i asked the prime minister about the extremist group, and after a promise by tony blair that it would be banned, it hasn't been banned. non-muslims are exe tint in the battlefield, their blood is lawful. while he hasn't been able to ban them, can he assure me that this extremist group hasn't received any public money? >> well, i am not aware of them receiving any public money. if you have evidence to that, perhaps you will give it to me? >> i will not only give it to him now, but my right honorable friend -- [inaudible] what is extraordinary is my right honorable flend, the shadow school secretary wrote to his honorable friend, the schools minister a week ago about this issue. let me draw the prime minister's attention to the fact that two schools have been established by a an extremist islamist foundation, and they have secured a total of 113,000 pounds, whose objective is to be preventing violent extremism. can the prime minister explain how this has come about? >> i am happy to say this will be looked into in every detail. i am told the two schools he referred to have been inspecte

i asked the prime minister about the extremist group and why despite an explicit promise by tony blair that it would be banned and it still hasn't been banned. the constitution states that non-muslims are, and i, quote, competence in the battlefield their blood is mobile as property. can the prime minister at least assure me that this extremist group hasn't received any public money? >> well, i'm not aware of them receiving any public money. it is evidence to that. perhaps he will give it to me. >> mr. david cameron. >> right not give it to him now. but my right honorable friend -- what is extraordinary is that my right honorable friend the shadow school secretary wrote to his honorable friend the school's minister a week ago about this issue. let me draw the prime minister's attention to the fact that two schools have been established by an extremist islamist foundation, the isf, that is a front organization for them. they have secured a total of 113,000 pounds of government money. some of which was from the pathfinder scheme whose objective is meant to be preventing violent extremism

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. >> 25% of young people leaving school today after 12 years in government, 15 years after tony blair said education, we still have a substantial block of young people leaving school unable to read and write properly. >> let me take you to a school in my district. this year it was 771%. >> if we are serious about improving standards, we can reduce class sizes. that would make a real difference rather than a piece of legislation. >> we will be back with you in a second. the lord chancellor is on his way. he is taking his place as well at the head of the welcoming party. a very important role for him because he is the one who is carrying the speech itself, or at least he will be later. he has someone to help him at this stage, a purse bearer, but later on he will present the speech to the queen, a speech written by the government. he will deliver the speech to her majesty as she takes her place on the throne, and he will retrieve it afterwards. we can see now that the queen is on her way. we can see that people are preparing for that arrival here. the prime minister, his wife, leaving d

, whether gordon brown should be as close to obama as tony blair was to george w. bush. even the conservatives who don't favor gordon brown as their potential leaders still see the majority is the case. i apologize for the distortion with this, but what is this all part of? this is a part of clearly the way that in europe they view our country's capacity for foreign policy and global leadership. this was a survey not just of brits but 17,000 adults in 17 countries. world public opinion survey. it shows '70s -- summit 2% of global citizens deal -- 72% believed dealing with the global financial crisis -- the party, followed by war in iraq, the climate change, and in the middle only, improving relationships with respondent's country. and then very little concern actually with the afghan government and the taliban. in conclusion, i have lots of other thoughts i could share in the q&a about this, but it is very important that we realize that all of the concern we have with the groups within our own country and our racial and ethnic makeup and priority and issues have ve

we are joined also by a democratic pollster who has worked for tony blair, nelson mandela, clinton, ale have a republican pollster. his firm represents just about every republican elected official. i was told 19 senators, seven governors, 40 house members. we are also joined by mark mckinnon. he is a media consultant whose clients have included john mccain, george w. bush, and richards. our last guest is going toe to toe with assorted analysts of political stripes on cnn. he can tell us what that anderson cooper is really like. we want to talk about the first year of this tumultuous presidency with a special focus on the questions that we are here to discuss today which is taking the poison out of partisanship. let me start with the broadest question. you might look and say that he has maintained an approval rating of 50% or above in a very difficult economic time. he has inherited a full-scale economic disaster. he's the first president to get a universal care bill to the floor. he has held democrats together in congress to a greater extent than clinton. he has improved america's imag

into the iraq war that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by tony blair'sovernment attempts to mislead the public. that marriage, gary is not reading the newspaper. go ahead. -- pension rouge, louisiana, gary does not read the newspaper. caller: i read the paper from several different cities. also, in baton rouge [unintelligible] i can go to website where they are iputting in news from both sides. i do not want to spend my money on something that is not going to report the news -- you know, with a slant. host: can you tell us how often -- how old you are? caller: i am 41. host: thanks for the call. max does read a daily paper, go ahead. caller: have been an avid newspaper readers, most of my life. i do have internet access and i spent a lot of time on the computer hunting around, but it does not provide the same satisfaction as sitting in the -- in a chair with a copy and the newspaper in your hand. host: how old are you, max? caller: 57. host: thanks for the input this morning. in a political column, the story this morning is about funding for afghanistan.

i've been covering politics, a democratic pollster whose clients included bill clinton, al gore, tony blairandela. that's a pretty good list. on his side, bill mcinturff, a republican pollster who i've known just about as long as i have been covering politics. his firm represents just about every elected official. 19 senators, 17 governors, 40 house members, and one of the lead pollsters for john mccain in 2008. the rakish and on into his left, mark mckinnon, who is in addition to being an expert in all things music, is a median -- is a media consultant whose clients included john mccain, george w. bush, and ann richards. i'm sure there is no one else who could say that. finally, [unintelligible] who has been a consultant on seven campaigns and is found going toe to toe with analysts of all political stripes on cnn. he can tell us what anderson cooper is really like. we want to do two things here this afternoon. we want to talk about the first year of this event will entomologist obama presidency with a special focus on the questions we're here to discuss today which is taking the poison ou

i asked the prime minister about the extremist group and why despite an explicit promise by tony blairthat it would be banned and it still hasn't been banned. the constitution states that non-muslims are, and i, quote, competence in the battlefield their blood is mobile as property. can the prime minister at least assure me that this extremist group hasn't received any public money? >> well, i'm not aware of them receiving any public money. it is evidence to that. perhaps he will give it to me. >> mr. david cameron. >> right not give it to him now. but my right honorable friend -- what is extraordinary is that my right honorable friend the shadow school secretary wrote to his honorable friend the school's minister a week ago about this issue. let me draw the prime minister's attention to the fact that two schools have been established by an extremist islamist foundation, the isf, that is a front organization for them. they have secured a total of 113,000 pounds of government money. some of which was from the pathfinder scheme whose objective is meant to be preventing violent extremism.