you write to lord mandelson again saying. _ you write to lord mandelson again saying.ndence received from david bristow i_ correspondence received from david bristow. i enclose a copy of my previous — bristow. i enclose a copy of my previous letters and the two e—mails to which— previous letters and the two e—mails to which it _ previous letters and the two e—mails to which it refers, i also enclose to which it refers, i also enclose to micro — to which it refers, i also enclose to micro subsequent e—mails from mr bristow— to micro subsequent e—mails from mr bristow and _ to micro subsequent e—mails from mr bristow and an e—mail from a local councillor— bristow and an e—mail from a local councillorjohn kennett. describing councillor john kennett. describing the councillorjohn kennett. describing the circumstances of the second post office _ the circumstances of the second post office in _ the circumstances of the second post office in my _ the circumstances of the second post office in my constituency affected by the _ office in my constituency affected by the horizon

i've never heard campbell, i've never heard mandelson apologise , never heard mandelson apologise, guysf diversity has led to. but you might have thought come 2010 and 14 years of conservative government that some of this would have changed. but no, the truth is actually they themselves have generally been terrified of these issues and the whole thing , frankly, has the whole thing, frankly, has just got worse and worse . i just got worse and worse. i think the british public actually are waking up to this in the most extraordinary way, but i'm not sure that westminster is . there are some westminster is. there are some that are brave and stand up, but there are many now genuinely fearful. and after those appalling scenes that we saw in parliament square the day that mps were supposed to vote on that snp motion, i'm perhaps not surprised. i'm not going to get yasmin khan back, i don't think, which is all a bit sad. yasmin khan back, i don't think, which is all a bit sad . and i which is all a bit sad. and i could just sit her and chat to you for hours, but i've got jacob here with me. j

ok, i started by writing to peter mandelson, lord i writing to peter mandelson, lord mandelson, whene lib dems ministers under the coalition pursued also. ed davey, jo swinson, norman lamb. and which the conservative ministers following the coalition, baroness —— neville rolfe etc, kelly tolhurst, they all pursue that as i think they were advised to pursue it by their civil servants. alan bates says he owes the civil servants are more than the ministers. i think he is probably right there. the trouble is civil servants don't have the ability to answer, whereas ministers do. i mean, obviously we take what alan bates says as read, but they are ministers. they make their own decisions. yes, they take advice, but it is ministers who decide. yes. but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you — but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want _ but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want me _ but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want me to _ but it is ministers who decide. ies what do you want me to say? but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want me

in 2009 he wrote to the van business secretary peter mandelson asking for the government to intervenes length. the post office was run at arms lenath. , ., ., length. there is a sort of democratic _ length. there is a sort of democratic deficits - length. there is a sort of i democratic deficits popping length. there is a sort of - democratic deficits popping appear if the government is refusing to take responsibility, and also the risks of owning a dangerous dog, you cannot say that the dangerous dog has an arm's—length relationship with you. if the dangerous dog behaves badly. the with you. if the dangerous dog behaves badly.— with you. if the dangerous dog behaves badly. the inquiry heard that in this _ behaves badly. the inquiry heard that in this letter _ behaves badly. the inquiry heard that in this letter to _ behaves badly. the inquiry heard that in this letter to a _ behaves badly. the inquiry heard. that in this letter to a government minister in 2012 than chief executive paula vennells said in every case by the sub modes —— a sub—had been prosecuted, the court had found in

in 2009, he wrote to the then business secretary peter mandelson asking the government to intervene.ice was run at arm's length. there is a sort of democratic deficit that is popping up here if the government is refusing to take responsibility for it. also, the risks of owning a dangerous dog, you cannot say that the dangerous dog has an arm's length relationship with you if the dangerous dog behaves badly. the inquiry heard that in this letter to a government minister in 2012, the then chief executive paula vennells had said that in every case where a sub—postmaster had been prosecuted, the courts had found in the post office's favour. the lead counsel to the inquiry, jason beer, had this to say about that. that is a false statement that in every instance the courts have found in our favour. it isjust not true. would you have known at the time that that was a false statement? no, i wouldn't. lord arbuthnot was played in the itv drama by alex jennings. he first started fighting for the subpostmasters as a conservative mp when he became aware of the plight of his constituent, jo hamil

in 2009, he wrote to the i business secretary peter mandelson asking the government to intervene.t to intervene. a morejunior minister wrote back, saying the post office was run at arms length. saying the post office was run at arms length-— arms length. there is a sort of democratic — arms length. there is a sort of democratic deficit _ arms length. there is a sort of democratic deficit that - arms length. there is a sort of democratic deficit that is - arms length. there is a sort of. democratic deficit that is popping up democratic deficit that is popping up here if the government is refusing to take responsibility for it. also, the risks of owning a dangerous dog, you cannot see that the dangerous dog has an arm's—length relationship with you. if the dangerous dog behaves badly. the inquiry heard that in this letter to a government minister in 2012, the then chief executive paula vennells had said that in every case where a sub—postmaster had been prosecuted, the courts had found any post office's favour. the lead counsel to the inquiry, jason bure, had this to say about that.

they would but he summed up their response to him as no, not me, golf because he wrote to peter mandelsonresponse from him but he did get response from him but he did get response from the who explained the government has an arm's—length relationship in their words with the post office and that they have been assured there were no problems with the horizon it system. lord james has said he was frustrated by this and made the comparison that has been made before of the risk of owning a dangerous dog. you can't have an arm's—length relationship if the dog behaves badly and that he was frustrated because he felt so many of these victims were constantly told they were the only ones having these problems when in fact they didn't and that this was, there was an element of intimidation to this. the inquiry has taken a short break and we will return to that special coverage of the inquiry shortly but for now let's go to nikki in the studio. children have been let down by a lack of research and remarkably weak evidence on medical interventions in gender care. that's according to a landmark review

i mean, you know, mandelson always know, lord mandelson is always somewhere in the, in the background weight loss. but when he said he should lose a few which should lose a few pounds, which probably endear him , probably didn't endear him, maybe weren't returned maybe his calls weren't returned for weeks. but yeah, maybe his calls weren't returned f> i had hair and hope the hopes come back. the hair don't come back. the hair i don't think to be with us any think is going to be with us any time soon. >> know, we are in a >> and, you

vie we know, obviously, that lord mandelson is quite close to starmer. how how is blair to starmer?body who saw last summer at saw them on stage last summer at tony's, the institute's, annual conference. you saw chemistry, you saw that this wasn't the first time they'd been speaking to each other. they speak to each other a lot, as far as i can gather, in the way they react to each other and look, peter, peter, is always going to be an influential, political figure labour party figure in the labour party because he's a great political strategist. so tony. and strategist. so is tony. and you'd to be a crazy labour you'd have to be a crazy labour party leader in the modern day to ignore the advice of the soul, the wisdom of peter and tony, but he's his own man. he's changed the labour party himself. it wasn't anything to do with any blairites the way that keir took the labour party back from the hard left, the way that he's taken us from our worst election defeat since the 30s to being on the verge of a landslide bigger than tony's landslide. look, there's landslide. so, look, there's

, he he's he sounds like a liberal democrat you know, he he should be in the same party as peter mandelsonon is long overdue. >> yes, it is, and it has been happening for quite a while now. you know, brexit i think just expedited it. and highlighted it in a very real way. but aaron bastani and emma woolf, thank you very much. we'll come back to you for more analysis shortly. but for all the best analysis and opinion on these stories and more, you can go to our website, fox. it's gb news.com. you're with me darren grimes on gb news sunday. loads more coming up. we'll cross live to scotland where humza yousaf is first minister. but how long before folks will find out you with gb news? britain's news channel >> 2024 a battleground year. >> 2024 a battleground year. >> the year. the nation decides. >> the year. the nation decides. >> as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. >> who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives? >> who will rise and who will fall? >> let's find out together for every moment. >> the hig

that was originally a quote from peter mandelson just before he resigned as a cabinet minister i'm at in 1990. i margaret thatcher said it in 1990. | fight margaret thatcher said it in 1990. i fight on, i fight on to win , of course, she then didn't win, of course, she then didn't stand in the next round of that election , losing her job in the pi'ocess. >> process. >> like they've all got a script, but you know what? it just does also show just how brutal and vicious politics can be, doesn't it? you can believe that you can fight on. i mean, if he does genuinely believe it, we don't know what's in his heart, but you can say you want a fight on, you can believe you will fight on, and then the next day, off you go. >> well, i mean, the question is, will our friend humza yousaf leaf last, as long or even longer than humza yousaf? that's our big question. entirely. an original idea , of course. here original idea, of course. here @gbnews, we, completely invented it ourselves and are not shamelessly riding on the pig on the on the coattails of, of the daily star. >> but i do apologise. >

and his political puppet masters brown, blair and mandelson have history in this area because after theirally unstabilized the whole of the pension sector. so yeah, i don't think he can be trusted at all. and richard nye the, what we came to the conclusion quite the obvious one is it doesn't really matter what the politicians say . unless you the politicians say. unless you grow the economy, you're not going to be able to keep the triple lock there. so the key to this is growing the economy. and can they be trusted not to bankrupt it? well i'd like to hear some of the plans they have for growing the economy, which we don't seem to be hearing much of at all. >> dan. brian, you're there in hull. dan >> well, it's out of their hands, it's not really a question of , of trust in that question of, of trust in that respect because in my opinion, all politicians, as i say, mistrustful things they'll say anything to get into power, but it's out of their hands because the global economy is going through a transition. in the next 5 or 6 years to a whole new economy . there's the economy. there's the