as a whole vote on that why should laws be made in brussels that apply to people in the united kingdom or in scotland if it's independent when the people of scotland in the united kingdom have never consented to surrender their sovereignty to a bunch of bureaucrats in brussels ok or i can. you want to go you want to answer one of those questions or both is a completely separate to be i mean some of the things i've been mentioned here are complete annoyance and simulate to please i've been in politics thirty three years six to sixteen of those in the late to do it resent it and never had a single person come to me ask me for a lot to beating forward didn't seem to think i should be a focus of a political party i joined the s.n.p. because i want to go on to an equal nation among all of them to see the united nations on an equal police and european union in terms of related health boards were brought in a couple years ago i don't know where the professor's been i don't know if he's keeping in touch but talking about central planning. a new political party in the u.k. is in favor of centra

as a whole vote on that why should laws be made in brussels that apply to people in the united kingdom or in scotland if it's independent when the people of scotland in the united kingdom have never consented to surrender their sovereignty to a bunch of bureaucrats.

well the nice thing is if you're part of the united kingdom which is a. democratic nation with freedom of the press and lots of tolerance for political dissent you've got a better chance of achieving it than the people of taiwan do or the country that's trying to deny them self-determination is a rather repays imperialist nasty country that would invade them should they ever actually formally assert their what is there now de facto independence ok william i don't think that you think. assessed that england would invade scotland if and when the looks like it's a matter of time when scotland has a referendum in two thousand and fourteen to have independence what is your attitude towards that would it be a viable state is it legal is it the right thing to do. any state can survive the question is how you prosper best and my belief is we do that better within the united kingdom there are clear benefits of being part of the united kingdom's financial system provides we know who's going to regulate the banks we have a currency which is stable we have provisions

s from across the united kingdom were opposing government cuts to disability benefits to benefits for cancer patients we share the b b c we we have a great influence in the world or pearman and membership of the un security council these are great advantages that mean being part of the union and being part of britain is good for scotland ok ken if i go to you i mean i guess really the glue the real question for you as a scot is that you know you want independence so that's why it's a good opening close case right i mean we just heard from david about go a self-determination william says that you have a mutual benefit but the scots have a voice so well that they want to go their own way and will they go their own way. we do have a voice and over the next thirty three months we'll be articulating the arguments for independent spirit scholars who in history its own traditions its own culture and we see no reason why scotland cannot be as prosperous an independent nation as for example norway the netherlands denmark so many other countries in europe which are relatively small in terms of

in texas it we will commemorate the 170th year of the united kingdom representation in texas. the first consul general and my colleague following now captain charles eliot arrived in galveston in 1842 and this accreditation was not to the united states but to the republic of texas. so, watch out for agents commemorating the anniversary throughout the year. i am here today to talk about a different part of the world, the middle east and north africa, they've seen me from one momentous change. it's well represented and encourage a positive outcome in the region. today i like to share the government perspective and hopes on the impact of this movement to the energy security. that eruption of democracy movements across the middle east and north africa is even in these early stages the most important political development of the 21st century. with potential long-term consequences greater than the global financial crisis in 2008 and historic change which at its core is about people demanding their rights. a year ago to this very day the crowds were gathering the eighth consecutive da

how can we make the united kingdom work better? the prime minister and his party scottish leader says that no opinion poll suggested that more dilution is more popular than independents or leaving things the way they are. >> scotland is a wealthy country. anyone who thinks otherwise are wrong. >> in an era, anti-capitalist protested against the prime minister's visit. david cameron sought to add a bit of passion of his own to the debate. >> i believe in the united kingdom. i am not a unionist, head, heart, and sold. >> then the prime minister called to see them and wants to take over his responsibilities in scotland, the nationalist senator alex salmon. >> what could be more frustrating than for someone to say that they will offer scott was something else and then not said what it is? -- offer scotland something else and then not say what it is? >> yes or no to independence? eric semin is key on two questions. -- eric semin is key onto questions. it is hard for david cameron to campaign in scotland. he is not only of popular amongs

phasing down the corporate tax rate is what has been done in canada and the united kingdom. if the alternative is not doing a lower corporate tax rate, i think phasing down would be much preferable. in the case of the united kingdom they have a parliamentary system and they have announced that they're going to get to a 23% corporate tax rate by 2014-2015. one interaction in terms of the financial accounting rules is my understanding is they have not officially enacted the 23% rate. they are doing the reduction from 28% to 26% and now to 25% in the current year on an annual basis and part of that is an interaction with the book accounting because when you lower the corporate tax rate, there are effects in trms of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities. it's a benefit in terms of companies with deferred tax liabilities. the majority of the top 50 companies have deferred tax liabilities. think would benefit. some companies have deferred tax assets from loss carry forwards and some compensation. and lower corporate tax rate would reduce the value of those deferred tax a

poorest countries, from advocating free trade to campaigning global energy and security, the united kingdom and united states have shed priority. there is no better chamexample between britain and the united states is with afghanistan to help afghanistan become a stable and secure state, able to control its own national security, and through that, to protect them. we're second only to the u.s. on the number of british boots on the ground. and we've taken the lead in helmund when there was work to be done. i salute extraordinary bravery of our sources in seeking to create a better afghanistan. to the hour of awakening, in conclusion, have already drawn some of the conclusions at this stage, but there are many questions still remaining. we cannot be certain of how the situation will unfold at each country and each country is, indeed, different. the concept of the arab world has taken a bit of a change, and maybe it's less united than we thought. all of these countries have responded and responded differently. the signs of the prognosis, however, is positive. what we can be certain of is how t

how can we make the united kingdom work better? >> the prime minister and his party's scottish leaders know that opinion polls consistently suggest more dilution is more popular in scotland and independence and suggest the solution is more popular in scotland than independence. >> we have been attached to england for a long time, and i do not see a need to be independent. >> in edinburgh, anti-capitalist protested against the prime minister's visit. david cameron sought to add a little passion of his own to the debate. >> i believe in the united kingdom i am a unionist, head, heart, and salt. >> and the prime minister call to see the man who wants to take over his responsibilities in , the nationalist minister, who is keen to find out what extra powers david cameron might be prepared to concede. >> what could be more frustrating than for someone to say it is board to offer people of scotland something else, but did not say what is? when the big difference between us is one or two questions. >> a referendum route to david cameron wan

it is different from the united kingdom. consumption of drugs in europe, the three biggest countries, the united kingdom, france and italy. portugal and switzerland are small countries. when you went over, did you see a decrease in drug use? increase or decrease? >> a decrease. first of all, yes, portugal is a smaller country than britain. if you break britain up into smaller units and tackle it in a city by city, there is no reason why you shouldn't get the same results as in portugal. what portugal was ten years ago they had a massive drug problem. heroin was rampant and they decided to move drugs from the department of -- from the home office to the health department. and they said to the health department, you are now in charge. nobody will be sent to prison in portugal. not one person has been sent to prison for taking drugs in the last ten years in prison. and they then -- you know, have taken heroin. they set up places where people can get clean needles throughout portugal. they have helped people who have heroin probl

can the prime minister bring happiness to all parts of the united kingdom by agreeing to do away with the august fuel tax rise increase and reduce fuel alliances? >> i'm delighted to hear the people of northern ireland are the happiest in the united kingdom. i have to say to the audible junk that there represented in this house don't always give that impression. [laughter] maybe i have been missing something. because we recognize that families and businesses are continuing to feel the pressure from very high prices, we cannot fuel duty and grabbed the stabilize. that is the average pump prices are six been slower than the women under the previous government's plans, but clearly we are being impacted here as well by higher oil prices. >> this week the government took action on unacceptable tax avoidance. does the prime minister agree with me that the principles are paying a fair share for tax to banks and former mayors of one? >> i think he makes an important point, whether it is barclays bank or 10 livingston people should pay the proper amount of tax and i hope hmrc will look careful

i have offered them additional practical help we can provide from the united kingdom. the political opposition outside syria. i believe they are doing the right thing and they will be able to bring greater unity to the opposition and syria. >> to promote the syria national council as legitimate representative of the opposition. to ramp up economic sanctions against syria, to close embassies, and to pre position humanitarian aid just in case president bashar al-assad ever agrees to a cease-fire. behind the scenes, it was chaotic disagreement about whether to arm the rebels. britain has always been against it. the americans hinted they might consider it. sitting next to hillary clinton, the saudi foreign minister said he was all for it. an excellent idea, he called it. >> what do you think about foreign aid to syrian opposition? >> i think it is an excellent idea. quips one thing -- >> the failure of the outside world to stop the violence in syria is not to do with their own lack of political will, but the fault they say of russia and china. they have blocked any u.n. app

group to look at this issue, and we want to make sure that devolution works for everyone in the united kingdom. but i would part company with the right honorable gentleman for this reason, that i believe the united kingdom has been adequately successful partnership between all its members. and i think that actually far from wanting to appeal to english people that in any way to the nurture grievance they feel, i want to appeal to my fellow and cushman, say this is but a great partnership, a great partnership with scotland but a great partnership for england, too. of course, scotland must make its choice. we hope to scotland will choose to remain in this partnership that has done so well for the last 300 years. >> thank you, mr. speaker. does the prime minister agree that the elected mayor -- [inaudible] him and. >> i support having elected mayors and a great cities. obvious it will be for the cities themselves to choose but i'm hugely encouraged by what has happened in liverpool recently. we will be having these referenda and people in bristol will have their chance to make that choice. at the

i'm wrong ok i mean the average englishman is not overly worried about scotland staying in the united kingdom. i think there is a sense in england of more particular english identity when i attended a really interesting discussion which the institute for public policy research organized into this the same mosque last week but i think there was great support for the united kingdom staying together still in terms of the e.u. i mean i must disagree i mean i think there are. three and a half million jobs that depend on us having a positive relationship with the e.u. one of the benefits that we have of being part of britain is that our relationship with the e.u. is stable and secure there is a great legal they will in one hundred people will win independence can win a game with an independent it's going to magically state it would have to go to rebut it would an independent counsel employers how it would have to be a member of the european union i would imagine it was a really exception process and why it's already in it there's a huge difference it's already huge doubt about that it's already in

one of the major international credit ratings agencies, moody's, has placed the united kingdom, france and austria on negative outlooks. italy, portugal, and spain had their ratings downgraded. certainty over the resources that will be made available to tackle the debt crisis. >> if you needed a reminder of the impact of the turbulent and events in europe, this was it. economic uncertainty, not only in greece, but across the whole continent. moody's has said it might in the months to come. it has downgraded the outlook in all three to-. it has downgraded the ratings of italy, portugal, spain, slovakia, and slovenia. spain is a country with the highest unemployment rate. it was downgraded two notches. responding to the rate things -- ratings, george osborn said -- the opposition party was quick to blame the government. the shadow finance minister said -- both sides are all too aware of the potential cost of a downgrade. those in france and austria, last month they were stripped of their coat -- aaa status by standard and poor's. this means there is extra pressure on countries to find wa

there are thousands of undocumented citizens of the united kingdom in america, and the united kingdom government has no interest. i would urge you to press that. there are bilateral trade agreements and millions of people working. press the slew. one final point, i would challenge the bill. at would price do we have comprehensive immigration reform. i would ask the question at what price can we not have it? >> so you would give them all the bad stuff just to get the good things? >> no, i wouldn't. but i'm reminded of what voltere said, which is let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. by holding out for the perfect, there are 12 million in a bad way in this country. >> what is the difference between imperfect and the atrocious. >> i would ask you to not let the perfect outway the we. thank you for having this commission tonight. someone once said that what leads evil to triumph over good is that good men do nothing. i think you for doing something good and not letting the evil win by sitting down and doing nothing. thank you. >> thank you. i will probably get in trouble for letti

there are thousands of undocumented citizens of the united kingdom in america, and the united kingdomgovernment has no interest. i would urge you to press that. there are bilateral trade agreements and millions of people working. press the slew. one final point, i would challenge the bil

look at this issue, and we obviously want to make sure that devolutioned works for everyone in the united kingdom, but i would part company slightly for this reason. i believe the united kingdom has an incredibly successful partnership, and i think that far from wanting to appeal to english people to nurture a grievance they feel, they can say this has been a great partnership for scotland and a great partnership for england, too. of course, scotland must make its choice, but we hope that scotland would choose to remain part of this partnership that has done so well for 300 years. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will the prime minister a great that there is a great opportunity for those of us in bristol who haven't long campaign for the resurrection of local rail? >> i support having elected mayors and our great cities. obviously, it will be for those cities themselves to choose. bristol will have the chance to make that choice. i think what people and not entirely unnoticed is that they have gone through some devolutioned in terms of the powers and the money that we are prepared to offer them so they

in texas it we will commemorate the 170th year of the united kingdom representation in texas. the first consul general and my colleague following now captain charles eliot arrived in galveston in 1842 and this accreditation was not to the united states but to the republic of texas. so, watch out for agents commemorating the anniversary throughout the year. i am here today to talk about a different part of the world, the middle east and north africa, they've seen me from one momentous change. it's well represented and encourage a positive outcome in the region. today i like to share the government perspective and hopes on the impact of this movement to the energy security. that eruption of democracy movements across the middle east and north africa is even in these early stages the most important political development of the 21st century. with potential long-term consequences greater than the global financial crisis in 2008 and historic change which at its core is about people demanding their rights. a year ago to this very day the crowds were gathering the eighth consecutive da

i went to high school in the united kingdom at token's old high school. i wasn't there at the same time as token. i did have his greek dictionary and i got briefly like anybody who lived in school near new hampshire i take an interest in school board politics and i am always amused when teachers come and say when using some of the same textbooks we were using in the 1980s as if the laws of physics have changed. i had a r. r. tolkien's's old dictionary which he had several decades and still going strong. soaker token did better than me. he got into the movie business. i am in the lower ranks of impressive alumni. >> host: how did you get from canada to new hampshire and conservative politics? >> guest: that is interesting. i was on an overnight train, amtrak from montreal to new york and it broke down halfway and they threw us off the train and after a while send a van to collect us. it is nice around here. i went -- new hampshire i hadn't really thought about and certainly haven't thought about it in political terms. i was intending to buy a little ski con

. >> at least 14 governments, including the united states and the united kingdom, have issued travellerts for bangkok. >>> myanmar's reforms are giving refugees who fled the country optimism about one day going home. that is also raising questions about the viability of a program to reset the limited numbers of refugees from myanmar to japan. interests in the program have turned out to be much lower than the japanese government has expected. we have a report from the northeast of thailand. >> reporter: behind me is the building that the nine refugee applicants of japan are being interviewed by the japanese government. the applicants from two families met with japanese officials on wednesday to find out more about the resettlement program. so far, nine families from myanmar totaling 45 refugees have reset theresettled in japa. the number of applicants has fallen short. >> translator: there is a need to give refugees better information about the japanese-run program. and we also need to work with other entities like our embassy in thailand and the unhcr to enhance the refugee understan

. >> i have offered them whatever additional practical help we can provide from the united kingdom andhe political opposition outside. i believe they are doing the right things and that they will be able to bring greater unit to the opposition. >> among the points agreed, to promote the national council, to ramp up economic sanctions against syria, and to close embassies and to preposition humanitarian aid just in case president assad recedes. >> behind-the-scenes, there was chaotic disagreement about whether to arm the rebels. britain has always been against it. the americans this week hinted they might consider it. sitting next to hillary clinton, the saudi foreign minister said he was all for it. an excellent idea, he called it. >> what do you think about arming the syrian opposition? do you think it's a good idea? >> i think it is an excellent idea. >> why? >> because they need to protect themselves. >> one thing all here in tunisia agree on, the failure to take action to stop the violence in syria isn't to do with their lack of political will, but the influence of russia and china

. >> 60 years ago today the princess elizabeth became queen of the united kingdom. she received the news of her father's death during a visit to kenya. the event will be held all over the world to mark the diamond jubilee. but today is a quiet visit to the east of england. >> it has what she has been doing for 60 years now, constant and understated. today, children were offering their thanks to the 60 years on the throne. from buckingham palace to new photographs and a message. in this special year as a dedicate myself to your service, i hope we will all be reminded of the power of to get us and the strength of family, friends said, and good neighborness. teams which she carried forward after the death of february, 1952, of her father. elizabeth was 25 and in kenya when she heard that she was now claim. she and her husband returned to london to be met by the prime minister winston churchill. it was a huge upheaval. >> this was her destiny. in fact, later on, they said that she grasped destiny with both hands. >> what are the characteristics of this person whose image