tom baldwin, to repeat these messages. tom baldwin. who — to repeat these messages.ssages. tom baldwin, who has written - to repeat these messages. tom baldwin, who has written a biography of keir starmer, the labour leader. a woman who was stabbed to death on bournemouth beach on friday night has been named locally as amie gray. another woman aged 38 remains in hospital with serious injuries. our correspondent duncan kennedy provided this update from bournemouth. bournemouth is a place full of contradictions today. on the one hand by the pier here, thousands of people enjoying the bank holiday sunshine. on this side of the pier it is a lot more subdued. you can see the police tape behind mejust along from where the incident happened on friday night. an incident where a woman named locally as amie gray was fatally stabbed. police aren't saying exactly what they think happened other than that she was 3a years old and a personal fitness instructor. dorset police are saying that they have arrested a 17—year—old boy from lancashire on suspicion of murder. they have also

tom baldwin is broadly sympathetic.hrase, so apologies if i'm not quoting word for word, but he describes around here as being almost as indistinct as some elements of how keir starmer is sometimes portrayed. in other words, not urban, but not real either. we are not far from the m25, from london, we are in surrey on the borders of kent. it is definitely far more rural than the kind of label and a caricature sometimes hung around keir starmer by his opponents when he is described as from north london. keir starmer today described this as he sees it as quintessentially english. it got me thinking that people who seek to govern, seek to represent us, seek to somehow, however imperfectly, personified the country they want to lead. and we had a bit of it from keir starmer today, talking about this place, basically, and where he came from, trying to paint a picture of what he's all about and what made him as he sees it the man he is, as well as the north london thing, the constituency thing, where he now lives and represent

iwas rereading today tom baldwin's i rereading today tom baldwin's biography of keir starmer.s for ed miliband. he has written a biography of keir starmer, which is broadly sympathetic, to be fair. tom baldwin is a former employee of the labour party. he describes, i don't have the exact phrase, so apologies, but he describes around here as being almost as indistinct as some elements of how keir starmer is sometimes portrayed. in other words, not urban, but not rural either. we are not far from the m25, from london, we are in surrey, on the borders of kent. it is definitely far more rural than the kind of label and a character hung around keir starmer when he is described as a lefty lawyer from keir starmer when he is described as a lefty lawyerfrom london. keir starmer today described this as he seesit starmer today described this as he sees it as quintessentially english. it got me thinking that people who seek to govern, seek to represent us, seek to somehow, however imperfectly, personify the country they want to lead. and we had a bit of it from keir starmer today, talkin

would you| agree with that, tom baldwin? not really come — agree with that, tom baldwin? to be he has _ message in his campaign appears to be he has a — message in his campaign appears to be he has a plan that is working. it is one—month of good statistics, if it is working, i don't understand, why would — it is working, i don't understand, why would you not wait until november to prove it is working? the suspicion _ november to prove it is working? the suspicion will beat you have a blip and you _ suspicion will beat you have a blip and you are — suspicion will beat you have a blip and you are cutting and running now. we have _ and you are cutting and running now. we have had — and you are cutting and running now. we have had a lot of macro indicators _ we have had a lot of macro indicators start _ we have had a lot of macro indicators start to - we have had a lot of macro indicators start to move - we have had a lot of macroi indicators start to move and we have had a lot of macro - indicators start to move and we are seeing _ indicators start to move and we are seeing

interesting and funny that i was rereading today tom baldwin's biography of keir starmer, tom baldwin communications for ed miliband and he has written a biography of keir starmer which is sort of broadly sympathetic i think it would be fair to say and tom baldwin is a former employee of the labour party. and he describes it... the exact phrase in front of me so apologies if i'm not quoting him entirely word for word accurately here but he describes around here as it being almost as indistinct as some elements of how keir starmer is sometimes portrayed. in other words, not urban, but not rural either. we are not far from the m 25 and not farfrom london, we are in siri on the borders of kant. so, yeah, it is definitely far more rural than the kind of label and caricature that is sometimes from around keir starmer by his opponents when he is described as sort of a lackey lawyer from north london. definitely a contrast they are and keir starmer today described this as as he sees it pretty much quintessentially english was of it got me thinking that people who seek to govern, seek to repr

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and we speak life to tom baldwin who have just published a book to the mac a book on keir starmer. papua new guinea now estimates that more than 2,000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. palestinian officials say that at least 45 people have been killed at a refugee camp in rafah. israel describes the air strike as grave and says it will investigate. we take a look at indian—administered kashmir, in the first general elections since the modi government took away the region's special status. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk, at the beginning of the first full week of campaigning for the general election on july the 4th. the labour leader sir keir starmer has focused on security in his first major campaign speech. he's been telling undecided voters in west sussex in south—east england that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100—day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain.

tom baldwin, thanks for your time. _ live in an darkness. tom baldwin, thanks for your time.overing the election campaign across the day to day. you can get the latest updates on the bbc news website, where there is a life page. let�*s turn to the middle east. spain, ireland and norway are today formally recognising the state of palestine. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, said the move was essential for achieving peace and from now on all efforts should focus on a two—state solution with israel and palestine existing side by side. the majority of un countries recognise palestine as a state, although few european nations do. the palestinian authority and hamas have welcomed the recognition. israel has withdrawn its ambassadors in protest against the move. spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has been speaking before his cabinet meets to formally adopt a decree recognising palestinian statehood. let�*s listen to what he had to say. this is a historic decision that has a single goal — to contribute to achieving peace between the israelis and palestine. the recognition

armorer was convicted of manslaughter in march and is serving an 18-month prison sentence, and, tom, baldwin, if convicted, faces 18 months also. >> chloe melas with that, thank you. >>> in the middle east growing pressure on israel after the u.n.'s top court ordered it to halt its offensive in rafah. here's raf sanchez. >> reporter: tonight, this israeli air strike hitting rafah. our team in gaza following fire crews trying to put out the flames. >> what the palestinians need is immediately stop the war. >> reporter: the strike coming just as the u.n.'s highest court ordered israel to stop its military operations in the city to protect civilians. >> israel must immediately halt its military offensive. >> reporter: the ruling is binding, but the world court has no means of enforcing it, and israel giving no sign it'll comply saying, it launched a just war to eliminate hamas following the october 7th terror attack and that it's acting to reduce as much harm as possible to civilians, but nearly a million palestinians have been displaced since the start of the rafah operation. the court's actio

joining me now are tom baldwin, former communications director for labour and author of keir starmer: borisjohnson's mayoral campaign in london. this mandatory national service the conservatives have announced, what is the thinking? presumably they have done lots of polling and this will get the people they need to get voting for them. i will get the people they need to get voting for them.— voting for them. i think there is some thinking _ voting for them. i think there is some thinking about _ voting for them. i think there is some thinking about trying - voting for them. i think there is some thinking about trying to i some thinking about trying to attract particularly older voters who think more needs to be done to address some of the challenges that have been around our perceived challenges around younger people and social cohesion. and the idea we need to address some of those challenges about how younger people interact with other people on the world around them but i think there are some challenges for the conservative party because they are desperate to ensure they have a pla

tom baldwin, an excellent book. yeah it is he's what the french call a better example .call a better example. he kept passing exams. he kept getting up to grade seven with the flute and the piano. i mean, i crashed out before grade half, half a percent . and he's just a percent. and he's just a serious, hardworking chap, running the country, though, requires extraordinary skills, talent and teamwork. that frankly, is a much bigger test than so far. but so far, so good. >> now, he specifically was asked today, are you following in tony blair's foot steps? he said, i'm no tony blair light. i'm no copy of tony blair, but he should be if he wants to get into power. you worked with tony blair has sir keir starmer got what it takes to have that mass appeal or will people still think, i don't quite know what this guy stands for? well far more important is that the tories have got mass non appeal at the moment. >> and the big question for me is whether the tories are going to keep on being bonkers for the next five years, as they were under william hague and michael howard and i

in fact we have learned since from a biography from tom baldwin and keir starmer that weekend came closeilled he was by the result. at the same time in that wider region, the tees valley, the conservatives won the mayoral race by! million miles. more than 70% of the vote. it's an indicator of how political fortunes shifted in the last few years. unfortunate for the labour party, they are looking notjust unfortunate for the labour party, they are looking not just at something that looks credible but is something that looks credible but is something that looks really convincing. we are seeing some picture there of a cancer in hampshire, that is in the sights of labour so the whole pressure for labour, what do they want to happen? they have to be able to convince themselves and then shape a conversation that implies that they are en route to winning a general election. we have seen opinion polls for months on end with labouri million miles ahead but we should always emphasise the colossal mountain that labour are trying to climb at that general election, and as any politician will acknowled

they were they frequently worked with the baldwin felts agents. you know, tom felts himself had, you know, kind of along with those shares, the counties kind of kept like an iron grip and controlled. right. the southern coal fields themselves. right. so there's a lot of money in it for the baldwin felts agency. right, as well. and certainly quite a bit of quite a bit of power. what these what these miners do in the wake of may one is they set their sights on those places. they know they're going to be difficult. right? certainly they are going to be. right. but now people that are dead, sid hatfield shot people at point blank range dead, two higher ups in the in the bow and felts organized and obviously tom felts is angry and incensed. right. and the mine bosses themselves are going to have a response. it's a very interesting response. if it is one that i think we should we should definitely focus on here, because of the way that we've talked about the stigmatization right of appalachia and appalachia and migrants is really what they do. and they actually call

baldwin want you to pay off their student loans? using your tax dollars to fund this mayhem? >> reporter: and it comes as senator tomre republican cosponsors in the senate, just are introduced a bill that would prevent pro-hamas if protesters, as he says, on college campuses or who are convicted of a crime from having their loans forgiven. stuart? stuart: aishah, we hear you. thanks very much, inned deed. take a look at this headline from axios. it reads, quote: democrats enter panic mode as gaza protests erupt, end quote. congressman bryan steil joins me now. republican from wisconsin. if democrats are losing the youth vote, does that mean the republicans are winning it? >> president biden has a base issue with the democratic party, and is so he's playing to the radical base of the youth vote. but with overall, students and young people understand that biden's policies are actually clobber egg them. students who don't feel safe going to campus are not going to support biden. his student loan bailout targets a selective group of students. tell that to a student who's choosing no -- to go to become a journeyman elect