nazenin, what is your take on all of this?ure look more fragmented, more european? i think it reflects what is happening across the world. old structures, old party structures, are no longer working. specifically, i think, in relation to britain, i think we've got two parties with two leaders that are not charismatic, that are basically, certainly with theresa may, when she first got elected, amongst all of the candidates who were running for leadership, she was the one who had most experience, being minister, and she was known for being detail oriented. it reminded me ofjimmy carter, who was the president of the united states right before ronald reagan came in, andjimmy carteralso was very detail oriented, but once he took over, he could not really command the attention of his own constituents. and at the end of the day, what brought him down was that the democratic party was not standing behind him. and with jeremy corbyn as well, i think you see this thing of extremism within all of the politics taking over. it's interestin

that, nazenin, is a question first for you.yth of the islamic republic started to crack internationally, certainly everyone thought before the warsaw conference that it would be a failure, but still, over 70 countries... i should mention that the warsaw conference was organised by the us as a kind of middle east — iran conference. yes. over 70 countries were represented, and then you saw the munich conference, security conference, where the foreign minister of the islamic republic really cracked. least a set of the bbc asked him one question, and there you had him showing off how the islamic republic had been able to go on someone, diverting the issue, whereas since 2017, they have had protests every day. according to amnesty international, 7000 people have been arrested. a television station operating from london and which is the second most watched in iran, 500,000 people responded to a survey using their app, and they gave the islamic republic in the past a0 years a report card with a great between zero and 20 of 0.85. the m

with me today: ashis ray of ray media, david aaronovitch, columnist for the london times, nazenin ansariain, when 12 mps abandoned their parties,

with me today: ashis ray of ray media, david aaronovitch, columnist for the london times, nazenin ansarielcome to you all. last week brexit broke the mould again when 12 mps abandoned their parties, a lifechanging thing to do among the tribes of westminster. what will get broken in british politics this week? david, you first, but before you a nswer david, you first, but before you answer the question, did we make anything new last week or did we just break things? i was enjoying the idea of french people listening, saying it was 50 days to go till b day, thinking they might think it was appropriate. it is difficult to tell whether something gigantic or new has happened as a result of the independent group. a lot of people thought it felt different. there are incredible hurdles for any new party to face before it can be politically successful, but i think the feeling was that the manner in which it happened, the way in which those people did it, their savviness in not coming up with a whole set of policies immediately meant it allowed the possibility of other things to happen. the other