next, bbc parliament's westminster review takes a look at the major events in the british parliament since september. this is about one hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to our look at the autumn term in parliament. is a term when the field was set by shots fired at the labour september conference. spent they will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2817. >> and not to be outdone the first minister of scotland was setting the agenda north of the border. >> independence is not at its heart -- it's about fundamental democratic choice for scotland. the people's right to choose a government of their own. [applause] >> the politicians were not backwards about coming forward. even the security services made a brief fallout out of the shadows to tell us their reactions to recent security leaks. >> our adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee. al qaeda is laughing it up. >> a summer due to close prospects to the uk economy was trying to look better. the first healthy green shoots of recovery were coming into sight. et al. showed its austerity program was working. labour p

used to bulb on the dc hindus buddhists and christians living donor demonstrated outside the british parliament protesting against the atrocities committed on windows in bondi based campaign for the protection of the mind on eighteen hundred it also marks the case that this is often in ten downing street continue to petition the prime minister didn't count on to criticize the attacks. another tradition was saying to the bottom of the sea high commission in london to be falling into the bottom of the sea prime minister. in india. i was so high into the pot he strongly condemned the attack on him. the indian government to take the issue with them on the dc government to get them at the chance to what is happening we can bottle of dish but to glue the edges of my knowledge is endless. post election is baby. sounds so deep was happening. the one before the election. i'm listening to the olden days cause. the bylaw to do the moves on targeted and religious. this is absolutely unacceptable. and therefore we expect that. the obama let it all meant six. strong action against the budget proposal writing

some of the highlights of what happened in the british parliament this year. from the bbc. first 80s, from our series, the life and influence of pat nixon, wife of richard nixon. and later, a conversation on the future of television news. on the next "washington ginsbergmarc discusses foreign-policy changes. goldmacher onane 2014 political stories. lus, your e-mails, phone calls, and treats -- tweets. >> now a review of the last few months of british parliament. u.k. security and surveillance program, and the future of the european union. and tributes to nelson mandela. this program is courtesy of the bbc. ♪ >> hello and welcome to our look at the autumn term in parliament. it was a term when the field was set by a shot fired at the september conference. >> we will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 202017. >> not to be outdone, the first minister of scotland was setting the agenda north of the border. >> it is about fundamental democratic choice for scotland. the people's right to choose a government of their own. [applause] >> the politicians were not ba

germy called a member of parliament the british labor party thank you very much indeed for joining us good to hear from me there in london. a new bill that puts limits on the amount of money that can be spent on election campaigning is now already squeaked through the british parliament but that won't stop the peddling of political influence that goes on at other times often ending in scandal smith reports. being exerting influence or no make is this become something of a dirty word around westminster methods of lobbying according to the parliament website can include sending letters and making presentations of course it doesn't mention lobbying m.p.'s awards of cash but it's the scandal that lobbying is most famous for officials taking cash for questions cash for cameron a quarter of a mill to have dinner with the pm and cash for doing parliamentary work coarseness sunday times staying westminster is so scandal ridden that the standards watchdog and its chairman lord you have decided m.p.'s need special training to help them not to abuse their position so it seems pretty obvious to m

. >> in september 1783, american colonists and members of the british parliament signed the treaty ofe revolutionary war. part of that treaty granted a parcel of land to the united states known as the northwest territory. that territory would become ohio. in 1803, ohio was admitted as our 17th state. but it existed without a state flag for almost 100 years until an architect named john eisenmann came up with a most unusual design. >> the ohio flag is the only state flag of the 50 that is not a rectangle. it's a swallow-tail flag that we usually see on a boat. what it is is it's a pennant, but it comes to two points. and they chose that to be distinct. they wanted ohio to look different from all the other state flags, and they certainly achieved that. they chose to use the red, white, and blue of the american flag. several states have done that. but they also achieved simplicity by putting the letter "o" in the canton of the flag. and the letter "o" has two meanings to people in ohio. it's "o" for ohio, but also it's the buckeye state. >> buckeyes are round nuts commonly found in ohio

but this new report from a committee of the british parliament says the royal household finances aren shambles, that the queen has not been served well by her staff when it comes to managing the books, sticking to a budget, or even keeping up buckingham palace. >> for example, the boiler at buckingham palace is 60 years old, it's out of date. the bills, the electricity and gas bills are huge. it should be replaced. there's no money for it. >> reporter: probably more than 40% of the queen's properties are in unacceptable condition with some dangerous or deteriorating, the committee found. buckets sit under leaky roofs in a gallery containing priceless works of art. a huge backlog of repairs and no one seems to know exactly what needs to be fixed. >> when we ask the royal household what assessment they had of how much money they needed to spend, they couldn't tell us. >> reporter: the queen herself is famously frugal. she shuts off lights when she leaves the room. but hodges committee says her royal household has been spending beyond its means. given that grant of $51 million last year

are very very serious problems that need need to be asked what happened in august when the british parliament voted against an intervention in syria this made it very very difficult for the british to intervene indeed some commentators including some supporters of the government think it would only be possible now for britain to be intervening in. direct column such as gibraltar all the fault lines venus off the coast of argentina so in the way britain strategic of going to war in afghanistan and iraq have been shown to be complete failures and i think it does raise very serious questions about british foreign policy we've been claim that we have a special relationship going back decades with the united states but the simple truth is the united states doesn't really need british the british military aspect of it operations and therefore it is quite a turning point for the british military in british foreign policy and it's one that the government is reluctant to accept but which i think in this respect as in so many others the public opinion is well ahead of the government and you think your

the british parliament house passed a new law being bill that restricts spending on election campaigns but that doesn't stop the widespread attempts to buy government influence at all the times often ending in scandal as is laura smith reports. low being exerting influence or no make has this become something of a dirty word around westminster methods of lobbying according to the parliament website can include sending letters and making presentations of course it doesn't mention lobbying m.p.'s awards of cash but it's the scandal that lobbying is most famous for officials taking cash for questions cash for cameron a quarter of a mill to have dinner with the pm and cash for doing parliamentary work course in the sunday times staying westminster is so scandal ridden that the standards watchdog and its chairman lord you have decided m.p.'s need special training to help them not to abuse their position so it seems pretty obvious to me the n.p.c. shouldn't be for example accepting cash to ask questions in parliament or selling time with the prime minister why isn't the obvious to m.p.'s the

copper stands on journalist simply doing their jobs sends a chilling message one echoed by the british parliament recently when it accused guardian journalists of aiding terrorists but equating journalism with terrorism seems like a trend that's becoming more commonplace among government officials on the plus side it seems like a desperate attempt by the intelligence community to stay ahead of mounting up against the ever more invasive and pervasive surveillance state which means us troublemaking journalists must be doing something right. if the actions of the winter olympics is in all its many forms then so much as some carry now will be central to that coming gangs to balance a continuous have peeped through the catacombs of the venues by heading to the sliding center and meeting some skeletons. the olympic hopefuls in bumps later lucia and skeleton will be chasing the dream at the sunday sliding center them. happy. good movie cooling one me they used to telling on the true story of jamaican bobsled team could perhaps resume to inside this old sheep but i've always wondered how do they get the

a scathing report in the british parliament found that the queen's public accounts are down to less than a couple of million bucks. privately, she's still fabulously rich. but her public finances and her palace are a mess. buckingham palace looks great on the outside. but behind the scenes, this place is in desperate need of repairs. the roof is leaking. central heating needs replacing. and chunks of stone are falling off the building, endangering members of the royal family. the report demanded that the queen and her family tighten their belts and find ways to make more money, like bringing paying tourists into buckingham palace. only open 78 days a year now. in contrast, the white house is open all year round. the royals make britain billions every year in tourism. and elizabeth is a frugal housekeeper. >> at night, looking around the palace, if there's some lights on, she goes and switches them off. >> reporter: she could always hock the jewelry. terry moran, abc news, london. >>> and up next, right here tonight, caught on camera. drivers fighting back against speed cameras. do they s

copper stands on journalist simply doing their jobs sends a chilling message one echoed by the british parliament recently and when it accused guardian journalists of aiding terrorists but equating journalism with terrorism seems like a trend that's becoming more commonplace among government officials on the plus side it seems like a desperate attempt by the intelligence community to stay ahead of mounting up against the ever more invasive and pervasive surveillance state which means us troublemaking journalists must be doing something right now let's break the set. the please please. please very hard to tell. you that her act without her there will be. a. little. celebrity peace envoy scarlett johansson just stepped down from her role as the global ambassador for the charity group oxfam the move to resign stems from a conflict of interest involving her other job in the face of the israeli company soda stream. soda stream as manufacturing base is located in the west bank and palestine territory occupied by the israeli government now given the fact that oxfam opposes illegal israeli settlements jo

those of us resist to squeeze this down apparently in england in 1990 and you were part of the british parliamentd margaret thatcher is responding to your argument. >> i agree with her and the point is that rather than having a big gap we should all be together. >> selects talk about this in terms of the very poor and the very wealthy. and you can't make it on $7 and 25 cents an hour. fifteen dollars an hour is a fair minimum wage. and there has not been a study produced that indicates this. mcdonald's talks about that and that is wrong. and it is just not right. raising the minimum wage cost people jobs is what th say and it does not. >> but isn't it logical that if it cost more and you will get a little bit less of a? john: well, what do you think? >> nobody, but nobody can live on that. they work 60 or 70 hours a week and you cannot expect them to live on this income is especially when the ceo is making 500 or 600 times and you think anyone is worth that kind of money? do you think any ceo is what that? john: i'm grossed out by it. but if the markets as they are committee must be. because some

those of us resist to squeeze this down apparently in england in 1990 and you were part of the british parliamentd margaret thatcher is responding to your argument. >> i agree with her and the point is that rather than having a big gap we should all be together. >> selects talk about this in terms of the very poor and the very wealthy. and you can't make it on $7 and 25 cents an hour. fifteen dollars an hour is a fair minimum wage. and there has not been a study produced that indicates this. mcdonald's talks about that and that is wrong. and it is just not right. raising the minimum wage cost people jobs is what they say and it does not. >> but isn't it logical that if it cost more and you will get a little bit less of a? john: well, what do you think? >> nobody, but nobody can live on that. they work 60 or 70 hours a week and you cannot expect them to live on this income is especially when the ceo is making 500 or 600 times and you think anyone is worth that kind of money? do you think any ceo is what that? john: i'm grossed out by it. but if the markets as they are committee must be. because so

the head of the debate in the british parliament on wednesday did appearing to signs of consensus thatomething needs to be done. >> now three i one in three cale help lines are about these machines. for instance, there are 348 in one of the most deprived parts of the country. can you give us a time final when the government will decide whether to act? >> we will be reporting in the spring as a result of the you review that is underway. i think it is important that we come to grips with this. >> reporter: but the stakes with the gambling industry are very half. betting terminals pay for half of its income. it doesn't want tidy controls. >> in the 12 years the machines have been around no evidence has ever been produced to show they're any more addictive than any other type of gambling. there are certainly people who have problems with gambling, but there are people who have problems with alcohol. but no one is say to go close down pubs. we should keep this in perspective. >> reporter: whatever decision is decided gambling isn't going away. people can play 24/7 online. >> we have more fr

next ptc parliament westminster review takes a look back at the major defense in the british parliament since september. the parliament correspondent hosts this one hour evin. ♪ >> hello and welcome to the look at the german parliament shot fired at the leader at the conference. the next labor government will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2017. [applause] >> and not to be outdone, the first minister of scotland said on the agenda the border. >> the independent is not at its high of this administration about the fundamental space choice for scotland. the people like to choose a government of their own. [applause] >> some of the politicians are not backwards about coming forward. even the security services made a brief fire out of the shadows to the recent security leaks. >> al qaeda is laughing at. >> the prospects for the u.k. economy were starting to look better. the first healthy recovery were coming into sight according to the figures. and the coalition claimed it's also an austerity program was working today that the politicians had to change the tax that conc

. >> it is very clear tonight while the house has not passed a motion, it is clear the british parliamentflecting the views of the british people does not want to see british poetry action. i get that and the government will act accordingly. >> i'm confident in the case our government has made without waiting for you in inspectors. i'm comfortable one forward without the approval of the united nations security council has so far has been completely paralyzed and unwilling to hold assad a countable. >> fast food workers went on strike and 60 u.s. cities in the largest protest of an almost year-long campaign to raise service sector wages and restaurants, including mcdonald's and burger king. >> i have kids, six and 12. both my boys graduated kindergarten and fifth grade at the same time this year. my general manager told me he was going to give me some extra opportunities to make some money , extra days. he calls me in on my day off and three days after that, every day a different manager sends me home. at the end of the week, only get a paycheck for 28 hours. i did have enough to do anythi

appreciate free markets resist to squeeze this down in england in 1990 you were a lord in the british parliament. margaret thatcher responsing to your argument. >> (inaudible) >> i agree with her, if you didn't get it i would rather have a big gap with all of us up than all of us together. >> well let's not talk about this in terms of the very poor and very wealthy. they have a lot of programs to help them the poor. with food stamps and other things that you don't agree with. i am talking about the working class in america. the free market gave reasonable inequality if you would in the 50's and 60s and 70s. now it is blown out of proportion: >> how would y >> how would you fix it? raise the minimum wageme. president obama wants to do these things. >> you can't make it at 7.25 an hour. it is crazy. i think 15 an hour is fair minimum wage. there wasn't hasn't been a study that says increasing the minute m mum wage is bad. it is not right. you have to show me definitive evidence that raising the minimum wage costs people jobs. it's not. >> isn't it logical if something costs more you will get less

scathing report british parliament found the queen public account are down to less than a couple of millionivately she's still fabulously rich but her public finances and her palace are a mess. the palace great on the outside but behind the scenes this place is in december president need of repair. roof leaking. heating needs replacing and chunk of stone falling off the building endangering members of the really family. report demanded the queen and family tighten the belt and find ways to make more money. like by bringing more paying tourists into buckingham palless. only open 78 day as year now. in contrast white house open all year round. the queen defender say the royal make britain billions. every year in tourism and elizabeth herself is a frugal housekeeper. >> at night looking around the palace and if there is lights on she goes and switches them off. >>reporter: she could always hock the. >>> ri. this is abc news london. >> well never has a pope had something in common with a rock star. pope francis on the cover of next month rolling stone magazine. there he is. headline the times t

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british east india company. they were having a crisis and they petitioned parliament, the british parliament, who were all stockholders. they petitioned them for the largest tax cut in history of the world. huge tax cut. they were sitting on 69 tons of tea, and billions and billions of dollars and said give us a giant tax cut. we've already paid taxes on this. its inventory. give us the tax cuts a we can sell the stuff at half price or a fraction of the price. all the sellers up and down east coast of the united states because everybody in america drinking tea back then. coffee came about as result of this, the boston tea party is what led to america becoming a nation of coffee drinkers. we were so pissed off at the british tea company. so they petitioned for the largest tax break in history, and the tea act of 1770 was that, a huge tax cut. and sit in the east india company started importing tea into the united states at incredibly low prices with the explosive intention of running out of business the thousands, tens of thousands of little mom and pop shops up and an east coast but it was basically a giant wal-mart e