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leadership.— the conservative party leadership. the conservative party leadershi. ., . leadershipdership. you want the 'ob, yes? rm fl yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to _ yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go - yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go for- yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go for it. | course i'm going to go for it. following _ course i'm going to go for it. following those rows, the new external engagements register will now be published quarterly, listing who has been paid by whom and whether the fee was more or less than £5,000. among those receiving more than that amount in the first three months of the year were the today program'sjustin webb with four such paid engagements, mark easton who chaired a panel for the national housing federation and the presenter of click, spencer kelly, for performing a similar role for the technology company cisco. nick wright wondered, should bbcjournalists take on paid gigs from google, procter & gamble or nat west to pick three examples? we asked the bbc if so

the road to perdition to answer your question you have to understand what has happened to the conservative partyis shaped change in being a pragmatic sensible new party union when you were never very you know broadly in place party to be something which is quite. quite a very right wing it's moved it into words the old writes is that to use the jargon sense it just says that the republicans have died in the united states. a dedicated to waging a series of cultural wars economically it's shifted dramatically of course to the left. and. if all is remind you very much of all abound in hungary it is of plantar listing political leader which is to say he identifies supporters and warns them and then wade uses something very approaching hate speech to marginalize minorities is prior frightening new form of politics we have that it. in britain ever. and the question is what is going to stand up against it. and that is the problem which cash umma has because i think because i'm a close decent man and he's an author so far suggests everything he's done since he's a very poor politician is not and you can

in 2005 us was and i think how easy it would be to take over the conservative party as it was him to hear him can translate and taken over and that sense of honor and service and just vanished with that remark and the modernizers attracts it these vulgar unscrupulous bankers who are in politics in order to suit in some cases to skew that pollute ideological agenda and other cases to just make money when contractors receive not this enormous number of tory donors who treat given contracts. the pickerel but if you talk as if this is a new development with a go back to the days of monty gregory who was busy selling authors and pillages for lloyd jobs unsteadily baldwin was convicted of that was a way back in the 1920 s. so what is different no compared to them or tell you one difference i'm not going to name any contemporary names you'll be relieved to know for legal reasons but he was convicted of murder if it goes on to say left right and center. and nobody even raises an eyebrow. and more generally i think that's the. beauty of the standards of integrity which prevailed posts

i think for the conservative party - at least? i think for the conservative party to i at least?r country and some of these communities that feel left behind, that will put in a good position. the other thing, david will know this, when a political party is doing well, the most important thing is to guard against complacency because the moment complacency sets in trouble can very quickly catch up on you. one final thought, i agree with everything that david said but it seems strange to me to identify angela rayner is somehow the problem in terms of labour not reaching out to some of these towns in the midlands and north of england. iiratha midlands and north of england. who do ou midlands and north of england. who do you think — midlands and north of england. who do you think the problem? is not possible to put it at the feet of an individual, clearly.— possible to put it at the feet of an individual, clearly. there is no one sinile individual, clearly. there is no one single individual, _ individual, clearly. there is no one single individual, i— individual, clearly. there is no

this inquiry says two thirds of the complaints made to the conservative party headquarters in the laster say high—profile comments made by people including borisjohnson before he became prime minister about women wearing burgers show a party and the leadership that is insensitive to muslim communities. —— burkhas. it talks about a complaints process thatis talks about a complaints process that is lacking, a compliance team that is lacking, a compliance team thatis that is lacking, a compliance team that is under resourced and inadequately trained, it makes clear individuals in their team do their best and it lays out a host of suggestions that the party needs to respond to including coming up with an action plan to address the findings of this report and in the words of the report author, a former ehrc, equality and human rights commissioner, he says it should be uncomfortable reading for the party and i think you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be. the response that we've had from the party so far as it will look at the report and the recommendations and will respond in due co

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— a party donor and the conservative party also — a party donor and the conservative party alsoid for it all himself, which he says, you know, the report— himself, which he says, you know, the report says, you know may perhaps. — the report says, you know may perhaps, you know, that everything has now— perhaps, you know, that everything has now been properly declared, but ultimately. _ has now been properly declared, but ultimately, he embarked upon this without— ultimately, he embarked upon this without any kind of rigorous thoughts about how he would pay for it. , , , .., thoughts about how he would pay for it. y , , .., . it. jessica, given the evidence, sor , it. jessica, given the evidence, sorry. jazmine. _ it. jessica, given the evidence, sorry, jazmine, given - it. jessica, given the evidence, sorry, jazmine, given the - it. jessica, given the evidence, - sorry, jazmine, given the evidence that was given by dominic cummings about the value of chaos theory in government over the last year, perhaps that's not so surprising that he should behave that way. i love, we can sho

an independent report into allegations of islamophobia within the conservative party has found �*anti—muslimy borisjohnson about women wearing the burqa gave the impression the party is �*insensitive' to muslim communities. the independent review said it did find evidence of discrimination in the party and that while the problem was not systemic — there must be action to root it out.�* our political correspondent chris masonjoins me now. tell us more about what is in the report. tell us more about what is in the re ort, tell us more about what is in the re ort. ,., ., ., ., ., , report. good afternoon, here is the re ort report. good afternoon, here is the report from — report. good afternoon, here is the report from the _ report. good afternoon, here is the report from the professor, - report. good afternoon, here is the report from the professor, 99 - report. good afternoon, here is the| report from the professor, 99 pages long, i have spent the morning reading through the detail. it talks around over the last six years, 1500 complaints, roughly, relating to around 700 incidents of alleged

if not long—lasting impact, and therefore, i think there should be reason for concern in the conservative partythat is now under attack because the investigation will look into the party's conduct as well and can penalise the party if any wrongdoing has been discovered. that said, this may not be the only inquiry because the parliamentary standards commissioner may look at the matter as well. lyse, as you have said, this is now the eighth prime minister and if my maths is right, ashis has reported on from london. you travel internationally constantly. at least, normally, covid aside, you travel constantly. how do you think this compares with the treatment of political leaders? i know he's not the head of state, but nonetheless, he's one of the most important politicians in our country. how do you think this looks internationally? i think even domestically, - when you get up in the morning and you hear the news - and reading the paperand it's all about curtains and sofas and wallpaper and when . there are huge issues — steve mentioned the trust, but also transparency — - do we really know- what

party, 15,693. scottish conservative and unionist party, 2798~ _ conservative and unionist party, 2798.ere we have got the result in edinburgh west, and i constituency. there we have got the | result in edinburgh west, and indeed it is a victory, not unexpected, for the little democrat alex cole hamilton. we look at the charity vote, he liberal democrats, 5a%, snp 3a, conservative six and labour five, and we see the liberal democrats action on the roads there, another sign of tactical voting, going to the party you think can most represent in that area, the unionist boat, so the snp, the liberal democrats wing, is done after we go back to the chairman —— we go back to the reform uk party. you talk about rome not being built in a day, but you are like the lost city of the lantus, you have nowhere to go. there's for you.— to go. there's for you. complete nonsense- _ to go. there's for you. complete nonsense. we _ to go. there's for you. complete nonsense. we are _ to go. there's for you. complete nonsense. we are building i to go. there's for you. complete nonsense. we are building a i to

conservatives. it is highly unusual for governing parties _ conservatives. issues. in terms of the vaccine roll—out, it has been a huge success and it keeps going. that has been a massive effort on the part of the government, the nhs, and a huge army of volunteers. government, the nhs, and a huge army of volunteere— of volunteers. what have you been concerned about _ of volunteers. what have you been concerned about when _ of volunteers. what have you been concerned about when it _ of volunteers. what have you been concerned about when it comes - of volunteers. what have you been concerned about when it comes to | concerned about when it comes to these local elections, regional elections? what are you concerned about when it came to accusations of cronyism and sleaze in the party. has that affected your thinking and concern about how people will vote and view the conservative party? going into these elections the biggest issue we faced was the fact this was a high water mark in terms of elections and local elections. if we look at many of those we were fight

there are some who think this problem runs deep in the conservative party. titutional anti—muslim discrimination, but it does exist, largely at grass—roots level, though it is damaging. the party's been given six weeks to come up with an action plan to address its failings. this former cabinet minister called for this inquiry and thinks change must come from the top. the borisjohnson i know believes in the equal values and respects everyone of any background, any community, but what is going to be most important now, is now that the recommendations are there, right in front of borisjohnson and the party leadership, what do they do next? i think the best thing to do to show that the party will stand up for its values is to accept all the recommendations unconditionally and in full. so it's all eyes on conservative headquarters. the party's promised to address this report's findings in full. it will be judged on its actions, rather than its words. alex joins us from westminster now. just picking up on your last point there, alex, ok, the report has been publish

and it's a big win for boris johnson's conservative party. the opposition labour party has conceded defeat in the hartletool election, and keep in mind this is an english constituency that has voted labor for almost 50 years, a hugely encouraging sign for the prime minister and his party who have been under pressure, over their handling of the pandemic. cnn has more from london. a blow for labor for sure but does this one result tell a bigger story? >> reporter: yes, it's a bellwether result, it's one of those constituents that everyone had their eye on, and it's crucial for a couple of reasons, first of all, as you say, this is the labor heartland traditionally. ever since the seat had been created back in 1974, it's been won by the labour party. and now the conservative party didn't just win it, kim, they won it a 16% swing. that's a phenomenal achievement politically, for any party that's not been in power for 11 years. it's unheard of at that stage in an electoral cycle. usually the incumbents take the hit. so it's a shattering defeat for

of course, in some ways, this is the conservative party 's anti—semitism that the labour party has beena tit—for—tat on that one. some concern — tit—for—tat on that one. some concern of— tit—for—tat on that one. some concern of losing candidates of joining — concern of losing candidates of joining other party saying that there — joining other party saying that there was this islamophobia in the party _ there was this islamophobia in the party it— there was this islamophobia in the party. it will be interesting to see how much— party. it will be interesting to see how much of the sticks in the long run as— how much of the sticks in the long run as far— how much of the sticks in the long run as far as— how much of the sticks in the long run as far as conservative support for the _ run as far as conservative support for the party goes, because of course, — for the party goes, because of course, we know the anti—semitism problems— course, we know the anti—semitism problems within the labour party did stick to— problems within the labour party did stick to a _ problems within the labour part

— conservative party. where does labour go from here? well...what sir keir starmer _ labour go from here? well... that's what sir keir starmer is _ labour go from here? well... that's what sir keir starmer is in _ labour go from here? well... that's what sir keir starmer is in his - what sir keir starmer is in his office discussing right now. i'm afraid he has handled the local elections very badly, because actually labour did rather well in quite a lot of places that declared late, including west yorkshire, but in a lot of places in the south, which for some reason seemed to count the votes more slowly than in the north, labour were gaining seats and winning may all races, in cambridge and peterborough, another strange new political construction. labour has been doing quite well in some of those places. 0verall, labour has been doing quite well in some of those places. overall, the picture has not been great, but it has not been as bad as it seemed when hartlepool was dominating the news at the start, and of course, nobody knows about the labou

giles, this was your speciality with the conservative party, party press chief.en touched upon this with the transparency. haifa meant i think been touched upon this with the transparency.— with the transparency. how can bbc conve ed with the transparency. how can bbc conveyed to — with the transparency. how can bbc conveyed to the _ with the transparency. how can bbc conveyed to the public _ with the transparency. how can bbc conveyed to the public this - with the transparency. how can bbc conveyed to the public this thing - conveyed to the public this thing like this— conveyed to the public this thing like this will ever happen again. how— like this will ever happen again. how can— like this will ever happen again. how can they show that there are incredibly— how can they show that there are incredibly strong checks and balances, strongjournalistic incredibly strong checks and balances, strong journalistic ethics behind _ balances, strong journalistic ethics behind what they do? to be fair, i think— behind what they do? to be fair, i think this — behind what th

. ♪ laura: now to the united kingm, where prime minister johnson's conservative party is celebratingcal election victories in england. mr. johnson said this was down to focusing on what people want, including brexit. they also won a key seat from labour. results are still coming in from wales and scotland. the scottish national party hopes to get a mandate for an independent referendum. let's go to our u.k. political correspondent, rob watson. you have been talking all day, i know, about how these rults in england show the post-brexit political realignment. what is the thesis? rob: well, it goes something like this, and i should say first of all, good evening. number one, the success of the covid vaccine has played a huge part in the conservative success. absolutely, this is what i've referred to as the revolutionary post-brexit realignment in british politics. the thesis is essentially this -- that, for many years, basically people who were less well educated, less well-off tended to vote on the left. they voted for the main opposition labour party, but many of those people voted to

whether are you the english conservative party, the welsh labour party or the scotish national party,arty can change the news agenda. it gets to get to do stuff, it passes legislation, changes people's lives. i think part of the art of being a good journalist is being distracted. it's being interested in things. it's being a bit like the dog going, "squirrel." but the advantage of the governing party has, it can produce squirrels on demand. the problem that the opposition parties have, and this is the interesting thing in political combat, is how they deal with it. the governing party often wants the spotlight to go away and can't make it do so. the opposition often desperately wants the spotlight and it struggles to drag attention to it. and so that i think is the essence of it. we are often easily distracted. i think that is something that has benefits as well as drawbacks. i mention this because i referenced earlier the blow—up borisjohnson doll, which was huge and made a huge impact. it has all the hallmarks of a pr move. katy, i want to know from you is there anything to suggest

conservatives. how can he resolve that? y , that? any political party is a coalition and _ that? is a i coalition and you have to bind that? any political party is a - coalition and you have to bind that together with vision of what you're trying to do for the country and i think it is interesting because a lot of the things labour said in its last manifesto the government is doing and the centre ground politics has changed and layback cannot the old divide of left and right which no longer pertains. we have to look at where labour was successful, it was successful in areas where local politicians are talking about different ways of running their communities and economy based on investment and trying to create jobs locally and trying to change to a way that works for people. there is a winning formula and that and labour needs to find that because a combined its coalition together and until it creates a space to do that and starts articulating up of confidence it will always be on back foot. while it is on the back foot borisjohnson is essentially articulating a very similar vers

i think this possible that the conservative party will face electoral consequences.n coming up here in spain which is a very significant muslim population. i think they are going to be reading the findings of this report with great interest.— the findings of this report with great interest. let's 'ust take a look at the t great interest. let'sjust take a look at the photograph - great interest. let'sjust take a look at the photograph on - great interest. let'sjust take a look at the photograph on the l great interest. let'sjust take a - look at the photograph on the front of the guardian, lance. this is members of george boyd's family, including his brother, one of his brothers at the back behind nancy pelosi, the speaker of the us house of representatives. your dad is going to change the world. yes, and this is the hope expressed through that quote, that's the tragic death of george boyd won't be forgotten and will actually lead to significant change, not only legislative change, but also changing peoples attitudes in america and around the world. —— george floyd. a

as one-- i was talking to one conservative party politician in scotland just a few days ago who said,he idea of scotsh independence would really make vladimir putin smile, it's the kind of thing he wants, a fractured west. >> sreenivasan: what about the third leg of this tripod, wales? what's happening there? >> the last time i looked at polls, it was up around 35% in favor of independence. there is frustration there. also, the big thing that i think frustrates people is that all the power is in the conservative party, which is dominant boris johnson's party in london in the british parliament, and they are very different politically tn england. there's also a lot of discontent, or some discontent in wales. but wales wouldn't be the first place to make a move. they'll be watching scotland very closely over the next couple of years. >> sreenivasan: npr's frank langfitt, thanks so much. >> great to talk, hari. >> sreenivasan: for more national and international news visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: the country of serbia has had considerable success in its covid-19 vaccination cam

spain voters in madrid have returned the right wing government to power in regional elections conservative party leader isabel diaz are you so resistant pressure from the national government to impose lockdowns the leader of the left wing alliance publicly said he leaves politics after his party's all results those are the headlines so raman will have more news for you on al-jazeera in under 30 minutes witness continues next stay with us. yeah boudicca. humor committed obvious that explains why he was put on at. the freaky commenter gnostic you said so many yeah you touched them sapphic suppose that gets you on a just. don't see if esoteric lies you can check and do out on to plan method. tulay surely a kill can't be answered plant a tool as you'll just be clam shows too as you have a. book you didn't you obviously didn't have the security have it the ment killer show this if you think you can move out of food issues can save. you some fatigue it be unlawful and dominate europe or not all for you got. a leaf on mine tomato. noumenal for you mean that in a month i'm afraid i will suffer. you know

britain's governing conservative party has secured and election victory in what was considered an opposition labor stronghold voters in the parliamentary seat of hotly paul in england's industrial north east and selected the conservatives for the 1st time in its history local elections on thursday with the 1st major test for prime minister boris johnson's government since 2019 we'll get more reaction from edinburgh in scotland where journalist danny by for us outside the scottish parliament 1st let's go to rory chalons who's in hotly paul in the north east of england and rory said hotly paul well quite a win for the conservatives perhaps more of the point is shocking defeat for labor . well yeah i mean it's it's it is a huge win for the conservatives for the candidate here gillmore some racked up. 15 and a half 1000 votes compared to the labor candidate paul williams 8 and a half 1000 so it's no no time in recent history post-war history has a ruling party won such a convincing majority in in a by election with such a big swing to so that party so for the conservatives is a huge win as you s

the way he meant to declare it they said that hits holiday they said this was provided by a conservative partytaying perhaps said then it wasn't every holiday. that means somebody did pay for it. who paid for it? that's with the inquiries going to be. the inquiries going to be about whether the prime minister, boris johnson declared as much as he was expected to, he should have done. and downing street maintains that he has. �* ., ., , . ,, ., and downing street maintains that he has.�* ., ., , ., has. i'm going to “ump back to peppa to ask a wider — has. i'm going to jump back to peppa to ask a wider question. _ has. i'm going to jump back to peppa to ask a wider question. other - has. i'm going to jump back to peppa to ask a wider question. other two i to ask a wider question. other two different categories air? 0ther different categories air? other stories which are important, which is clear this is an stories they care about which maybe they don't? there is a difference between something that is important and something that is important and something that is important and something that pe

the conservative party has got 44 percent of the vote they certainly don't have 44 percent of the vote in the whole of spain but what is significant is the collapse of the socialist start i think. really sense a very very strong signal for what is going to happen if there is a general election because the socialist party is in power and it was the 1st political force in madrid now it's the 3rd and it has lost a 3rd of its votes and many of them actually have gone to the conservatives and another very important development the disappearance of the centrist party citizens party now what is important about this is that not only the party disappears but actually almost all of his vote goes to the conservatives it's not split between them and the socialists as you would expect so these 2 things combined i think bodes very badly for the government which also well again it's junior partner in government has had a very bad result as a radical left but i must party so it's bad news for the central government it doesn't mean that they are going to lose power immediately not at all but it's certa

report that professor singh has published today does make uncomfortable reading for us in the conservative partyto anybody who has kind of had any experience of discrimination in the party and any hurt that they have felt. the report is detailed and thorough and includes 27 recommendations which we have accepted in full today. this was the reaction from senior conservative mp sajid javid — home secretary under theresa may and chancellor under borisjohnson. i call from this investigation during the leadership contest in 2019 and i'm really pleased the report has finally been published. but the report, it is a thorough piece of work, very candid and forthright and of course, that is good to see. and also having reflected on it, i think while at one level, it says there is no evidence of any kind of institutional or systemic discrimination and the complaints process, it is nevertheless set out what i think is a very distressing example of anti—muslim prejudice at the local association and at the individual level and it goes on to say that the whole complaints process needs a complete overhaul, both

there are some who think this problem runs deep in the conservative party. tional anti—muslim discrimination, but it does exist, largely at grass—roots level, though it is damaging. the party's been given six weeks to come up with an action plan to address its failings. this former cabinet minister called for this inquiry and thinks change must come from the top. the borisjohnson i know believes in the equal values and respects anyone of any background and community, but what is going to be most important now, is now the recommendations are there, right in front of borisjohnson and the party leadership, what do they do next? i think the best thing to do is to show that the party will stand up for its values. so it is all eyes on conservative head quarters. the party's promised to address this report's findings in full. it will be judged on its actions, rather than its words. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. the conservative mp rob roberts has apologised for what he called a "breach of trust" after a complaints panel ruled that he broke parliament's sexual

party chair after labour's poor performance in the local election results. labour's sadiq khan is on course to be re—elected mayor of london following a closer than expected race against conservativedidate shaun bailey. in wales, labour's mark drakeford remains first minister after his party took half of the 60 seats in the senedd. disruption continues on some of the uk's busiest rail lines — passengers are advised not to travel tomorrow after cracks were found on some high—speed trains. a man in his 20s is held in connection with the murder of the police community support officerjulia james in kent. and an undercover investigation — the queen's cousin, prince michael of kent, is secretly filmed talking about taking money from a prospective client for access to the kremlin. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy online editor at the new statesman, and john stevens, deputy political editor at the daily mail. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the telegraph goes on two big stories from the 2021 elections. nicola sturgeon failing to win a clear majority in the scottish parliament and the labou

a report into conservative party handling of discrimination claims criticises borisjohnson's comments

party, i snp, 18,307. stewart white, scottish conservative and unionist party, 16.000 — conservative and unionist party, 16,0001,155. we had hundred and 34 votes rejected. one for a lack of identifying — 34 votes rejected. one for a lack of identifying mark. 13 were voting for more _ identifying mark. 13 were voting for more than — identifying mark. 13 were voting for more than one candidate. one for mark— more than one candidate. one for mark by— more than one candidate. one for mark by which the voter could be identified. — mark by which the voter could be identified. and 119 or voided for uncertainty. the following candidate is duly— uncertainty. the following candidate is duly elected to serve as a member of the _ is duly elected to serve as a member of the scottish parliament for the aberdeenshire east constituency, that is— aberdeenshire east constituency, that is gillian martin for the scottish— that is gillian martin for the scottish national party. i now invite — scottish national party. i now invite her— scottish national party. i now invite her to come and make some comments — invite her to come and

lord geidt has confirmed that the original bills were paid by the conservative party and then by thery of this year. lord geidt said he accepted that at that point mrjohnson "took steps to make the relevant declarations and seek advice" and that he repaid the amounts on the 8th march 2021. but he did say... lord geidt also looked into the health secretary and in particular mr hancock s shares in in topwood ltd, which is owned and run by his sister and brother—in—law. lord geidt cleared mr hancock who he said �*acted properly and honestly in promptly declaring his financial interest�*. but he also looked into whether the health secretary should have declared an interest when the company was awarded a framework contract with nhs shared business services ltd . he said... in terms of a response, the health secretary... trying to find out who this letter is from. this letter is from the prime minister. boris johnson says... "lord geidt had made clear in his report that matt hancock had "acted properly and honestly" in his declaration of interests and that the event should in no way "impug

at one point, ithink— conservative party in power. frastructure that could keep the infrastructure in place _ could keep the infrastructure in place for— could keep the infrastructure in place for those cuts or tax rises to happen? _ place for those cuts or tax rises to happen? are they going to be able to take their— happen? are they going to be able to take their newly won constituents with them? people, the voters from hartlepool, — with them? people, the voters from hartlepool, when that change in policy _ hartlepool, when that change in policy happens. what exactly have these _ policy happens. what exactly have these people, the voters in hartlepool, voted the tories for? what _ hartlepool, voted the tories for? what are — hartlepool, voted the tories for? what are the expectations from the tories _ what are the expectations from the tories and — what are the expectations from the tories and how are they going to hold onto — tories and how are they going to hold onto those and deliver on those? — hold onto those and deliver on tho

scottish conservative and unionist party. _ scottish conservative and unionist party, 4153.artonshire and - uncertainty... so that is the count at west dunbartonshire and the l uncertainty... so that is the count l at west dunbartonshire and the wet result in clydebank where it looks as if labour has done better than before, but it is a firm snp victory there and we are waiting for the dumbarton vote which is a much closer affair. dumbarton vote which is a much closeraffair. let's dumbarton vote which is a much closer affair. let's look at that result in clydebank in detail. in terms of the share of the vote, the snp are on 47% of the vote, we have labour on 33%, conservatives on a level —— 11 and liberal democrats on eight. and the snp is a marginally down on 2%, labour is very well up, is a really interesting result for labour and conservatives down on by 7%. and the important thing to look at there is that it's a labour, it's at there is that it's a labour, it's a good result for labour and a swing for labour is 5.8%. labour will take heart from that in what was for many,

be it in the way of the conservative party would not apply — conservative party would not apply.gland in in off year election and the height of the biggest public— and the height of the biggest public policy success any government is ever known basically since the war? and not on — basically since the war? and not on the future of the united kingdom — not on the future of the united kingdom was like i think that is a more _ kingdom was like i think that is a more difficult question for the _ is a more difficult question for the media to answer. do you think there _ for the media to answer. do you think there has _ for the media to answer. do you think there has been _ for the media to answer. do you think there has been in - for the media to answer. do you think there has been in terms i think there has been in terms of their reporting too much of a narrow focus in this election?— a narrow focus in this election? ~ ., ~' a narrow focus in this election? ~ ., ,, ., election? well, i do think that for us in bristol _ election? well, i do think that for us in bristol and _ election?

so it is all eyes i on conservative head quarter, the party's promised to address this report's findingsbe suspended from parliament for six weeks, after an independent panel found he sexually harassed a member of his staff. mps now have to decide whether the recommended suspension should go ahead. someone who worked for mr roberts — the mp for delyn — said he was repeatedly propositioned and asked to be "less alluring". mr roberts has apologised. police investigating the shooting of the prominent black lives matter activist sasha johnson say they are looking for four men who are said to have attended a party in the early hours of sunday morning. msjohnson remains critically ill after being shot in the head in south east london. detectives have again said there's no evidence she was specifically targeted. chi chi izundu reports. in the early hours sunday morning, this is where sasha johnson was shot in the head at a party. police say four black men dressed in dark clothing entered the garden and started shooting, and fled the scene before officers is arrived. we're aware of sasha's invol

but i want to comment on the conservative party's support as well.the government, it was kind of awkward situation for their supporters who have been always against everything, not in favour of much. and they have the glass ceiling still. i mean, and it is around 20% of this whole population. so they're growing now but soon we feel that they are reaching their ceiling and we are still over 10% ahead. all right. we must end there. but prime minister kaja kallas, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. hello. it may come as a shock to those of you who sat under sunny skies on sunday, but elsewhere, there was some severe storms, some flash flooding and also this was sent into us from one of our weather watchers, a funnel cloud, the early stages of a tornado, on the west coast of somerset. and the turbulent atmosphere which brought those conditions still with us through the next few days. more thundery downpours to come, nice in the sunshine where you've got it, but overall, rather cool and then potential for something much wet

but i want to comment on the conservative party's support as well.nd, i mean, if they... ..when they were in the government, it was kind of awkward situation for their supporters who have been always against everything, not in favour of much. and they have the glass ceiling still. i mean, and it is around 20% of this whole population. so, they're growing now, but soon we feel that they are reaching their ceiling and we are still over 10% ahead. all right. we must end there. but prime minister kaja kallas, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. the torrential downpours, the thunderstorms were once again the talking point of the weather on monday. up to an inch of rain fell in some areas, and a covering of hail in others, as you can see. so, just adding to the rainfall totals that we've already seen this may. some areas such as bala in north wales having had twice as much rainfall as we'd normally see throughout the whole of may, and that's so far. and once again, for the day ahead, with low pressure sat to the

labour did suffer from the association with the conservative party in 2014 through better— conservativeongly, i don't see any labour wrongly, idon't see any labour leadership— wrongly, i don't see any labour leadership in the near future contemplating a coalition or any joint _ contemplating a coalition or any joint working formally with the conservative party of the liberal democrats. but, what i would say is that we _ democrats. but, what i would say is that we have this in common that we want scotland to stay in the uk and we should — want scotland to stay in the uk and we should be working well on that. we haven't— we should be working well on that. we haven't seen that at all in this election — we haven't seen that at all in this election. ~ ., �* , , ., election. wouldn't it be better to sa to election. wouldn't it be better to say to nicola _ election. wouldn't it be better to say to nicola sturgeon _ election. wouldn't it be better to say to nicola sturgeon and - election. wouldn't it be better to say to nicola sturgeon and the l election. wouldn't it be better to . say to nicol

edwards was paid to interview borisjohnson and where the latter said he would stand for the conservative party'm... i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go for it. laughter applause following those rows, the bbc�*s new external engagements register will now be published quarterly, listing who's been paid by whom and whether the fee was more or less than £5,000. among those receiving more than that amount in the first three months of the year were the today programme'sjustin webb with four such paid engagements, bbc news home editor mark easton, who chaired a panel for the national housing federation, and the presenter of click, spencer kelly, for performing a similar role for the technology company cisco. nick wright wondered... michael cuddington was also concerned about potential conflicts of interest... we asked the bbc if someone would address these questions in an interview, but our request was declined. we were pointed towards a statement in which the register was described as... thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or

be detected towards the lobbying efforts of industry associations, which unfortunately the conservative party, the city has picked up, may say it's long overdue that companies are being held accountable here. and there are those that are saying germany is taking the easy way out, putting the obligation to monitor and address these processes on the companies, rather than confronting the countries that lead, allow child labor and other views to happen on their territory. well, i think that is a very cheap excuse because of no one is saying that the government, which allow abuse is happening within the territory have no responsibility. at the same time, we cannot close to the fact that european and especially germany just companies have been contributing and profiting from exactly those exploited situations over the last decades. and they have never done anything to improve this. and i would even say in some instant, or quite regularly, i think they would, they have contributed to exacerbate situations there's and they are, they, you, albert. so there's one other defining factor and that is the

i not vote for the conservative party? i not vote for the conservative party?ut there are still unknown is out there, aren't there? indeed, the infection levels are so low and the vaccination programme has gone so well and it was reflected by some of the questions there, what will happen injune 21, are all social distancing rules going to be lifted but we have to recognise there are a lot of unknowns, really. this is a big step, allowing indoor mixing where the virus is more able to transmit. professor chris whitty showed a chart there that had the numbers of people, by age, who died and the proportion of cases by age and, as we can see, it shows that those under the age of 40, very few deaths, but on the other side, lots of significant amounts of transmission. and these under a0 is other people not yet vaccinated, not even with one dose, so that suggests it is still possible we could see infection levels start increasing quite rapidly. we have seen it in other countries. the most vulnerable are protected but there are still around one in 20 people in a most at