senior politics lecturer at lancaster university thanks for coming on to the program mark and now. let's look at another referendum was indeed to be held how do you think britain would vote this time. according to the opinion polls there has been a move in opinion over the time since the first referendum but it's not a dramatic change i think the most recent polling suggested fifty five percent remain forty five percent for leave the problem is that the opinion polls told a kind of similar story before the last referendum and of those arguments that mrs may. not having a second referendum the only one i think that really makes any kind of sense is the one that says that if we have this referendum that won't solve our problem because it will again be rather close all the other argument she's been using against a referendum it desperately thin she seems to be saying it would somehow be a betrayal of democracy which suggests that using a democratic process is somehow anti democratic and that the idea that the people have spoken once it shouldn't be allowed to speak again is rather str

get more reaction now and talk with dr robert gucci he's a politics and media lecturer at lancaster university you can you very welcome robert thanks for your time tonight firstly let's just talk about the saudi issue and potential drawing of military support for the saudi incursion in yemen we have to wait don't we a few more months before this vote actually happens but when it does happen if it voted against supporting the saudis do you think would actually have any real impact on the american policy with saudi arabia. well you know the western democracy both in the u.k. and the us in the last week i'm just shown how vulnerable those political systems are in the sense to neither neither country can seem to get their their ships in order houses in order and delaying votes by those who are rightfully elected into the parliament or into the us case into congress delaying the ability for people to speak or to take action is not a very democratic part of the process now and your question specifically when this comes back sort of discussion if it's just for discussion next year very well may pass

senior lecturer in international relations on the director of the richardson institute at lancaster university in the north of england and joins me now on our visit was good have you with us again simon on the program it feels like the saudis are being sort of backed into a political corner and do the saudis feel under pressure from the us political backlash and these decisions now being voiced by the canadian prime minister yeah i think so i think if we look at the history of u.s. saudi relations it's been one that it's been quite tranquil the saudis aren't really used to any of this type of. rhetoric from such a prominent all the us government so quite hurt i think by this it's a very strong move that was that was classed on thursday and they're not particularly accustomed to it and so when you put that alongside what mr trudeau's been saying overnight but i think you know they're in a very delicate position they're in a position they're not being particularly accustomed to over the past seventy years or so so yeah i think they're in a position where they're having to come up fighting and in

peaceful human rights activists someone maybe is a lecturer in international relations at lancaster university in the north of england he says saudi arabia could face a serious challenge of international pressure continues to mount. well i think if we look at the history of u.s. saudi relations it's been one that's been quite tranquil the saudis on really used to any of this type of. rhetoric from from such a prominent organ of the u.s. government so that quite hurt i think by this it's a very strong move that was that was passed on thursday and they're not particularly accustomed to it and so when you put that alongside what mr trudeau's been saying overnight and i think you have there in a very delicate position they're in a position they're not being particularly accustomed to over the past seventy years or so so yeah i think they're in a position where they're having to come out fighting it's important to remember that only canada and germany have said that they are looking into it jimmy has done with regard to some aspects of military hardware and canada has said that it's legal.

other peaceful human rights activists some and maybe it's alectryon international relations at lancaster university in the north of england he says saudi arabia could face a serious challenge if international pressure continues to mount but i think if we look at the history of u.s. saudi relations it's been one that's been quite tranquil the saudis aren't really used to any of this type of. rhetoric from from such a prominent organ of the u.s. government so that quite hurt i think by this it's a very strong move that was that was passed on thursday and they're not particularly accustomed to it and so when you put that alongside what mr trudeau's been saying overnight and i think you have there in a very delicate position they're in a position they're not being particularly accustomed to over the past seventy years or so so yeah i think they're in a position where they're having to come out fighting it's important to remember that that only canada and germany have said that they are looking into it to me has done with regard to some aspects of military hardware and canada has said that it's looking

thank you for now i want to bring in our guest now robert good to use a senior lecturer at lancaster university in the u.k. former washington post reporter as well to me what you make of all of that robert when you hear such strong language coming from the likes of lindsey graham coming from the likes of bob kolker what does it all amount to in the end well for a while there it certainly sounded quite hawkish sounded like the same sort of language we heard legislator's comments about saddam hussein and osama bin laden before they took some sort of military action now suggesting that's on the table but that that's not on the tables also quite interesting senator describing some of the sanctions but it really started out being quite explicit about what there really would be and what it would mean for the united states to not be doing business saudi arabia and that if that actually were to be the case now we would not be doing business for many states i'm not even sure what that what that would look like they want donald trump to come clean effectively or might come by oh well james madison or any

exporting these vehicles to saudi arabia simon maven is a lecturer in international relations at lancaster university in the north of england he says saudi arabia could face a serious challenge if international pressure continues to mount. well i think if we look at the history of u.s. saudi relations it's been one that's been quite tranquil the saudis aren't really used to any of this type of. rhetoric from from such a prominent organ of the u.s. government so that quite hurt i think by this it's a very strong move that was that was passed on thursday and they're not particularly accustomed to it and so when you put that alongside what mr trudeau's been saying overnight and i think you have there in a very delicate position they're in a position they're not being particularly accustomed to over the past seventy years or so so yeah i think they're in a position where they're having to come out fighting it's important to remember that that only canada and germany have said that they are looking into it germany has done with regard to some aspects of military hardware and canada has said that it's look

sense of how likely another wave could be, i spoke with dr david mcgarvie, a volcanologist at lancaster university. the volcanoes are quite unstable, and what appears to be happening is we have a new event that has opened up we have a new event that has opened up that is attracting with sea water, and an explosion may well destabilise the volcano even further causing another collapse. this was actually a large collapse. i would hope any future collapse would be much smaller. let's hope that is the case for very obvious reasons. part of the thing we're trying to get our heads around is this lack of warning. can you explain to us why there was no warning, and why it's so there was no warning, and why it's so difficult to get a warning system in place. first of all this is unlike an earthquake, there is no warning at all when a volcano like this collapses, and i think secondly it's a very short distance from where the wave is generated and the volcano itself to the coastline, in some cases only 20 to 30 minutes of warning could possibly be given, but as you never heard in your report, the actual lear

implications of a no deal break say from guarantee jones who is professor of economics at lancaster university management school sir thank you so much for joining us here on out so i guess it's one hundred days from now that if there is no deal than the u.k. his face. in what we're calling a sort of crashing out of the e.u. the e.u. seems to be preparing in some way what do you think the u.k. government can do to i guess prepare for what many people had hoped would be avoided but now it seems that might just happen. the first thing to say about the possibility of a diode deal is that according to the government's own calculations a no deal would be a very bad outcome indeed and their own calculations suggest that fifteen years from now g.d.p. would be more than nine percent lower than it otherwise would be if the u.k. were to crash out with no deal and the reason for that is that if we crash with a no deal the european union would have to charge tariffs the standard rate to the u.k. as it does two countries because the u.k. would of course become a third country that would make exports from th

senior politics lecturer at lancaster university mark garnett believes most arguments being made against another referendum lacks substance of those arguments that mrs may. not have a second referendum the only one i think that really makes any kind of sense is that one of the park says that if we have this referendum that will solve our problem because it will again be rather close all the other argument she's been using against a referendum a desperately thin she seems to be saying it would somehow be a betrayal of democracy which suggests that using the democratic process. the idea that the people have spoken once it shouldn't be allowed to speak again is rather strange so she's really on very very thin ice when she's talking on this subject but in the end there's no dramatic movement in the polls and that might be if there were to be such a movement i really think that it would be impossible to stop it rougher and. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau has expressed concern over two canadians detained in china last week saying his government is taking the situation very seriousl

atlantic council and in lancaster simon made them senior lecturer in international studies at lancaster university if i wore welcome to all of you after a very few people expect this ceasefire to even be a does anyone expect it to hold. the following the peace talks in sweden that many carefully described concern teachers and beginning before talks began just. not to make too much of expectations out of them so it's absolutely. honest saying that two warring parties have agreed on this fight even if just for few hours. i'm very optimistic that both were a pirate you have willingness to hold this ceasefire to as long as it can that. unlike their previous peace talks the outcomes of. talks and sweden have been quite an achievement but all but all i think there is a good movement. or an international and standing and willingness to bring a nice and human talent solution to the conflict in yemen but the question is there anything that will yemen swank parties to achieve i mean that is the big question isn't it so god do you think that there is a genuine desire on both sides for this ceasefire to hold

prince had anything to do with the killing we spoke to a politics and media like the case at lancaster university who thinks the actions of congress and not democratic delaying the ability for people to speak or to take action is not a very democratic. part of the process if the resolution does go through will do united states still be operating behind the scenes and another reason aren't so easily connected on pieces of paper i.e. you know supplying weapons and non discreet man this is absolutely a referendum on swords on donald trump himself and i think a lot of people quite frankly were shocked by his behavior related to relationships in saudi arabia and this particular murder that the way he talked about incidents to cavalier manner. and his delay in doing anything he still hasn't really dejan any steps in acknowledging what his own government is saying that. the head of the russian orthodox church is trying to draw attention to what he describes as the full scale persecution of his church in ukraine patriarch correll has written to the.

we're probably going to see every little while well robert is a professor at lancaster university and as to have the but the trump presidency journalism and democracy and he joins us from lancaster in the united kingdom good to have you with us how surprised are you the impending departure of john kelly. well you know shake ups like this happen after every president's midterm election this one isn't surprising also in the sense that there's been a lot of friction tension between kept and your cushion or and donald trump's family so it's been a power play within the white house in terms of jockeying for positions this does signal you know also that donald trump is shedding some of the long time political operatives within the white house who are working on capitol hill for a long time so he's starting to shed some of that skin and it might be that he's going into more of a war room stance as we're going into the twenty twenty presidential election looking for people with the energy and with the maybe the lack of traditional political ties to get that job done what is that job what is t

activists well we've been speaking to simon mabel in his a lecture in international relations at lancaster university in the u.k. he says saudi arabia could face a serious challenge if international pressure continues to mount. well i think if we look at the history of u.s. saudi relations it's been one that's been quite tranquil the saudis aren't really used to any of this type of. rhetoric from from such a prominent organ of the u.s. government so that quite hurt i think by this it's a very strong move that was that was passed on thursday and they're not particularly accustomed to it and so when you put that alongside what mr trudeau's been saying overnight and i think you have there in a very delicate position they're in a position they're not being particularly accustomed to over the past seventy years or so so yeah i think they're in a position where the having to come out fighting it's important to remember that that only canada and germany have said that they are looking into it jimmy has done with regard to some aspects of military hardware and canada has said that it's looking into it but it

so the politics like lancaster university in long gone it believes most arguments being made against another referendum like substance. of those arguments that mrs may. not having a second referendum the only one i think that really makes any kind of sense is the one that says that if we have this referendum that won't solve our problem because it will again be rather close all the other argument she's been using against a referendum it desperately thin she sees to be saying it would somehow be a betrayal of democracy which suggests that using the democratic process is somehow anti democratic and the idea that the people have spoken once and shouldn't be allowed to speak again is rather strange so she's really on very very thin ice when she's talking on this subject but in the end there's no dramatic movement in the polls and that might be if there were to be such a movement i really think that it would be impossible to stop a second referendum. the news and i'll be back in around thirty minutes time but stay tuned which is up next here on earth. if we have a new trade arrangements w

chief of international interest and from miami via skype robert gucci associate professor at lancaster university a very warm welcome to all of you and now let's start with you how's the quest for justice over the murder of jamal khashoggi lost it's been mental. actually i don't see any indicator to make this conclaves in. terms of losing memory momentum for and the perspective of from the perspective of turkish government so let's look at the prison that runs latest words in the center fourteen during the oil sea meeting so prisoner and on was so decisive on the trial and the dollar evidences and the whole process will be clear as much as two months ago when the actually the murder what took place in istanbul so prison and on again said that in on the line that the whole evidence is and the whole stabs throughout the murder will be rebuild step by step by the turkish government so turkish government and turkey doesn't have any hesitation to bring up the bill evidences or request the insisting that request and the men demand from the saudi government to shed light on the case but as you say that

much for unbundling all the big issues there for us we do appreciate it mungana their life at lancaster university in the u.k. . well mrs may not meeting the french president emmanuel back home because he today busy with lots of other stuff he's promising to lift the minimum wage income tax on pensions and salaries to quell protests against his government in his first national address since the so-called yellow vest rallies began a month ago mr macro says he shoulders some responsibility for the anger of some demonstrators in the concessions just don't go far enough. from paris to. emanuel mcconnell speech was an appeal to french hearts he admitted making mistakes and called for national unity and upon the path to success possibility i admit my share of the responsibility perhaps i made you think i didn't care i had other priorities i know that i have heard some of you with my words. the french president spoke after four weeks of near silence about the so-called yellow vest protests the grassroots movement was sparked by frustration over high fuel taxes but it's become a symbol of anger over the r

for a senior lecturer at lancaster university and from the washington post reporter joins us on skype from lancaster what's your take on how this will affect the way it did mr deals with saudi arabia how significant is this. all this evidence from the senate as well this is the take on it for the senate has yeah that language that we just heard it you know it's almost like we're talking about north korea two two years ago. with that sort of strong language that almost leads one to believe that there is military options being discussed in terms of the response to this to this murder is. that this course continues and that and that strong rhetoric continues on capitol hill that maybe forcing the hand of donald trump to come down on one side of this or the other right now he's been waffling back and forth between you know it could have happened or didn't happen i'm going to stand by his guy and he's going to implicate himself. in one way or another that he either knew what was going on. that he was like many of the rest of us who kind of put these but these dots together earlier or that

a speak to simon maybin in lancaster he's a senior lecturer in international studies that lancaster university in the u.k. good to have you with us mr maven let's just begin with a very important measure that we saw in the u.s. in the senate a vote that really won't sit very well with the president knowing that some of his own republican party ready voted with the opposition. exactly i think the strength of this bipartisan resolution demonstrates the love and concern about about the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia this is a longstanding relationship dating back some seventy years but this is one of the most delicate most finally balanced issues in crises within that relationship and the fact that it was members of mr trump's own party that were involved in sponsoring the resolution shows just how much this is an issue that has has brought concern from across all parts of the states it brings together humanitarian concerns and also strategic so i think it's a very serious issue for the president is certainly not going to sort of form a lot the more procedures are required for that to happen

politics and international relations at lancaster university. live this hour from lancaster, england. a pleasure to have you with us. let's start with the shutdown showdown over the border wall. you'll remember president trump said in his own words earlier that he would own this shutdown. he has flip-flopped on that, now blaming democrats. it's interesting, though, to look back at when mr. trump's predecessor was president, barack obama. and there was a tlaeft of a shutdown. private citizen trump had this to say. >> if indeed there is a shutdown of our government. >> well, if you say who gets fired, it always has to be the top. i mean, problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. and the president's the leader. and he's got to get everybody in a room and he's got to lead. >> it just comes down to these things that were stated by the u.s. president back then in 2013 and then most recently in the oval office. can the president sidestep his own words? >> yes, i mean, one of the things to focus on here is that donald trump is

—— university of lancaster.other side of the retail story. if we are buying things online, it needs to get to us somehow. deliveries, for example. it's the changing nature of retail. it's the changing nature of retail. it is not that people are necessarily leaving the industry completely, it's the nature of the jobs changing. talking to the professor of economics from the university of lancaster about these fixings, he has been looking at these figures for five years and he says there has been hollowing out of the retail industry. you are still seeing low skilljobs, people who need to clean muscles and high end jobs as well but a real hollowing out of those middle jobs. -- people who need to clean, for example, and high end jobs as well. while we are talking retail of this is someone who is getting more of a grip on the high street, mike ashley, the founder of sportsdirect. he will be appearing before a panel of mps later today to answer their questions about the future of the high street. he has a big stake in

much ok let's get more on the for you mt gun it is a senior lecturer in british politics at lancaster university he joins us live from lancaster mark on it if she goes to europe that's where she is today she comes back with nothing which we think that's what she'll probably come back with because there's a not much of a difference between guarantees and assurances and they've said we're not going to give you any more than you've got already on the table she still has to have the vote which she will still lose. yes and i don't think that you have to really go back to nine hundred thirty eight and neville chamberlain was attempts to get to deal with germany. flying over to germany repeatedly you have to go back that far really to see a prime minister in a more difficult situation in fact you might say that this is mazen and even more difficult situation she's caught between institutions with incompatible demands and everywhere you look inside the british house of commons you see reasons why she will not get a compromise deal through and people are speculating this morning that the vote when it com

politics at lancaster university. always good to have you with us. good morning to you. the president promised a shutdown if his border wall wasn't funded and he said it would be on him if that happened. well, he got his wish. however, now he is blaming democrats for the shutdown. who is looking worse here? >> well, they're talking to different audiences, and that's the key thing to always remember with president trump is that he is first and foremost thinking about his base. nearly nine in ten republicans support a border wall and 2-thirds of republicans in recent polls said they would support shutting down the federal government to get that border wall. so even though a majority of americans don't support a border wall at all and they don't support the government shutdown to achieve one, when it comes to the voters about whom trump cares the most, republican primary voters and his key supporters in those key states, he is delivering for them, or he's doing what he thinks they want him to do. and that's the key thing to remember. >> let's talk now about how we got here

it speak to simon a bit in lancaster he's a senior lecturer in international studies that lancaster university in the u.k. good to have you with us some estimate and let's just begin with a very important measure that we saw in the u.s. in the senate a vote that really won't sit very well with the president knowing that some of his own republican party ready voted with the opposition. exactly i think the strength of this bipartisan resolution demonstrates the level of concern about about the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia this is a longstanding relationship dating back some seventy years but this is one of the most delicate most finally balanced issues in crises within that relationship and the fact that it was members of mr trump's own party that were involved in sponsoring the resolution shows just how much.

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moment well in istanbul also in may been is a senior lecturer in international studies at the university of lancaster in the north of england he says u.s. senators all sending a strong message by casting aside the long standing relationship with saudi arabia . i think the strength of this bipartisan resolution demonstrates the level of anger and concern about about the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia this is a longstanding relationship dating back some seventy years but this is one of the most delicate and most finely balanced issues in crises within that relationship and the fact that it was members of mr trump's own party that were involved in sponsoring the resolution shows just how much this is an issue that has has brought concern from across all parts of the states it brings together humanitarian concerns and also strategic so i think it's a very serious issue for the president this is the policymakers in in the u.s. deciding that they have some agency they have a degree of influence although they haven't and ministration many have problems with on both sides of the house problems with the