i believe today's report should rock whitehall to its foundations because whitehall dug in behind a lievery serious consequences for people's health and people's lives , so there has and people's lives, so there has to be accountability. you know, we've seen these situations, don't we? how there's a, you know, a big injustice uncovered, like hillsborough or, grenfell or the post office. and yet there isn't that individual accountability, but that has to follow. and in my view, prosecutions should be considered in this case, including , corporate including, corporate accountability. i believe there may well be a case for corporate manslaughter against whitehall departments as well . departments as well. >> yeah. we're not the only people to be looking at this because in france they've tried to progress this route and have progressed actually also in japan as well, but do you think we'd ever get that through in this day and age with our set up the way it is, do you think you'd ever see the day when someone actually was criminally prosecuted for this? andy >> well, it's a good question and

whitehall jobs that she has termed woke hobby horses.ut why is she taking waited so long to do this and the labour party has urged the government to halt arms sales to israel following concerns of its military offensive in rafah. but should israel be allowed to finish the job properly of destroying hamas? plus, i'll be speaking to the editor of the unherd website of the government crackdown and promise to stop funding an organisation blocking the website's advertisement . state website's advertisement. state of the nation starts . of the nation starts. here. i'll also be joined by a theatrical panel this evening. barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes, and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. as always , i want to hear from as always, i want to hear from you as a crucial part of our programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now wsfime mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's time for the news bulletin with tamsin roberts. >> christopher, thanks very much. and here are the top stories from the gb ne

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and if you if you win before the election was called and i was just speaking to friends in whitehall,lly working across whitehall in different departments, they see the big hop being truss to sunak in terms of going from somebody who's quite out there to somebody sensible , and now we're somebody sensible, and now we're going from somebody sensible. if labour win in rishi sunak to somebody more just as sensible in keir starmer, and that's how the whitehall machine would view it as, as the tories are arguing more of a security risk. >> i mean, benjamin actually in this kind of man in white shirt versus man in white shirt, you know, not really big personalities like johnson and farage and others when you're going head to head like that and you are making it a very presidential blue versus red. if sunak can land this point that because of his association with jeremy corbyn and because of lammy statements on trump and all the rest of it, that he might be sensible but he isn't safe, maybe sooner does manage to control the narrative in that regard. okay, they're both a bit boring, but stick

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music blaring from campaigners in nearby whitehall, rain tumbling onto the prime minister's sodden suitplan. who is prepared to take the bold action necessary

the common sense minister and former gb news presenter, has promised to scrap all so—called woke whitehally put the matter to rest ? i'm joined the matter to rest? i'm joined now by, as you heard before, my panel barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. gerry to you first, given you want to get involved so quickly in our programme , so quickly in our programme, what's wrong with rainbow lanyards? >> what rainbow is rainbow lanyards? absolutely nothing. what is wrong when you pay someone £150,000 to deal with completely daft things , the completely daft things, the number of people, the quotas you've got, let's have people there with their jobs for experience. but quotas, quality quotas, work with the labour party, all the all women shortlist has produced some of the people . yes, but look at the the people. yes, but look at the people. you've got women. the quality. it's an insult to women. it's an insult to black people. it's an insult to every ethnic minority. they've got to be shown that they've got their for their real, real talent , fo

and we don't need people to be telling employers, particularly within whitehall, in particular the civiltty brainy people around who they should be employing and how they should be going about it. >> i want to put a question from one of our viewers to matthew because he's ed davey says stopping woke nonsense is not a waste of money. these diversity offers are having to justify their unnecessary salaries by introducing stupidity into their employers, businesses . they employers, businesses. they throw common sense out of the window to justify their own existence , their office and existence, their office and salary. tell us, how much does the nhs waste on diversity managers, for example? >> well, this is a great hot topic of gb news, isn't it? i mean, there are no more popular words on this channel than woke and common sense. one man's common sense is another man's something very different. my starting point is i want to live in an inclusive society , and we in an inclusive society, and we live already in a diverse society, and that should be represented in our workforce. >> well, i'd lik

the next election has to talk about rebuilding public trust in institutions and public trust in whitehalllow these sorts of things to hauenauain. . ., ., ., happen again. i want to let tom have one last word- _ happen again. i want to let tom have one last word. i _ happen again. i want to let tom have one last word. i was _ happen again. i want to let tom have one last word. i was covering - happen again. i want to let tom have one last word. i was covering the i one last word. i was covering the infected blood scandal inquiry on monday. again i spoke to other journalists like caroline wheeler, who doggedly pursued the story from the start, people like you, nick wallace and others who i should probably name but i can't think of at the moment who have really covered this from the start including journalists from computer weekly, i think it is. it shows the importance ofjournalism as well. absolutely, this work takes years and years — absolutely, this work takes years and years. when _ absolutely, this work takes years and years. when the _ absolutely, this work takes years and years. when

that might reduce the chances of this thing happening again is to ask every permanent secretary in whitehalloks from previous inquiries that have not been implemented. let's have not been implemented. let's have the list and have a good reason, a very good reason why they haven't been implemented. i reason, a very good reason why they haven't been implemented.- haven't been implemented. i thank him for his question, _ haven't been implemented. i thank him for his question, and _ haven't been implemented. i thank him for his question, and i - haven't been implemented. i thank him for his question, and i would i him for his question, and i would echo his tribute to sir robert francis. 0ne echo his tribute to sir robert francis. one of the reasons i was keen to secure his work was the excellent work you did in compensation which has been important to move us forward. i think the challenge to secretaries about recommendations not dealt with is a very reasonable one. i'm not sure how best i can take it forward but i will seek advice and at the next opportunity let him know how we are getting on w

are martin shipton, the nation.cymru associate editor in wales, lucy fisher, the financial times whitehallditor, nadine batchelor—hunt, the political reporter for politicshome in birmingham and chris morris, the ceo of full fact, a british charity, which checks and corrects facts reported in the news and on social media. first, the latest headlines... in the last hour, the jury in donald trump's hush money trial has requested some further evidence after beginning deliberations. the former president is now close to learning his fate after becoming the first american president to face a criminal trial. the polls have now closed in south africa's general election. the vote is being seen as the most pivotal in three decades and is considered a test of the ruling anc�*s — the african national congress — hold on the country. the dutch authorities are investigating the death of a person who fell into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passengerjet at amsterdam's schiphol airport. the death occurred outside the busy hub�*s terminal as a klm flight was ready to depart for billund in denmark

. >> his report should rock whitehall to its foundations because whitehall dug in behind the life or decades, and that had very serious consequences for people's health and people's lives . so there has to be lives. so there has to be accountability. you know, we see in these situations, don't we, how there's a, you know, a big injustice uncovered like hillsborough or grenfell or the post office. and yet there isn't that individual accountability , that individual accountability, but that has to follow. and in my view, prosecutions should be considered in this case, including a corporate accountability. i believe there may well be a for case corporate manslaughter against whitehall departments as well . departments as well. >> the parents of a baby girl say they'll never forgive the callousness of a nursery worker who's been convicted of manslaughter. 37 year old kate roughley placed nine month old genevieve meehan face down on a beanbag for an hour and a half while working at the tiny toes nursery in cheadle hulme in may 2022. colleagues and paramedics tried to revive her, but she w

woke in crackdown on whitehall. in a radical overhaul aimed at ending backdoor politicisation of the civil service. but should the government be focusing more on important matters, or is this an important matter? after all, wasting money, government money? our money is serious stuff. and according to the times, prince harry, the duke of sussex, did not see charles during a trip to london this week. but apparently there are different versions of who asked or did not ask to see who, as ever , get in touch in who, as ever, get in touch in the usual way. gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet me @gbnews . but first, is this @gbnews. but first, is this really a government in waiting? yesterday, lord kinnock, a member him. he's the 1 in 1983 when he fell into the sea on a beach, he was trying to impress the press. it backfired magnificently . and then in 1992, magnificently. and then in 1992, he's led he led his party to defeat in an election which was seen as a guaranteed win for his party. but yesterday, even he pointed out that p

steve edgington, who has tirelessly covered the issue of woke whitehall waste.stimated by conservative way forward that woke spending is as much as £7 billion. and don't forget that's your money. steve has also revealed the extent to which woke ideology has infected our armed forces with 111 diversity champions and advocates , and the ministry of advocates, and the ministry of defence having 93 diversity networks on the nanny state. it was a conservative government that issued a generational ban on smoking straight out of the health fanatics. new labour playbook. when jeremy corbyn lost his election to boris johnson in 2019, he rather bizarrely said we won the argument, at which point most people looked at him like it was time to send him off to the old people's home to the knackers yard. but in hindsight, he was right . the electorate's may have right. the electorate's may have backed conservative policies in 2019, but they got socialist ones instead . and in fact, if ones instead. and in fact, if the tories were any further to the tories were any further to th

whitehall jobs that she has termed woke hobby horses.taking waited so long to do this and the labour party has urged the government to halt arms sales to israel following concerns of its military offensive in rafah. but should israel be allowed to finish the job properly of destroying hamas? plus, i'll be speaking to the editor of the unherd website of the government crackdown and promise to stop funding an organisation blocking the website's advertisement . state website's advertisement. state of the nation starts . of the nation starts. here. i'll also be joined by a theatrical panel this evening. barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes, and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. as always , i want to hear from as always, i want to hear from you as a crucial part of our programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now wsfime mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's time for the news bulletin with tamsin roberts. >> christopher, thanks very much. and here are the top stories from the gb newsroom. rishi

in whitehall, inclusive jobs in whitehall, outside hr and no more staff working solely on diversity related projects. ms mcvey said the amount of staff time taken up the amount of staff time taken ”p by the amount of staff time taken up by diversity programmes was, quote, a major concern united by music. that is the eurovision slogan . but the build up to slogan. but the build up to tonight's final has been anything but that . amid anything but that. amid allegations inside the arena and protests outside the netherlands entry, justis klein's been disqualified, the dutch broadcaster says it was over a threatening movement. he made towards someone who was filming him. someone from the production team, reportedly against his wishes . team, reportedly against his wishes. ireland's team, reportedly against his wishes . ireland's entrant team, reportedly against his wishes. ireland's entrant bambie thug has accused the israeli broadcaster khan of repeatedly breaking the rules regarding its commentary towards their act dunng commentary towards their act during the semi—finals and the french artist

the combined wisdom of the electorate is greater than that of whitehall and of the palace of whitehallce of westminster. the people wanted brexit. and actually, for all sorts of criticisms, you would like to make of him, david cameron gave us the referendum. he was willing to trust the people. >> he may have hated the result scared out of his life of what ukip was doing to his vote. he was scared of defections happening. he didn't want to do it. he never wanted to do it, and then we had a period where your party gave us a prime minister that frankly, wilfully tried to vandalise it. i mean, you've got to accept, jacob, that the record is just there are problems with the apart from brexit, apart from brexit, there are definitely problems with brexit. what is your record in 14? >> well, i think ian duncan smith did a great deal with reform of welfare. and i think that michael gove's reforms of education, which are still yielding fruit 14 years on, were tremendously important. so there are big things that have been done. are big things that have been done . employment is higher than done.

whitehall jobs that she has termed woke hobby horses.taking waited so long to do this and the labour party has urged the government to

music blaring from campaigners in nearby whitehall, rain tumbling onto the prime minister's sodden suityou must choose in this election who has that plan. who is prepared to take the bold action necessary to secure a better future for our country and our children? now, i cannot and will not claim that we have got everything right. no government should. but i am proud of what we have achieved together. the bold actions we have taken, and i am confident about what we can do in the future. over the next few weeks, i will fight for every vote. i will earn your trust, and i will prove to you that only a conservative government led by me will not put our hard—earned economic stability at risk, can restore pride and confidence in our country, and with a clear plan and bold action, will deliver a secure future for you, your family and our united kingdom. so, this is it — a general election is on. power will leave this most powerful of streets, and you will be able to decide whether he stays or whether he goes. and so the arguments, the persuasion begins. on days like this, one lectern leads to

this report should rock whitehall to its foundations.stions fall out of it. i believe that we now must see, as a matter of urgency, a full, comprehensive hillsborough law on the statute book, enacting sir brian's recommendation of a statutory duty of candour on senior civil servants . i would senior civil servants. i would go further and say, all public servants , they should be servants, they should be required as part of what they do . the clue's in the name public servants, to tell the truth. at the first time of asking, i think huge questions fall out of this for his majesty's treasury. the report is quite clear that it was the fear of financial exposure which led to this culture in whitehall of never admitting any liability. no, no language that would would suggest it. and in my view, that is what's created this situation , that iron grip that was put onto this issue completely and utterly wrong. and there must be accountability for that. but there have to be questions asked of parliament of parliament to how has this injustice stoo

against whitehall departments?o, ken clarke losing his peerage . peerage. >> well, potentially i mean, but there's i think everyone has to be held accountable and everyone has to be made aware of cause and effect, so therefore if it is a charge of corporate manslaughter, then so be it . manslaughter, then so be it. >> it's a difficult question, isn't it, with blame, because as it went on for so many years across so many departments , across so many departments, across so many departments, across politics, the civil servants across the nhs , blame servants across the nhs, blame is across so many different departments . yeah, it's departments. yeah, it's difficult to it is easy to hide behind. >> it is . >> it is. >> it is. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well that's what they have been doing. they have been hiding. >> that's it. and again going back to the post office, there's just so many people involved in it who you can't probably. well you definitely can't. one person, you know, you can't say you are responsible. there is

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music blaring from campaigners in nearby whitehall, rain tumbling onto the prime minister's sodden suitmust choose in this election who has that plan. who is prepared to take the bold action necessary to secure a better future for our country and our children? now, i cannot and will not claim that we have got everything right. no government should. but i am proud of what we have achieved together. the bold actions we have taken, and i am confident about what we can do in the future. over the next few weeks, i will fight for every vote. i will earn your trust, and i will prove to you that only a conservative government led by me will not put our hard—earned economic stability at risk, can restore pride and confidence in our country, and with a clear plan and bold action, will deliver a secure future for you, yourfamily and our united kingdom. so, this is it — a general election is on. power will leave this most powerful of streets, and you will be able to decide whether he stays or whether he goes. and so the arguments, the persuasion, begins. on days like this, one lectern leads to anot

. >> his report should rock whitehall to its foundations because whitehall dug in behind the life or serious consequences

lots of people waiting palestinian flags on this, this is simply on for the march is ascending in whitehall, the heart of the british government, the home in the office with the 5 minutes to the ministry defense is across the road. and this is where people have raleigh, their marketing. they're not say yes, they're calling for an immediate cease fire. they're also cooling on the government sales to address the 0 number. so i had for you on the program policies phase, a 2nd silent invasion of casa as green mountains of gone. bish threatened disease and what israel is designated as based on the political wildcard one stage or the routing amc south africa's jacobs the forms a new rival policy, the in depth analysis of the days headlines if that was a rough or offensive. where would the people go? people have no place to give each one of 1000 people has to be displaced. these 2 times frank assessments. this is a mess and blow to free speech and freedom of the press, informed opinions you can be somebody. this is on one of the hostages october 2nd, didn't return, and i want to stop inside story.

are lots of people waiting. palestinian flags on the system feeling for the march is ascending in whitehall. the heart of the british government, the, in the office of the prime minister, the minister defense is across the road. and this is where people have rallied their marketing. they're not say yes, they're calling for an immediate faced lie. they're also totally on the government sales to as the 0 london and thousands of also taken to the streets of the irish capital dublin and saw the doctor said with palestinians in gaza as well as commemorating the knock, the islands, foreign minister and michael marston recently confirmed that island will recognize palestinian statehood before the end of may and sizes of demonstrations have gathered in paris to demand an immediate cease fire. in garza, the protesters are also calling for by costs of companies that support israel and are linked to its war on concept demonstrations. have been gathering of the german capital bartlett and to demand an end to the complex gemini government as being one of his real staunchest supporters since the war bega

and a lot of people inside whitehall, even though he's a very divisive figure, would say that he hasen the standout minister of the past 14 years of conservative—led government because he does have a reputation for being a real reformer and being on top of his brief have been very good at delivering in government. but the fact he's standing down is a symbol of the fact that many leading conservatives simply don't think there is any chance they're going to be back in office after the next election. so if you're michael gove, you are young enough to go off and do something else after this election. there have been all kinds of rumours about him returning to fleet street, for instance, so clearly he's decided that is preferable to sitting out his time on the backbenches in opposition. yeah. well, should we talk about the economy, then? that seems to be the one that they're going on principally. i see rachel reeves writing in the mail today, the shadow chancellor, saying "i won't play fast and loose with your money". i suppose, lizzie, in terms of what labour are wanting to sort of get a

and she's talked since about some of the resistance she met within whitehall to this.unday times, talking about the dilemmas he faced, given the huge amounts of compensation that will have to be paid out here. i suspect tomorrow, though, given the gravity of what's happened, i suspect tomorrow will be primarily about the victims. and i think there will be an attempt by politicians to raise above party politics on this, because some of the stories, as we've seen, are absolutely harrowing. we will have full coverage of the inquiry and its conclusion tomorrow on bbc news. you will be able to follow that live on the news website and app, and on bbc iplayer. french forces have launched what they call a "major operation" in new caledonia, to regain control of a key road linking the capital noumea to the main international airport. the mayor of noumea says the french island territory is under siege after almost a week of violent unrest prompted by changes to voting rights. six people have been killed and hundreds injured. some areas are calm, but residents have reported heari

mike was a haze at whitehall, the brussels bureaucracy, the political lead of the country. something are being union in their own bubble c . this is along the way to war when enormous press abilities the seed as their own war. however, among the citizens, there is an unwilling pro peace position. and in europe, it's only them get in government. those who represent it, we do the right thing, business our job, and not simply because we have more of the right. because based on the rules of democracy, we represent the interest of the vast majority of european citizens dance. we just pro peace folder. so yet again, it's a hung darian voice urging tom urging that there is another way to resolve this that you know, essentially that the war that ukraine has been asked to flight points, west and partners sacrificing hundreds and hundreds of thousands of men. we had sort of issue recently and the last day or so telling us that a 1000 ukrainians are dying a day on the battlefield. the terrifying numbers. it seems that the backers of ukraine, i remember with the american money, u. k. w

launched this inquiry back in 2017 and she is top since about some of the response she met from whitehallng in the sunday times about the dilemmas he faced given the huge amounts of competition will have to be paid out of it. but i suspect tomorrow given the gravity of what has happened it will be primarily about the victims and i think there will be an attempt by politicians to raise above party politics in this because some of the story says we have seen in absolutely harrowing. we will have more from tony under other correspondence as this progresses and we will continue covering this today. —— and our other correspondence. french forces have launched what they call a "major operation" in new caledonia to regain control of a key road linking the capital noumea to the main international airport. the mayor of noumea says the french island territory is under siege after almost a week of violent unrest prompted by changes to voting rights. six people have been killed and hundreds injured. some areas are calm, but residents have reported hearing gunfire and explosions. officials say more th

and she's talked since about some of the resistance she met within whitehall to this.day times, talking about the dilemmas he faced, given the huge amounts of compensation that will have to be paid out here. i suspect tomorrow, though, given the gravity of what's happened, i suspect tomorrow will be primarily about the victims. and i think there will be an attempt by politicians to raise above party politics on this, because some of the stories, as we've seen, are absolutely harrowing. there is plenty more on of this on the bbc news website and the app, and we will keep covering the scandal and bring you the results of the report tomorrow. to slovakia where prime minister robert fico's life is no longer in danger, following an assassination attempt. that's according to his deputy, robert kalinak. he says mr fico's condition remains serious and he still needs intensive care after undergoing hours of surgery since the attack on wednesday. the 71—year—old man charged with attempting to murder him is to remain in custody following a court hearing on saturday. further bad w

the on for the march is ascending in whitehall, the heart of the british government, the in the office of the prime minister, the minister defense is across the road. and this is where people have rallied their marketing. they're not say yes, they're calling for an immediate cease fire. they're also totally on the government sales to as well. i'll just hear a lot of houses demonstrate is of altogether and parents to develop that immediate ceasefire and going to protest as are also quoted for boy quotes of companies that support is real and then linked to its war on guns and demonstrate is also gathered in the german capital fell into 2 mountain entity conference. jeremy's government has been one of his real staunchest supporters since school began in october. then there was also being protests in the austrian capital of vienna. demonstrators cooled on the government to hold on selves to israel and condemned the ongoing offensive in rough. the . at least 5 people, including children, had been injured in russians drunk from the khaki, nearly 10000 p flipping falls from the homes. and the

the march is assembled in whitehall. the heart of the british government has heard and the officer department is to the ministry defense is across the road. and this is where people have rallied their marketing. they're not say yes, they're calling for an immediate cease fire. they're also cooling on the government sales to address which is 0 london. well, thousands of demonstrations also gathered in paris to the mountain immediate seas fund and garza the protest, as they're also quoting for boys, lots of companies that support israel and all linked to its war on casa, there were also purchased and berlin and vienna calling for the school to end, it's still a head here on our homes, destroyed and at least 50 more people dead enough kind of stone off to severe flooding caused by more heavy rain the a meeting of minds with israel committing genocide, full eyes, and none of our mainstream politicians across the board seem to have a problem with a campaigner, andrew fine, stay and photographer shock you do on, on active is o

are lots of people waiting palestinians lives on the system feeling for the march is ascending in whitehall, the heart of the british government, the, in the office of the prime minister, the minister defense is across the road. and this is where people have rallied their marketing. they're not say yes, they're calling for an immediate cease fire. they're also totally on the government sales to address the 0 london pauses of also taken to the streets of the irish capital dublin. and the solidarity with palestinians in garza and collaboration of not not car island spotted a most or michael boss. and recently confirmed that island road recognized palestinian statehood before the end of may. positive demonstrators have gathered, empowers to demand an immediate cease fire and gaza. the protesters are also calling for boycotts of companies that support israel and are linked to its war on godson and demonstrators. of also gathered in the german capital by lynn to demand an end to the conflict. germany's government has been one of israel staunchest supporters since the war began. in october. a pro

downing street press conference earlier this afternoon, struggling against the noises coming from whitehallthe prime minister had this to say. >> earlier today i spoke with his majesty the king to request the dissolution of parliament. the king has granted this request and we will have a general election on the 4th of july. >> so the timeline there. parliament will be dissolved on the 30th of this month. the election will happen on the 4th of july. but he also had bold words , mr mr sunak to say about words, mr mr sunak to say about his rival sir keir starmer. >> he has shown time and time again that he will take the easy way out and do anything to get power. if he was happy to abandon all the promises he made to become labour leader once he got the job, how can you know that he won't do exactly the same thing .7 if he were to become same thing? if he were to become prime minister if you don't have the conviction to stick to anything you say, if you don't have the courage to tell people what you want to do. and if you don't have a plan , how can you don't have a plan, how can you possibly b

whitehall, in come. on. all right. okay. so apparently thatis all right. okay.e police are swooping in on a pro—palestine event. we are seeing this more and more and more now. i mean , albie, do you more now. i mean, albie, do you do you still honestly not think that sectarianism is an issue that sectarianism is an issue thatis that sectarianism is an issue that is nothing to do with sectarianism ? sectarianism? >> they are protesting for peace and we know we all work in news. patrick. what about we know what's happening in raqqa at the moment and people are angry about it. it's perfectly reasonable for people to protest on the streets of london because they're angry about thousands of people dying in palestine. >> so what about the group , the >> so what about the group, the political active group, the muslim vote .co.uk ? is that not muslim vote .co.uk? is that not sectarianism, then? >> i don't know what the muslim vote .co.uk is. there are christian groups in politics. there are jewish groups in politics. i'm part. i get involved in things like conservative

from a very powerful conclusion that report that he said in the past was accusing civil servants in whitehallat happened. that is a serious alleuation. ~ ,,., , ., allegation. absolutely. therefore they couldn't _ allegation. absolutely. therefore they couldn't look _ allegation. absolutely. therefore they couldn't look at _ allegation. absolutely. therefore they couldn't look at those - they couldn't look at those documents in the inquiry. add to that the fact that this took so long to happen. he said imagine if this inquiry had happened 30 years ago on the difference it would have made and the compensation victims could have had. and of course the really awful point which is many people have died in the last two decades. 650 people have died since the start of this inquiry five years ago but multiply that back through the years and he said that hasn't had an impact on his ability to get to the truth because people have died along the way and also we've had people become more debilitated with their illnesses as well as the other people involved like the doctors and politicians in various civ

music blaring from campaigners in nearby whitehall, rain tumbling onto the prime minister's sudden suitin this election who has that plan. who is prepared to take the bold action necessary to secure a better future for our country and our children? now, i cannot and will not claim that we have got everything right stop no government should. but i am proud of what we have achieved together. the bold actions we have taken, and i am confident about what we can do in the future. over the next few weeks, i will fight for every vote. i will earn your trust, and i will prove to you that only a conservative government led by me will not put our hard earned economic stability at risk, can restore pride and confidence in our country and with a clear plan and bold action, will deliver a secure future for you, your family and our deliver a secure future for you, yourfamily and our united kingdom. so, this is it— a general election is on. power will leave this most powerful of streets, and you will be able able to decide whether he stays or whether he goes. and so the arguments, the persuasion begin

couldn't hear for a lot of the statement because of the music that was being blasted out on whitehallold tune, it was the new labour anthem of things can only get better, and can i be not the first to say, but the first to say on newscast, "things can only get wetter" as being the gag du jour. i mean, i think it looked dreadful and a lot of people would have watched it and thought, "oh, my god, i can't almost believe this is real". and imagine what it would have been like once he went through the door. however, might some people have felt a bit sorry for him? possibly. but i'm pretty surprised that they let him do it in that rain, because in these kinds of statements, often of statements, often people are waiting, they look at the forecast. they had the option to do it inside. and at one point, it seemed as if they were going to and they sent him out there. and, you know, he looked like he was, metaphorically drowning, being drowned out by the music and drowning in the rain. and also, remember, when liz truss was anointed as prime minister, she actually drove around the block for abou

that is why i say the most serious questions should be asked - here of whitehall departments.in the wilderness? and yes, an apology too from labour today — here was keir starmer addressing mp5 and addressing victims and their families in the public gallery of the house of commons: politics itself failed you. that failure applies to all parties, including my own. there is only one word — sorry. and let me play you this, finally, from the prime minister — about what he says will come next: whatever it costs to deliver this scheme, we will pay it. and my right honourable friend the minister for the cabinet office will set out the details tomorrow. second, it is not enough to say sorry, pay long overdue compensation and then attempt to move on. there can be no moving on from a report that is so devastating in its criticisms. the troubling truth tonight is that this is not an isolated case. think the post office inquiry. the hillsborough disaster. institutional instincts for obfuscation, delays and denials, piling injustice upon injustice. chris, thanks. hugh pym is here with me. s