this possible to be the election where the liberal democrats are supposed to put on big numbers.o you think the opposition party now has a message to speak to t public on when it comes to brexit? you need a new message. have you gotten the message right on brexit? let'face it, you were punished in the general election. >> mistakes were made, and the remain party was hopelessly disunited. all of that's true. 'i don'think that's the main reason we dido badly. i think it was that the people didn't want the country to be run by mr. corbyn. ont was a disaster elec my parties youfo is thata whole set of reasons, we to remain close to europe. exactly how that happens, eventually rejoining, close association, we should be >> thank you for joining us. let's go to scotland. we are joined in aberdeen by the deputy westminster leader. thank you for joining us. i'm going to ask question that an american journalist friend of in five years time, does the united kingdom still look as it does today? >> i don't think so. things are going to look different with brexit. the whole of the u.k. will di

a certain plan and respect over the other at some point western civilization we talk about liberal democratic values which have underpinned this global liberal order at some point do you have to stand up for those values do those values mean that you have to draw lines in the sand and i'm thinking here specifically about the rise of china which has lifted more than half a 1000000000 people out of poverty is the engine of global economic growth through its built in road initiative is reaching out to the world it is a global power on the verge of becoming a superpower to rival the united states but it. totally utterly rejects ideas of liberalism and liberal democracy how did those 2 things co-exist while universal values had been adopted the universal human right the creation and values had been signed and adopted fulfilled by the whole international community we are not going to renounce to these values and i would not renounce my western values but i have to relate to understand how the interpretation of all those about certain issues and i think of the problem that before the westerns the de

>> i'm interesting to see how concorde votes typically very democratic, pretty liberal and that's the place you would expect either elizabeth warren or bernie sanders but especially warren if pete buttigieg is doing well in concorde than that suggest to me he succeeded to become a crossover candidate so liberators one - - liberals and moderates like him. >> how do you describe what happened monday and iowa? would you call it a fiasco? >> i would. the first in the nation even went and the fact the results were not delivered promptly and accurately when everybody is waiting for one year anticipating this it was a black eye for iowa and eight years ago iowa republicans declared the wrong winner at the iowa caucuses. mitt romney instead of rick santorum. i understand the democrats need to count accurately although there are problems with that but they dropped the ball. >> so for years from now does that in any way change the dynamics for iowa or new hampshire being first? >> the nightmare scenario for new hampshire is democrats lose the election to donald trump the party out of power typi

citizens who live elsewhere in europe there's a huge amount of work still to do and the liberal democrats as we always have been will be at the forefront of ensuring the closest possible relationship that we can now forward to in the weeks and months ahead doing with governments doing the right thing and preparing for full border checks on the goods as has been reported powerfully trying to take a sort of hard line in the gauche ations to get as much a guess as possible out of the other side. i think the government is taking a rather reckless approach to the upcoming trade agreement i think they somehow think that by playing hardball with the e.u. they're going to bend but actually the fact is the european union has a long history now of being an incredibly tough negotiator and people who are negotiating with the e.u. they know that they have a tough partner is one of the reasons why i don't all trump doesn't like the e.u. that much because he knows that to be true and i think britain in its in its decision to go with bricks in the conservative party in particular i'm thinking of the righ

the culprits, they said, were massachusetts residents moving north and bringing liberal democratic policies with them. nowadays you look at the new hampshire republican party, where is the base? along the massachusetts border in the suburban towns, the outer wing of the boston metropolitan area. that area has become more republican. republicans are more concentrated and ironically democrats are spread out more throughout the state. >> before the new hampshire primary, i am reminded into thousand eight barack obama had an 11 point lead over then senator hillary clinton. he lost by a percentage point. i ask you how volatile the weekend before the primary is that right now shows people to share rising in the polls. >> look for surprises on tuesday night. is have a lot of voters, it a multi-candidate field with many to choose from. been unsettled, ambivalent, looking here, looking there, checking people out. all of a sudden we get votes from iowa in slow motion. new hampshire voters are absorbing it. pete buttigieg is the man of the hour going into the weekend, but we don't know i the end of th

he is effectively revealing that some in the liberal democrats wanted this former senior figure somen party and he said he is not prepared to have that happen. he stepped down. tom, many thanks again, tom symonds there with the latest on that in westminster. accord has been shown cctv footage of the arena, just before he detonated the device. it is seen carrying a rucksack containing travel in a crowded arena. his brother is on trial at the old bailey accused of being jointly responsible for the attack. he denies attempted murder and conspiracy to cause explosions in 2017. there are warnings of a danger to life, with parts of the midlands expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the coming hours. in shrewsbury and neighbouring ironbridge, the river severn is continuing to rise after more rain overnight. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is in ironbridge. the river severn is still a raging torrent here, it has been all day and more —— for more than a week. river levels went down over the weekend, they came back up and severe warnings are still in place in shrewsbury, where th

concord is typically very democratic, pretty liberal place. that is a place where you would expect either elizabeth warren or bernie sanders to do well, but especially warren. if pete buttigieg is doing well in the city of concord, that suggests to me he has succeeded in becoming a crossover candidate. liberals like him, moderates like him. that to me will be a signal he will have a very good night. >> how would you describe what happened monday in iowa? would you call it a fiasco? dr. scala: i would. because you have the first in the nation event. the fact the results were not delivered promptly and accurately when everyone is waiting for a year anticipating this, it was a black eye for iowa. it is not the first one. eight years ago, iowa republicans declared the wrong winner of the iowa caucuses. mitt romney instead of rick santorum. i understand iowa democrats need to count accurately, though there are problems with that as well, but i think they dropped the ball. >> i ask that because four years from now, does that change the dynamics for

i will continue to vote liberal democrat.achment deliberately distorted what i said, wrenched it out of context, created a strong man and then attacked the strong man. there's a lot more to cover, so i don't want to stick on this for too long. but one final thought on the impeachment and the aftermath. sure. what do you think the acquittal of donald trump, and let's face it, the possibility of his re—election, which you've alluded to — what does that say about america's view today of the importance of legal probity and truth telling? i think it's very important. it says that the american public in the united states senate follows the constitution. he never should have been impeached. there was no grounds for impeaching him. the house vote to impeach him was unconstitutional and the rule of law prevailed. madison and hamilton would be very proud of the fact that the united states senate rejected this impeachment the way it rejected the impeachment of andrewjohnson and the impeachment of bill clinton. and the trump administrati

a liberal democrat former cabinet minister, alistair carmichael, is calling for a change in the law., when there were clashes between the police and protesters who were objecting to a proposed law that would have enabled criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china. alistair carmichael wants british national overseas passport—holders to have the right to live or work indefinitely in the uk. reports of police brutality against protesters have arrived almost daily since the start of protests against proposed extradition laws last summer. that the chinese state is reneging on the sino—british joint declaration is no longer a matter of debate, and if ever there were a time to act in support of hong kong, then this is it. for hong kongers themselves, this is one of the most important signals that we can send. it is a signal that we in the united kingdom have not forgotten the obligations that we have to them and that as it begins as some of their worst fears may be realised, then we in the uk shall do more than stand on the sidelines wringing our hands. alistair carmichael was put

the former leader of the liberal democrats, lord steel, says he'll retire from the house of lords andretty... it doesn't pull its punches, this report, does it? no, it doesn't, but it does find no evidence that there was a paedophile ring at the centre of westminster, which was the allegation made right backin which was the allegation made right back in 2012 in the house of commons, by the labour mp tom watson. it finds no evidence of that, but what it does find is concerned about deference to powerful people in politics and in the establishment, when concerns we re the establishment, when concerns were raised that they might be involved in child abuse. the number of cases is quite limited, the enquiry has not found any new cases to discuss, but two in particular stand out. let's talk about one of them, and that is the one relating to cyril smith. he was a liberal mp, the party that preceded the liberal democrats, who was abusing boys in the late 19605 and 19705, but was never prosecuted by the police. in 1979, lord steel, then david, the leader of the liberal party, had a brief discu

liberal. internationalist movement very much they are democratic liberals that is they push to liberalism but doesn't have the liberal liberals. the liberals the people are opposing them the populists there are rather democratic. liberal democrats so there are looking to challenges but it's but it's also interesting that this destruction of the state which is the nation as well which is why you don't see russia buying this either because they're already been through this to have the marxist the marxist do the same to save the nation state is nonsense your national culture is nonsense your religion is nonsense let's just you know transitional this and create this wonderful communist man or western man who is elevate the beyond just possibly on community based on anything else but the credit values and human rights to some and you know it turned out even more care was a horrible thing another trying to recreate the community. the c.s.a. doing the same things you after they've fractured it so much ok they want to see if they can put it back together again no i don't give these people a 2nd chanc

as liberal democrats or independents and republicans.ting the debates on fax business. trish: i any of the sliewrs tune into this -- i think about the viewers who tune into this shower night. slower night. not one of them has a tax plan of any substance on their website. i think of this time back in the debate, by 15, you had candidates are actual proposals, meaningful media tax proposals. they don't have a job. >> that matter to people. there is no gravitas. there was way too much emotion. if i see someone put their hand up while someone is answering a question. trish: don't go anywhere. liberal college students trying to shut down free speech. wherever we want to go, autosave your way there with chase. chase. make more of what's yours. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. but allstate helps you. with drivewise. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower your cost now that you know the truth... ar

as liberal democrats or independents and republicans. should reconsider putting the debates on fax business. trish: i any of the sliewrs tune into this -- i think about the viewers who tune into this shower night. slower night. not one of them has a tax plan of any substance on their website. i think of this time back in the debate, by 15, you had candidates are actual proposals, meaningful media tax proposals. they don't have a job. >> that matter to people. there is no gravitas. there was way too much emotion. if i see someone put their hand up while someone is answering a question. trish: don't go anywhere. trish: don't go anywhere. liberal collelelelele i work hard and i want my money to work hard too. so i use my freedom unlimited card. even when i'm spending, i'm earning 1.5% cash back on everything i buy. earning on my favorite soup... got it. earning on that eclair. don't touch it. don't touch it yet. let me get the big one. nope. this one? nope. this one? no. let me get them all. i'm gonna get them all. it's just the basics. can

the fact is, it is not about whether labour or conservative or liberal democrat or other mp5 think this representative bodies, have said this is a potentially a threat to freedom of the present i think we should be listened to. does it matter or is there is a very westminster spat?” think it does matter. we are now living in a new age of information where we get fake news, misinformation, and it is incredibly important that all members of parliament, and particularly those in government, abide by standards in public life, to be accountable and transparent, and it is important that the press are able to hold us to account for substance you appeared ina to account for substance you appeared in a number of the papers this morning over, what shall we collect, the off the shoulder couture controversy at the dispatch box and your top showed your shoulder and you got a lot of flak on twitter... i mean, how do you read that? were you surprised by the reaction it provoked and does it matter? i was slightly startled, it isa matter? i was slightly startled, it is a shoulder. everybody has got over

radical liberals fighting against democratic. liberal this. popular so this is also the problem if you want to come up with a recipe how for democrats to lose you know this would pretty much be a dog bring hillary clinton with a bill in there and then talk to demolish your only being a frontrunner which is bernie sanders. and it's just a weapon. just go off to. just what else could you possibly do in order to ensure the trumps going to win then again i don't think it's a very good precedent in the many many ways so i think i would like to see some months of a much better caliber of their vote. but if you're not. cartoon character. i mean it's these people are liberal liberals they like to talk about impunity you know you don't want to put sanctions on russia it's going to be unity well they did it cool. again she did it to gain you know the d n c is doing it again to bring a sense the 2nd time when they're all the same outlets are used and no one is punished this is impunity you know we're talking of all the lies you know we're talking about ju

that the government is taking and is going to potentially —— but the guardian is saying the liberal democratslth workers say they spell absolute disaster. somebody in all this has got it wrong. somebody, perhaps is not going to be disaster, but we shall find out. it's quite interesting also, the guardian develops what are these policies that the government's going to announce, one of the details. we have, yes, anyone wanting to come to that uk to work must have a job offer, but here comes the wiggle room. 20,000 will be acceptable in special cases where a skill shortage exists. like nursing. the government's plan was originally, you had to have a job of £30,000 a year or more and they were told that was unworkable. they already reduce that to roughly 25, so they're all sorts of caveats and different sectors. i think most people, matter where they stand on the referendum and immigration would say it is a good thing to have controls on it. we all know what happens when those controls, it's just how best to do it. so whether it's tax policies or immigration policies, if there overly complicated,

to ruin american elections most of the russians that did it it was the democrats their paranoia and competence they turned liberals and democrats against each other screaming and shouting accusing each other of foul play of russia could never do the democrats did we've heard the people who are responsible for this catastrophe in iowa the democratic establishment claim that it was russia's intention to undermine integrity in our voting systems in our election process the question is who really threatens us elections and now i think a lot of voters within the democratic party are finally seeing what the real threat is and it's with it's within the heart of the democratic party establishment the more that we talk about the reality of our election systems the more this russia gate hysteria just begins to fall on deaf ears and voters particularly younger voters who are social media savvy reject it angrily. well the democrats suffered another bitter defeat this week when the senate voted down both their articles of impeachment against donald trump democrats had claimed abuse of power accusing trump of withholding milita

the former liberal leader, lord steel, has resigned from the liberal democrats and announced his retirementesponse to being criticised by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. the inquiry found that, as party leader in 1979, he didn't act on claims against the mp, cyril smith, because he considered them to be "past history". our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. do you want a man to represent you or do you want a party robot? cyril smith, the big political figure in rochdale in the 60s and 70s, accused of abusing children, neverjudge. and 70s, accused of abusing children, never charged. in 1979 he admitted to david steel, then the leader of his party, the liberals, that he had been investigated by police a decade earlier. last year, now lord steel, told the abuse enquiry he believed smith was guilty but he did nothing. he could for all you knew still be offending against children? i had to admit, that never occurred to me and i am not sure it would occur to me even today. but the enquiry‘s verdict was that he turned a blind eye. lord steel hit back today... smith is

he says his words were taken out of context when he first gave that evidence, the liberal democrats didim out of the party. then they reinstated him. somebody is saying that's double jeopardy. it's the same accusation, it's the same investigation, and also we don't know. there is a bit of a gap between the content of the leak story and in the headline. that's right but it might appear to some people that this is some of the lord ‘s deal‘s supporters getting the retaliation. we are told in the story, the colleagues including lord campbell, are considering quitting if he is expelled again. certainly a big story for the lib dems, and it's difficult is in it? we've heard so much about this, something that happened over a0 years ago. steel is in his 805. at one point do you draw a line or do you never draw a line about something so serious? he's obviously not being accused of being a perpetrator but he is being accused of not doing something about something that maybe he knew more about then he let on. we shall see. also on the front page of the telegraph, david took us through this. what wo

some longstanding lawmakers of the liberal democratic party question the motivations behind today's candidacy who . likes to show off in public. and so he decided to run for congress with the conservatives and i am tossed mr serry to increase right wing power in south korea and create an anti north korea peace atmosphere on the korean peninsula. has spoken little of so korean issues and his newly formed united future party still hasn't announced for which district he plans to run. that's it for now head over to our website www dot com for slash asia to view this show online and for other stories from the region and tell us what you think over social media what more you'd like to see we leave you with preparations for the hindu festival hot shirat tree in nepal it marks the victory of knowledge over darkness and ignorance thank you for watching and we'll see you next time. the used crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention and sustainable local production. all of the zones are available online and of co

saw sitting next to me from ireland so i'm very sad for our colleagues particularly from the liberal democrats that are not here but i hope now to be able to fulfil my mandate so yes it's been some good luck for me but the circumstances are not ideal the newbie also gets to hold his 1st speech in the plenary and most fittingly it is about the new christian nations on the future relationship especially trade between the e.u. and britain we're at a delicate stage in proceedings and i care is no example in history where negotiating parties are seeking to impose trade barriers so it will be difficult to tell the rank of from the green party has like most of her fellow members of parliament not quite digested what happened just 10 days ago but she's also looking for a way for but it's the 1st week without our british colleagues and it still feels a little bit surreal beds and all the seating has changed in the plenary and. then i see anymore we have thought of this friendship and with initiatives with conferences with debates we want to keep this information channel going and but also obviously and

when clinton was president in '94, only 95% of democrats called themselves liberal. today, 51%. that used to be the word democrats ran from. they couldn't get elected. now you can't get nominated if you don't consider yourself a liberal to the point that bernie, the socialist, is actually not in the lead and likely going to win the nop nation. this is a terrible problem the democrats have. it takes liberalism to win a nomination. it also means liberalism loses a general election. that's where the democrats have brought themselves >> congressman, i have a minute left. >> hurry -- >> go ahead. sorry >> yeah, i just have this -- >> i have this challenge -- i wanted to get your take on it. in every election, do you have a safe pick, an outsider pick, and the radical pick. the problem i see this for the democrats is every one of the lanes is led by a democrat that doesn't line up with the brand. biden is not safe, butti g eig is an outsider, and bernie is a millionaire with three home, summer home he calls it. this is a real branding problem for them once they get past this primary, i

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who a liberal democrat voted for all of the people that bob worked for. my political mentors in many way where ted kennedy. i worked on the mcgovern campaign. i worked on all of the democratic campaigns. i worked hard for the election of hillary clinton. i worked for the defeat of president donald trump in an election but iser prop -- strongly opposed his impeachment. believe that duly elected presidents should be removed from office only when there is a broad-based consensus and bipartisan support for impeachment and removal. the only president in american history who was properly subject to impeachment was richard nixon . it never came to that because it was so clear that he had committed impeachable offenses that he voluntarily resigned. andrew johnson was improperly impeached, bill clinton was improperly impeached. i was part of the bill clinton defense team and testified in front of congress against his impeachment. i was the only person who spoke in the senate against the impeachment of donald trump who spoke against the impeachment of bill clinton.

liberal democrats were pushing him very hard on this.e used simon was that there was no imminent prospect of bulldozers on that third runway but back in terms of hs2, the majority of conservatives are backing it, labour won't oppose it, you heard the lib dems there. the snp are broadly on—board as well so any snp are broadly on—board as well so a ny votes snp are broadly on—board as well so any votes on this should go through fairly comfortably but there are those conservatives who still have big questions, big concerns and although this is going to go ahead, i suspect they will be hot on the tail if anything goes wrong. thank you very much for that. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister confirms that the whole of the high speed rail plan, hs2, will go ahead, with the first trains running by the end of the decade. the british businessman linked to 11 coronovirus cases says he's fully recovered but still in quarantine, after catching the virus in singapore. poor manufacturing figures, particuarly in t

what we should be doing is making sure liberal democratic western values is what is used as this technology develops and not autocratic regimes. i always talk about facial recognition. the chinese are spending time in facial recognition. they are not doing this to make it easier for their citizens to buy groceries, so you can buy the groceries with your face. they are using this technology because they are using it in one of their provinces where they are using this technology to monitor and ethnic minority group called the uighurs. one million of them are already in concentration camps in the chinese are using this technology to deal with them. and they are perfecting it. it is basically -- they are basically turning orwell's "1984" into a 21st century technology. they are going to share this regimes.r autocratic we should have our values defining this kind of technology. that is why we need to continue to be a leader and why we need to work with our allies, especially our european allies, crating the rules of the road in this technology. there is a slippery slope toward that social behavi

[applause] i'm a liberal democrat who voted for all the people who bob worked for. my political mentors in many ways, i worked on the government campaign. i worked on all the democratic campaigns. ... >> only, when there is a broad-based consensus and bipartisan support for impeachment and removal. at philly president in american history it was properly subject to impeachment, was richard nixon. he never came to that because it was so clear that he committed impeachable offenses that he voluntarily or maybe not so voluntarily, resigned. andrew johnson was improperly image credit bill clinton was improperly impeached. and i was in fact, part of the defense team for bill clinton. i justified against his impeachment. i was the only person who spoke in the senate against the impeachment of donald trump who also spoke against the impeachment against bill clinton in fact the only other time i was on the senate floor, was when i stood up and defended the great liberal democratic senator of california. in store for me, impeachment should never be a partisan issue i think eve

. >> he is the that democrats have, you can pull the question, do you consider yourself a liberal democrathey asked that of the democrats and clinton was president in '94, only 24% of the democrats call themselves liberal and today, 54% viewed themselves as liberal. they knew they could not get elected and now you can't get nominated if you don't consider yourself a liberal to the point now where bernie is a socialist actually in the lead in the likely good to win the nomination. this is a terrible problem that democrats have because it takes it takes liberalism to win the nomination but also means liberalism will likely lose in the general election and that's where the democrats have brought themselves. >> congressman -- yeah, go ahead, i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry, i want to get your take. reelection, a safe pick, on-site or pick, radical pig. for the election for the democrats, every one of the lanes, and by and it is not sa safe, buttigieg is not an outsider and burn is a fake radical and he's a millionaire who has three homes or a summerp as he calls a period of this is a real branding pro

the radical liberal democrats from california, massachusetts, they are pouring money into his campaign they know he is a rubberstamp for crying chuck schumer and nervous nancy wacko pelosi. we are going to have a new speaker. that is why martha has my complete and total support and endorsement, and we have to get out there and make sure that martha mcsally -- she is a warrior. don't know. people don't know. this one is tough as hell and that is what we need. martha mcsally. >> thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you, mr. president. welcome back to the great state of arizona. give it up. i just want to say i have a message for the liberal hack media in the back. arizona is going to vote in november to keep america great. and send president trump back to the white house. mr. president, i want you to know, i was right there on the floor at that amazing state of the union address you gave. it brought tears to my eyes. you were honoring our veterans and reuniting families. i heard your call. you said put a bill on your desk that will lower prescription drug prices. i will intr

following today's publication, lord steel resigned from the liberal democrats and announced his retirementd that the former liberal leader did not act on claims against the former mp cyril smith because he classed them as "past history". our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. do you want a man to represent you or do you want a party robot? cyril smith, a big politicalfigure in rochdale in the ‘60s and ‘705. accused of abusing children. never charged. in 1979, he admitted to david steel, then the leader of his party, the liberals, that he'd been investigated by police a decade earlier. last year, now lord steel told the abuse inquiry he believed smith was guilty, but he did nothing. he could, for all you knew, still be offending against children? that never... i have to admit, that never occurred to me. and i'm not sure that it would occur to me even today. thank you. but the inquiry‘s verdict was that he turned a blind eye. lord steel hit back today. the inquiry not having secured a parliamentary scalp, he said, ifear that i have been made a proxy for cyril smith. smith is now