kier starmer sat on the fence. to abstain over the tearing system. it's like to be elected to govern is to choose to make these tough decisions. absolutely gutless. it's like, stand up absolutely gutless. it's like, stand up and be counted, so, find, boris johnson, if you don't agree with him, but actually offer an alternative. you know, it's absolutely commits back to jeremy corbyn, kind of, just checking bricks from the sidelines, but actually offering a credible alternative. you are shaking your head, yasmin stop you know, because kier starmer said very clearly that we needed more restrictions. boris johnson kind of really had it out for him in that boris kind of way, which is half mockery, half, you know, i know best. and that was during prime ministers on wednesday. kier starmer asked for more restrictions. and, borisjohnson dismissed him. and lo and behold, 48 hours later, he is doing the opposite of what he said. that is why he cannot be trusted. lets go on to the mirror, giles, christmas to come, we've got

it was boris johnson's first year as prime minister, labour chose a new leader in sir kier starmer.ember 2020 as the year that life stood still, but in politics, it's been a whirlwind. borisjohnson began the year having secured an emphatic election victory with an 80 seat majority and delivering on his promise to get brexit done. with the eu divorce deal backed by parliament, he had a new slogan of what he called "leveling up". people don't feel that they have a chance to get to the opportunity areas, to the high skilled, high payjobs, and that's one of the things that i hope by the end of this parliament, we will attack. it was supposed to be a fresh start... there you have it, we are no longer a member of the european union. ..leaving the bitter brexit battle far behind, now the issue that had dominated politics for years had been settled. unless something really, really odd happens, we are going to be sitting here next year and the biggest thing that will have happened politically and all the rest will be the uk's out of the european union. while something was happening on the ot

you make the point about reading the deal, but the logic, wasn‘t it crystal clear from kier starmer that those two that a responsible political party can make them and that‘s why here‘s number says with all the caveats around, that is why he is going to support this deal. why doesn‘t that stand for you, that logic? first of all, liberal democrats of a lwa ys first of all, liberal democrats of always voted against no—deal, we accepted no—deal would be very damaging for our economy, but what i respect kier starmer, i don‘t pick it‘s a choice between this deal and no—deal. it‘s really clear the government could ask for a further extension to negotiate a better deal. that was the leader of the liberal democrats, and of course, he has reservations about the deal. earlier, we were showing that picture borisjohnson the moment he heard the deal was done, arms aloft, tweeting that picture sanctum of the deal is done. so, plenty more coverage of this very much our main story, that breaking news that there has been a deal between the uk. i‘m back with more reaction from westminster from the europea

household in an outdoor public space must just days ago boris johnson mocked his opposition rival kier starmer for questioning why restrictions were being eased for christmas and if he really is going to press ahead with this can he tell us what's the assessment and has it been done of the impact that it will have on infection rates and increase pressure on the n.h.s. what's the impact. mr speaker we should have the guts just to say what he really wants to do which is to cancel the plans people have made and cancel cancel christmas that's really that's what i think that's what he's driving at this is bigger. london has gone from tear to tear for a no family christmas in just 4 days in parts of england in lower it is allowing 3 households to mix for 5 days is being reduced to just christmas day itself scotland's 1st minister says her country is allowing only one day of mixing to and is essentially pulling up the drawbridge if you had people travelling to join you for christmas from in sweden. that will no longer be permitted equally it will no longer be permitted for any advise to travel anywhe

governments lose elections oppositions they win them so if johnson is a disaster the question is is kier starmer the man who could replace him if johnson is excessive doesn't matter what his stomach does because johnson is going to be in power for 10 years so the question is can he actually nail johnson down so like a year ago everybody was saying we've already discussed a this labor party would only vote for a cotton type figure be next time it would have to be a woman so whenever kids stars name came up it's not chance it will be a woman he must want. instead he's running away with it they see in him a way to be credible or forests to figure who might be the leader lee figure to lead them towards some kind of recovery and that's why he's doing much better i suspect than any political commentator would have predicted a year ago. you know maybe there are said c 30 plus states which we could weigh in any way that we're complementary to the labor party rather than competitive. i guess that happens you know you got serious numbers for an alternative government trends there in 9097 and that's how ma

labor the main opposition party in maine will actually support him because the opposition leader kier starmer says this fyn deal as he describes it is better than no deal at all that said boris johnson. sort of rejected those criticisms of the labor leader and insisted that it was a very good deal it is true that the proof of the effect of this will only be felt on january the 1st when those trucks start to go through kalai and over under this new system of checks where you'll have rule of origin checks you'll have new customs declarations there won't be tariffs there won't be quotas they have that they've been done away with in the deal and so it gave boris johnson the opportunity to be celebrating in the house behind me a little earlier let's have a listen these 2 achievements because the central purpose of this bill is to accomplish something that the british people always knew in their hearts could be done and yet which we were continually told was impossible and told we could not have our cake and eat it you remember how we were told that i missed the speaker namely that we could trade i

kier starmer, leader of the opposition has said that he and his party will support this deal when itdon't think that the labour party should co—owner this deal. it‘s going to go through. it will go through with conservative votes, even if some of their real extremists on the brexit agenda decide they can‘t support it. and i really think that boris johnson should be made —— should be made to own it. he‘s going to get some nice headlines on the papers for the next air to come up within the country will have to deal with what the reality of what we have now done witches make ourselves make ourselves weaker in the world. it‘s to create considerable extra burdens on business. yes, quota free cometary free, but totally contrary to what borisjohnson said in his press c0 nfe re nce to what borisjohnson said in his press conference “— to what borisjohnson said in his press conference —— press conference. so many other aspects of oui’ conference. so many other aspects of our national life are going to change. and i think it‘s interesting, your interview with the lawyer there, i remember being

we are hearing via a spokesperson for kier starmer that he has been advised to self—isolate after a memberand not showing any symptoms, his spokesperson says, and he will be working from home. second time he has had to self—isolate. the first time was in relation to one of his children. he is not showing any symptoms of the virus, hasn't tested positive, but is self isolating. heavy rainfall has caused flooding in parts of scotland, with train and tram lines being engulfed by water. scotrail services between aberdeen and inverness have been suspended after a landslip near huntly. train services were also affected by flooding on the line at livingston and at hartwood in north lanarkshire. and this was the scene earlier in edinburgh as tram lines were swamped with water. three people have been taken to hospital following an explosion at a house in west yorkshire. the extent of their injuries isn't known. the blast happened at a property in illingworth, near halifax, at around 7.30am this morning. an investigation is under way. the mayor of liverpool — joe anderson — has been released on bail

an outdoor public space your start was just days ago boris johnson mocked his opposition rival kier starmer for questioning why restrictions were being eased for christmas and if he really is going to press ahead with this can he tell us what's the assessment and has it been done of the impact that it will have on infection rates and increase pressure on the n.h.s. what's the impact well mr speaker we should have the guts just to say what he really wants to do which is to cancel the plans people have made and can't i counsel christmas that's really that's what i think that's what he's driving at this is bigger. london has gone from tear to tear for a no family christmas in just 4 days in parts of england in lower allowing 3 households to mix for 5 days is being reduced to just christmas day itself scotland's 1st minister says her country is allowing only one mixing to and is essentially pulling up the drawbridge if you had people travelling to join you for christmas from in sweden the uki that will nor be permitted equally it will no longer be permitted for any a voice to travel anywhere in

it was boris johnson's first year as prime minister, labour chose a new leader in sir kier starmer. a new slogan of what he called "leveling up". people don't feel that they have a chance to get to the opportunity areas, to the high skilled, high payjobs, and that's one of the things that i hope by the end of this parliament, we will have tackled. it was supposed to be a fresh start... there you have it, we are no longer a member of the european union. ..leaving the bitter brexit battle far behind, now the issue that had dominated politics for years had been settled. unless something really, really odd happens, we are going to be sitting here next year and the biggest thing that will have happened politically and all the rest will be the uk's out of the european union. well, something was happening on the other side of the world. in central china, a man has died following an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia like virus which officials say comes from the same family as the deadly sars virus. prime minister, are you concerned about coronavirus? at first, the risk to people in the uk wa

let's cross to central london where labour leader sir kier starmer it's taking questions.. it wasjust a question about your speech. you are talking about preserving and renewing united kingdom and surely the best way from your points if you would beta whilst specifically in scotland to increase the support the scottish labour. how do you plan to do this click delete my given we see people in the same positions, same leader, quite frankly you have the same infighting going on day after day, week after week. you are absolutely right. it is vital we rebuild trust in labour in scottish labour in scotland and that is absolutely what we are committed to doing. every day, every week, every month into may of next year and then on from there. working with richard leonard, scottish labour, and it is absolutely clear in order to achieve that we need to unite as a party and iam that we need to unite as a party and i am absolutely committed to that as well. that is the challenge and i have to rise to that. i completely accept that. thank you, hannah. now we go to the daily record with