james somerset, who sues for his freedom after being brought into englanby a customs official who, quote, owns him in boston. now, in the ruling, whh technically applied only to this one pers in question, right, not wider, the judge concludes that slavery haso basis natural law and has no basis in english common law. so in order to be upheldn englanthat, there would need to be a law passed by parliament to make it somethi that exisd in england or else it cannot be presumed to exist now and james somerset wins s freedom as an outcome of this case. again, though ruling applied to only ts one individual news traveled fast and it was broadly interpted as establishing the idea that an enslaved person would be free when setting foot into england so that slavery is not going to exist in england. now, some historians think that this white colonists in the americas who were worried that like taxes or land policies, the british might suddenly decide to interfere with the system of slavery. other historians argue that this was not so widely talked about maybe and wasn't a central concern for elites

parliament to make it something that existed in england or else it cannot be presumeto exist now and james somerset wins his freedom as an outcome of this case. again, though ruling applied to only this one individual news traveledast and it was broadly interpreted as establishing the idea that an enslaved person would be free when setting foot into england so that slavery is not going to exist in england. now, some historians think that this white colonists in the americas who were worried that like taxes or land policies, the british might suddenly decide to interfere with the system of slavery. other historians argue that this was not so widely talked about maybe and wasn't a central concern for elites, the colonies. okay, so there's some disagreement on the the effect that this had in the but this did happen. there is coverage of this and this is out there. another thing that is very sure coming out of this is, that white colonists are using the language of slavery to describe the threat. they believe british policy fees and taxes are posing to their autonomy me to their liberty that liberty no

james. we should have meat only to compensate for the lack of being eaten and, frank said. it tastes fake bring out the somersetpie. now few weeks ago the bbc aren't announced it was going to axe the bbc singers choir owing to a tightening of their belts . however, it's also their belts. however, it's also been revealed that our friend gary lineker , a singular human, gary lineker, a singular human, just one person earns more than the entire budget of the choir and the salaries of its 24 one members. anyway the really interesting news that the cabinet is backing campaign set up to reverse the bbc's decision to axe the choir and the jobs of its members . and i think this is its members. and i think this is a really important thing that's happening. i'm obviously an impartial. presenter for this part of the show and i have a feeling that my distinguished panel may agree . but peter, how panel may agree. but peter, how the bbc justify the licence fee if it doesn't do these ascent short cultural objectives fulfil them that other people wouldn't do the commercial world wouldn't fill this. if the bbc is cutting it's