anas sarwar, leader of the _ rematch any time.rematch any time. anas sarwar, i leader of the scottish labour party, thank you forjoining me. there is an awful lot riding on how anas sarwar handles the next year or so. he knows, keir starmer knows, if they don't get labour�*s message in scotland right, they won't get into power. perhaps he's hardened by the experience of a father who didn't speak to him for six whole months when he said he didn't want to go into politics. thanks for watching. hello there. last month was record breakingly warm and dry for many areas. we start this month, though, on a very different note. it's cooler, fresher, some blustery showers around, all thanks to low pressure. as we head into part two of the weekend, it'll be pretty similar to what we saw today. now we end the last few hours of saturday with low pressure sitting to the north of the uk. lots of isobars and so it stays windy here. and as we head through the night, we'll see further rain affecting northern scotland, the northern isles, windy weat

anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electorate? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know... the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person's mouth doing the treatment, and i used to always have this thing with my patients when they came in, i always used to try and loosen them up, say, you know, "don't worry, i'm a pain—free dentist. "i never feel any pain." and, you know, that, that interaction part was what i loved about dentistry and actually the people interaction part is what i love about politics as well. i was going to say... although some people would say being a dentist, really deeply unpopular profession, being a politician, deeply unpopular profession, perhaps i'm a glutton for punishment when it comes to these kind ofjobs! when you got this job as leader of the labour party i

but right now , as anas sarwar was right now, as anas sarwar was saying , we have we don't have sayingchild friendly policies as and with the cost of living. so high, the costs of housing pay is so now the level it was in 2005. we have all these technological advances, but they haven't improved the living standards of the overwhelming majority people in britain. majority of people in britain. and for young people, it's even worse because the for an average young person on the chances of being able to get on the property ladder, have a have a secure housing is much lower than it was for a generation beforehand. and i think that's really driving people. really what's driving people. but throughout waiting to start a family. >> but throughout history, people have been worried about the cost of living and the cost of having families. so the new issue this this green issue is this is this green worry. i'll give the worry. i'll just give you the last we've got last word because we've got and we're trying to make ourselves houer we're trying to make ourselves holier than thou by importing che

but right now , as anas sarwar was right now, as anas sarwar was saying , we have we don't have sayingchild friendly policies as and with the cost of living. so high, the costs of housing pay is so now the level it was in 2005. we have all these technological advances, but they haven't improved the living standards of the overwhelming majority people in britain. majority of people in britain. and for young people, it's even worse because the for an average young person on the chances of being able to get on the property ladder, have a have a secure housing is much lower than it was for a generation beforehand. and i think that's really driving people. really what's driving people. but throughout waiting to start a family. >> but throughout history, people have been worried about the cost of living and the cost of having families. so the new issue this this green issue is this is this green worry. i'll give the worry. i'll just give you the last we've got last word because we've got and we're trying to make ourselves houer we're trying to make ourselves holier than thou by importing che

anas sarwar . anas sarwar. >> i want to know when.t's of interest to the public strays beyond the public interest and becomes salacious, prurient or narcissistic. >> but before all that, it's the news with radisson . news with radisson. >> good afternoon. here's the latest news from the newsroom and in breaking news, defence secretary ben wallace is not going to stand as an mp in the next election. according to the times. now it follows speculation that mr wallace would leave in the autumn after four years in his role . four years in his role. according to reports, ben wallace remains supportive of rishi sunak and the government and his departure is not related to the tory party's current challenges. however, we'll bring you more on that story as we get it and in more breaking news, a fire has broken out at the albion hotel in brighton. footage of the blaze has been shared online with witnesses saying the flames are spreading quickly across the roof. and the top floor of the building, with winds spurring those flames. emergency servic

. >> i'm anas sarwar you little pity >> i'm anas sarwar you little pity for lou dodi. >> i was goingi didn't want anyone to say, oh, she was poking fun at wet celery. so i bought you a carrot instead. okay this is really . really. >> this is brilliant. okay. all right. fair enough. dare i ask, did you vote for. brexit >> do you? oh could you suggest such a thing for me? listen, i thought i was going to be known and remembered for making that wonderful programme . allo allo wonderful programme. allo allo that sold to 95 countries. you know , making me somewhat know, making me somewhat international. but no, no, not now . now i'm international. but no, no, not now. now i'm going to be remembered for being part of the cause of brexit. i'm just going to be legendary everywhere. >> you you absolutely are . and >> you you absolutely are. and look, i mean, when you made that, did you have any idea that you would one day be blamed for us leaving the european union ? us leaving the european union? do you know what a naughty little historian he is really to say such things mean when he says th

. >> i'm anas sarwar you little pity >> i'm anas sarwar you little pity for lou dodi. >> i was goingi didn't want anyone to say, oh, she was poking fun at wet celery. so i bought you a carrot instead. okay this is really . really. >> this is brilliant. okay. all right. fair enough. dare i ask, did you vote for. brexit >> do you? oh could you suggest such a thing for me? listen, i thought i was going to be known and remembered for making that wonderful programme . allo allo wonderful programme. allo allo that sold to 95 countries. you know , making me somewhat know, making me somewhat international. but no, no, not now . now i'm international. but no, no, not now. now i'm going to be remembered for being part of the cause of brexit. i'm just going to be legendary everywhere. >> you you absolutely are . and >> you you absolutely are. and look, i mean, when you made that, did you have any idea that you would one day be blamed for us leaving the european union ? us leaving the european union? do you know what a naughty little historian he is really to say such things mean when he says th

anas sarwar. >> i want to know when. what's of interest to the public strays beyond the public interest and becomes salacious, prurient or narcissistic. >> but before all that, it's the news with radisson . news with radisson. >> good afternoon. here's the latest news from the newsroom and in breaking news, defence secretary ben wallace is not going to stand as an mp in the next election. according to the times. now it follows speculation that mr wallace would leave in the autumn after four years in his role . four years in his role. according to reports, ben wallace remains supportive of rishi sunak and the government and his departure is not related to the tory party's current challenges. however, we'll bring you more on that story as we get it and in more breaking news, a fire has broken out at the albion hotel in brighton. footage of the blaze has been shared online with witnesses saying the flames are spreading quickly across the roof. and the top floor of the building, with winds spurring those flames. emergency se

anas sarwar anas sarwar scottish liberal democrats.rson and the and a couple of other politicians as well, not the green party. they have decided not to attend . they have decided not to attend. they have decided not to attend. they have declined the invitation , have declined the invitation, but there's also representatives from schools and colleges and the universities of scotland. so deer park primary school, as an example, is being represented here and there . head teacher here and there. head teacher mrs. anne rice is processing in to the cathedral as well. we also have city of glasgow college , their their principal college, their their principal and chief executive doctor paul little . he is processing in and little. he is processing in and the university of dundee as an example. again professor ian gillepsie . he is the principal gillepsie. he is the principal of the university of dundee. so a number of different organisations are part of this service. it's truly is a service for the whole country of scotland. well we've just s

petro anas sarwar. there you go. i'll be deaung sarwar. there you go.ewis hamilton at ten. you won't want to miss it . hamilton at ten. you won't want to miss it. speaking of just stop oil ex—chancellor george osborne attacked by a just stop oil campaigner on his wedding day. this crosses a line for me. we'll be reacting at 1030 in the papers as as reports prince harry is turning his back on the celebrity life in hollywood. is he beginning to regret his move to the us ? meanwhile, william to the us? meanwhile, william and kate at the polo the royal marriage that goes from strength to strength . we'll get the to strength. we'll get the inside story . to strength. we'll get the inside story. mark dolan tonight is the home of the papers with tomorrow's front pages at exactly 1030 sharp. and let me tell you, we hope to have more information about the unnamed bbc star who allegedly paid a teenager for images. will hope to have more on that at 1030. you'll hear it first on mark dolan tonight. you'll hear it first on mark dolan tonight . at dolan tonight. at h

this is the person who made this statement at anas sarwar because that man has to me saying he's hasnt i'm going to turn up at an event i'm hosting on the 22nd of july in manchester. now, i thought, no more of i ignored him. then more of it. i ignored him. then of yesterday saw the of course, yesterday i saw the video and i was extremely concerned , even more concerned concerned, even more concerned by the response of the met, who don't to understand and the don't seem to understand and the law seem to think that this law who seem to think that this man an article ten right. to man has an article ten right. to encourage others to punch women in the face. how is that not incitement to violence? >> well, it right. >> well, it is right. >> well, it is right. >> it is encouraged people to commit violence. i think dennis kavanagh very useful kavanagh did a very useful twitter thread setting out the two thousand seven act, two thousand and seven act, section encouraging or section 44, encouraging or assisting others to commit a criminal offence. there is no doubt that that is a criminal of

«r it's anas sarwar. okay, well, moving on. we've got the telegraph now.ad raped two young women. and woman who had raped two young women . and originally she was in women. and originally she was in a women. and originally she was in rlemrle— women. and originally she was in a female prison.— women. and originally she was in a female prison. and— “ and originally she was in a female prison. and then they mower— a female prison. and then they moved per— a female prison. and then they moved per lo— a female prison. and then they moved her to a— a female prison. and then they moved her to a male prison. and spe— moved her to a male prison. and she wrs— moved her to a male prison. and she was complaining that she wrsml— she was complaining that she wrsml perme— she was complaining that she wasn't being treated that well in wasn't being treated that well m-aml— wasn't being treated that well m-aml rl— wasn't being treated that well in _and at the - wasn't being treated that well in and at the end of the in prison. and at the end of the day,— in prison. and at t

«r it's anas sarwar. okay, well, moving on. we've got the telegraph now.ad raped two young women. and woman who had raped two young women . and originally she was in women. and originally she was in a women. and originally she was in rlemrle— women. and originally she was in a female prison.— women. and originally she was in a female prison. and— “ and originally she was in a female prison. and then they mower— a female prison. and then they moved per— a female prison. and then they moved per lo— a female prison. and then they moved her to a— a female prison. and then they moved her to a male prison. and spe— moved her to a male prison. and she wrs— moved her to a male prison. and she was complaining that she wrsml— she was complaining that she wrsml perme— she was complaining that she wasn't being treated that well in wasn't being treated that well m-aml— wasn't being treated that well m-aml rl— wasn't being treated that well in _and at the - wasn't being treated that well in and at the end of the in prison. and at the end of the day,— in prison. and at t

. >> anas sarwar thank you very much.ting from one place to another with your entire belongings in one single black bin liner. hard working families, including bradford west, are at risk of homelessness because of a tory mortgage bombshell and failing to legislate to protect renters. so can i ask the prime minister, apart from totally losing the grip on the whole situation , grip on the whole situation, what is he doing to stop half a million people from becoming homeless ? yeah homeless? yeah >> oh, mr speaker, actually , >> oh, mr speaker, actually, rough sleeping levels are about a third lower in 2022 compared to the peak in 2017. and since our landmark homelessness reduction act came into force over 600,000 households have successfully had their homelessness prevented or relieved. and we are investing £2 billion over the next three years to continue to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping i >> -- >> mark dolan smart . thank you, >> mark dolan smart. thank you, mr speaker . mr speaker. >> the prime minister mentioned

anas sarwar, for example, says that scottish labour is opposed to the cap.paul richards. paul, thank you very much. what do you make of this then?i much. what do you make of this then? i mean, is he in the business of performing u—turns? do you think he's trying to win an election? >> so what he's doing here is trying present a labour trying to present a new labour party different party very different from the one massively rejected one that got massively rejected in 2019 based on fiscal responsibility. you can't make lots of promises if you can't fund them. you can't just throw things out there and, you know, offer a shopping list of things to the british public because the public the british public are not stupid. so i think it's not really policy. really about welfare policy. this it's about this actually it's about economic and what rachel economic policy and what rachel reeves and keir starmer are trying do is look fiscally trying to do is look fiscally responsible because they know the mountain they have to climb is so huge. >> think it's just >> do yo

just anas sarwar you will i ask the same question earlier. >> i'm living the dream right now.s, though you've heard two you've never heard of him. two stories once. there he's he's stories at once. there he's he's he's american , apparently. and he's american, apparently. and apparently he's got the world at his feet. there we go . so who is his feet. there we go. so who is he? >> i'll tell you about. he's six foot seven. six foot seven with that american tennis player. terrible on grass up until now . terrible on grass up until now. he played in the surbiton competition and was disastrous . competition and was disastrous. and the quote that he'd said , he and the quote that he'd said, he said that grass is the stupidest surface to play tennis on and he got in contact with kim clijsters , a legendary belgian clijsters, a legendary belgian tennis player , multiple tennis player, multiple wimbledon champion in and she said the way to play on grass , said the way to play on grass, ellie, as you know, is more footwork, drills . so he's done footwork, drills. so he's done footwork,

joining me now is cheryl and david anas sarwar. to see you both. thank you so much. now, now, cheryl . hello. hi, david. hi so. cheryl. hello. hi, david. hi so. so cheryl, talk to me about how you and david became involved in this particular trial . um david this particular trial. um david started to lose his memory , started to lose his memory, which is a very minor part of alzheimer's. >> about seven years ago. and so therefore, i started looking for opfions. therefore, i started looking for options . and when you go to your options. and when you go to your gp at the moment, if you're diagnosed with dementia or alzheimer's , there isn't alzheimer's, there isn't anything they can do. so i started making enquiries and discovered that there were some trials that we could get involved in and three years ago we started at recognition health on the trial for lecanemab , and on the trial for lecanemab, and at that stage we had no idea that there would be some success, which is absolutely amazing . we did the trial, we amazing. we did the

well and redwings horse sanctuary is the is the house essentially where she grew up in anas sarwar who0 horses a year find a new home as well. but it's all about perhaps literature and creating a legacy for this author because the queen has launched her reading room, trying to encourage adults and children alike to read and get into literature. so it's all about that. they're still very much despite it much carrying on despite it being the summer holidays and talking them being busy. talking about them being busy. >> interesting reports over the weekend princess and weekend about the princess and princess of wales still doing the engagements princess of wales still doing thethey engagements princess of wales still doing thethey before engagements princess of wales still doing thethey before theygagements princess of wales still doing thethey before they gotzments princess of wales still doing thethey before they got this|ts as they did before they got this promotion. feel like we promotion. but i feel like we see constantly, almost promotion. but i feel like we see dayconstantly, almos