no minutes and from aisha no fault in any of the reporting that off come assessed r t u k host afshin rattansi says it boils down to an issue of political interference we now have the woods of sakina stallman's shadow because when you culture media and sport secretary in a private letter sent to this independent regulator saying telling the urgently i need to see you to see that you want to politically interfere with an independent regulator devastated the fact that sick. seems obsessed by wanting to destroy a free press in britain puts the british labor party in in the spotlight because that would have implications for a free press in this country for article 19 of the united nations charter human rights charter it would have implications for the human rights act and presumably just as when he was banned for a defend media freedom summit here he would get help from amnesty international index on censorship obviously because the estimate is crossed a line here he's attempting perhaps to interfere with an independent. independent media regulated politically. your life international still ahead

lime afshin rattansi we're going underground as u.k. prime minister boris johnson allows pubs to pull pints for the british public while still under the influence of the worst capita g 8 coronavirus death count in the world coming up on the show as u.k. prime minister boris johnson installs another arguable yes man into the heart of british politics his boggart fathers' favorite t.v. show yes minister still writing the rulebook about the british civil service from coronavirus to the economy we speak to the co-creator of yes minister is the home free app will be one of them lynn about whether politicians have given up speaking truth to power in the week of the mia putin's fundamental constitutional referendum victory across a 65 percent plus turnout in the russian federation is russia really a democracy at all we speak you know and he praised author of the peach environ or professor richard stockwell all this is all coming up in today's going underground of 1st the most famous publisher in the world julian assange and wiki leaks turned 4

time afshin rattansi and we're going underground on the one year anniversary of boris johnson's 1st full day as prime minister a premiership so far defined by the alienation of potential global trading partners accusations of dropping the ball on perceived foreign threats and having one of the worst pick up a ticker in a virus death rates in the world coming up on the show as some labor politicians in the u.k. call for the closure of this t.v. channel we investigate the stories not covered by mainstream media all around the world. from china to syria to yemen where the gray zone is max blumenthal and then is russia controlling peers in the house of lords as the u.k. intelligence and security committee appears to allege we are conservative piano bell formerly of the lords international relations committee how many of putin spies sit on the red benches told us the more coming up in today's going underground the 1st u.k. prime minister boris johnson claimed that this week's you gain teligent in security committees so called russia report showed allegations of russian control of elections in

asked our com to comment on the story no reply yet but here's more reaction from our t a k house afshin rattansi and from our guests. we now have the words of secure stammers shadow department of culture media and sport secretary in a private letter sent to this independent regulator saying almost telling the urgently i need to see you to see her to do work to politically interfere with an independent regulator devastated the fact that sick here starmer seems obsessed by wanting to destroy a free press in britain which the british labor party in in the spotlight because that would have implications for a free press in this country for article 19 of the united nations charter human rights charter it would have implications for human rights act. and presumably just as when he was banned for a defend media freedom summit here he would get help from amnesty international index on censorship obviously because yes tom has crossed a line here he is attempting perhaps to interfere with an independent. independent media regulator politically. this is a really a move by the labor party was. engineered by

i'm afshin rattansi and we're going underground on the one year anniversary of boris johnson's 1st full day as prime minister a premiership so far defined by the alienation of potential global trading partners accusations of dropping the ball on perceived foreign threats and having one of the worst capita coronavirus death rates in the world coming up on the show as some labor politicians in the u.k. call for the closure of this t.v. channel we investigate the stories not covered by mainstream media all around the world from china to syria to yemen with the gray zone smacks belittle and then does russia controlling peers in the house of lords as the u.k. intelligence and security committee appears to allege we asked conservative piano about formally of the lords international relations committee how many of putin spies sit on the red benches all this and more coming up in today's going underground the 1st u.k. prime minister boris johnson claimed that this week's you gain teligent in security committees so called russia report showed allegations of russian control of elections in britai

afshin rattansi we're going underground of the start of the 3rd round of u.k. u.s. talks to secure a post breaks a trade deal which could boost the u.k. economy by up to point 16 percent over 15 years i made accusations that the united kingdom is now more of a vassal state of washington than ever before but what if these trade will turn sour and the answer be found in the world's happiest country as nato governments scramble for socialism to reverse decades of neo liberal deprivation in the face of coronavirus we also talked with professor danny dorling what forced.