obtain his support entail making compromises by new labour? >> i don't think so. because i don't think we as it were went out to him and said rupert would -- and i say in my statement far more important, and this isn't just about murdoch. because murdoch's the biggest figure and because the phone hacking has led to this inquiry there's been a huge amount of focus on him but this goes right across the media panoply. i was in charge of tony blair's media operation. we had strategies for all of these papers and we had approaches to awful these papers. but i certainly think with mr. mushed okay, for example, you asked me in the questions in advance about the visit to the hayman island. i was never in doubt that was a good thing to do. because he gave us an opportunity to in a sense use that event as a broader public platform and it gave us an opportunity to set out for a huge number of editors and executives around the world what new labour was about. i think it would have been crazy not to do that. >> did you have any previous dealings as it were

if you accept the premise, at least of the purpose of argument, at least in relationship to the labour party, it's had a terrible time in the 1980's, up to 1992 and that election. your strategy may have been a reaction to that. even on that analysis, that reaction created a political culture with, as i said, a degree of cynicism, and you if you don't like the term, a disposition to be malleable with the truth, we can turn it down a bit and say put the best possible gloss on the truth. >> it's even possible to dispute this issue, spin, spin from the last labor government. i cannot believe we are the first and only government that has ever wanted to put the best possible gloss on what you're doing. now, i would be surprised if governments haven't done that throughout the ages. that is a different thing to say things that are deliberately untrue or you bully or you harass journalists and so on. now, i read a lot of things that we're supposed to have done. i actually dispute we did those things very, very strongly. my view is this -- i totally understand why there's a kind of symmetry in b

and labour politicians, how about them? >> like i say, there was very few labour politicians. >> okay, mr. blair. did he send you one? >> yes. >> probably not mr. graham. >> no. he's probably getting the bunting out. >> it has been reported in relation to mr. cameron but who knows whether it's true that you received a message of support along the lines, keep your head up. is that true or not? >> from? >> from mr. cameron indirectly. have you seen that in the times? >> yes, i did see it in the times. along those lines, i don't think those were the exact words, but along those lines. >> is the gist right? >> yes. but it wasn't a direct message. >> did you also receive a message from him by an intermediary along these lines, sorry i could not have been as loyal to you as i have been, but ed miliband had me on the run or words to that effect? >> it's similar but, again, very indirectly. >> so broadly speaking, that message was transmitted to you, was it? >> yes. >> be do you happen to know how these messages do enter the public

>> a variety, really, but a couple of labour politicians, very few labour politicians. >> can you be a bit more specific? >> sorry. i'm not trying to be evasive. i received some indirect messages from number 10, number 11, foreign office. >> you're talking about secretarys of state, prime minister. >> and also people who worked in those offices as well. >> labour politicians, how about them? >> like i say, there was very few labour politicians. mr. blair, did he send you one? >> yes. >> probably want mr. blair? >> no. probably getting the bunting out. >> and it has been reported in relation to mr. cameron that whonse whether it's true, that you received a message of support along the lines, keep your head up. >> from? >> from mr. cameron indirectly? >> yes, i did, along those lines. it was more, i don't think they were the exact words, but along those lines. >> is the gist right at least? >> yes. but it wasn't a direct text. >> did you also receive a message along these lines, sorry, i could not have been as loyal to you as i have been, but i have had on the run, or words to that eff

, and non-profit organizations, and i am pleased that our labour colleagues to join us this morning. geared with our labor colleagues just waved for the audience eminent -- would our labor colleagues just waved for the audience? they are out there. our theme this morning is prosperity to gather. give we helped pass key initiatives, including the tax exemption, a tax exclusion for pre-ipo tech companies, and last but not least, of the school facilities and the street repair bond measure. we helped the rail multiple harmful measures from appearing on the ballot so revenue generation opportunities will stay in place, and we champion who economy-boosting infrastructure that creates jobs including park merced, treasure island, the central subway expansion, a california pacific medical center, a california high-speed rail, and certainly, america's cup. just like the chamber did 75 years ago at this meeting, we advocated for the building of a world-class sprinter -- bridge. in recent months the foundation program helped launch bio sf, to attract science to the city. goothey have now recruit

>> sam torrance, a couple labour politicians, very few labour politicians.spent can we be a bit more specific? >> i'm not trying to be evasive. i received some indirect messages from number 10, number 11, home office, foreign office. >> so you are talking about secretaries of state, prime minister, chancellor exchequer, aren't you? >> those who work in those offices as well. >> labour politicians, how about that? >> like i say, there were very few labour politicians spent okay. mr. blair, did he send you one? >> yes, it spent but probably not mr. brown? >> no. probably getting the bunting o out. >> it has been reported in relation to mr. cameron from, who knows whether it is true, that you received a message of support along the lines, keep your head up. is that you are not? >> from? >> from mr. cameron, indirectly. >> yes. i did see it in the times. along those lines figure was more, i don't think that was, those were the exact words but along the lines spent but is the just right? >> yes. but it was indirect. it wasn't indirect. >> did you also receive a m

those are three cost factors -- housing price, labour, office space differences and taxes. it creates a situation within which there are substantial cost differences being in san francisco and other places. it is important that the city make decisions and these are relatable to policy decisions this city makes. be mindful of the economic development strategy and having a more balanced process of economic growth across the city. industries like technology are able to succeed despite the high labor costs. there is some information that labor costs are actually lower here than they are in santa clara. but that is not generally true. let me give you an example i ran of a hardware store with 18 employees. what would they paid in wages, office space and taxes if they were in five cities in the bay area. san francisco has the highest labor. the office space is also the highest, those not nearly as basic a cost expense. but by the time you are dealing with office space and labor, the taxes hardly matter. that is an example of the magnitude of difference we're talking about. for a l

it is only labour who think the answer is more boring, more spending, more debt. exactly the problems that got us into this mess in the first place. >> we will have more. >> thank you. in 1993, [unintelligible] last week, a memorial plaque was stolen. will the prime mr. consider legislation? >> my friend makes an extremely important point. the whole country was shocked by the theft of that memorial and everyone remembers the warrington bomb and the people who died. we have already legislated and we have made this an offense. we are doing everything to sort out the problems of the scrap metal trade. any court in this circumstance is able to hand out exemplary sentences. the public are appalled by what happened. >> question two. there are two ways of measuring youth unemployment. this includes full and part-time students, over 1 million. youth unemployment is too high on either measure although it rose by 40% under the previous government. it fell by 17,000. if you look at the claimant count, the number of young unemployed people has fallen since the election. >> th

the labour party.hat is a matter of the records that changed of course since it tender 2009. the question was, was the fact of prior discussion or his advisors? >> not that i can remember, no. it wouldn't be that way. in fact, i think in 2005, again it's very difficult. i wish i had some access to my notes, but i think in 2005 "the sun," we lift your right to the day. i think we erect good instead of a vatican file chimney on the roof of west bank and whatever colored smoke -- sorry, it was funny at the time. clearly not in translation now. but whatever smoke at the time came out. so we had red smoke and blue smoke. i'm not sure we could find any other smoke at the time. we clearly would need it now. and i think we left it. as i remember it being on the roof and looking down and seeing all the press guys there, waiting for the color to come out. and i didn't see mr. layer. >> that wasn't the question was a more straightforward one. was the son support one of prior discussion? >> i keep saying the same

department of labour. they have recognized this industry needs more training for people. if we are going to hit the veterans when they come home, made a career folks to get into the technology, we need training centers. a month and half ago, the u.s. department of labour announced a $5 million grant to san francisco to allow us to train young people all across the city into the new job skills that they need to be successful in a technology and in the by-life sciences industry. $5 million grant. we are going to put that into the trading mechanism through a couple of nonprofits that will devise those same curriculum and getting the skill sets down and making sure we train people. this summer there will be a lot of youth looking for jobs. we had a great meeting with all of the 55 departments of the city, try to get some extra money to hire our youth run the city, in internships to run this summer. we want to reach out to 3000 kids. we have asked as at city to step up with the chamber of commerce. they will be meeting with us to make an announcement on how the private sector

in 1992, neil kinnock, then the labour party leader, was expected to win, right up to election day. he got mugged by a headline. >> that was a bit of fun, wasn't it? don't you think it's fun? you should get the page 1. you should stick it on there, make the documentary more interesting. i took basically an old gag. i got a light bulb, stuck kinnock in the middle of it, and the headline sply said, "if kinnock wins today, will the last person to leave britain please turn out the lights." it was a bit of fun. >> bergman: when he lost, kinnock blamed the papers, and the sgloated. >> we had real power. i mean, five million copies. i mean, tguardian sells what, 200,000, 300,000 to a bunch of bearded lesbians who have their opinions pretty well made up. but sometimes people come into this bar and sprout the same opinions verbatim they've just read in the paper. and it's quite interesting how you can really mold the mood of a nation and take it one way or the other. >> bergman: so when tony blair took over the labour party in 1994, he knew what had to be done. he had to book a flight to aus

, and non-profit organizations, and i am pleased that our labour colleagues to join us this morning. geared with our labor colleagues just waved for the audience eminent -- would our labor colleagues just waved for the audience? they are out there. our theme this morning is prosperity to gather. give we helped pass key initiatives, including the tax exemption, a tax exclusion for pre-ipo tech companies, and last but not least, of the school facilities and the street repair

inhe beat labour's ken livingston by 62,000 votes. he said he would continue to fight for a good deal for londoners. >> in 84 days, london will welcome the world and the world will see a city that is going through a near victorian surge of investment in public transport. the jubilee line is going 3 miles an hour faster on average that was four years ago, while the murder rate is down 25% over the past four years. where the olympic and the pair lived at a news have been completed on time and under budget. -- and the paralympic venues have been completed on time and under budget. they will find a city hall administration that is getting on with this work of government and getting the resources and directing scarce resources to what matters for londoners. >> the defeated candidate announced that this would be his last election campaign. >> 41 years ago, almost to the day, i won my first election on a manifesto promising to build good counsel housing and to introduce a free bus passes for pensioners. now, i have lived long enough to get o

program for getting off the ground in under a year in stark contrast to the four wasted years of labour programs. what further help can the prime minister give to my job seekers where unemployment figures must be appalling to find the work they want a? >> i think the honorable gentleman makes an important point because not only as the work program got up d running quickly, it is help already or it is helping 590,000 people. it will help over 3 million people in total. the key difference between it and previous programs is payment by results. so we are paying providers more money for the more difficult people who have been out of work for longte who have series challenges about getting back into the workplace. i think we can use this program no just about people who have fallen out of work recently but people who totally lost connection with the labour market. those are the people we want to help most. >> in april last ear the government announced the successful bids and round one of the recent growth fund. i was very pleased to be included. it means five of jobs, it means rescuing peopl

>> at the labour party? >> will obviously. >> individuals within the labour party as well. he knew that, didn't you? >> well, yes. >> did you sense in any way that this was the exercise of power, concentrated if not to you personally at least to a small group of people within news international which of course evenings? >> i think -- i don't think we have a source in those terms, no. >> perhaps you could think about it now in those terms. >> but i don't think we've seen it in those terms. >> why not? >> rightly or wrongly, i believe and have believed throughout my career that i was my main responsibility was to readership and that any influence we could come today or as their behalf or for their concern was the most important thing. and that's just the way it was. so i don't think we thought like that. yes answer to your question, we knew there'd be certain individuals in the labour party they would not be happy with the decision. >> this is a decision taken. you've identified your ticket. james murdoch with the party. you were instrumental. the fact is late with those four

if he must've been able to surmise what the labour opposition, partly, that the labour opposition would oppose his acquisition of the title without a reference to the mmc, and i was at the very least a risk that the secretary of state would take the political line of least resistance. in other words, in the parlance of the 1980s, a wet rather than a dry approach but as it happened to documentary evidence showed that their meeting on 26 january 1981, mr. hinton told mr. murdoch that he was minded to refer the bid to the mmc. mr. murdoch stated he would not withdraw his bid if that happen. although everyone understood this would cause delay, uncertainty and problems with thompson. some might say that the direct threat to withdraw the bid might have backfired. later that afternoon, cabinet subcommittee the merits of referral to the mmc were discussed and it was concluded first that the statutory conditions were non-referrals were met. secondly, that there were no commercial or political advantages in favor of a referral. whether there were any private conversations between baroness thatche

my apologies to the labour community here, i appreciate the need to create more jobs. i regularly walk picket lines in support of working men and women. i am amazed by this. i am hearing that the outcome of the race is not only for the democratic county central committee and a membership on this body are at stake in this vote. that, to me, is incredible. i see the forces for development moving very strongly, and to me, it represents a move to the right by the democratic party. in particular, next up is the peace in the paper yesterday about how everyone of you signed a letter to the golden state warriors. to build yet another large facility on the waterfront. i look forward to that debate when it comes forward. finally, i wanted to say that the san francisco green party stands united in opposopposing s project. [chime] president chiu: next speaker. >> hi, my name is hiroko, i have a resident in san francisco and i have been an active member of golden gate way tennis club since 2007. i use the facility three or four times a week. using the facility regularly has become

brown in 2006 am a labour conference, d.c. that? paragraph 36. >> yes. >> if it was at the labour conference in manchester that year, we knew because it was announced that mr. blair would be leaving within the year and, therefore, in all probability mr. brown would be the next prime minister. are you with a? >> i think that was a given, yeah. >> he said to you, are you say, i remember that meeting well because mr. brown told me, had it on very good authority that river burdock would appoint me as editor of "the sun" when rebekah was promoted. you see that? >> yes. >> he was effectively telling you that he was already, rupert murdoch's decision one, that rebekah wade would be promoted, and that too, you would be inclined to be the next editor of "the sun." >> that's what he was saying, yes. [inaudible] >> because i didn't. frankly, believe that river burdock would've had a conversation conversation with him. >> but why not? he was close to mr. brown, wasn't he? >> my understanding of how news international works in terms of appointme

thing i want to announce is that we got a pretty big grant from the federal government, department of labour. we announced a couple of weeks ago. it is a $5 million grant. technology is the future. you have to know that. you have to be pretty skilled in technology in order to do any job well in the near future. tech sf is the money that was granted to us as a city, and aimed at those entities that helped train kids like you and others to the technology skills so that you can get a job at ibm or twitter or salesforce or wells fargo or bank of america. all of these technology jobs need the skill sets. it is a good opportunity. we are working with entities. that has been putting those skills together. you can get enrolled in these nonprofits and cable brokerage you. you can get job training. i saw some of the kids. they are smiling because they know they have a future with all the these companies. they can move around and choose what it is they want to do. whether it is in the music industry, financial industry, social services industry. all of that will be tech driven. i been spending time mak

i'm with the 12 labour trust. two meetings ago, there is a discussion about rates for wholesale customers. the concern is so little water is being used we might have to charge more to cover fixed costs. this shows that from four years ago until now, water use has dropped by 45 million gallons a day. that's almost a 20% decrease. despite the slight lift in increased use this year because of a very dry winter, projections are to remain flat for the next couple of years and will probably be back to normal. but the graph in today's presentation on page nine shows that by 2015, expectations were back to 215 million gallons a day. i think that's very pessimistic. i think conservation is your tuesday, and there's a lot of talk about water and concern and this memo here shows for the next few years is not expected to increase. on this cost per acre foot in $2,018, -- in 2018 dollars. $2,423 per acre foot. the side note is the cost -- that's not the one they are not quite match that here. the costs is a assumes pg&e -- the

my apologies to the labour community here, i appreciate the need to create more jobs. i regularly walk picket lines in support of working men and women. i am amazed by this. i am hearing that the outcome of the race is not only for the democratic county central committee and a membership on this body are at stake in this vote. that, to me, is incredible. i see the forces for development moving very strongly, and to me, it represents a move to the right by the democratic party. in particular, next up is the peace in the paper yesterday about how everyone of you signed a letter to the golden state warriors. towe recognize in redistrictings in life, no one gets 100%. you have recognized a great deal of support for including the larger mission bay in district 10. that has now significantly changed. many believe moving the border to 16th street supports workers in mission bay in a much stronger way. advocacy of the ucsf campus is strengthened by dividing the area with the border at 16th street. the northern border with the 16th. the southern border would be at sixth street

but the probable is he was bounced from the labour party. he thought he would get a food headline 23 minutes after it came out. and because he got no judgment. >> can i push the prime minister on something that concerns me. this is on the role of the special adviser. everyone knows about the role of the special advisers. they work closely with their ministers. i do not believe for one moment, mr. speaker, that the prime minister does not know that that special adviser must have done anything before going on. and telling the prime minister hour by hour, day by day. >> with all of that information is going to be provided to the leveson inquiry, my prep has been very clear about the roll he played, the role that special adviser played. the special adviser has been clear about the role he plays and the fact he went way beyond anything that he was authorized to do. but the process we're about to go through and the normal secretary or independent prisoner process, is these people are not going to be answering questions under oath, in a court. that

. >> sent francisco has a long and nefarious history with casual labour. the maritime employees used in the curious shape up where workers would show up, the foreman would come out and pick out the workers that would work that day and the rest would go home hungry. there was no job security, it was right with favoritism and nepotism. if ensured a hostile work force -- it ensured a docile work force. the center strong message to the rest of the workers and to all the workers, keep in line and keep your mouth shut. fast-forward to 2012, the city government as one of the biggest employers in this city and county and operates a similar labor scheme called of the temporary as-needed. they are hired at the whim of a supervisor and are consistent for favoritism and cronyism and nepotism. you will hear testimony today about the abuse of the system. does that speak out against the system are often retaliated against, and valerie retaliation is often swift and brutal. they will be reacting -- retaliated against. what they will be told is that they are no longer need

film production spent over $6 million in the city of san francisco on labour, hotel accommodations, supplies and other services. i believe that we mean it -- we need to maintain the critical jobs in the city. there are a number of new jobs coming out, including a new woody allen film that was announced, which would continue to extend the film industry's prominence a little bit in 7 cisco. it would diversify our economy and i hope that this is something that i can get your support on. thank you. supervisor chiu: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? or do we need a roll call? san house, same call. next item. >> item #8. ordinance authorizing the department of the environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $403,000 from the california public utilities commission, through pacific gas and electric company, to study the impact that the replacement of old refrigeration equipment in san francisco businesses would have on energy usage and peak power demand in the city, and amending ordinance no. 146- 11 annual salary ordinance, fy2011-2012 and fy 2012-2013) to class 5640

. >> this business seen in oakland as the strike is timed to coincide with octopi and labour oriented protest on may day all around the bay area. the california nurses association has been negotiating with the summer hospital for more than a year now. this is the third strike in the last seven months. >> we decided to come out here to let the community know that this corporation is very greedy. and they don't care about patients, they only care about money. they only care about what it looks like in the media. >> the strike is happening at tender for hospitals including in berkeley and vallejo. so what is mayday exactly? it is also known as international workers' day. it is celebrated as a national holiday in dozens of cut countries. it rose from 19th century labor strike in chicago that pushed for the eight hour work day. it has now turned in honor of labor groups all over the world. stay right here in cbs 5 and cb assets .com for all of the mayday happenings in the bay area >> a woman died today in an apartment fire in san jose. the fire before dawn last several other people unconsc

this is referred to the ad hoc committee for personnel matters and labour relations. commissioner: is it going to be referred to budget, as well? president yee: let's bring it to budget, because i am thinking the same thing, commissioner mendoza. yes. two committees. item s, the board members reports, the school districts elect committee. commissioners fewer, maufas, and mendoza? the commissioner: where their comments on the previous? -- were there comments on the previous? >> would you like me to report on the school committee? president yee: yes. commissioner: there were the course requirements for high schools, and i think it was very sobering, the data that the district presented about how many students are not to graduate because of the requirements, so this i think is, we, as a board, passed in a graduation requirement. there was discussion about the need and how that would help with credit recovery, and have this could be put towards meeting the requirement. also, we heard about this summer school program, which the city is offering, and also, the district is a

guest: indeed, the labour culture have won a very good victory. they boxed in the conservatives into disagreeing with this line that rupert murdoch was not a fit person to run a global media company. that paints the conservatives and david cameron, the prime minister, as the party of rupert murdoch. and for as long as this scandal continues, that is not a popular position to be in. host: melanie sloan, from one of our views saying -- guest: it was terrific that rockefeller did in fact send a letter to lord levinson asking for further information. hi asked for information regarding potential bribery of people in great britain. also asked for information about phone hacking. anything that might make an american nexus. he was asking for that information. hopefully that information will come and they'll be holding hearings. so far we haven't seen a great willingness, certainly the house run by a republican majority is unlikely to hold any kind of hearings. they generally are very close with fox news. and in some ways i think we might be seeing the sam

. >> ok -- >> she was friendly with prime ministers, labour and conservative. her trial will be uncomfortable for the government. the whatever her past power, her reputation is now in the hands of the justice system, and ultimately 12 ordinary jurors. >> tom simons reporting there. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come -- >> [singing] >> forces from stereo we do not hear any more. -- from syria we do not hear it every day. you may not realize it, but electronic gadgets may be creating a conflict in the developing world. they contain minerals often mind in areas controlled by local militias. >> every day, these men go deep into a mountain through dark, narrow tunnels to earn a living. heads bent, water dripping. the roof shored up by timber. they hack for tin. it is the metal that goes into our cars, mobile phones, and household appliances. it is considered a conflict mineral. it is used to fund militia groups in the long-running war that has killed millions. a link with war and killing that goes right into our own home. >> the minerals should

accomplished and the promise of greater successes ahead with our team this morning of prosperity, business, labour, and government united, because that is the key to making the city viable and sustainable, and with our new mayor across more business- friendly, economic-friendly, we are all working together to a common goal with sharon priorities, and that is truly a formula for prosperity and improving the well-being of all san franciscans. the 2012 city beat poll survey of san francisco voters found that some franciscans are very optimistic about the future, but they remain concerned about homelessness, panhandling, and the economy, and public transportation. the trends are going the right direction. the good news is 58% of voters think san francisco is going in the right direction, and the highest since march, 2007, so we are moving in the right direction. only 28% are pessimistic, compared to 38% concerned last year. quality of life scores are up with 70% of voters saying the quality of life in the city is getting better or the same, but we have a quarter of folks who say quality of life has de