another person who is very much of this view is the activist and musician sir bob geldof. make any sense economically, financially, politically, diplomatically, of course, morally, or in the humanitarian consequences of it. and i'm very much afraid that something that we were told was temporary will become permanent and that would be vastly damaging for britain's soft power, for its reputation, particularly on a weekend when we invite the world's most powerful leaders and the world's biggest economies to come here and talk about such matters with us. it seems remarkably maladroit and inept. now, as you heard there, sir bob geldof acknowledged, the government had said that this cut would be temporary, that it would be put in place because of the extraordinary conditions of the pandemic. now, a uk government spokesperson said to me earlier that, "look, we are spending £10 billion in aid in 2021," and that it was the sort of, as they put it, the seismic impact to the pandemic that had forced the government to make this tough but necessary decision, and that actually, when the

as you heard there, sir bob geldof announced —— acknowledged the government said the scot was temporaryier we are spending £10 billion in aid in 2021 and they said it was the seismic impact of the pandemic that forced the government to make this decision and went the fiscal situation allows they will return to spending 0.7% but we don't know when the government would consider that will be. matt hancock this morning suggested giving financial aid isn't the only way the uk can help abroad. i think it is reasonable at a time of enormous economic challenge as well as of course the health challenge, to take this action, and if you think about it... really? we have had a once in 300 years economic interruption and there are so many things we can do to support the whole world to get world to get out of this, for instance the prime minister's leadership in driving for the whole world to be evacuated by the end of next year, which i hope we can achieve, a g7 agreement on, plus the oxford astrazeneca vaccine which is being delivered at cost, two thirds of that in low and middle income countries.

possibly a great rebellion from tory mps and i have so bob geldof talking about that. stay with us.ire. you can see all the chairs laid out for them. they are expecting about 100 veterans. then there are these larger screens that you can see up so they will be able to watch the events in northern france, live. as you say, the memorial commemorates not only those who died on the day itself, but the more than 20,000 british servicemen who died liberating northern france. with us this morning is paul harris whose grandfather george hanks was one of those, that is right, isn't it paul? maybe you could tell us a bit more about your grandfather. iie maybe you could tell us a bit more about your grandfather.— maybe you could tell us a bit more about your grandfather. he was 'ust about your grandfather. he was 'ust a farm worker. fl about your grandfather. he was 'ust a farm worker, a i about your grandfather. he was 'ust a farm worker, a normal i about your grandfather. he was 'ust a farm worker, a normal man, i about your grandfather. he was just a farm worker, a normal man, he i a farm wo