for the liberal democrats.as they should, well, we are ready to work and to fix those things. you have also been telling us that so many people across our country are switching to the liberal democrats. people who voted conservative all their lives, so fed up conservative all their lives, so fed up with the conservative government, they are choosing liberal democrats to stand up for them. people who usually vote labour are feeling let down and taken for granted by labour locally and backing liberal democrats to be their local champions. that�*s why we have secured four record—breaking, historic by—election victories in this parliament. it�*s why we secured such fantastic local election results in the last two years. it�*s why i know, when it comes to the local election this may, people will vote for some fantastic local liberal democrat councillors, strong champions who will stand up for their communities, who will work hard all year round and never take people for granted. above all, it�*s time to get the cons

you can get more on that liberal democrat leaders speech on the bbc news website and app. and app. i just want to bring you some sad news that we have had in the last i work from the music world. steve harley, the front man of cockney rebel has died at the age of 73. # you've done it all, you've broken every code... state m e nts statements from his family read, we are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side. the bird song from his woodland that he loved song from his woodland that he loved so much was singing for him. his home has been filled with the sounds and laughter of his four grandchildren. david sillito looks back at his life. steve harley and cockney rebel, and make me smile. it wasn'tjust a huge hit, it was one of those songs that never seems to have gone away. and right from the beginning, there was a feeling about it. they always ask me, did you know at the time that it would be a big hit? actually, we did think it would be. i knew the managing director of em! at the time who c

while liberal democrat mps stood firm and voted no, labourstood democrat mps stood firm and voted no, of conservatives rigging the system in their favour conservatives rigging the system in theirfavour again but aided and abetted by labour in the hope it may one day benefit them, too. never mind the damage it does to public trust in our democracy, never mind the chaos and uncertainty it causes for business, never mind all that. the only thing that mattered to the conservative and labour parties was their own narrow self—interest. applause and liberal democrats, that is what sets us apart from the other parties. we don't ask how we can benefit from the current system, we ask how we can change the system to benefit everyone. we don't see politics as a game of accumulating power for ourselves, politics as a game of accumulating powerfor ourselves, we politics as a game of accumulating power for ourselves, we see politics as a game of accumulating powerfor ourselves, we see it politics as a game of accumulating power for ourselves, we see it as a chance to put real power in everyone's han

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henry, think you for “oininu liberal democrats. henry, think you forjoining us— liberal democrats. forjoining us live on the _ forjoining us live on the programme. let's get back to lee anderson. he's been speaking to our political editor chris mason. have a we don't do a religion check on the mayor _ we don't do a religion check on the mayor this — we don't do a religion check on the mayor. this was a nonsense peddled by your— mayor. this was a nonsense peddled by your tot _ mayor. this was a nonsense peddled by your lot to stir hatred. the prime minister _ by your lot to stir hatred. i'ie: prime minister agreed. by your lot to stir hatred. the prime minister agreed. my i by your lot to stir hatred. the i prime minister agreed. my inbox by your lot to stir hatred. the - prime minister agreed. my inbox says comletel prime minister agreed. my inbox says completely different. _ prime minister agreed. my inbox says completely different. there's - completely different. there's mittions— completely different. there's millions of people up and down this country— millions of people up and

how do the liberal democrats now assess what is happening with the vote count?oted that now at the headquarters of leonid slutsky, presidential candidate from the liberal democratic party, the work is really in full swing, the headquarters says that they are recording absolutely all the numbers, keeping it in real time communication with... with regional branches of parties, as well as with observers from the liberal democratic party. let me remind you, within 3 days, 55,000 people from this party were engaged in observation during the current presidential elections. they also monitor how correctly data from territorial election precinct election commissions is transmitted. the candidate himself , leonid slutsky, was here at around 7:00 pm, he... then contacted the regional branches of the party, and also talked with journalists. he noted the unprecedentedly high turnout, which, according to the candidate , indicated a special consolidation of society. the ldpr held a bright and confident effective campaign, more than a million people are on vkontakte with us ba

the liberal democrats are about to launch their local election campaign.m to reach the glass pods on the iconic landmark. hello. the local elections take place on may the 2nd and ahead of that, all the political parties will be launching their campaigns to try and get your vote. the first of those is this morning. shortly, the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey will set out his party's pitch to voters. this is the scene live in harpenden in hertfordshire, where the event will take place. you can see that the activists are already there, holding those orange lib dem signs we are used to seeing at liberal democrat launches. sir ed davey is expected to appear there shortly. there is normally some sort of stunt when the liberal democrats launch a policy, so we are wondering what is behind that white

i'm joined now by wendy chamberlain, the liberal democrat mp for nonh the liberal democrat mp for northk and pensions. she's at the spnng work and pensions. she's at the spring conference, which i believe in york. tell us believe is in york. tell us about spring conference. about the spring conference. wendy, what's going be the wendy, what's going to be the main announcement there from the lib ? lib dems? >> well, ed davey is appealing this afternoon to give his keynote speech, and he's talking specifically about the nhs and social care, which, as you all know , from from viewers. and know, from from viewers. and certainly what i hear on the doorsteps is a key concern for, for voters as we approach the general election . general election. >> it's more spending for the nhs indeed a social care nhs and indeed a social care plan. one of the lib dem priorities, do you think, come this general election ? this next general election? >> well, we certainly want to see more spending in the nhs, but what we want to see is a real focus on social care and indeed what ed davey is calling for is som

iain donaldson, liberal democrat candidate, 2,164. applause paul simon ellison, the conservative party candidate, 3,731. applause george galloway, workers party of britain candidate, 12,... cheering 12,335. michael howarth, independent candidate, 246. applause william howarth, independent candidate, 523. applause guy otten, green party candidate, 436. ravin rodent subortna, official monster raving loony party candidate, 209. cheering david anthony tully, independent candidate, 6,648. cheering and applause that was 6,638. i do hereby declare that george galloway is duly elected. cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. the cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. ., ., , welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.7%. welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39-7%- thank — welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39-7%- thank you. _ welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.7%. thank you, ladies _ welcome to rochdale. the turnout was 39.796. thank you, ladies and - 39.7%. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. mr galloway... so george galloway will no

labour have been joined by the liberal democrats | been joined by the liberal democrats are calling forves to return mr hester�*s donations which were vast, £10 millionjust last year. there is no sign of those donations being returned. this morning, mr hester�*s defence was reiterated by cabinet minister. i think the critical point here is i don't think what he was saying was a gender or race based comment, but it was clearly inappropriate. he has apologised and i think we need to move on from that.— apologised and i think we need to move on from that. kwasi kwarteng, the former conservative _ move on from that. kwasi kwarteng, the former conservative chancellor, | the former conservative chancellor, disagrees. the former conservative chancellor, disaurees. . , ., the former conservative chancellor, disaurees. . . ., , disagrees. yeah, they are clearly racist and they _ disagrees. yeah, they are clearly racist and they are clearly - disagrees. yeah, they are clearly racist and they are clearly sexist. and i_ racist and they are clearly sexist. and i think— racist and they are clearly se

it's been drawn up by the liberal democrat msp, liam mcarthur, who says it would ease suffering.the bill is likely to be debated this autumn and potentially voted on next year. earlier i spoke to bbc scotland's political editor, david henderson, and asked him about the background of this legislation. it's come about because right now, helping someone to take their own life is a crime and it's punishable by up to ia years in prison. and campaigners say that is profoundly unjust, because it means that people suffer in the final phase of their life and they're unable to choose the way they die, when they die, where they die. so that's why today liam mcarthur, a liberal democrat msp, has has brought legislation to the scottish parliament to try to change the law. it would allow assisted dying on the nhs in certain limited circumstances. opponents, of course, warn that there are major problems with it. all sorts of concerns about what this means for people with disabilities and mental health. but supporters here say that the mood has changed, that there's broader public support for th

the liberal democrats are very excited about these local elections and the general election.eartlands. may's elections are local ones, but it's notjust local issues. the lib dems want to highlight the nhs social care, pensions, sewage. ed davey�*s choice of this as the location to launch this campaign tells you a lot about his thinking because the council here is not one that the liberal democrats are in danger of losing. so really this is all about the general election, the seats they're targeting, ones they used to hold or conservative ones that they think they have a chance of winning. this is harpenden, genteel london commuter land and there's certainly discontent in the air fuelling lib dem hopes. i've been a conservative voterfor many, many, many years and i don't know what to do because i'm not happy with the way it's going. i think i'm so disillusioned with the government at the moment and politics in general that i haven't really decided who i would vote for. so votes up for grabs, but weighing against that old loyalties and time, which in politics can change things.

i wouldn't want a liberal democrat representing kevin. wouldn't want a liberal democrat rep well, ingdn't want a liberal democrat rep well, the kevin. wouldn't want a liberal democrat rep well, the answer in. wouldn't want a liberal democrat rep well, the answer to the >> well, the answer to the question is they are very relevant. they they are going to win seats at the general election , probably most of them election, probably most of them from the conservative party, and they are still a very significant force at local government across the country. and they do deserve, like all the parties, to be the major parties, to be respected and taken seriously. >> well, labour, as i've just said, their spring conference commenced about five commenced, is in about five minutes time. case you're minutes time. in case you're wondering , what shall i do with wondering, what shall i do with my weekend friday night? yeah, you yourself on that you can focus yourself on that stuff. not until dewbs& co stuff. not until after dewbs& co has there, of course. has finished there, of course. anyway let's

but that was that steve, so we know joining us from slips to the head of the liberal democratic party running for president, joining us from the head with this. thank you steve. all right, earlier in the day we heard from the best friend political level as dimitry, bob attorney very much is veteran. he was telling us his 1st election. he remembers is 1980 at 9 at just as the soviet union was becoming and rushed here shortly. afterward. this is his view on the foreign narrative surrounding the 2024 russian presidential election. uh, i think uh, put in the deals to the russian. people directly and he corresponds to a southern ideal to a southern peak chair, or an ideal statement that russians have. he is not a lawful as a boris yeltsin or what a bunch of sometimes where and she changed. i think fortune that we have now is very different from fortune that we've had between the year to solve. sometimes the to 1000 age is for us to with drums in for. and she is very different from the one who returned to power off to mid vegas presidency in 2012. it's a very symbolic that we have to they,

now he's the leader of the russian liberal democratic party, not to be confused with the policies of the same name and europe and elsewhere. this, the policy does deemed to be on the hard rights of the political spectrum. now slips . he himself is a serious politician. he was 1st elected to the state to mount in 1999 was believed to be the 1st russian politician starting should by the obama administration. i'd be honest, i'm all septic crimea independence election in 2022. he formed parts of russia is negotiating team soon off to the beginning of the special military operation. now for his paul, he says he doesn't dream of eating lot demand pollutant, who he things to be. one of the world's most influential politicians. he says that he's focused on victory in the special minutes you information, also participating in the democratic process of the company. now suppose the correct team come in with something like 4 percent of the vote, and of course, upholding is continuing, pointing stations are still open, but we're expecting those preliminary results. the exit polls in the next few

iain donaldson, liberal democrat candidate, 2,164.idate, 12,... cheering 12,335. michael howarth, independent candidate, 246. applause william howarth, independent candidate, 523.

time is running out for rishi sunak, that�*s according to the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey.fed up with the government. here�*s our political correspondent damian grammaticas hi, everybody! a smile on his face. here�*s someone who looks happy it�*s election time again. sir ed davey and his party love a homemade prop. crowd: woah. .. this time, an hourglass. it emptied a bit more slowly than he�*d have liked. but with the message and the noise levels, the lib dems certainly want to give the impression they are feeling energised. people who�*ve had seven chances to vote for me since i first stood in �*97, they�*ve never voted for me, but they�*re thinking of voting for me this time. the liberal democrats are very excited about these local elections, and the general election, whenever it comes. we think we�*ve got a huge chance to beat the conservatives in their heartlands. may�*s elections are local ones, but it�*s notjust local issues the lib dems want to highlight — the nhs, social care, pensions, sewage. ed davey�*s choice of this as the location to launch this campaign tell

according to the leader of the liberal democrats, the past campaign. turned out to be bright and effectivecedented turnout testifies to the special consolidation of society, russia has always in its history, i have spoken about this many times, consolidated in moments of truth, which it experiences in its history, this is the moment of truth in our modern history that we are experiencing today. vladislav davankov said that his presidential program will form the basis of the legislative work of the victory faction vladimir putin. created, therefore, when americans and europeans begin to teach us, they themselves should learn this, look, they have absolutely closed political systems, in america two parties have usurped power. international observers also confirmed the transparency of the elections. vyacheslav volodin noted the activity of parliamentarians from different countries. almost 500 people from 89 states came to russia along this line, including. and chairmen of parliaments. the chairman of the state duma held a meeting on the election results with speaker of the national assembly o

i wanted to >> i want to say one not just liberal democrats that are doing this.e republicans. i've had more trouble with republicans doing this to me. and so we need to be aware that i'm dealing with in our texas house who lets the democrats run our texas house, who enjoy the same type of push of the legal system who take out their enemies, the republicans. it's not just the liberal democrats doing this, it's some in our own party and we need to hold them3u accountable. i'm going to say that. >> let me add to that. you see the same phenomena in the congress. republicans keeping us to see that big tech is reined in. we've got to go to the mat as a party and do it together. fight for somethingment unity alone absent purpose doesn't accomplish a thing. >> so big tech, i agree with that. big tech. my second term, beginning of my second -jterm, i ran a second term and we've been fighting the obama administration, trump had been elected so i thought that war is over, little d i know we would have obama 3.0 with joe biden and even worse. but i knew that we needed to fig

all these years, zhirinovsky, the liberal democratic party of russia defended your interests for you,e continue the work of zhirinovsky, fair prices, russia is more than moscow, everyone needs the truth, for the cause of zhirinovsky, for the liberal democratic party of russia, for slutsky, this is us, in siberia the far east, in smolensk and yekaterinburg, in the volga region and in the south of the country. we all want to move forward, we have a clear program of action. come march 17 to the elections, this is our time. time for new ones vladislav davankov, candidate for the presidency of russia, number one on the ballot , time for new ones, who will ensure development, who guarantees stability, who unites us, in whom you are confident, only in him. russia! vote for someone who can be trusted with the country. the pentagon did not receive money to replenish stocks after sending weapons to ukraine. this was reported by the politician's publication with reference to high-ranking american officials. how. it is stated that in order to cover the world's deficit in the united states, 10 bil

remember, we voted for zhirinovsky and the liberal democratic party.m its knees. i will protect russians, great people, great russia. don't lie and don't be afraid. shirinovsky, or will it be worse? get up! great russia, not a single unemployed, homeless, hungry person. all these years, zhirinovsky and the liberal democratic party fought for you, defended your interests. be true to yourself! vote for the ldpr, vote for slutsky. today on the london stock exchange oil prices rose by 3%. the market will regulate everything itself. we will turn off this chatter forever. “let’s play capitalism and that’s enough, for nikolai kharitonov, for the communist party of the russian federation, for socialism, my grandfather, a world-famous chemist, in the nineties he was called for border, but he always refused, he said that the davankovs have only one homeland - russia, i want us to be proud of our scientists and respect our teachers, that’s why investments." vladislav davankov, russian presidential candidate, number one on the ballot, it’s time for new . will i re

the liberal democrats' iain donaldson with 2164.ou can see george galloway�*s workers party of britain took 40% with david tulley, the independent, 21. the conservatives on 12, and labour eight with the liberal democrats on seven and reform on that mean about the change between this by—election and that of 2019? they have a 40% share change as there wasn't a workers party of britain in the last election. the interesting are the conservative and labour, conservative don't19% and labour, conservative don't19% and labour done 44%. looking at the difference of what labour is down 44, and the workers party of britain, 40%, you get an idea of what has happened. going onto the swing, who doesn't like a swingometer coming up to 14 minutes past four. this shows a swing of 41.8%. now, during that interview with george galloway, you heard it put to mr galloway, those claims from reform uk. this is what we heard from richard tice before the result was announced. this heard from richard tice before the result was announced.— heard from richard t

sarah olney from liberal democrats . seen in the budget today. ’iv—"u olney from liberal democrats and abolish mix which really came out... it's a direction of travel. that it's a bit _ it's a direction of travel. that it's a bit of— it's a direction of travel. that it's a bit of clear _ it's a direction of travel. that it's a bit of clear blue - it's a direction of travel. that it's a bit of clear blue water l it's a bit of clear blue water between them and labour if labour don't match it. there is a pathway there but i think one thing we can all be sure of this there won't be a may election. we all be sure of this there won't be a may election-— all be sure of this there won't be a ma election. ~ . . may election. we all agreed the same here. it may election. we all agreed the same here- it didn't— may election. we all agreed the same here. it didn't feel _ may election. we all agreed the same here. it didn't feel like _ may election. we all agreed the same here. it didn't feel like that, - here. it didn't feel like that, despite keir starmer saying call a may election. despite keir

her, well, after some time, after 10-15 years. candidate for the post of president from the liberal democraticf the northern military district, guard colonel, commander motorized rifle battalion to viktor kuznetsov. the fighter took part in heavy battles for artyomavsk for several months. you accomplished a feat with those same boys and your courage, theirs, that you won this battle, accomplished once again, i repeat, in these words, i’m not rushing, a real feat. you are a person who has lived a certain life, you came as a person more than prepared, like most leopards, like most berkuts, i am glad to meet you and glad that you made the decision to join the ranks of the best political force in the country, the ldpr party. discussed social guarantees for participants and veterans of special operations, sending humanitarian aid. necessary at the front to carry out combat missions, and these include mask nets to camouflage equipment and warm clothes, and uniforms sewn by women in the schweibats under the leadership of the liberal democratic party. open dialogue between large state corporations and

no wonder liberal democrats no wonder the liberal democrats continues continually lose elections appoint's behind me here? that cap belonged to donald trump. he signed it for me. and believe it or not, i found pieces of his hair inside. so i want i have a message for biden, if you will allow me. we have a minute about. look mr biden. he also criticised, by the way , benjamin criticised, by the way, benjamin netanyahu. that's why i'm bringing up biden. biden listen to me carefully. you overstepped the line in israel. we have elections and we choose who we want to lead the country. israel never told america how to fight in afghanistan or in iraq, and no israeli leader has criticised a sitting us president. never, neven a sitting us president. never, never, never . joe biden, you never, never. joe biden, you have an election coming up. see that cat behind me? that's just a little warning. and i already know i know the outcome and you're going to struggle . so you're going to struggle. so instead of criticising your greatest ally, you should worry about fixing america's problem . about fixin

led liberal democratic order. likely thinking through ways to rebalance if united states is no longer a democratic leader around the world. if they can no longer depend on u.s. security assurances and u.s. foreign assistance spending and more. the most important thing that those of us that believe in democracy and the u.s. liberal led democratic order can do is to vote and to exercise our democratic freedoms. but we cannot allow individuals who don't practice democracy to try to redefine what democracy should mean for the american people today. >>> samantha and michelle thank you both for being here. i appreciate your insights and analysis. >>> still ahead comedian jimmy kimmel's epic clapped back to donald trump on the oscar stage.>>> republican senator katie britt is that snl treatment after her widely panned state of the unit response. >>> donald trump threatening to that safety net programs for americans while his followers ramp up the violence. >>> hey david. connect with an advisor to create your personalize

where to the liberal democrats stand on that was | liberal democrats stand on that was mark if you are the election and i as we possibly can come the election and i don't _ as we possibly can come the election and i don't think you would expect me to _ and i don't think you would expect me to say— and i don't think you would expect me to say anything different but i would _ me to say anything different but i would say — me to say anything different but i would say that on the two child cap, the benefit — would say that on the two child cap, the benefit cap, the lib dems have said we _ the benefit cap, the lib dems have said we would remove both of those because _ said we would remove both of those because what we're seeing as they artificially— because what we're seeing as they artificially putting too many people into poverty. in relation to what patrick— into poverty. in relation to what patrick set _ into poverty. in relation to what patrick set about working collectively, my understanding is from _ collectively, my understanding is from the — collectively, my understanding is from

fared the worst candidate z, a remainer who opposes tax cuts and backs net zero, basically a liberal democratig that in mind, alex, the big question is if a candidate like suella braverman is landing the best with the electorate is suella braverman the candidate who should be leading the conservative party >> we shouldn't be switching leader in the conservative party. >> we've got to make a pragmatic, uh , wake up and smell pragmatic, uh, wake up and smell the coffee moment and realise we look completely ridiculous if we switch leader again. we've had in a single parliament boris johnson to liz truss to rishi sunak. johnson to liz truss to rishi sunak . um, now is the time for sunak. um, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party and we mustn't put personal ambitions ahead of what we, uh, aspire to for our country. and we mustn't put personal ambitions ahead of what we wish for the best for our party. i believe as firmly as i know that tuesday comes after monday, that this country is better off under a conservative government than it would under the labour woul

party of rochelle, not really liberal, not really democratic, but anyway, we ended slootsky. he has a much more strident position. he wants the space and the tempo of the special military operation accelerated, but exactly sure how he would do that. so, and it's a really only dumping cost who has a position that you would seek to prioritize piece and the goal. she ations but on rushes terms, which is a very vague con, um, so in the base, the primary issue is the s m o. we see most of the, the candidates have a very similar or even a harder position than rush. so after that, i mean, i think there are, of course, domestic issues, it would most countries, uh, voters typically vote uh as in say, the united states or the united gas prices. yeah. we'll get credit for the book ish . uh, talking about yeah, pocketbook issues, inflation are these things like that that affect them in their daily lives? but, but again, this is a special situation, i think because, well it's happening right next door. yeah. and there are literally millions of ukrainians still citizens who live in russia

the liberal democrats say the national insurance cut is a swindle.ke a huge difference to people. they are still going to be paying more in tax in the next tax year as a result of the planned tax rises that the government and not reversing. this small cut in national insurance is just a very, very small reduction in the amount of increased taxes that people are going to be paying. i commend the statement of the house! now all the chancellor can do is watch to see how his budget lands outside the commons, among the voters who will decide who delivers the next one. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. joining me now is sir vince cable, former business secretary during the coalition government and lead of the liberal democrats. ~ . ., , government and lead of the liberal demente— government and lead of the liberal democrats. . ., democrats. what was your reaction? this was totally _ democrats. what was your reaction? this was totally expected, _ democrats. what was your reaction? this was totally expected, we - democrats. what was your reaction? this was

and finally, there is a me, and it is slootsky who leads the liberal democratic party. so being a politician for, at least about 13 years, also a member of the russian delegation of the east double peace folks with your credit . and that was back in the spring of 2022. on saturday, he headed to upholding station in moscow to cost his ballot. i know they are in our special coverage, most judo and the center of the russians capital by the kremlin, i had a chance to speak with the presidential contender sunset. it is literally because the sanctions and restrictions of which more than 18000 have been imposed by the west against russia to date have failed. and our national economy and social policy are strengthening the world politics of the new century can only be multi polar, were every arbitrarily small country, its people, history, culture, traditions, religion, national language will become a separate decision make can centre in this multi polar safe and stable world architecture of the 21st century, which is already being formed. it is today, it is in these years. and

of the found on the long time leader of the liberal democratic party, letting me do it. and also he passed away 2 years ago you had a very long and bright career. he stood as parties candidate for the presidency in every single election since the soviet times i did. and also he was also pretty famous for being a rather outspoken but also rather explosive. he had a lot of rhetoric to say, he also had a habit of making predictions, some of which eventually turned out to be no less done. prophetic, the just the, the video is the, was going to the, you know, the short of it did it for, as soon as you know, how much the 0, the civic for the upcoming done. somebody that but as a general does cause no need to rattle your weapons. you have to say, let's do it. you refuse to, then we can adopt another problem. and you'll know what that entails with for you. on the 22nd of february, i would like 2022 to be peaceful with what i love the true. i've been telling the truth for 75 years. it will not be peaceful yet to me. it will be a year at the wind rush. it will finally become a gre

a veteran russian is russian. businessman alienate slootsky, he was from the liberal democratic party. and the communist nikolai had a ton of who's been a member of a state do much since 1994, also leading the the parliamentary committee on russia's arctic and far eastern development. well, we now joined by a very special guest here with our studio audience and national elizabeth. when gotti you buena, your one of the many of the see one of the many international observers. what are you seeing so far? is it looking legit? good evening, rory, it has been totally transparent. no complaints on my side. i went to the civic chambers this evening or this afternoon, and the cameras on nova, with about 20 volunteers watching all pulling stations in russia. and the fact the 20 individuals are what almost 20. it could be slightly more watching all of us russia. it's effective, it's efficient and i'm really impressed. have you seen any areas where russia could improve on the election process? any complaints from you? perhaps? um no at day one was a little bit worried when i went to the fast to p

do want to bring in steve sweeney shoes at the headquarters of atlanta suitcase pods, delta liberal democratic party. i mean the, the, the, the old policy has been a familiar one to many buttons, mainly because of pools of it's very larger than life. the death of those? yes, i'm talking close about sure enough sky. but here it is in martin twins, 24. russia and it's just not performing. has the policy lost, its bulk lost its own, the with the pulsing of sure enough sky. see what it costs. ask you about certainly one of the issues that's being discussed tablets, most of these policy headquarters in the russian capital most go now the moody of this evening. it was a boy into a point mood optimistically. even of course, they were hoping really to secure that 2nd place in the presidential running. but since the uh, the result, the central electro commission announced the exit polls. the mood has really changed. have it's a little bit down be there's a little bit of the dejection people checking their mobile phones. i think there's a lot of number crunching happening, but they'll be looking. i'm pu

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he had stood in every presidential election for the liberal democratic party since the creation of the russian federation. he was known for making off the cuff statements, although occasionally he had these predictions. as far as like some people thought you had a crystal ball. the it does cause no need to rattle your weapons. you have to say, let's do it. you refuse to then we can adopt another problem and you will know what that entails at for you. on the 22nd of february, i would like 2022 to be peaceful, but i loved the truth. i've been telling the truth with 75 years. it will not be a peaceful year. it will be a year when russia will finally become a great country. i guess the claim was the girls, those nations i don't say frame yet has already returned. her son's life. zip are ours. you were guns consumer of the charleston hargrove. and i guess the must return population. there is russian. it's never had anything to do with the the, the, the moon would usually start. so with numbers you must, or we need to take into account the situation in the middle east by 2024 in advance will

of the found on the long time leader of the liberal democratic party, letting me do it and i'll keep passed away. 2 years ago you had a very long and bright career. he stood as parties candidate for the presidency in every single election since the soviet times are good enough. he was also pretty famous for being a rather outspoken, but also rather explosive. if he had a lot of rhetoric to say, you also had a habit of making predictions, some of which eventually turned out to be no less than prophetic. the just the, the video is what's the, what's going on. and it says, you're, you know, the superintendent soon does not know how much the 1st part of your book, i mean done something like that. but as a general was no need to rattle your weapons. you have to say, let's do it. you refuse to then we can adopt another problem. and you will know what that entails at for you. on the 22nd of february, i would like 2022 to be nice. but i love the truth. telling the truth was 75 years . it will not be it will be a year and the one rush will find out what didn't come a great country. the claim

then there's a lead slootsky who now leads the liberal democratic party. previously though, the countries diplomats of the parliamentary is simply of a council of europe. also though there is the communist nickaligha thought off, who has been a member of the state duma since 1994 also heads the parliamentary committee on russia's arctic and far eastern development now from the very west of the country to its far east, upholding stations. nationwide opened each and every day from 8 am to 8 pm, a tens of thousands of sites of spread out across the largest country in the world . and can you imagine it's 11 times on? see a how to you, get all the posting stations functional and all the voters out there and it 11 different time zones. well, i can tell you it's being done and it's being done very, very well as one of the international observers here at moscow. an i c and in support of entry, assembly representative. he told us he says apparently the russian government is doing a very good job to show the integrity and the transparency of this book. yesterday we were in the tree places and was v

conservative government and want to see the back of it and elections can't come quick enough for the liberal democrats and i think the people of our country, when those elections come, whenever rishi to go to the rishi sunak decides to go to the palace. liberal are palace. liberal democrats are ready. fantastic ready. we've got fantastic candidates are local candidates who are local champions their areas. we're champions in their areas. we're campaigning on things the campaigning on things like the nhs need to tackle the nhs and the need to tackle the crisis there, the cost of living and things like sewage. >> has accused the prime >> labour has accused the prime minister of being too chicken to call an election. as a result, a group of activists dressed as chickens clucked outside downing street demanding the prime minister name the date now, labour added rishi sunak needs to stop squatting in number 10. the prime minister is also under fresh pressure following reports his party has received a further £5 million from frank hester, the businessman has been accused of being racist after he allegedly sa

nikolai kharitonov from the communist party of the russian federation, leonid slutsky from the liberal democraticty and vladislav davankov from the new people party. to win in the first round, a candidate needs to win more than half of the votes. at the moment, the total turnout, including remote electronic voting, has already exceeded 38%. in belarus, russian citizens will be able to exercise their right to vote tomorrow, march 17, from 8 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in mongolia they wait with visit of the president of belarus, the leader of mongolia announced this at a meeting with the minister of foreign affairs of our country sergei oleynikov in ulanbatter. the parties confirmed their mutual interest in the further progressive development of cooperation in all areas on the basis of friendship and mutual benefit. arshan flax mill is in the spotlight. the only one in belarus and the largest in the cis countries and europe for the production of linen fabrics. the entire industry is always under the close attention of our president. let it be - the head of the republic repeated this slogan more than once. t

evidence, because the financing of terrorist activities by the kiev organized crime group, american liberal democratsticipation in the biden family’s corruption schemes has been going on for many years. condolences come from dozens of countries on different continents: in beijing, in the church of the assumption at the embassy, ​​a memorial service for the victims of the terrorist attacks. in the church there are not only representatives of our debmission, but also citizens of uzbekistan, belarus, and the usa. china. there is a spontaneous memorial at the embassy building. people began to come as soon as news of the tragedy became known. and today there are candle flowers again. in the united arab emirates, the russian flag is on the tallest building in the world, burj khalifa in dubai. skyscrapers painted in tricalor in abu dhabi. condolences from turkey, hungary, argentina, peru, syria, burkina fasso, tajikistan, kazakhstan, uzbekistan and belarus. north korean leader kim jinneung sent a message to vladimir putin, expressing deep condolences. in mongolia, concerned citizens also come to the embassy

now of course, this is a 1st election, the liberal democrat party you have run without that former.

at the headquarters of the liberal democrats. now also carefully they are watching the vote count, leonidointment, because the liberal democrats, of course, feel like a very responsible political force, this is the oldest political party in our country, in fact, for this election campaign, and leonid sludsky after all. was a party candidate, lib dems did a lot, but they were able to take a comprehensive look at the whole country, understand its problems, formulate, of course, their election program, which, by the way, has already become... part of 15 bills that will be submitted to the state duma in the future, and thus, leonid slutsky, of course, is, so to speak, a very strong, very bright candidate, in the party they say that this election campaign, it, of course, was very important for the party, which, by the way, has increased number of their members up to 200 per 200,000 people, this is a very, very important result, but in the situational headquarters, now there is a glass door behind me, the counting of votes really continues there, this is the so-called... chain mail system, it c

liam mcarthur of the liberal democrats who brought this bill forward is stressing the safeguards and capable mentally of making that decision. they talk about this 14—day waiting period, and of course the patient themselves has to administer the drug. the other self guard —— safeguard a highlight is that the patient has to live in scotland for at least 12 months before making the decision, so that is not in switzerland where people can fly from the uk to switzerland to a dignitas clinic to claim their own life. they will have to live here before they can make that decision. david, thank you. bbc scotland's political editor. maundy thursday is a major fixture on the royal calendar, normally the monarch, who is the head of the church of england, presents special coins to people recognised for their community service. this time, king charles won't be there because of his cancer treatment. but he's recorded a message praising those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need". graham satchell reports. a new picture of king charles, taken at buckingham palace by a roy

party of belarus in our parliament, for the first time in 30 years the liberal democratic party of belarusl be represented not only by the leader of the party, i am proud that i was re-elected, this is really proud and responsible, but ivan mikhailovich, allow me from all of us congratulate you on being elected , thank you, i am still far from you, and indeed for me, for example, it is obvious and pleasant that... you have been elected, thank you very much, it is a great honor for me too, extremely i’m looking forward to starting work , it’s very interesting, a good experience, i really hope that i will be useful during my work in the minsk city council, well, elections, of course, have been for a long time, the number one topic in our country, overall assessment, i think you you will agree with her that the elections were held calmly and in an orderly manner. this, of course, has already become public, even we have already seen in the statement, which of course cannot be accepted, there must be an opposition in the country, the president spoke about this, there must be different opinions,

now, liam mcarthur of the liberal democrats who brought this bill forward, is stressing the safeguards. he says that doctors have to be involved to make sure that people who want to make that decision, that they are capable mentally of making that decision. they talk about this 1a day waiting period and of course the patient themselves has to administer the drug. the other safeguard they highlight is that the patient has to live in scotland for at least 12 months before they can make the decision. so this will not be like a situation that we have in switzerland, where people can fly from the uk to switzerland to a dignitas clinic to claim their own life. they'll have to live here before they can make that decision. that was bbc scotland's political editor david henderson. the uk labour party leader sir keir starmer has launched his party's local election campaign, the elections take place on 2nd may. sir keir said the country wants change and the path to change, he says, starts now. here's some of what he said to local party leaders in dudley. it is great to be here in dudley to launch

even the liberal democrats.d also from rishi sunak. he's given remarks out, but his remarks were slightly more lukewarm, i think, than than maybe his other colleagues , he said that he colleagues, he said that he prefers the original england shirt , we asked, number 10 shirt, we asked, number 10 earlier today, would he boycott the shirt? would he wear it for the shirt? would he wear it for the euros, there was no answer. and penny mordaunt, now she's the mp for portsmouth , some the mp for portsmouth, some would say she wants to be tory leader , she has subtweeted on leader, she has subtweeted on the on the x, platform rishi sunak and said, damn right i know how many times, how many people have strong feelings on this. sometimes it's hard to get your complaint heard by companies like nike. if you're from portsmouth north, that's her seat. email me , gives our her seat. email me, gives our email address and i'll make sure your concerns heard your concerns are heard alongside mine. >> chris, it's only for >> so ch

called a sewage for called a sewage scandal for years , liberal democrats have years, liberal democratsve been warning the conservatives about this sewage scandal for years. >> but the fact that it's polluting our rivers , our polluting our rivers, our beaches and pushing ecosystems to brink of collapse . to the brink of collapse. >> but rishi sunak and the conservatives just haven't listened. they've done far too little. >> that's why we need a national environmental emergency to be declared and the sage health experts to come to make sure that we are protecting human health, which is in danger because of this , two people because of this, two people suspected of providing financial support to a news agency that promotes the hamas terror group are to be sanctioned by the british government. >> counter—terror prism powers have been used to sanction asma sultana and mustafa ayyash. they're suspected of supporting gaza , now a media network gaza, now a media network accused of promoting terrorism . accused of promoting terrorism. both individuals and the companies they control will be sub

it is the liberal democrats who do not get it.king about the social part of this, we just had a court case in hawaii, the supreme court of hawaii ruled it overrides the constitution. deal though how spirit says you should not have -- the aloha spirit says you should not have a gun. groups are extremely well-funded, they are outspending the gun rights lobby by millions of dollars. we could not do it without people like you and the audience supporting us. carl: we can invite the aloha spirit to have this conversation. rep. mills: after the october 7 incident, a horrendous incident that took 1200 lives in israel, we saw where the need to be able to defend ourselves was so important. only days after this occurred i could not sit. i have said this before, in october of 2021, i was the only ■■person who went over that sits in the house, october 10 i went over to israel and was very fortunate through our actions to be able to get out 255 americans trapped in various places. at that point, i realized what keeps america, to your point and

covering all the bases the liberal democrats have their spnng liberal democrats have their spring conferencedavey, is addressing the conference. we're going to go live and hear what he has to say. >> the truth is, this prime minister is now so weak he will say anything to stop his own right wing mps from kicking him out before the british people get the chance. >> he's outraged , running down >> he's outraged, running down the clock, enjoying the trappings of for office a few months more. while the crisis facing our country just get worse and worse and worse . worse and worse and worse. conference that shouldn't even be an option for a prime minister and really, it's a small but telling example of what is wrong with our broken political system and the two big parties who prop it up . the only parties who prop it up. the only reason rishi sunak gets to pick a date of his choosing is because two years ago, the conservatives passed a law taking that power away from parliament and handing it solely to the prime minister and while liberal democrat mps stood firm and voted no, labour stood back an