to bark is delusional it's liberal democrats who vote law same sex marriage in california it's liberal democrats who refused legalized liberal democrats l o four and you know it's liberal they want to do i mean it's a liberal democrat stand where one party is barely an idea here there's there's there's like a half a dozen republicans in these fires. it's the democratic party that wants to confiscate the money that anybody earns beyond whatever the democrats think they should earn what ron paul signifies here is actually very much the tea party message in that the government has gone beyond its pounds we have zero a war going on in this country right now a civil war going on in this country between the people who should be running the government and the elites who think they're better than the rest of us and who are running the government they don't want to let go of it these old fossils these old dusty old white guys are going to sit there until they die or fossilize they have they. they are in charge the democrat party don't have them at least no conspiracy they should run every aspec

and i think you have to look at both economic freedom and social freedom i would argue as a liberal democrat the democrat support economic and social freedom economic freedom would be equal opportunity the chance for every american to have a chance to succeed and that would include things like health care and education and other things that give poor people at chance to succeed in life republicans are very much against that kind of economic opportunity when it comes to social freedom you find the democrats a war hero well it is not only this right now it is the over christmas now edgy market has been recruited as a result of economic freedom of course it is a good source material or not it is really it is my analogy it absolutely not when it comes to social freedom and freedom who i have one fifty percent of what i earn is confiscated by the government and redistributed by the government no the democrats are going to create a mystique you're going to go i spend my money what i spent it on the democrats of just it just made it i must buy health insurance that's right because democrats believe

he is a member of the liberal democrats. topics this week included work on a health and social welfare bill. the economy cannot taxation, and ongoing investigations of criminality in rupert murdoch's newspapers. >> the prime minister, liz kendall. >> mr. speaker, my right hon. friend, is visiting the united states. my deepest condolences for the men who died last tuesday. private anton frenton, private daniel wade and private daniel wilford. these are men of outstanding courage and selflessness. this tragic there will be remembered. this reminds us of what our armed forces enter to guarantee the safety and security of our country. we also id the shocked at the appalling news of the number of afghan civilians who were wounded and killed on sunday morning. we send our sincere sympathies to the families that have been affected by this terrible incident. i shall have further such meetings today. >> i would like to ally myself with the comments about the tragic events in afghanistan. both sides of the house expressed deep sympath

of liberal democrat coverage of the major and all ski we will find nazis course for that arena ghoulish you're a good reader i. get a controversial figures in a sense that ninety going to split is coincidental to be trouble thirty years running for a fifth time run the last was the atmosphere like i described so it's a dud. well like i said they haven't been touted for the first time there are no new this election process so that mr is more or less somewhat of a festive business people are wide awake there are there are you know exploring of the options they're still saying and their headquarters but of course they're standing by their man a very flamboyant figure in russian and russian politics let's have a closer look at the beginning of it what he's like as a candidate liberal democrat rather unusual speech by far bush's most boisterous bully politician. on the record at sixty five juveniles he is on his fifth presidential campaign coming wanted percentage of the votes in two thousand and eight his campaign slogan is little skis or it'll be worse. for the presidency to your drive aga

the liberal democratic party is about was in office that you and i so we wanted to have the best part and then i think you thank you very much because then didn't just bear in mind that my guests on the show today was political analyst constantine seaman and that's it for now from all of the spotlight and we'll be back with more for us and comment on what's going on in from outside russia of course comments on the results of the presidential election in this country until then they are to continue. the the fight .

the deputy prime minister said the liberal democrats are making a difference in this government. with more than 1 million women looking for work, what difference does he believe he has made to this woman? >> of course these figures come at any increase is disappointing. it is a personal tragedy for anyone who loses their job and for them and their families. you should be careful not to pretend that somehow this is a problem and vented. the unemployment of women went up by 24% under labour. youth unemployment went up by 14% under labour. we're most displeased. we all need to work together to bring unemployment down. >> mr. speaker, when we left government, unemployment was coming down. their economic policy is not only driving up unemployment, it means there will have to borrow more. it is not working. and for all his bluster, the truth is, having five liberal democrats seated around the cabinet table has made no difference whatsoever. listen to what the secretary said. this government has no compelling vision. these days, no one agrees with me but does nick agree? >> it is worth

following the reports in russia also of the flamboyant the eccentric leader of the liberal liberal democratic party he also a veteran of the complaints also running in every single presidential election ever since the collapse of the soviet union he's eccentric certainly and he certainly has some chance of making it into the second round runoff should it happen another candidate is the leader of the fair russia party something that all of also quite frequent he has been running in every single election but still he participated in the two thousand and four election as far as i can remember and he used to be head of the upper house of the russian parliament and also we have russian tycoon mikhail prokhorov somewhat of a dark horse in this particular presidential campaign he's a newcomer to politics and it's the first time he's running as president also seen by many experts says the most as one of the likely candidates to make it into the second round runoff should it happen in fact it's the main intrigue of this presidential race whether it would be able to garner more than fifty percent of th

getting seventeen point eight percent number is that a candidate from the liberal democratic party of russia. years receiving eight percent of the vote. into condoms a candidate. getting seventy two point six percent has no knowledge only the last on the list is. near on us here as we point six percent he is a candidate from a just russia not sure of how is it now the turnout in the presidential election of two thousand and twelve is reported to stand at your feet to the six groups sons with these elections definitely goes down in history as the most helos a morning toward if you want the most transparent one and by far the most expensive or equipping all ninety eight thousand polling stations across the country almost doubled the initial cost of the votes and the price of c.c.t.v. system this nation wide web cam system cost over three hundred million dollars also these presidential election has set a record. in terms of a number of watchdogs almost a million observers including seven hundred international observers have been closely monitoring the votes now the most recent nationwide

until the do my community unite isn't gonna be little too liberal democratic party of like the northeast and soon give me rule of russia party election was preceded by beats and complaining and the biggest problem an anti government rallies the country has seen since the time of young what provoked a heated political debate with the results of december's parliamentary vote which handed a majority of seats to the ruling united russia party leading to fraud accusations and mass protests in response to government promised the most transparent presidential election in russia's history nearly two hundred thousand where cameras were installed polling stations across the country the online monitoring system which cost over three hundred million dollars allowed anyone anywhere in the world to log on to our website show one ally broadcast of russians cast in their ballots . hello gentlemen two million you thank you very much for joining us on the show well first of all gentlemen the the the font upshift in there many of the the public opinion poll company had published cruel luminary results just

of the political parties represented in the duma communist unite isn't gonna lead iraq the liberal democratic party of ideas you know speech and so give me rolling up to play russia on t.v. the election was preceded by of beats and containing and made a big boost for online and to government rallies the country has seen since the time of young what provoked a heated political debate where the results of the sometimes parliamentary vote which angered a majority of seats to the ruling united russia. we didn't influence. prudence in response to government promised the most transparent presidential election in russia's history nearly two hundred thousand cameras were installed polling stations across the country the online monitoring system which cost over three hundred million dollars allowed anyone anywhere in the world to log on to our website she went online broadcast of russians cast in their ballots. hello gentlemen two million you fake you very much for joining us on the show well first of all gentleman be the found any of the the public opinion poll company had published preliminary resul

truth is that having five liberal democrats seated around the cabinet table has made no difference whatsoever. listen to what the business secretaries said on economic policy this government has no compelling vision. these days, no one aagrees with nick, but does nick agree with vince? >> speaker, i think it's worth just dwelling on some of the -- some of the details that have been published this morning to unemployment statistics. because behind the headline figures, long-term unemployment actually came down in these quarterly figures and very, very importantly the number of new jobs created in the private sector out stripped the number of jobs left in the public sector. and under her government, under her government, the labor party sucked up to the city of london and over relied on jobs in the public sector. we are now having to remedy those mistakes and we are creating new jobs in the private sector. >> mr. speaker, he is come placent of unemployment under his power. they are making no difference in unemployment in the nhs, when it comes to the nhs, the deputy prime minister must think he

those in the main opposition party, the liberal democrats, could not wait to step in with their complaints. they're demanding a general election before the diet votes on the bill. >> translator: dissolving the lower house before general election will naturally lead to resolving the problems we now face. we'll discuss the bill when it is submitted to the diet. >> members of the ruling party don't support the idea. some of them have already handed in their notices of resignation. nhk world's senior commentator masayo nakajima is here to give us some perspective on this story. so how necessary is this extra tax revenue? >> well, noda wants to reduce the government's spending deficit. but the extra tax revenue still won't be enough to balance the budget. you know, japan's fiscal standing is the worst among developed nations. its debt is twice its gross domestic product and it's facing rising social security costs, too. some economists are concerned that it could face a similar fate as greece and italy. but noda's plan is facing strong criticism from opposition parties and even among members of

liberal democrat. by far bush's most boisterous bush politician. at sixty five general skeet is on his fifth presidential campaign coming on ten percent of the votes in two thousand and eight his campaign slogan is. or it'll be worse plan for presidency a two year drive against corruption and drug smuggling in russia vera food and housing prices controversy passed campaign promises included free vodka and free underwear journals he's infamous for racist remarks and fighting with opponents. for securing parliamentary immunity for the man britain says poisoned alexander litvinenko. presidential election two thousand and twelve on party. again a very colorful figure in fact he's not just a politician he also has to see these out of those he made. one of russia's most well known rappers a very very interesting person only he's not afraid to work because fight with his opponents like a third in fact even if that opponent is a woman that doesn't stop as it is it in all spheres well he's always our ready he always has plenty to say on any given on anythin

a liberal democratic thought is applied to those in your state if you like so we want to know how to add though that if i don't think you thank you very much because then didn't just the reminder that my guests on the show today was political analyst constantin suman and that's it for now from all of spotlight and we'll be back with more first time comment on what's going on in france and russia of course comment on the results of the presidential election in this country until then they are saying time to make. the fight. blind in russia would be soon which writer if you knew all about songs from finest impressions.

candidates from the liberal democratic party are running shoulder to shoulder metals morgul and. it's possible to own or proper of who is the first time runners showing a really good result close to seven percent of the vote. has a little under seven percent and so game it on is the last on the list he has three point seven percent of the national support again there is a lot of counting to go through and we understand these are preliminary results the first final results will be available early on monday nine time zones a lot of counting to go through this is definitely the most closely morning tour at election in russia following the december of four parliamentary vote all in all almost a million observe us including seven hundred international observers here at the central lakshman commission by one of the international observers islands which are . very much through with the repression from what you saw today the polling stations you visited for polling station we went to one of them where i believe your president received. there was a certain level of security which one woul

six hundred eight liberal democrats a lot of years of an old speech by far was just those words to. bully politician on the record at sixty five juveniles he is on his fifth presidential campaign putting one to ten percent of the vote in two thousand and eight his campaign slogan is little escape or it'll be worse plan for presidency a two year drive against corruption and drug smuggling in russia farah food and housing prices controversy cost campaign promises included free volga and free underwear journals he's infamous for racist remarks and fighting with opponents no not broad for securing parliamentary immunity for the non britain says poison to alexander litvinenko. presidential election two thousand and twelve on party.

seven point eight percent because russia's most important protection and yet the head of the liberal democratic party you know he was fourth with six point three percent and lost in place as the just russia party leader and again the runoff with three point nine percent of the votes those official declaration have just come in. well there we can head back now to the let's see. what's the reaction been from the observers to the measures put in place to enable these these fair elections. well we are yet to learn whether this particular election has indeed become the most transparent in russia's history as we've heard of some irregularities in the course of the voting and my call e.j. good grief so we'll tell you more about these irregularities on the violations which are going to court a little later on in the bulletin make sure you stay tuned for that but certainly this election was deemed to be the most transparent and given the amount of effort which was directed at making this election fair we can say that definitely it was much much better than before installing web cameras at every single p

very eccentric presidential candidate leader of the little liberal democratic party has just voted with a little bit of an eccentricity about he's voting as usual criticizing the polling booths for the other people being able to see what the person is doing inside and we are expecting the voting to stop at nine o'clock pm mosco time that's when the first exit polls will come out and certainly we'll update you with the latest numbers as we get them and we've seen a number of rallies both against and in support of the current russian leadership in the run up to next and a lot of people been voicing their opinions on this. the last three or four months since the election on december the fourth have been very turbulent for russia with tens of thousands of people hitting the streets and national guard protests against what they believe to be rigged election against directly against the prime minister urging him to step down certainly the. this was the this is in fact the civic society in its purest form people are not only protesting in the streets against the current power against falsified

colleagues in the coalition that could be a deal breaker for that some of those liberal democrats in the coalition will they get courageous enough to stand up against cameron that could determine london's policy peter great to talk to you thank you for your thoughts peter rushing there live in london. head to our web site r.t. dot com for for any. as you may have missed plus the latest on the world's top stories here's some of what we've got lined up for you right now nato fail to investigate scores of civilian deaths during its richer campaign in libya says human rights group amnesty international dissatisfied by endless apologies from the alliance. class chaos and violence erupts in greece once again though this time it's not about the economy as enraged football fans set fire to a stadium you can watch a full footage in r.t. dot com. the. two professors are created a public storm in the u.k. of an article advocating the use of so-called birth abortions they say it's merely an academic discussion with the medical journal which published the article defending the debate but for some

a liberal democratic party is a party was in most if you like i want to tell you i had the best pot in the same queue thank you very much both and even just a reminder that my guests on the show today was political analyst constantin simmons and that's it from now from paul spotlight who will be back with more for some comments on what's going on in the outside russia of course comment on the results of the presidential election in this country and tell them to stay at hearts and can take you. on. the.

the presidential candidates have also voted by this hour but imagery last you the head of the liberal democratic party was eccentric as he's usually been criticizing the ballot boxes the booths where people make their choice for the others being able to see what's happening inside so she lost he couldn't use it couldn't spoil his chance for some more eccentricity from him certainly we are expecting the polling stations to close at nine pm also time everywhere across the country that's when the first results of the exit polls will come out and certainly we'll be updating our viewers with all the latest information in that regard. now we've seen a number of rallies both against and in support of the current russian leadership in the run up to election next year how people been voicing their opinions on that front. it has certainly been very interesting several months for russia since the parliamentary vote in december on december the fourth when thousands took to the streets claiming the vote was falsified was rigged and certainly this was the rise of the civil society in russia as it could possib

along with what you have which i'm sure it happened the other candidates are they lived in a liberal democrat but initially lawsky the communist leader gennady zyuganov russian tycoon mikhail gorbachev well something of a dark horse in this election and also player part player russia party leader sygate you know the so definitely interesting vote and we'll see how it unfolds and of course a lot has been done to make the most transparent to date hasn't it. certainly it's all the stake it's the first time russia is voting for a president who will sort of a six year term and the run up to the election as i said has been very turbulent many demanding fair elections to be held so this particular vote has all the indication to become russia's most transparent election since it since the collapse of the soviet union and we understand that lots of observers both russian and international are here to want to sell the election as well as web cameras which have been installed at every single polling stations across our huge country and this cost almost half a billion u.s. dollars. installing these weapo

seven point one percent and these are how don't like the measure enough ski candidate from the liberal democratic party is now getting seven point. four percent of the vote and the last one on the list is a just russia party candidate six gave you know one of with three point seven percent i would so many observers morny touring these presidential election in russia we understand that it will take longer to both signatures and all final protocols to seal the final results old almost a million watchdogs closely monitoring the selection seven hundred of them international observers so this election definitely goes down in history as the most closely money toward or if you want the most transparent one and by far the most expensive now equipping all almost ninety eight thousand polling stations across the country. almost doubled the initial post on the book and that was three hundred thirty million dollars at least correspond on a massive web can not work and so these day alone on the fourth of march the election day they filmed almost five years of video materials now that video was a way it was av

it could potentially implicate the liberal democrats. some could be upset by that.ight now you can put 50,000 pound tax in every year. some people have to say you have to be fairly wealthy to put that in anyway. that could be a fairly populous move. >> what he's trying to do is get many of the 1 in 5 under 25-year-olds back in the work force and forcing older people out of the work force to do that. >> that's quite interesting, quite good way to go. youth unemployment in the uk is much higher for people over 50 and over 65. that's going to be key. if he doesn't do that, that's going to weigh on welfare payments down the line. he's going to target that this year. he could certainly do that via pensions, we believe. >> he's promised to try and close loopholes. there's been a lot of ire about foreign nontax domicile people living in the united kingdom who earn millions and aren't paying anywhere near the amount of tax than some of pensioners who will have their pensions raided. >> that's a pop laus measure as well. whether it or not it could raise money, we'll have to

i am a good liberal democrat. in the san francisco spectrum, and probably considered more middle of the road. -- i am probably considered more middle-of-the-road. i am very independently comes to the issues. i do not vote the party line. a judge each issue on its merits. that is how i am. >> what do you feel are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco now? >> the budget is the most imminent issue. we do have a structural budget deficit in the city. we need to deal with the short- term balancing of the budget in a way that does not decimate basic city services that people rely on but also to address our long term structural budget deficit. that means implementing budget reforms that will smooth out the budget process so that it is not a boom-bust process. that means reforming our pension and retiree system so that they are stable and do not drain the general fund. that is a big aspect of it. another huge issue is the deferred maintenance on our infrastructure. we have a lot of infrastructure that has been d

those in the main opposition party, the liberal democrats couldn't wait to step in with their complaints. they're demanding a general election before the diet votes on the bill. >> translator: dissolving the lower house in the general election will lead to resolving the problems we now face and discussion alone will be submitted to the diet. >> even members of the ruling party don't support the idea. some have already handed in their notices of resignation. >>> for the first time in a year, residents of 3 out of the 11 municipalities near the crippled fukushima plant will be able to visit their homes freely. the easing of restrictions will begin next month. the prospect emerged on friday night as the government's nuclear disaster task force led by prime minister yoshihiko noda decided to review the no entry areas of three municipalities. one will be split into two evacuation zones as a result of the review. there are about 300 residents whose homes are in the no entry zone. they'll be able to visit the area without permission from the central or local governments. work including radiatio

five liberal democrats. it made no difference whatsoever. and economic policy, no competitive vision. no one agrees with me but does not agree with this? >> it has worked as well on the details. behind the headline figures, long, unemployment came down. the number of new jobs in the private sector outstrip the number of jobs in the public sector. on the hard government, the labor party sucks up to the city of london relying on jobs in the public sector. >> he is complacent about -- no difference for unemployment just as they are making no difference on the n h s. when it comes to the na chess he thinks he is doing a stunning job. can he explain why he failed the nurses and midwives and pediatricians and physicians and physical therapists? >> the labor party -- now they believed in solving the and h s -- her own manifesto in 2010. >> we must hear the response from the deputy prime minister. her own manifesto said to safeguard in fiscal times we need reform. the labor party was right then and is wrong now. >> we are proud of what labour did. m

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there is nothing that the democratic party did or liberals did to make it impossible for olympia snowe to stay in the senate. this is not a democratic story, not a both sides story, a story about the right. it is true that olympia snowe leaving will make it much harder for maine republicans to hold on to that one seat. but frankly, to them, that is road kill. that one seat is road kill for the larger republican project of moving all republican politics so far to the right that when democrats inevitably chase republicans, when democrats trying to find middle ground, between where democrats have always been and where republicans have sprinted to, that middle ground, that compromise place, that center ends up being a right wing place. >> there used to be a republican idea by the way this whole idea of the individual mandate and suddenly it's like they got amnesia. this is terrible. this is going to take away freedom for americans all over the world. all over the country. so that's a little puzzling. >> it would be puzzling if republicans were anything like democrats. but republicans are n

the prime minister has held talks with the chancellor's and his liberal democrat coalition partners to seek agreement on the budget. it has been suggested that mr. osborn is arguing a cut for the top tax rate in order to promote enterprise. the former head of the u.k. border force has reached an out- of-court settlement with the home office. there is constructive dismissal after stepping down last december after relaxing immigration checks beyond what had been authorized. 8 men have been charged with the death of a man in a nightclub in the early hours of christmas day. he died from a stab wound in his back while he was at a party in the club. one man has been charged with murder. seven other men have been charged with violent disorder. this is "bbc news," these are the headlines -- the suspect in the killing of 16 afghan civilians has been named by the united states. kofi annan, the special envoy to syria, has warned that the situation in the region could be affected if the situation in the country is not handled properly. let's get more on the announcement that dr. rowan williams is

those in the main opposition party, the liberal democrats, could not wait to step in with their complaints. they're demanding a general election before the diet votes on the bill. >> translator: dissolving the lower house before general election will naturally lead to resolving the problems we now face. we'll discuss the bill when it is submitted to the diet. >> members of the ruling party don't support the idea. some of them have already handed in their notices of resignation. nhk world's senior commentator masayo nakajima is here to give us some perspective on this story. so how necessary is this extra tax revenue? >> well, noda wants to reduce the government's spending deficit. but the extra tax revenue still won't be enough to balance the budget. you know, japan's fiscal standing is the worst among developed nations. its debt is twice its gross domestic product and it's facing rising social security costs, too. some economists are concerned that it could face a similar fate as greece and italy. but noda's plan is facing strong criticism from opposition parties and even among members of

. >> you have a liberal democrat and conservative, and it is in their mutual self-interest to be buddiesuring this trip. president obama get the pulse of having a popular for a liter -- of having a popular for a liter. the prime minister is to fly on air force one. a lot of great pictures. the visuals are great. the wives are looking great, getting along great. >> if you were to be a fly on the wall, the think we would be hearing? >> i think we would be hearing a lot of disagreement. they completely disagree on economic policy. they disagree on the falklands. there is more disagreement on afghanistan than is being suggested. the most pressing issue in which they disagree is on what happens about an israeli strike if it happens against iran. president obama opposes that, but he will have to support israel. prime mr. cameron is in a different position so he has far more flexibility. >> discussions on afghanistan, it is time for the afghan army to take more control. it is a very difficult time. >> it is very delicate. the prime minister has a valid point. his concern is that obama is so kee

state, i feel like they are rallying around a liberal democratic candidate. >> ron paul is still trailing behind front runners mitt romney and rick santorum. despite his position in the race, he says it is -- he is in it for the long haul. >> i want to debate as long as there is not a candidate. i want to talk about the fed, personal liberty, the war. they are not talking about it. >> voters had to the poll on tuesday to vote in the primary. >> rick santorum made a few friends this week. he said he will do well in tuesday's wisconsin primary. he hopes his hard work will pay off as he continues to talk to voters. santorum goes to california tomorrow for a fund-raiser and a speech on foreign policy. mitt romney is expected to get a big endorsement tomorrow. george h. w. bush. the official announcement will take place tomorrow at the president's -- former." the's office. -- former office. according to the houston chronicle, -- houston chronicle, they are supporting mitt romney. just last week, floor -- former florida gov. jeb bush also endorsed mitt romney. >> the maryland gop primary as on

>> to get liberal democrats to come into the republican primary and cast malicious crossover votes. and it worked. >> they were malicious. how do you know a lot of those people didn't just prefer santorum to romney? >> because -- >> then it's not malicious. >> he's a weaker opponent. >> that's what your candidate said he did in massachusetts. >> a competitive network did dozens of interviews with these guys and they were union organizers and -- >> your candidate is calling that a dirty trick. how can it be a dirty trick if mitt romney did the same thing when he vote forward paul tsongas in '92? >> i wasn't there. >> he was there and said he did it. is that a dirty trick? >> i don't remember him saying he did it because he thought tsongas was the weaker opponent. >> he did say that. is that a dirty trick? if he did say that, charlie, if he said, which we can prove, he did it in order to pick a weaker candidate on the democratic side rather than clinton, is that a dirty trick? >> he did not pay for telephone calls to turn out democrats -- >> i thought it was the principle of the other