if we go back in time a little bit, you mentioned it earlier, alexei was poisoned with novichok, a nervent, in siberia, back in 2020. i think actually, that was the first time i was aware of you, that you were fighting the russian authorities in that hospital. we saw you so strong, coming out to fight for him. thank you. he was eventually evacuated to a german hospital for treatment and you decided, the pair of you, once he was better, the decision was to go back to russia in january 2021. i know you've been asked this question many times, but you went back, even though he knew the regime had already tried to kill him. just explain why to people watching, why did he go back? it's not about we decided. it's about that... ..you believe the person with whom you live so many years, you believe in this person, you believe in his beliefs, you know that he is doing the right things. and at that moment, you just realise that there couldn't be any discussion. you just need to support him. i knew that he wants to come back to russia, to be with his supporters. he... i knew that he wanted to be an

poisoned by a deadly nerve agent, novichok, in 2020, navalny was flown to germany for treatment.'s harshest penal colonies. putin is responsible. his wife, yulia navalnaya, believes he was murdered. now navalny�*s memoir, patriot, is being published. it includes never before seen prison diaries about his brutal treatment. everybody can see what a high price he was ready to pay. i meet yulia navalnaya to hear their story — a story about politics, freedom and love, her hopes and fears for her country and whether she would stand as president of russia. well, yulia, thank you very much for doing this interview. it is eight months since your husband alexei navalny died in a russian prison. it's been, i imagine, the most horrendous year, a horrendous few years. and i want to ask firstjust how you are, how the children are, how you are coping with what's happened? thank you for having me, first of all. er... as you understand, i am asked this question very often, but i never know how to answer still. i don't have the right answer. everything has changed in my life. changed in ourfamily

sadiq khan has been about as good for london as novichok is for the nervous system.ghthood is a reward for failure. let's get our thoughts from our panel this evening. we are, of course, joined by journalist and broadcaster esther krakow. we've also got political commentator alex armstrong and former labour minister bill rammell, who i think is going to have his work cut out tonight. esther sadiq khan, a knighthood for failure. >> well, just in principle, i don't agree with giving sitting politicians a knighthood. it's inherently political, and i think it's the last thing that the labour party needs. i mean, at the moment the country just looks at the labour party as if you're one of their client groups, if you're a unionist, or if you're a union or if you're a train driver, you're fine. but if you're everything else, you're not. and i don't think this is a good look for the labour party in particular. i think if any one else, if any other politician, particularly a conservative politician, had sadiq khan's track record on london. s&p, every other party out there wou