neil kinnock extended the joke. robinson rete did that. neil kinnock extended thejoke.k extended the joke. a lot of people we re extended the joke. a lot of people were laughing. some of that might have been shocked laughter but it does demonstrate that people still joke about sexual assault and rape and there is nothing funny about it. 0ne and there is nothing funny about it. one of the things that struck me as we seem to be in a situation where on the one hand we will use the strongest possible language about it, and on the other hand we will make light of it, not quite in the same breath, but in a short space of time. why do we struggle to talk about these things in a rational way? it is embedded deep in our culture that men get away with an awful lot of things, because they did not mean any harm, it wasjust a joke. we have gone past that now intellectually but we still get stuck in a groove, laughing about these things. great, it happens to women, it happens to men as well, it isa women, it happens to men as well, it is a scarring and horrible experience that many p

not a laughing matter, although i think having listened back to what he said, it is followed by neil kinnockking remark kinnock making what he busy thought was joking remark about groping women in relation to the programme presenter. the interesting tonal thing is, as you say, people have quickly said this is unacceptable and michael gove has unreservedly apologise. but the audience at that programme seemed to laugh. a lot of them seem to laugh. they are not seem to laugh at the joke. so the context of the things can really affect how people perceive them. absolutely right and i think that white people thinks written on twitter need to be taken with a pinch of salt but certainly the reaction in the studio that, or rather the audience that was listening, did sound like it was taken in the way it was meant as humour. but i think probably there needs to be a very... care taken shall we say on such a difficult and serious issue, particularly with all the news we have heard about harvey weinstein over the last few weeks. clearly a n weinstein over the last few weeks. clearly an acknowledgement fr

nick robinson retweeted it, neil kinnock extended the joke and a lot of people were laughing, some ofve been shocked laughter. at the same time it does demonstrate that people stilljoke about sexual assault and rape and there is absolutely nothing funny about it. one of the things that struck me, we seem to be in a situation when talking about harassment, on the one hand we will use the strongest possible language about it and yet on the other hand we will make light of it and almost in the same, not quite the same breath, but in a short space of time. why do we struggle, do you think, to talk about these things in a rationale way? i think it's embedded deep in our culture that men get away with an awful lot of things, just because oh, you know, they didn't mean any harm, and it was just a joke. i think we have gone past that now intellectually, but unfortunately, we still get stuck in a groove laughing about these things. rape, it happens to women, it happens to men as well, it is a scarring horrible experience that many people never get over. the sooner that we understand that, the

those comments were made in front of a studio audience and they, along with neil kinnock, the formerad are appeared to laugh along with michael gove. it is fair to say the comments didn't go down very well with everyone. the first ministerfor scotland, nicola sturgeon, tweeted that women being abused and raped is not a laughing matter. his fellow tory mp, anna soubry said his comments perpetuated the pathetic notion that the crimes are not to be taken seriously. the environment secretary did later tweet an apology: now what makes the comments particularly awkward is the timing. just yesterday the sun newspaper reported that some female, parliamentary aides and researchers had taken to whatsapp to share stories about inappropriate behaviour by some mps. now, no formal complaints have been made. the government says it would investigate the allegations and take them seriously. this afternoon we are expecting strong language from jeremy corbyn who will talk about a warped and degrading culture which meant that sexism and misogyny is existing, but it is being allowed to thrive here at wes

moment is often conveyed in an image, andi that moment is often conveyed in an image, and i think neil kinnock beach, william hague with his baseball cap. the dangerfor mrs william hague with his baseball cap. the danger for mrs mae william hague with his baseball cap. the dangerfor mrs mae is william hague with his baseball cap. the danger for mrs mae is that becomes one of those moments, a symbol of mrs mae's very real loss of political voice, her inability to address the nation and with it, her loss of political authority —— mrs may. as norman was saying... one of the key parts of that speech by the prime minister — a plan for a major programme of council house building. in her address to the conservative conference in manchester, andy moore reports. mehdi and his family have been in their new home with the housing association for seven months. but they were looking for a roof over their heads for three years. every week we are looking, just maybe one or two houses and lots of people in the queue in front of us. the council said lots of people are waiting. they have no houses. actually it i

having listened back to what he said it is followed by neil kinnock making a joking remark about gradingamme presenter. the interesting thing in town is that people have said this is unacceptable and michael gove has apologised. the audience of that programme seem to apologised. the audience of that programme seem to laugh, not everybody, it is hard to tell, but a lot. the context of these things can affect how people perceive them? absolutely right, and that is why you need to take things written on twitter with a pinch of salt. as you say, the reaction in the studio, or rather the audience that was listening, did sound like it was taken in the way it was meant as humour. but i think probably do need is to be a very caretaking shall we say on a difficult and serious issue with all the news that we have heard about harvey weinstein over the last few weeks and clearly an acknowledgement from jeremy corbyn at least that he thinks it is an issue see it in westminster. but as i say, i should stress that no formal complaint has yet been made and no mps have as yet been named. thank you. the h

nick robinson retreated it, neil kinnock extended the joke and a lot of people were laughing, some ofhter. at the time it does demonstrate that people still joke the time it does demonstrate that people stilljoke about sexual assault and rape and there is absolutely nothing funny about it. 0ne absolutely nothing funny about it. one of the things that struck me, we seem to be in a situation talking about harassment, on the one hand we will use the strongest possible language about it and yet on the other hand we will make light of it and almost in the same, not quite the same breath, but in a short space of time. why do we struggle, do you think, to talk about these things ina do you think, to talk about these things in a rationale way?” do you think, to talk about these things in a rationale way? i think it's embedded deep in our culture that men get away with a lot of things, just because oh, you know, they didn't mean any harm, and it was just a they didn't mean any harm, and it wasjust a joke. i think they didn't mean any harm, and it was just a joke. i think we have gone past that