeply about what labour needs to do to reconnect with communities like wigan —— red wall. and all the other ones you can think of. so the downside, the problem she may overcome our she of. so the downsi

and lisa nandy has gone against party opinion on brexit.e with labour. i told her at the time if she brought a bill before parliament that gave a role for parliament in the next stages of the negotiations i would go for it. i was consistent in that all the way through. had she brought that bill, i told her and i told my constituents i would vote for it. when boris johnson finally did, i voted for it. she voted once for borisjohnson's deal, but against in the final version. but back to that passion she's best known for. towns are now the key marginals that will be the central battle ground for the next election. i think the government has started to understand that. i think all political parties have now started to understand that. her love of towns has really taken off in some of the stranger corners of the political internet, but it is a serious one. in 2018 she co—founded a think—tank, the centre for towns, as a response to what she saw as too much concentration on cities in economic policy. that is key to lisa nandy‘s vision for labour.

lisa nandy . she looks delighted. lisa nandy. she's pleased to being back in government for the first time. lisa nandy you're going to be the aide secretary. do you want to look after the world's poor lisa nandy ? have world's poor lisa nandy? have you been told what you're getting yet ? there's lisa nandy getting yet? there's lisa nandy there, grinning like a cheshire cat @gbnews, but no word on what she wants to do in government. yeah, lisa nandy not clear if she was smiling broadly, but not saying what she'll be getting in government. but of course we. so far there's a lot of people crammed in around that cabinet table, the coffin shaped cabinet table. now, no one has left yet. we do know the following though. angela rayner is the deputy leader and the housing secretary. local government secretary. we know that rachel reevesis secretary. we know that rachel reeves is the chancellor. that's all we know so far. but who's in there? let's run through the list quickly. peter kyle, science and technology. pat mcfadden. he was the ge

she replaces lisa nandy team.dy who becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development. among the other changes, pat mcfadden takes on the influential role of national campaign co—ordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, shabana mahmood becomes shadow secretary for justice. liz kendall takes work and pensions and steve read gets environment, food and rural affairs . the prime minister says affairs. the prime minister says it's completely and utterly wrong to suggest that he is to blame for failing to fully fund a programme to rebuild england's schools when he was chancellor. it comes as ministers are under pressure to explain how they'll keep schools from crumbling keep schools safe from crumbling concrete art as children return to school . over 100 schools have to school. over 100 schools have already had to close all partially closed. mr sunak says the government has addressed the issue at right time . issue at the right time. >> of course i know the timing is frustrating but

lisa nandy is comfortably over the line. she's got 2a so far. clive lewis is really struggling. in that picture. jess phillips has the 22 required. emily thornberry is on ten. keir starmer is the man to beat. he is in front with 68 and the one opinion poll we have seen suggests he is doing well with the labour membership as well. but don't count on anything being guaranteed because, on the far side, we also have rebecca long—bailey, 26 nominations at the moment but she is the preferred candidate on the left of the party, and i would suspect that, once this campaign gets going proper, you will see a lot of work from the left of the party, the membership is more left—wing than it was, a lot of them will get by. clive lewis perhaps will struggle because he has the lowest profile with the exception of lisa nandy who was in the shadow cabinet but resigned. but she has kept her profile up. and is a prominent critic ofjeremy corbyn who has been on the front bench. jess phillips has been very prominent in the media. emily thornberry is a very prominent figure, shadow foreign secretary,

we had jess phillips and lisa nandy, both labour mps, fiercely critical of theirs. there are too many people in labour more interested in the party then getting new votes, and lisa nandy saying that labour has lost touch with ordinary voters and their day—to—day experiences. i expect the apology will beg more questions than it answers. and we are hearing more about boris johnson is it answers. and we are hearing more about borisjohnson is plans for government? we have mps coming into london today and tomorrow, a big day on thursday. another queen speech, a big moment for the new government. we already have an idea of the kinds of things we want to expect. this is the cabinet office minister michael gove speaking minutes ago. well, i think what we can expect is a recognition that the national health service is the number one focus of this government, when it comes to domestic policy. we need to make sure the national health service is properly funded and we will be bringing forward legislation to ensure that there is an nhs funding guarantee. that's the first and mos

lisa nandy and jess phillips becomes the latest labour mps to enter the race to become the party's next leader. relief for around a thousand people as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bushfires. a judge rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected by law. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jason beattie from the daily mirror and olivia utley from the sun. good evening. president trump has defended his order to assassinate iran's top military commander, saying the action was taken to stop a war, and that it should have been done long ago. general qasem soleimani, one of the most powerful men in the middle east, was killed in iraq, outside baghdad airport, by a us air strike. iran has vowed "severe revenge" for the killing. its foreign minister described it as an act of international terrorism. the attack marks a major escalation in tensions between washington and tehran — and the us is sending 3,000 additional troops to the region as a precaution. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen

lisa nandy talking about not just heartlands disappearing.e voters? —— but the hounds. of course everything has now changed because of the coronavirus. the political landscape has changed, look at the way this will be announced, with an e—mail but also huge sums of public money after yea rs but also huge sums of public money after years where the public purse was tightened and now being pumped into the economy to save people's businesses and jobs. that goes alongside the huge amount of money going into public services. that will be a very different dynamic going on in the next few months and yea rs. going on in the next few months and years. i do not think anyone thinks this is something which will disappear quickly once the battle eve ryo ne disappear quickly once the battle everyone hopes to win against the virus itself has been won. then they have to think about the long—term impact of the upheaval in the economy so that will be a huge challenge. it was interesting that on the dayjeremy corbyn stops being the labour leader that boris johns

the wigan mp, lisa nandy, says she's thinking about running.d the most shattering defeat where you really felt in towns like mine that the earth was quaking and we've watched the entire labour base just crumble beneath our feet. we have to think seriously about how we rebuild that coalition that has propelled us into power three times in the last 100 years. the lewishams and the leighs and how you how you speak for both. cheering there are other big ramifications from thursday's vote, too. independence has shot up the agenda after the snp's victory in scotland. the uk government says the last independence vote should be respected. nicola sturgeon says she has a mandate for a new one. you cannot hold scotland in the union against its will. you cannotjust lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. if the union, if the united kingdom is to continue, then it can only be by consent. borisjohnson‘s government, meanwhile, prepares to get down to business. on thursday, there will be a queen's speech with a focus on the n

sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, jess phillips, lisa nandy and emily thornberry managed to getive lewis withdrew after failing to make that mark. registered supporters, who are not full party members, will have 48 hours from tomorrow to thursday, to secure a vote, by paying £25. the next hurdle for the candidates is to gain the backing of 5% of constituency labour parties, or affiliated groups, such as trades unions. that process begins on wednesday, and lasts until friday the 14th of february. full party members will be able to cast their votes between 21st of february and the 2nd of april. the result will be announced two days later, at a special conference on the 11th of april. we can speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young. at westminster, and vicki which we make of this line—up than? at westminster, and vicki which we make of this line-up than? this is a long process and the point to make is that this is only the beginning, they still have to get over that second hurdle of getting the support of trade unions or local labour party activists. it's going to be

lisa nandy lisa nandy .s. and anneliese dodds was up there . yeah. i dodds also was up there. yeah. i think that at that . stage we're, think that at that. stage we're, we're in the early, early bit of it and at that stage labour was still supporting him as the candidate . and as of the candidate. and as of the position yesterday morning, you're going to be seeing when all these things happened. it's been a very quick time. >> labour spokesman wheeled out to defend it. >> yeah that's right. >> well yeah that's right. at that it was that point i thought it was right. that because the right. i think that because the position so difficult to position was so difficult to go and a by—election like and abandon a by—election like that was going to be was going to be a problem. >> but the point is, nigel, is why didn't someone question him when immediately said that when he immediately said that it was private. when he immediately said that it was absolutely private. when he immediately said that it was absolutely r

do you listen to fellow mps such as lisa nandy, ruth smeeth, gareth snell who represent constituenciesly, if you insist on a second referendum, be very careful what you wish for because it is a high—stakes gamble. lisa nandy says that she strongly suspects if there is a second referendum, people in my area would vote in large numbers for no deal. that is the likely outcome. of course i listen to them. and i think it's beacuse their constituencies are not that dissimilarto mine. all i can do is speak from the experience of my own constituency. i am not the mp for wigan or stoke, all i can do is speak there. sorry to interrupt. my point is that the remainers in the labour party are playing an extremely dangerous game because if you get your referendum and it goes to a no—deal brexit, you have become the inadvertent midwives of a no deal. which you say would be absolutely catastrophic for the country. let me say this. i don't accept that just because constituents voted to leave in a referendum that they necessarily have the same view now. that's my experience from my own constituents. the