their self-support is still being dismissed by some countries former top british diplomat david miliband didn't mince his words when it came to the election results criticism as some political commentators describe it as ironic at best. has more. a ruthless dictator who's days are numbered not exactly the language of international diplomacy but that's what britain's former foreign secretary thinks of russia's president elect casting his aspersions even before russians cast their vote while david miliband as you see in these sort of expressions dictatorship conform to reality in a dictatorship people are not allowed to protest people are not allowed to walk around publicly with placards in the face of the leader of the country with derogatory terms written across the park cards we've seen this in russia we saw this last the same day after the parliamentary elections and we've seen this what we're seeing is that the moments after sunday's presidential elections david miliband comments appeared in a british tabloid the morning of russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. a

russia's president elect casting his aspersions even before russians cast their vote while david miliband is use in the sort of expressions dictatorship conform to reality in a dictatorship people are not allowed to protest people are not allowed to walk around publicly with placards in the face of the leader of the country with the rocketry terms written across these cards we've seen this in russia david miliband comments appeared in a british tabloid the morning of. russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. accusing putin of reversing russia's reforms because of vested interests the sort of claim some experts say typifies the perception here of putin and russia the coverage has been very stereotyped so that when bad things happen in russia then they get huge coverage and then when i think we're good things will progress like genuine economic progress that tends not to get ruffled you david miliband may not be in government now but he's widely expected to feature again should labor return to power should that happen he'll face a tough job repairing relations with russia

former foreign minister david miliband went even further calling put now worthless dictator who wouldn't last his next term in power i guess out of bad looks into how this harsh rhetoric reflects the west selective coverage of russian affairs. a ruthless dictator whose days are numbered not exactly the language of international diplomacy but that's what britain's former foreign secretary thinks of russia's president elect casting his aspersions even before russians cast their vote while david miliband is using the sort of expressions dictatorship conform to reality in a dictatorship people are not allowed to protest people are not allowed to walk around publicly with placards bearing the face of the leader of the country with derogatory terms written across the cards we've seen this in russia david miliband comments appeared in a british tabloid the morning of russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. accusing putin of reversing russia's reforms because of vested interests the sort of claim some experts say typifies the perception here of putin and russia the coverage h

. >> ed miliband! >> mr. speaker, before turning to other matters, does the prime minister agree with me that the allegations by deputy assistant commissioner sue akers at the lev son inquiry about wide spread corrupt behavior by the press and the police are devastating and should have no place in the national institution of our country and does he further agree with me that this underlines the importance both of the police inquiry which must get to the bottom of these allegations without fear and favor and the leveson inquiry, itself? >> completely agree about this issue and there is all party support both for the leveson inquiry which needs to get on with its work and proper support for the police inquiry and it is important to make this point. of course there's always a debate about what is right for newspapers to do to get stories the public interest, but it is hard to think of any circumstances in which it is right for police officers to take money. >> ed miliband? could i thank him for that question. on

at the moment after sunday's presidential elections they did miliband comments appeared in a british tabloid the morning of russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. accusing putin of reversing russia's reforms because of vested interests the sort of claim some experts say typifies the perception here of putin and russia one of the big criticisms i've had for a long time is that the coverage has been very stereotyped to say that when bad things happen in russia then they get huge coverage and then when as it were good things are progress like economic progress that tends not to get reported david miliband may not be in government now but he's widely expected to feature again should labor return to power should that happen he'll face a tough job repairing relations with russia after such a venomous attack talk about getting off on the wrong foot as miliband asserts that to a vital partners when it comes to foreign policy security and economic issues david cameron's reaction to putin's elections been far more measured until now the prime minister's haven't exactly bee

>> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i think the prime minister for the answer but he and i agree it is essential that we build now for a political settlement in afghanistan when our troops are gone. can he therefore take this moment to update the house of what diplomatic progress is being made while securing a broader and more inclusive political settlement needed for a stable afghanistan? tessie further agree with me that the whole international community must up the pace of progress so that we can assure we do all we can to make concrete progress between now and the departure of our combat troops at the end of 2014? >> thank the right honorable friend. we are clearly planned increase in the army and the place which are physical forces that will take over but the greatest difference we can make it a stronger political settlement that will make sure that afghanistan has the chance of real peace, stability, prosperity and security in the future. there are some good sign as there are proper discussions now betwee

. >> ed miliband? >> could i thank him for that question. on the leveson inquiry, could i ask him to ensure none of his senior ministers do anything to undermine its work and would he accept that the education secretary was ill judged to say last week that the inquiry was having a chilling effect on freedom of expression. will the prime minister dissociate himself from these comments and urge his colleagues, whatever their closeness to particular newspaper proprietors, not to undermine the leveson inquiry. >> i answered this question last week and the education secretary as the rest of the cabinet fully support the leveson inquiry and want the leveson inquiry to proceed with the important work it does, that is the position of the education secretary and the position of the entire government. >> ed miliband. >> i do thank the prime minister for that answer. i do have to remind him that the education secretary said the big picture was that there was a chilling atmosphere towards freedom of expression centering around the debate of leveson. i h

of almost sixty four percent of the vote miliband predicts that support won't last for long but while it does britain will have to like it or lump it if it wants to do business either bennett's artsy lawn the. latest round of russia's football premier league was knocked by a streak of draws for teams at the top of the table. just stop twenty minutes an aussie robot will tell us more that is false hope date but before that they would be headlines and actually especially into the time go away. in the.

ed miliband. >> and mr. deputy speaker, what about the hapless accomplice, the deputy prime minister. i do have to say, only the liberal democrats could be dumb enough to think of george osborne budget is a robin hood budget. calamity clegg strikes again. this is what he said to us a few months ago about the 50 p tax rate. no ifs, no butts. i do not believe the priority at a time like this is to give the tax cut to a tiny, tiny number of people who are much better off than anybody else. the party that once followed lloyd george now reduced to following george osborne. the party that delivered the people's budget of 1909 supporting the millionaires budget of 2012. they should be ashamed for all the talk, all the briefing, the deputy prime minister has done what he has done on every big issue. from tuition fees to the betrayal on the nhs. he has rolled over and said "yes, prime minister." the truth is that for ordinary families, it's hurting, but it's not working, and we know why. because this government has b

. >> ed miliband. [cers and applause] >> mr. speaker, following the prime minister's recent trip to washington, we now know that the timetable for the withdrawal of british and international combat forces in afghanistan ll be reviewed at the nato summit in chicago in y. the prime minister has previously set our timetable that would see combat operations for british troops cease by 2014. given the recent statements about an acleted statement for the french troops, can the prime minister confirm the government's position going into that summit? >> first of all, let me take this opportunity to once again pay tribute to the magnificent work that our troops to in afghanistan. we had another reminder yesterday of the very high price that we've paid. in terms of the program of withdrawal, what i've said absolutely stands which is that we will not be in a combat role in afghanistan after 2014, nor will we have anything like the number of troops we have now. we will be performing a training task, particularly helping with the officer tra

>> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i think the prime minister for the answer but he and i agree it is essential that we build now for a political settlement in afghanistan when our troops are gone. can he therefore take this moment to update the house of what diplomatic progress is being made while securing a broader and more inclusive political settlement needed for a stable afghanistan? tessie further agree with me that the whole international community must up the pace of progress so that we can assure we do all we can to make concrete progress between now and the departure of our combat troops at the end of 2014? >> thank the right honorable friend. we are clearly planned increase in the army and the place which are physical forces that will take over but the greatest difference we can make it a stronger political settlement that will make sure that afghanistan has the chance of real peace, stability, prosperity and security in the future. there are some good sign as there are proper discussions now betwee

i'll certainly do what i can to chase them up. >> miliband. >> mr. speaker, we are eight months on from the riot. does the deputy prime minister hosted a reception, i think the gentlemen opposite should listen to this very important piece about the riots. the reception organized by the deputy prime minister, he and i met at the supermarket which was razed to the ground during the violence of august 8. she is waiting to receive any compensation. does the prime minister agree with me that eight months on, that's just not right? does he further agree with me that ultimately it is the government's responsibility to make sure she gets the competent conversation she deserves? >> i agree with the honorable gentleman. i will look into that specific case. one reason i introduced funds along the act is to get money out faster. i would put in the library of the house of commons a set of information about where those funds did, where we got to the riot damages act and also i will look into the individual case that he mentioned. >> mr. speaker about people who ha

. >> ed miliband. [cheers and applause] >> mr. speaker, following the prime minister's recent trip to washington, we now know that the timetable for the withdrawal of british and international combat forces in afghanistan will be reviewed at the nato summit in chicago in may. the prime minister has previously set our timetable that would see combat operations for british troops cease by 2014. given the recent statements about an accelerated statement for the french troops, can the prime minister confirm the government's position going into that summit? >> first of all, let me take this opportunity to once again pay tribute to the magnificent work that our troops to in afghanistan. we had another reminder yesterday of the very high price that we've paid. in terms of the program of withdrawal, what i've said absolutely stands which is that we will not be in a combat role in afghanistan after 2014, nor will we have anything like the number of troops we have now. we will be performing a training task, particularly helping with the off

david miliband describes it as outrageous and accuses the chancellor of targeting pensioners. they said it amounted to a relatively modest tax increase of .25%. the ministry of defense has named a soldier killed in afghanistan thursday. he is 24 years old from the 2nd battalion regiment, killed when he was struck by a blast from it improvised explosive device. >>> 5 metropolitan police officers have been injured, not four of them seriously after being attacked. they were making an arrest in east london when the attack happened. the officers are being treated in the hospitals. the dog has been destroyed. >>> you are watching " newsday." >> the headlines this hour -- nicolas sarkozy has called for national unity after the 32-hour siege in to lose and it. >> and mass protests in florida over the fatal shooting of an armed black teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer. -- of an unarmed black teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer. amistad and with that right by the protestors demanding the arrest of the crime much volunteer who shot dead the on armed teenager four weeks ago

following his speech often six looed ed miliband responded. from london, this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> the honorable george osborne. >> mr. deputy speaker, this budget rewards work. britain is going to earn its way in the world. there is no other road to recovery. this budget supports working families and helps those looking for work. it unashamedly backs business and it is on the the sign of aspiration. those who want to do better for themselves and for their families. this budget reaffirms our unwavering commitment to deal with britain's record debt. but because we've already taken difficult decisions, this can also be a reforming budget that seeks to repair the disastrous model of economic growth that created those debts. a model that saw manufactures almost half the share of the national economy while the national debt doubled. mr. deputy speaker, this is how britain will earn its way in the world, with far-reaching tax reform. with a simpler tax system where ordinary taxpayers understand what they're being asked to pay. with a

the dobie with rivals everton by three goes to miliband failed and so was steven gerrard hattrick the reds caps in lead by example scoring runs in the first half and twice in the second as the first was inside a hat trick since a and rushed back in one thousand nine hundred two and it will remain in seventh place while the results and showed there was no happy anniversary of evident boss david moyes it was celebrating ten years in charge of the talkies. now in tennis russia's maria sharapova has breezed into the course of finals of the indian wells open in california she beat her italian opponent risk of injury in straight sets six two six one it was a straightforward victory for the number two stage who now meets compadres here olenka in the last eight days after caroline could beat another russian and not be a patrol on the day that reports claim detroit has announced that she'll apply for u.s. citizenship the twenty nine year old born in moscow a settled in florida describes it as the perfect place to play tennis. meanwhile in the men's draw rafael nadal added roger federer safely

really about renewing the contract that's where the demand comes from that makes it all work brian miliband is so much for being with us that they can talk glad to be on the show to see this conversation again or our other conversations the great minds go to our website conversations with great minds dot com. after the break is the republican vision for america want to watch tens of millions of americans have the social safety net pulled from underneath them to give tax breaks to the one percent that and more and tonight's big picture. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then something else and cheers you some other part of it and realize that everything is ok. i'm charging the big. three which i. love and they alone are still you know get a real headline from it none of them are the problem with the mainstream media today is that they're completely disconnected from the viewers and what actually matters to those viewers and so that's why young people don't watch t.v. anymore if they want news they go online and read it but we're trying t

>> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i think the prime minister for the answer but he and i agree it is essential that we build now for a political settlement in afghanistan when our troops are gone. can he therefore take this moment to update the house of what diplomatic progress is being made while securing a broader and more inclusive political settlement needed for a stable afghanistan? tessie further agree with me that the whole international community must up the pace of progress so that we can assure we do all we can to make concrete progress between now and the departure of our combat troops at the end of 2014? >> thank the right honorable friend. we are clearly planned increase in the army and the place which are physical forces that will take over but the greatest difference we can make it a stronger political settlement that will make sure that afghanistan has the chance of real peace, stability, prosperity and security in the future. there are some good sign as there are proper discussions now betwee