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tom watson and jeremy corbyn have had their differences and that is no secret. gure like tom watson calling for a essentially a com pletely calling for a essentially a completely different strategy that jeremy corbyn is outlining. he had the opportunity in the article he wrote yesterday to say we will adopt this definition in full, including all of the examples. he stopped short of that. here we have tom watson saying no, that is what you should do. we have had other members of the shadow cabinet suggesting the same to simply put an end to this. there is a view clearly among senior labourfigures there is a view clearly among senior labour figures that the longer this persists, the longer the splits in the labour party a laid bare over this, we have etihad lots of labour mps incidentally expressing their support for tom watson's views before this was published online. —— we have already had lots of. this is growing within a senior figures at the labour party that the longer this goes on, the worse it looks for the party. tom watson is talking about rendering itsel
tom watson and jeremy corbyn have had their differences and that is no secret. gure like tom watson calling for a essentially a com pletely calling for a essentially a completely different strategy that jeremy corbyn is outlining. he had the opportunity in the article he wrote yesterday to say we will adopt this definition in full, including all of the examples. he stopped short of that. here we have tom watson saying no, that is what you should do. we have had other members of the shadow...
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but tom watson is trying to address that.,, "i frequently had difficult conversations with both margaret and ian but what i understand is that your critics are not your enemy is on an issue that is so dear to them, i think people are very, very concerned that these investigations should be dropped". it seems the most obvious thing to do. s margaret hodge doesn't even know what she has been accused of. ——s margaret hodge. it happens all the time, people have robust conversations in parties. as it mean you should have a disciplinary charge? labour has refused to accept all of the examples. there are extremely highly respected, knighted, jewish lawyers who have come out and said there is a problem with the examples, certainly. but it could suppress legitimate criticism of israel. if i werejeremy corbyn or pa rt israel. if i werejeremy corbyn or part of the inner circle, i would give this general —— gift this example and get them to come back and ask how it should be adjusted so we can still criticised the policies of the state o
but tom watson is trying to address that.,, "i frequently had difficult conversations with both margaret and ian but what i understand is that your critics are not your enemy is on an issue that is so dear to them, i think people are very, very concerned that these investigations should be dropped". it seems the most obvious thing to do. s margaret hodge doesn't even know what she has been accused of. ——s margaret hodge. it happens all the time, people have robust conversations in...
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it follows comments by the party's deputy leader tom watson, who has said that the party faces what henless it immediately stops its "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. our political correspondent, tom barton, is in westminster. this has been a dispute that labour seems unable to get beyond. what is mr corbyn and his allies hoping can be achieved by his video message following an article he wrote in a newspaper on friday? this dispute over the rules over anti—semitism in the labour party just over the rules over anti—semitism in the labour partyjust goes on, and on. to answer your question, they had to draw a line under it. the video message today will attempt that. but that might prove difficult when you've gotjeremy corbyn‘s second in command, tom watson, talking to the guardian this morning saying that the party is at risk of disappearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over this issue. there is a danger the party might render itself unfit for office. tom watson's issue is around the rules that the labour party has recently adopted, surrounding how it deals wit
it follows comments by the party's deputy leader tom watson, who has said that the party faces what henless it immediately stops its "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. our political correspondent, tom barton, is in westminster. this has been a dispute that labour seems unable to get beyond. what is mr corbyn and his allies hoping can be achieved by his video message following an article he wrote in a newspaper on friday? this dispute over the rules over anti—semitism in the...
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it follows comments by the party's deputy leader, tom watson who has said that the party faces what heit immediately stops its "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. our political correspondent tom barton is in wesminster and has been explaining what message labour is trying to deliver. they hope eventually to draw a line under it and there was an article in the guardian yesterday. this might prove difficult when you havejeremy corbyn‘s second—in—command tom watson, talking to the guardian this morning saying the party is at risk of disappearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over this issue. there is a danger the party might render itself unfit for office. tom watson's issue is around the rules that labour has recently adopted, surrounding how it deals with anti—semitic conduct. while they did adopt the internationally accepted definition of anti—semitism, they didn't include or change four examples of what anti—semitic conduct could look like. tom watson said it should include all of those. we did ask bothjeremy corbyn‘s office and jeremy corbyn himself to respond
it follows comments by the party's deputy leader, tom watson who has said that the party faces what heit immediately stops its "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. our political correspondent tom barton is in wesminster and has been explaining what message labour is trying to deliver. they hope eventually to draw a line under it and there was an article in the guardian yesterday. this might prove difficult when you havejeremy corbyn‘s second—in—command tom watson, talking...
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yasmin, tom watson, labour deputy leader, some strong language in this interview with the observer.id is that the party, in quotes, will disappear into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment and render itself unfit for government unless it finds a way of immediately putting a halt to this thing, which has been a festering wound, a sore for the longest time, and i agree with him, as do many other people. you know, this has been the worst example of procrastination, lack of understanding of what political leadership should be about, and i wrote a column this week in our newspaper, saying, jeremy corbyn, who i admire in many ways, is guilty of political vandalism on this. however, when watson says, as he doesin however, when watson says, as he does in the observer, that labour should immediately adopt the full international holocaust remembrance alliance definition, along with its examples, i disagree with that. but that's at the heart of this row. the thing that should have been done and needs now to be done is the definition and its examples are part of the debate, if you like.
yasmin, tom watson, labour deputy leader, some strong language in this interview with the observer.id is that the party, in quotes, will disappear into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment and render itself unfit for government unless it finds a way of immediately putting a halt to this thing, which has been a festering wound, a sore for the longest time, and i agree with him, as do many other people. you know, this has been the worst example of procrastination, lack of understanding of...
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this might prove difficult when you havejeremy corbyn‘s second—in—command tom watson, talking to they is at risk of disappearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over this issue. there is a danger the party might render itself unfit for office. tom watson's issue is around the rules that labour has recently adopted, surrounding how it deals with anti—semitic conduct. while they did adopt the internationally accepted definition of anti—semitism, they didn't include oi’ anti—semitism, they didn't include or change four examples of what anti—semitic conduct should look like. we did ask bothjeremy corbyn‘s office and jeremy corbyn himself to respond to tom watson's comments today. they were not willing to do so. but we have had this video published by the labour party ofjeremy corbyn and it was sent direct to labour party members. ina sent direct to labour party members. in ajeremy sent direct to labour party members. in a jeremy corbyn says anybody who uses anti—semitic poison needs to know they do so not in his name or the name of the labour party. he said anyone who de
this might prove difficult when you havejeremy corbyn‘s second—in—command tom watson, talking to they is at risk of disappearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over this issue. there is a danger the party might render itself unfit for office. tom watson's issue is around the rules that labour has recently adopted, surrounding how it deals with anti—semitic conduct. while they did adopt the internationally accepted definition of anti—semitism, they didn't include...
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tom watson has given an interview to the observer newspaper.d intervention from the deputy leader. this is difficult forjeremy corbyn, the comments from tom watson is strong, saying the party has to look at itself over divisions on the issue and weighs into the argument on the code of conduct which many mps and campaigners want to include all examples of anti—semitic behaviour as outlined in the international definition and tom watson said they should be incorporated and jeremy corbyn said they are addressed elsewhere in the guidelines and consultation is still open over the code. tom watson wants disciplinary action over two party mps who clashed to be dropped, something that raised the tension over this issue further. the timing of the comments, it comes a day afterjeremy corbyn tried to reach out to the jewish afterjeremy corbyn tried to reach out to thejewish community in an article in which he tries to reassure, promising to root out anti—semitism in his party and there are already mps expressing support for tom watson's views and this wil
tom watson has given an interview to the observer newspaper.d intervention from the deputy leader. this is difficult forjeremy corbyn, the comments from tom watson is strong, saying the party has to look at itself over divisions on the issue and weighs into the argument on the code of conduct which many mps and campaigners want to include all examples of anti—semitic behaviour as outlined in the international definition and tom watson said they should be incorporated and jeremy corbyn said...
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it follows comments by the party's deputy leader, tom watson who has said that the party faces what heps its "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. our political correspondent, tom barton, is in westminster another attempt by jeremy corbyn another attempt byjeremy corbyn to draw a line over this whole affair. that is absolutely right. there are some pretty strong language with this interview from tom watson. he warns that the party is in danger of rendering itself unfit for government over the anti—semitism issue. he says it risks disappearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment. he called for the party to adopt the full internationally accepted of anti—semitism, including all of the exa m ples of anti—semitism, including all of the examples of what constitutes anti—semitic behaviour. this is something the labour party up until now have not done. the statement released by the labour leader, sent to party members this lunchtime, does not address that issue. there is some pretty strong language from jeremy corbyn, calling anti—semitism poison and seeing that anybody with t
it follows comments by the party's deputy leader, tom watson who has said that the party faces what heps its "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. our political correspondent, tom barton, is in westminster another attempt by jeremy corbyn another attempt byjeremy corbyn to draw a line over this whole affair. that is absolutely right. there are some pretty strong language with this interview from tom watson. he warns that the party is in danger of rendering itself unfit for...
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many people will see the comments from tom watson as an attempt to undermine jeremy comments from tombt that the pressure on him will continue to grow. thank you. portuguese firefighters in the algarve are struggling to bring wildfires under control, as the southern european heatwave continues. temperatures have climbed to 46 degrees celsius, approaching the all—time european record. fire warnings have been issued across the iberian peninsula, as chi chi izundu reports. portugal — the latest country battling wildfire. some 700 firefighters are still tried to stop flames taking further hold of a eucalyptus forest near the town of monchique in the algarve. water—dropping aircraft have been assisting them as well as over 100 fire trucks. already, more than 1,000 hectares of land has been destroyed and one village has been forced to evacuate. how far were the flames? it was about 500 metres from our kitchen. the terrain is difficult to access and conditions have been tough. high winds, dry land and record temperatures. this weekend, seeing more than 45 degrees. it's so hot, people are opt
many people will see the comments from tom watson as an attempt to undermine jeremy comments from tombt that the pressure on him will continue to grow. thank you. portuguese firefighters in the algarve are struggling to bring wildfires under control, as the southern european heatwave continues. temperatures have climbed to 46 degrees celsius, approaching the all—time european record. fire warnings have been issued across the iberian peninsula, as chi chi izundu reports. portugal — the...
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he has not however responded to a call from his deputy, tom watson, for labour to adopt the full definitionernational holocaust remembrance alliance. vicki young reports. reporter: mr corbyn, when will you do enough for thejewish community to be happy with the labour party? he's not answering questions, but jeremy corbyn‘s under growing pressure to do something to prove he's taking the issue of anti—semitism seriously. mr corbyn‘s refused several requests for interviews. instead, the labour party filmed this message in which he says sorry for the hurt caused to manyjewish people. people who use anti—semitic poison need to understand, you do not do it in my name or the name of my party. you are not our supporters. and anyone who denies that this has surfaced in our party is clearly actually wrong and contributing to the problem. all: shame on you! jewish groups are angry about the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism that the labour party has decided to adopt in its code of conduct because it doesn't include all of the examples that come with it spelling out anti—semitic be
he has not however responded to a call from his deputy, tom watson, for labour to adopt the full definitionernational holocaust remembrance alliance. vicki young reports. reporter: mr corbyn, when will you do enough for thejewish community to be happy with the labour party? he's not answering questions, but jeremy corbyn‘s under growing pressure to do something to prove he's taking the issue of anti—semitism seriously. mr corbyn‘s refused several requests for interviews. instead, the...
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tom watson is doing it in the papers. it's astonishing. said let's have a chat about this. he's doing it in the observer. jeremy corbyn‘s supporters that he wrote that article in the guardian this weekend, trying to draw a line under the whole thing. he hasn't. he hoped to draw a line under it but it's been widely criticised and it was not an apology really. this interview really speaks to his frustration. to use this very strong language of eternal shame. and also to say drop these two disciplinary enquiries into margaret hodge and ian austin, who are both been very criticaljeremy corbyn, ian austin, who are both been very critical jeremy corbyn, and ian austin, who are both been very criticaljeremy corbyn, and adopt this definition, the root cause of all this row, just do it. he's the deputy leader. presumably he's already gone to jeremy corbyn and i'iow already gone to jeremy corbyn and now was going public to say this is what i want. it's such a disaster, he wants it to be known he thinks he should have ta ken he wants it to be known h
tom watson is doing it in the papers. it's astonishing. said let's have a chat about this. he's doing it in the observer. jeremy corbyn‘s supporters that he wrote that article in the guardian this weekend, trying to draw a line under the whole thing. he hasn't. he hoped to draw a line under it but it's been widely criticised and it was not an apology really. this interview really speaks to his frustration. to use this very strong language of eternal shame. and also to say drop these two...
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labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has said the party faces eternal shame unless it immediately stopsi—semitism. he's made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper. 0ur political correspondent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. this is quite outspoken from the deputy leader, isn't it? strong language this morning from jeremy corbyn's second—in—command, warming these damaging arguments risk rendering the party fit the government, saying they could disappear into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment. he argues the party's disciplinary code should include the full example, full definition of anti—semitism. including all the examples included in the internationally accepted definition. at the moment, for those exa m ples have definition. at the moment, for those examples have been left out. the labour party says they have changed and expanded those definitions and the consultation on the code of conduct has been reopened. now, we've been looking through the papers this morning and was seen on the front page that liam fox is saying he would bet on a no deal. it
labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has said the party faces eternal shame unless it immediately stopsi—semitism. he's made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper. 0ur political correspondent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. this is quite outspoken from the deputy leader, isn't it? strong language this morning from jeremy corbyn's second—in—command, warming these damaging arguments risk rendering the party fit the government, saying they could disappear into a...
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labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has said the party faces eternal shame unless it immediately stopsarguments over anti—semitism. he has made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. this is quite outspoken from the deputy leader, isn't it? yes. of course, this isjeremy corbyn‘s second—in—command. pretty strong language today, warning these arguments over anti—semitism risk rendering the party unfit for government. he says labour was wrong to change or remove four examples of what constitutes anti—semitic behaviour when it was incorporating the internationally accepted definition of anti—semitism into its disciplinary code. the labour leadership say they have simply expanded and contextualised those examples, and point out they have reopened a consultation into that code of conduct. just yesterday, jeremy corbyn published an article in the guardian in which he attempted to reassure thejewish community, promising again to root anti—semitism out of the party. some will see the comments from tom watson
labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has said the party faces eternal shame unless it immediately stopsarguments over anti—semitism. he has made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. this is quite outspoken from the deputy leader, isn't it? yes. of course, this isjeremy corbyn‘s second—in—command. pretty strong language today, warning these arguments over anti—semitism risk rendering the party...
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has not responded to a call from his deputy, tom watson, to adopt the full definition of anti—semitism the holocaust lives. reporter: mr corbyn, when will you do enough for thejewish community to be happy with the labour party? he's not answering questions, but jeremy corbyn‘s under growing pressure to do something to prove he's taking the issue of anti—semitism seriously. mr corbyn‘s refused several requests for interviews. instead, the labour party filmed this message in which he says sorry for the hurt caused to manyjewish people. people who use anti—semitic poison need to understand, you do not do it in my name or the name of my party. you are not our supporters. and anyone who denies that this has surfaced in our party is clearly actually wrong and contributing to the problem. all: shame on you! jewish groups are angry about the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism that the labour party has decided to adopt in its code of conduct because it doesn't include all of the examples that come with it spelling out anti—semitic behaviour. labour says it's trying to make t
has not responded to a call from his deputy, tom watson, to adopt the full definition of anti—semitism the holocaust lives. reporter: mr corbyn, when will you do enough for thejewish community to be happy with the labour party? he's not answering questions, but jeremy corbyn‘s under growing pressure to do something to prove he's taking the issue of anti—semitism seriously. mr corbyn‘s refused several requests for interviews. instead, the labour party filmed this message in which he says...
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way to put this to bed and i think it is really time forjeremy corbyn to take the wise advice of tom watsonstin and margaret hodge and two accept the standard definition of anti—semitism. standard definition of anti-semitism. is that the way he should be behaving?” anti-semitism. is that the way he should be behaving? i think if he doesn't do that his hand will be forced by mps —— to accept. doesn't do that his hand will be forced by mps -- to accept. he will have to do it anyway? when parliament comes back after the summer recess on the parliament comes back after the summer recess on the fifth of september there will be a meeting of the parliamentary labour party and they will vote about whether to adopt the international holocaust remembrance alliance's full definition of anti—semitism, and i think mps will generally back that but mr cormann has been desperate to diffuse this row, it has an announcement on universal basic income —— mr corbyn. it's overshadowed by this anti—semitism. the bare minimum is to stop the campaign against margaret hodge, and we are speaking about a lot of mps sa
way to put this to bed and i think it is really time forjeremy corbyn to take the wise advice of tom watsonstin and margaret hodge and two accept the standard definition of anti—semitism. standard definition of anti-semitism. is that the way he should be behaving?” anti-semitism. is that the way he should be behaving? i think if he doesn't do that his hand will be forced by mps —— to accept. doesn't do that his hand will be forced by mps -- to accept. he will have to do it anyway? when...
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many people will see the comments from tom watson as an attempt to undermine jeremy corbyn. police in london have launched a murder investigation after a man in his twenties was stabbed to death in kingston—upon—thames last night. the man was found in cambridge gardens and was pronounced dead at the scene. officers are in the process of informing the man's family. no arrests have been made. portuguese firefighters in the algarve are struggling to bring wildfires under control, as the southern european heatwave continues. temperatures have climbed to 46 degrees celsius, approaching the all—time european record. fire warnings have been issued across the iberian peninsula, as chi chi izundu reports. portugal — the latest country battling wildfire. some 700 firefighters are still tried to stop flames taking further hold of a eucalyptus forest near the town of monchique in the algarve. water—dropping aircraft have been assisting them as well as over 100 fire trucks. already, more than 1,000 hectares of land has been destroyed and one village has been forced to evacuate. how far w
many people will see the comments from tom watson as an attempt to undermine jeremy corbyn. police in london have launched a murder investigation after a man in his twenties was stabbed to death in kingston—upon—thames last night. the man was found in cambridge gardens and was pronounced dead at the scene. officers are in the process of informing the man's family. no arrests have been made. portuguese firefighters in the algarve are struggling to bring wildfires under control, as the...
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today a labour party member was suspended from the party in the wake of this tom watson article afterline. so we can see that this issue does deeply divide the labour party in how well it's been handling this anti—semitism problem. jeremy corbyn, of course, he released a video over the weekend saying he does take the issue seriously, he reiterated an apology to the jewish community and basically said he is determined to get this right and anyone expressing anti—semitic views doesn't do so in his name. i'm sure his people are well aware this saga has been rumbling on for some time and it looks like it will last for some time to come. thank you very much, jessica. jessica parker at westminster. the former foreign secretary boris johnson has been accused of islamophobia after saying muslim women wearing burkas look like letter boxes. in his newspaper column, he said he was against bans on face—covering veils in public places, but added that they looked absolutely ridiculous. the muslim council of britain accused him of pandering to the far right. in indonesia, thousands of people have be
today a labour party member was suspended from the party in the wake of this tom watson article afterline. so we can see that this issue does deeply divide the labour party in how well it's been handling this anti—semitism problem. jeremy corbyn, of course, he released a video over the weekend saying he does take the issue seriously, he reiterated an apology to the jewish community and basically said he is determined to get this right and anyone expressing anti—semitic views doesn't do so...
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he has not however responded to a call from his deputy, tom watson, for labour to adopt the full definitionitism as set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. vicki young reports. mr corbyn, when will you do enough for thejewish community to be happy with the labour party? he's not answering questions, but jeremy corbyn‘s under growing pressure to do something to prove he's taking the issue of anti—semitism seriously. mr corbyn‘s refused several requests for interviews. instead, the labour party filmed this message in which he says sorry for the hurt caused to manyjewish people. people who use anti—semitic poison need to understand, you do not do it in my name or the name of my party. you are not our supporters. and anyone who denies that this has surfaced in our party is clearly actually wrong and contributing to the problem. shame on you! jewish groups are angry about the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism that the labour party has decided to adopt in its code of conduct. because it doesn't include all of the examples that come with it spelling out an
he has not however responded to a call from his deputy, tom watson, for labour to adopt the full definitionitism as set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. vicki young reports. mr corbyn, when will you do enough for thejewish community to be happy with the labour party? he's not answering questions, but jeremy corbyn‘s under growing pressure to do something to prove he's taking the issue of anti—semitism seriously. mr corbyn‘s refused several requests for interviews....
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tom watson called it a wake—up call. systemic. the labour 's —— the labour party, coming up to co nfe re nce labour party, coming up to conference season, it will run and run. to the daily express, brexit never fire, they call it an exclusive. home secretary telling them that brexit will give us back oui’ them that brexit will give us back our borders of. he has got an audience here. at daily express audience here. at daily express audience of. lots of quotes inside saying it is brilliant. sajid javid says we are ensuring the control of oui’ says we are ensuring the control of our own borders but what continuing to attract those who have benefit to the uk. there is another report out today that says there are half a million eu taxi drivers, shop assistants, fruit pickers, warehouse workers, copy workers etc, who work in the uk and without them we will be in in the uk and without them we will beina in the uk and without them we will be in a great deal of difficulty. how do we replace those people? you could argue some of
tom watson called it a wake—up call. systemic. the labour 's —— the labour party, coming up to co nfe re nce labour party, coming up to conference season, it will run and run. to the daily express, brexit never fire, they call it an exclusive. home secretary telling them that brexit will give us back oui’ them that brexit will give us back our borders of. he has got an audience here. at daily express audience here. at daily express audience of. lots of quotes inside saying it is...
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, but now the party's deputy leader has joined the chorus of disapproval. has joined the chorus tom watsonearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over the row. another senior backbencher said mr corbyn‘s video changed nothing. and she didn't feel at all reassured by more words. he seems to have difficulty understanding that this is a very serious situation that won't go away with warm words. he seems to hold thejewish community in some kind of contempt and to treat them in a way he would not dream of treating any other minority community. he would not dream of treating labour insists that mr corbyn has made it clear in the strongest terms that anti—semitism has no place in the party and the code of conduct, which is causing such anger, is about to be fully consulted on. anger, is about to be vicki young, bbc news, westminster. anger, is about to be labour anger, is about to be say they are taking action, speeding labour say they are taking action, speeding up disciplinary procedures against those accused of anti—semitism but in private and public there are shadow cabinet me
, but now the party's deputy leader has joined the chorus of disapproval. has joined the chorus tom watsonearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over the row. another senior backbencher said mr corbyn‘s video changed nothing. and she didn't feel at all reassured by more words. he seems to have difficulty understanding that this is a very serious situation that won't go away with warm words. he seems to hold thejewish community in some kind of contempt and to treat them in a...
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as a result of that article tom watson has been trolled op twitter.n trolled on twitterment we heard from emily benn. she is the caughtish of the granddaughter rather of the late tony benn, who is a key left—wing figure, many of core bishop's supporters view as a hero. she has spoken out againstjeremy corbyn and that he have been say things like her grandfather would turn in his grave. she said it is basically giving a sense of the way the party has changed. the kind of level of online abuse now you get when you speak out about any issue in the labour party, and i faced some quite personal stuff the last few days, shows how intolerant our politics has become, especially in the labour party, and it's not the party ijoined 14 years ago. now i have spoken to the labour party, this afternoon and asked them about this online abuse we have seen directed at various mps and they have said if there are any specific complaints made to them, they would look thank you england cricketer ben stokes has arrived at court today where he will be on trial accused of aff
as a result of that article tom watson has been trolled op twitter.n trolled on twitterment we heard from emily benn. she is the caughtish of the granddaughter rather of the late tony benn, who is a key left—wing figure, many of core bishop's supporters view as a hero. she has spoken out againstjeremy corbyn and that he have been say things like her grandfather would turn in his grave. she said it is basically giving a sense of the way the party has changed. the kind of level of online abuse...
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labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has said the party faces what he calls "eternal shame" unless itts "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. he's made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper, in which he urged the party to accept the definition of anti—semitism set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. or yesterday jeremy corbyn sought to reassure thejewish community in an article for the guardian, in which he promised again to root out anti—semitism from labour. the nhs has been threatened with legal action if it does not offer transgender patients access to fertility services before they start transitioning treatment. the equality and human rights commission says patients should be given the opportunity to store eggs or sperm before starting their treatment, as it can cause infertility. local commissioning groups currently decide whether to provide fertility services, but it's claimed many choose not to for transgender people. an nhs spokesperson said the criticism is misplaced and policy responsibility lies with ministers. portuguese firefigh
labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has said the party faces what he calls "eternal shame" unless itts "damaging" arguments over anti—semitism. he's made the comments in an interview with the observer newspaper, in which he urged the party to accept the definition of anti—semitism set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. or yesterday jeremy corbyn sought to reassure thejewish community in an article for the guardian, in which he promised again to root...
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let me tell you do not take you to what the deputy leader of the party tom watson has been saying tonightall. "we cannot afford to lose people or such weight and stature" and this reflects the deep divisions in the party and the sense of drift engulfing us. pretty strong words from the deputy leader of the party. they are. i think most of the party. they are. i think most of these actually do want to stay in the labour party. it is almost impossible to try and force labour to ta ke impossible to try and force labour to take anti—semitism more seriously when you are outside of it. i think that in the past month we have seen a very concerted effort from the leadership team, from all mps and even a lot of party members to try and stamp out anti—semitism in the party. they are accepting it is a bit hobbled. an increasingly members are reporting other people who are claiming to be labour members or maybe labour members saying things on social media or making people feel uncomfortable, attacking mps, etc. i have seen members and i have seen etc. i have seen members and i have seen mps from acro
let me tell you do not take you to what the deputy leader of the party tom watson has been saying tonightall. "we cannot afford to lose people or such weight and stature" and this reflects the deep divisions in the party and the sense of drift engulfing us. pretty strong words from the deputy leader of the party. they are. i think most of the party. they are. i think most of these actually do want to stay in the labour party. it is almost impossible to try and force labour to ta ke...
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tonight, labour's deputy leader tom watson call this a wake—up call.rbyn are so far keeping a low profile but quietly they will be angry enemies and militant friends quietly hoping that frank field won't be the last one to walk away. john pienaar, thank you. thousands of families across the uk could now be entitled to benefits for bereaved parents and their children, after an unmarried mother of four won her case in the supreme court. siobhan mclaughlin, from county antrim, was refused widowed parent's allowance when her partner died, because the couple weren't married. but the supreme court has ruled that it breached the family's human rights. the government is now considering whether to change the law. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. a father and a partner for 23 years. john adams lived together with his family. when he died from cancer, siobhan mclaughin had to take a second job to help support their children. she was told widowed parent's allowance was only paid to those who've been married or in civil partnerships. today, the supreme
tonight, labour's deputy leader tom watson call this a wake—up call.rbyn are so far keeping a low profile but quietly they will be angry enemies and militant friends quietly hoping that frank field won't be the last one to walk away. john pienaar, thank you. thousands of families across the uk could now be entitled to benefits for bereaved parents and their children, after an unmarried mother of four won her case in the supreme court. siobhan mclaughlin, from county antrim, was refused...
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for them, it is a test of old loyalties and nurse topic tonight's labour's deputy leader tom watson calldow ministers loyal tojeremy corbett are keeping a low profile but quietly they will be angry and unease and militant friends, quietly hoping that frank field won't be the last one to walk away. the payday lender, wonga, is going into administration tonight afterfacing a surge of compensation claims. the company, which became one of britain's most controversial loans companies, ran into trouble after the government cracked down on payday lenders. wonga's profits peaked at £85 million six years ago, when it had more than a million customers. but the latest figures show that plunged to a loss of £65 million, with a sharp fall in borrowers. the company faced criticism for its high interest loans and was accused of targeting the vulnerable. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. with a loan from wonga.com... wonga rode to number one among payday lenders on a wave of humourous adverts which glossed over the harm being done to some borrowers, borrowers whose compensation
for them, it is a test of old loyalties and nurse topic tonight's labour's deputy leader tom watson calldow ministers loyal tojeremy corbett are keeping a low profile but quietly they will be angry and unease and militant friends, quietly hoping that frank field won't be the last one to walk away. the payday lender, wonga, is going into administration tonight afterfacing a surge of compensation claims. the company, which became one of britain's most controversial loans companies, ran into...
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a lot of comments have called for deputy leader tom watson also to resign.. labour needs to get a grip of this. jeremy corbyn has been slow for many years to deal with this issue and i'm afraid he still has a lot of work to do. should he resign? if he wants to remain bdp should tackle this crisis with real action. in the fade even that video message in my opinion is not enough. thank you for your time today. six people have been arrested in venezuela for involvement in an apparent assassination attempt, by drone attack, against president nicol s maduro. since assuming office in 2013, mr maduro's administration has drawn widespread international condemnation for undermining democracy and violating human rights in his country. here's a reminder of how this situation developed. the attempted assassination of venezuela's president comes as the country is mired in a deep, economic crisis that is driving hundreds of thousands of venezuelans from their homes. so what's gone wrong? many state oil is at the root of all venezuela's problems. the country is rich in oil
a lot of comments have called for deputy leader tom watson also to resign.. labour needs to get a grip of this. jeremy corbyn has been slow for many years to deal with this issue and i'm afraid he still has a lot of work to do. should he resign? if he wants to remain bdp should tackle this crisis with real action. in the fade even that video message in my opinion is not enough. thank you for your time today. six people have been arrested in venezuela for involvement in an apparent assassination...
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we'll be speaking to the labour's deputy leader tom watson about this in just over half an hour.stralia, malcolm turnbull, who narrowly fought off a leadership challenge earlier this week, has said he'll quit if a second contest is approved by his party. his challenger peter dutton has called for another vote tomorrow, and several members of mr turnbull‘s cabinet have resigned, as pressure for him to stand down grows. the us has imposed a new round of financial tariffs on chinese goods, worth almost £i2.5 billion. duties will be collected on products ranging from motorcycles to steam turbines in an ongoing trade war between the two countries. china has responded by imposing tariffs of equal value on goods from america. we're joined from singapore by asia business correspondent, karishma vaswani. the impact of this could be huge, couldn't it, not just the impact of this could be huge, couldn't it, notjust in those two countries but the ripple effect of this as well, karishma you're absolutely right, and that ripple effect is already being felt in some respects out in countries lik
we'll be speaking to the labour's deputy leader tom watson about this in just over half an hour.stralia, malcolm turnbull, who narrowly fought off a leadership challenge earlier this week, has said he'll quit if a second contest is approved by his party. his challenger peter dutton has called for another vote tomorrow, and several members of mr turnbull‘s cabinet have resigned, as pressure for him to stand down grows. the us has imposed a new round of financial tariffs on chinese goods, worth...
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the deputy leader of the party, tom watson, has said that this is a serious loss to the party andi thisk's division. it reflects the deep divisions in the party and a sense of just divisions in the party and a sense ofjust engulfing ours. it is a major wake—up call. we cannot afford to all those people such weight and stature. the labour party officially seen, thanks to frank field for his service to the party. more as it comes in. another briton story. the payday lender, , has comes in. another briton story. the payday lender,, has collapsed into administration. what exactly is going on the wonga? administration means been taking over bike three executives from grand forking they will ride and find it what is left, what can be done about it. if you borrow from wonga, though think you're off the hook at all. you will have to pay back that alone. the administrators more assiduous in pursuing what their order. things will continue as normal for customers, there will have to be shocked with the company. the other side is that people claiming compensation from wonga who feel that they were
the deputy leader of the party, tom watson, has said that this is a serious loss to the party andi thisk's division. it reflects the deep divisions in the party and a sense of just divisions in the party and a sense ofjust engulfing ours. it is a major wake—up call. we cannot afford to all those people such weight and stature. the labour party officially seen, thanks to frank field for his service to the party. more as it comes in. another briton story. the payday lender, , has comes in....
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we understand labour has suspended one person who made anti—semitic comments towards tom watson on ahe matter, and we know that we've had jeremy speaking quite openly on this issue over the weekend. we've opened dialogue with the jewish community to make sure that we get our anti—semitism code of conduct really, really on the button. it has to be, because we've got to restore faith in the jewish community. but i think it will be difficult for mr corbyn to restore the faith that rebecca long bailey spoke about because the jewish rebecca long bailey spoke about because thejewish community rebecca long bailey spoke about because the jewish community so rebecca long bailey spoke about because thejewish community so far, his endeavours, betty put out with his endeavours, betty put out with his article and his statement, they feel he needs to go further especially on the issue of the code of conduct that labour took on which doesn‘t include all the examples of the international definition of anti—semitism. that is something that a lot of people in thejewish community want to see rectified
we understand labour has suspended one person who made anti—semitic comments towards tom watson on ahe matter, and we know that we've had jeremy speaking quite openly on this issue over the weekend. we've opened dialogue with the jewish community to make sure that we get our anti—semitism code of conduct really, really on the button. it has to be, because we've got to restore faith in the jewish community. but i think it will be difficult for mr corbyn to restore the faith that rebecca long...
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trying to do something about this, that‘s kind of been overshadowed by the response to an article by tom watsonbers telling him to resign. among those, one facebook post considered to be anti—semitic from george mcmanus on the national policy forum, the party we re the national policy forum, the party were quick with the criticism of him, saying he would be suspended pending an investigation and he has since told the bbc has comments are stupid and crass and insensitive and hurtful. i suppose it shows the party trying to act quickly on this issue because they have been criticised for not acting quickly enoughin criticised for not acting quickly enough in the past when complaints are made. we have heard from rebecca long—bailey in the cabinet and she has added to those calls for something to be done quickly to get this problem over and done with and sorted. it's a very, very difficult issue, and we're coming from a very dark place. we know that we weren't dealing with issues very quickly when this issue first presented itself. now we need to get to grips with the matter, and we know that we've h
trying to do something about this, that‘s kind of been overshadowed by the response to an article by tom watsonbers telling him to resign. among those, one facebook post considered to be anti—semitic from george mcmanus on the national policy forum, the party we re the national policy forum, the party were quick with the criticism of him, saying he would be suspended pending an investigation and he has since told the bbc has comments are stupid and crass and insensitive and hurtful. i...
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labour‘s deputy leader tom watson said it should serve as a ‘major wake up call‘ for the party.are and poverty. but he‘s never been afraid to challenge the party leadership — most recently over brexit — where he campaigned to leave the european union. frank field joins me now isaid i said you have been an mp fanelli 40 yea rs, i said you have been an mp fanelli 40 years, you have been a member of the labour party for 60 years. how are you feeling about this? obviously it is pretty sick making, resigning from the labour party yesterday. i went to give my letter to the chief whip. he was busy in his own constituency. i spoke to him on the phone, and spoke to him later face—to—face. it is a major upheaval. i do think i have never been part of that gesture politics brigade, it is about getting changes. it is becausejeremy will lead us into the next election. i am more than anxious that we actually get a clear view that we regain the position of being the key force in this country against racism, and that we operate our party in a way of tolerance to one another, so that people can s
labour‘s deputy leader tom watson said it should serve as a ‘major wake up call‘ for the party.are and poverty. but he‘s never been afraid to challenge the party leadership — most recently over brexit — where he campaigned to leave the european union. frank field joins me now isaid i said you have been an mp fanelli 40 yea rs, i said you have been an mp fanelli 40 years, you have been a member of the labour party for 60 years. how are you feeling about this? obviously it is pretty...
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what we have today is tom watson, the deputy the labour party, talking about plans to tighten regulationrelationship with social media companies. the government is going to put forward a plan in october which has been many months and consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the deal. consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the dealm consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the deal. it is the definition of the social media companies. apologies for speaking over. at the moment they are almost publishers of other content. other people take responsibility for what is on the. newspapers have to take responsibility for what is in them. when social media began not that long ago, no one would have anticipated the level of impact it would have on the life of everyone. we know now, so this is the time. 0ne we know now, so this is the time. one of the popular things social media is the how—to instructional videos. do you use them? a couple of things. i use them for golf tips. they are so popular. i used one to alice a wedding cake.|j they are so popular. i used one to alice a we
what we have today is tom watson, the deputy the labour party, talking about plans to tighten regulationrelationship with social media companies. the government is going to put forward a plan in october which has been many months and consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the deal. consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the dealm consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the deal. it is the definition of the social media companies. apologies for speaking over. at the moment...
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tom watson, deputy leader of the labour party, says it is a serious loss, i deeply regret the decisionysis is highly and regularly sought after and it is good to be able to enlighten you as an irish dance and naga on strictly, so here is theresa may doing her thing for the second time on this african trip she has been on this week, getting a bitjiggy with it, and more enthusiastic this time rather than last time, and more enthusiastic than those around her, and i say hats off to her, she is a a lot better than i would be able to manage, so i say hats off to her, what can you do in those situations? you have to give it bust some moves. she is definitely giving it a go, as i think you are, or i don't know if you need some help. laughter. 0h, you need some help. laughter. oh, dear. just stay there for that. keep going! look at his faith! -- face! serious political correspondent, chris mason, thank you. we'll be speaking to frank field at 7:30am. lots of news coming through in the world of business and concerns about colla pse world of business and concerns about collapse of sales as well.
tom watson, deputy leader of the labour party, says it is a serious loss, i deeply regret the decisionysis is highly and regularly sought after and it is good to be able to enlighten you as an irish dance and naga on strictly, so here is theresa may doing her thing for the second time on this african trip she has been on this week, getting a bitjiggy with it, and more enthusiastic this time rather than last time, and more enthusiastic than those around her, and i say hats off to her, she is a a...
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tom: chris turner, thank you. and marilyn watson of blackrock. minutes on something i try to avoid like the plague. reporter with crypto comments, alastair marsh. you look the part. what is the difference this time in the collapse of bitcoin? what is different this time around? >> if you speak to the bitcoin diehards, nothing different in the sense that a 7% klein from -- 70% decline from the highs of last year to the 6000 level now, we have seen that kind of volatility before. in any other kind of market, you think that inflows and would be the end -- implosion would be the end and funds would shut down and the end of the world scenarios discussed. but actually you see a consolidation, people say tourists are leaving and it is time for people to get down to work. bitcoin is only on the way up. a number of signals to suggest that is the case with the potential for an etf and the growing institutionalization of the market. francine: there are true believers in bitcoin, do they still believe it or have a turned? that would be psychologically a big
tom: chris turner, thank you. and marilyn watson of blackrock. minutes on something i try to avoid like the plague. reporter with crypto comments, alastair marsh. you look the part. what is the difference this time in the collapse of bitcoin? what is different this time around? >> if you speak to the bitcoin diehards, nothing different in the sense that a 7% klein from -- 70% decline from the highs of last year to the 6000 level now, we have seen that kind of volatility before. in any...