interesting, steve baker. here we go.aps they need to change their stance on taking the knee. , . , , ., knee. yes and this is an intervention _ knee. yes and this is an intervention from - knee. yes and this is an intervention from an - knee. yes and this is an | intervention from an mp knee. yes and this is an - intervention from an mp who is a former minister who has been extremely influential in the party. he was a campaigner for a very hard brexit, one of the leading rebels against theresa may's leadership and her deal. and he broke cover on tuesday to carol his party that they need to think again about dismissive attitudes to taking any and that is to be a far better understanding or a willingness to understand why people might want to do it. he said we cannot be associated with calls to defund the police, and we need to challenge our own attitudes towards people taking the knee because otherwise we are in danger of misrepresenting our own heart, as he says. from those who suffer injustice. he's not the only tory mp

that was steve baker there.ively failing to act on tackling racial abuse on public figures. the research found that of 105 instagram accounts who racially abused england players saka, sancho and rashsford, only six had been taken down on wednesday, two days after they were reported to moderators. why? for more let's speak with callum hood, the head of research at the center for countering digital hate. thank you forjoining us and bbc news, callum. what is going on? we saw, news, callum. what is going on? - saw, following the match on sunday, there was an outpouring of racist abuse directed at those three players, so what we did was we did a really simple check of how platforms were performing on acting on that abuse. we collected evidence of really clear racist abuse from 105 social media accounts on instagram and then we just tested whether after those posts and a accounts were reported to the platform whether the platform had acted on them, and as you mentioned the platforms failed to act on 94% of those posts

there is quotes on a few of the front pages from steve baker, an influential_ the front pages from stevewe should rethink taking the knee he — that we should rethink taking the knee. he saying that the government was too _ knee. he saying that the government was too harsh and the government attitude _ was too harsh and the government attitude to— was too harsh and the government attitude to take any being a very against — attitude to take any being a very against that made people think that the government thought it was ok and that racist— the government thought it was ok and that racist abuse with ok in some way which — that racist abuse with ok in some way which the government has never thought _ way which the government has never thought. what has happened in the last few— thought. what has happened in the last few days perhaps will open peoples — last few days perhaps will open peoples eyes to racism that has been experienced and i hope asjessica says that — experienced and i hope asjessica says that something good comes out of the _ says that something good comes out of the its— say

conservatives against racism a year ago and since then we have grown, working with some key people like steve baker and this is just kind of upping the energy another level and for that, at least, i am thankful.- another level and for that, at least, i am thankful. thank you very much forjoining _ least, i am thankful. thank you very much forjoining us. _ more than 3500 people died during the troubles in northern ireland during three decades of sectarian conflict. now the government is proposing to end all prosecutions for both british soldiers and former paramilitaries, but relatives of those who died say they've waited decades forjustice and have vowed to challenge the government's plans in the courts. here's our ireland correspondent emma vardy. explosion. a bitter sense of injustice over northern ireland's past still haunts many families today. the vast majority of victims were killed by paramilitaries and around 10% by british armed forces. there are hundreds of investigations into decades—old cases still taking place. but now the government's announced it will bring forward legislation to ban

the former minister, steve baker, said attitudes needed to be challenged.l, and surely that is now evident because it is dominating the conversation in our country. so i think over the course of political life, i've possibly learned some things and i would certainly say i've learned that this is a very powerful gesture. unfortunately, it's susceptible to multiple competing interpretations. but if i may, i would say it's one thing to boo the referee when you disagree with a marginal decision, but it's another to boo brave black players who are saying no to racism and bravely going out on the field to take a knee and say, "we are expressing our solidarity with those who suffer racism". of course politics is a highly contested arena, and there will be some people who speak simply in a spirit of good faith based on what they observe, and some people will seek to attack the home secretary. the point i'm making is that when i listen to what has been said by albie and others who have taken a similar line, it is a wake—up call for the conservative party aboutjust h