and i suspect niall alive to richard professor of russian and european politics at the university of kent is also an associate fellow at chatham house very good to have you on richard. ok let's talk about the fact this constitution is quite old goes back to i believe 993 does that mean it's in need of an update. no in many ways constitutions are always a living organism which change can evolve through decisions of the constitutional court legislation and so on so 25 years 30 years isn't that old and there isn't i think the key issue in why these changes have been introduced at this time i think that the fundamentals of the constitution stay much the same but. at the margin. there has been some constitutional consolidation of social rights and other elements of how to choose the government and the prime minister there's something like 140 amendments all 10 together i mean that forces people doesn't accept things that it want to accept just to get the things that they day wouldn't it be better to split them up. not really that would be a classic pick and mix and there'd be no end personally

running is now is matthew goodwin from the university of kent. thank you so much for joining us. ou look at some of the downfalls of covid-19 and some of the insight that we got from boris johnson over the weekend, can the u.k. afford not to do austerity? and if they can come are they going about it the right way? matthew: thank you for having me. i think what we are about to see is really some more meat on the bone of what is johnsonism. at the earlier budget this year before the crisis, we began to see the big investments in infrastructure, the leveling of the agenda, the economic strategy behind the johnson premiership, and i think what we are going to see now is talk about a new deal for post brexit. adopting the language of roosevelt. we had that important michael go speech come out over the weekend, saying conservativeas to help regions left behind. avoiding the same strategy of austerity that was assumed by david cameron and george osborne. francine: matthew goodwin, what kind of break the deal are you expecting if we get one? think obviously the negotiations are ongoing, b

we have our cricket reporter henry moran and drjeremy rossman, a lecturer in virology at the university of kentry warm welcome to all of our guests and the first question is for dan. it comes from a viewer. hello. my name is max and my question for you is, if before a game in any professional sport, a player tests positive for the coronavirus and his team—mates do not test positive, will the match be abandoned over fears of transmission? thank you. thank you, max. that is for you, dan. it's one of the big question is, max, that sport faces of course, as it prepares to resume. what would happen in the event of positive tests? the short answer is no, it doesn't necessarily mean that any fixtures have to be cancelled. public health england have drawn a distinction between what would happen in the event of positive tests at the workplace, and what would happen in the home. so if a footballer for example tests positive, and we have seen a few have already during training, then they and members of their household have to self—isolate for seven days. but not their team—mates, as long as they don't tes

this doctor is a virologist at the university of kent. public policy on the latest scientific data and they are still using hydroxychloroquine despite this data. and i think that is my biggest concern. but staff at the hospital aren‘t planning to change course. they are proud that their mortality rate is less than 1%. they treat fast and treat aggressively. we use the combination of drugs. do you think that other countries should try to follow this approach? other countries except dili might acce pt other countries except dili might accept their patients to hospital in accept their patients to hospital in a really late period and they start their drugs very late in a very late period. are there lessons to learn from turkey pot battle covid—19? maybe but the country has advantages like a young population and a high number of intensive care beds. what works here may not easily translate elsewhere. bbc news, istanbul. the future of the uk‘s biggest car plant is under threat from a no—deal brexit. nissan has warned that its plant in sunderlan

we often go to the example of kent state, the university in ohio, where students were killed -- protestersal guardsmen. president trump is talking about putting actual combat troops on the streets in the u.s. is this the kind of thing that has happened in britain? have we seen this happen across europe in recent memory? just trying to remember. i think not. we have had one or two outbreaks of writing and looting, the last time was in london 15 years ago which was a curious episode of fake information given to the police so they went to the wrong place so organized criminals could trash streets and steal it hasfrom shops, but been a long time. in europe, people generally try to avoid that and optically at a time when the united states is onely taking a firm position the suppression of peaceful people in hong kong, to have streets clearing the for what is a photo op, threatening to use the military and talking about second amendment rights of the american people to take up arms, that is and nott language something which we have seen, certainly not in european countries to my knowledge. matt:

universities. they went from a $6 billion surplus in january to a $54 billion deficit due to the economic in kent of the covid- 19 pandemic. spending is restored and federal financial assistance construed by october 15. >>> the mayor of berkeley is proposing cutting $9 million from his city's police department budget and roughly 12% of their annual operating budget and be redirected to community projects and social services. one mayor would shift traffic and move into unarmed civilians. nancy skinner announced two new bills and one would make it easier for the public to retain records on of officers behavior. in the other would allow social service professionals to answer calls where an armed officer is not needed. san jose police chief eddie garcia is shocked at the allegations against a group of current and former police officers. they are accused of belonging to a five private facebook account the posted racist messages and casey gary has the story. >>reporter: the social justice has gotten bigger after back comments. >> the comments i've seen, i was shocked by some of them. >> we told you these

universities. the budget went from a $6 billion surplus back in january $254 billion deficit due to the economic in kent packed of the pandemic. the spending would be restored to federal financial assistance comes through by november 15th. >>> teachers and students and frontline health workers and cities workers are protesting proposed state budget cuts. in san francisco there was a car caravan and banding lawmakers and the governor taxed the privilege to solve the state budget problems and calling for a budget that supports communities of color and vulnerable groups. >> as california struggles under the pressures of the pandemic, racism. >> governor newsom stepping up to the microphone. let's listen in. also, we will address some of the challenges and before the pandemic was defined for the crisis in the state. >>> we have not taken our eye off the ball focusing with intentionality on addressing the needs of the most vulnerable californians. particularly those on the streets and sidewalks. so many struggling with physical disabilities. someone is struggling with emotional disabilities. many, self-medicating, dru

kent state university. it's great to see you. >> thank you. >> connie, i had a question when i read that, are white people grieving? are they capable in large numbers ofrieving for the loss of a black child, a black woman in his bed in louisville? or is there something different this time because they witnessed 8:46 of a murder? >> i think we should be capable of this grief. when we stop thinking of our fellow black americans as suffering in the black community rather than our community, when we start seeing these as our losses, too, the grief bubbles up automatically and it can consume us. i think the biggest difference is for the most unfortunate of reasons. we've been living with three and a half years now of a racist administration, and it's just one racist assault after another after another. and so we have finally gotten the attention of a lot more people. but i still am longing for more voices. one of the reasons i say be quiet white people is that we are not the experts right now. we are not going through this in the same way, no matter how much we empathize. i particularly learn to hear from more black mothers and grand mothers. i live in the