sent and come out ok nicky the country director for the open society initiative in 7 africa thank you thank you so much. now some african countries some of the walls strictest laws governing homosexuality same sex relationships are considered taboo and gay sex is a crime in more than 30 countries on the continent now one of those is see this as a beacon of hope by the lesbian gay bisexual trans community in june the high court they struck down laws making homosexuality illegal. activists might have won the fight against criminalize station now they're fighting to end discrimination. l.g.b. t.q. activists gather for a meeting in the middle of a shopping center in. many countries there's been nothing unusual about this but in boards one a members of this community had to fight long and hard to make this possible. on such things as we are present and the only reality is that people need to accept it so we have to build the case in changing the hearts and minds of people we have to build the case of ensuring that this is his ability and that these voices in the places. she is broke out in

back to salford where nicky campbell is putting your questions to green party co—leader jonathan bartley. there is a pending investigation, so i can't really comment on that if that's oknd of understandable but i thought i would throw that one in. i do think it is important for politicians to walk the talk. what has happened with the protests is a massive outcry saying politicians have let us down right across the board come across every party, for not taking the action. this is an emergency. i don't think that came across last night as much as it should have. we have to act now. we are seeing the consequences in extreme weather events around the world. let mejust in extreme weather events around the world. let me just welcome back the bbc news channel. we had some technical problems. we lost you for a while. we are speaking to the co—leader of the green party, jonathan bartley. lots of things to talk about. thank you, josh. that was a great start. really interesting. i've good weekend. let's go to ed, a former new exeter, to talk about meat and dairy. how are you doing? good morning. i would like to ask how much you —— your proposed meat and dairy tax would be? we ar