mark farrell. and so on. i moved to approve it. second. second. sorry. commissioner francois seconds. mr.lerk, would you please take roll? on the on the motion to approve agenda item number six. chair i, commissioner salahi. i, commissioner francois, i chair friendly with three votes in the affirmative. the motion is approved unanimously. thank you, mr. clerk. i now call agenda item number seven. and i'll note at the outset that because we only have three commissioners present, we will not be able to vote on this item today. but i hope but we're going to have discussion on it. so i hope the representatives from, i think the supervisor's office and whoever else is here will participate because i have some questions. mr. canning. yes. thank you. chair, just to introduce this item, this is legislation referred from supervisor ronan's office, the board of supervisors, regarding the whistleblower program. the legislation would require reporting to the board of supervisors when a whistleblower investigation is completed by the comptroller's office involving an elected official or department hea

by the shadow and former minister for defence, also conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford, mark francoisgood morning to you. i know you're hurrying to a remembrance sunday service. thank you very much for joining us on remembrance sunday. where are your thoughts? mark francois? >> well, for me it's always a poignant day. personally, michael , poignant day. personally, michael, because my as i think you know, but your viewers may not. my late father, reginald francois, fought in world war two. he was born into a working class family in north london in 1925, and he joined the royal navy aged 18, in 1943 and aged 19 as a stoker, first class reg francois. he was on a minesweeper called hms bressay at d—day. i have all his naval papers. i notice you're wearing an admiralty board tie , michael, an admiralty board tie, michael, this morning, so it's always poignant for me and for the whole country, because what we do today is, as you said, is we commemorate those people who gave their lives, who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can have the privilege of living in a free country. and that

joined by my most pugnacious panel joined by my most pugnacious panel, shadow defence minister mark francoisand the author and journalist michael crick. as even and journalist michael crick. as ever, let me know your views. it's a crucial part of the programme. mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite part of the evening. the news bulletin with katie bowen . bulletin with katie bowen. >> jacob, thank you and a very good evening to you. it's just gone. 8:00 these are your latest headunes gone. 8:00 these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is to bring a full outline of a ceasefire deal with hezbollah to his cabinet later this evening . hezbollah to his cabinet later this evening. in a hezbollah to his cabinet later this evening . in a televised this evening. in a televised address, mr netanyahu said he will he will respond forcefully to any violation of the deal by hezbollah. he went on to say that the ceasefire deal now means israel will focus on the threat from iran. the israeli prime minister said, we will return all of our host

com i'm joined by mark francois, conservative shadow minister for defence. rk, it's a nuanced argument, but clearly in the case of 2013, had cameron and hague used royal prerogative gone ahead and arm the rebels, that would have been a catastrophic error . catastrophic error. >> nigel, i understand your point, but the two situations are completely different. >> sure . >> sure. >> sure. >> ukraine, which was a sovereign nation, has been invaded by russia and we are aiding the ukrainians to defend themselves. >> we are not at war with russia, but we have, like many western nafions but we have, like many western nations , provided support to nations, provided support to ukraine, including financial support, political support and, yes, military support. but the two are completely different. >> i mean, forgive me, but as you've raised the syria example, i can't help but remind myself that lord alli in the lords at the time was talking up the fact that he'd had meetings with president assad and was arguing, in essence, against striking that thinks just worth as you

. >> and again, i would echo a very great deal of what mark francois has said. mean, their commitment, their courage. you know, for them there was never any hesitation. they were there. they were going to do the job that we'd asked them to do as a country. and they did it with tremendous professionalism. and anyone who sees that up close, you know, that will change your view of things forever. and it certainly changed my view of my role in politics and what i was trying to do. and it still informs a lot of what i, what i do today. >> and will you join me, john, in saying that, of course, today we commemorate not only british losses, but also commonwealth losses. the commonwealth losses in the great war and the second world war were absolutely staggering empire losses, as they would have been known in those days. >> yes. i mean, absolutely. and you know , it's a thing that, you you know, it's a thing that, you know, i reflect on a lot , know, i reflect on a lot, actually, in 1914, when britain went to war, on that same day, canada, new zealand, australia, they al