Played into the politics. All the politicians i saw out on the stump and that various demonstrations and things, they seemed very obviously engaged with the public and were there amongst the public and the ones ive met seemed to be great. I mean, from all parties they all have there own passions and beliefs and they were talking to the crowd about that. So that was great. I think individual mps are very lowly paid for a pretty greatjob. Most of that was positive. Meanwhile, i would for a pretty greatjob. Most of that was positive. Meanwhile, iwould be walking to the tube are would get off the train in scotland and i couldnt stop photographic Homeless People. It seemed like there were 1596 people. It seemed like there were 15 more Homeless People in the street than last year. I got bound up those sorts of issues the end. The general public profile. Im curious to know whether at the end of this you felt more optimistic, positive, about politicians, the press, the democratic process, all you thought, yes, we really are going to the dogs . you thought, yes, we really are going to the dogs . I think i felt we we re going to the dogs . I think i felt we were going to the dogs. I really did think at the end, after all of the arguments and discussions and the surprise of the election, that afterwards that would change something and that would be reflect that in things going forward. I think the election got hijacked by brexit and people were really confused about which party to vote for imac and i think that the Hung Parliament just for imac and i think that the Hung Parliamentjust reflected for imac and i think that the Hung Parliament just reflected the ambivalence of the public. And everything seemed to judder on as if the election had happened. So that was the purist thing i was surprised about. Shall we do something that doesnt happen very often hear . Thanks very much. Good to see you. It could have been anything with steve. You never quite know. If you would like to see the rest of her artwork it is on parliaments website and in an exhibition at westminster hall. Thats all we have time for this evening, but have a lovely weekend. Good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im Nick Marshall mccormack. Coming up on the show camerons clay court classic. Norrie levels great britians davis cup tie against spain with a fantastic five set fightback. Wales women opened the six nations with three tries, it only beat scotla nd with three tries, it only beat scotland by appointing a nailbiter. And st helens thrash castleford by a0 points in their super league opener. James percival scores a hattrick andy murray hailed unheralded compatriot Cameron Norrie as amazing, as he levelled great britains davis cup tie with spain at one a piece. With murray and kyle edmund unavailable, the british got off to a bad start when liam broady lost the opening singles rubber. But norries gutsy performance saw him fight back from two sets down to beat Roberto Bautista agut. Ever popular with brits abroad but this to a party contains some unfamiliar travellers. First, liam broady. New to the davis cup and this surface. He faced an opponent well used to this surface. He was co mforta ble well used to this surface. He was comfortable in the shade of the palm trees and the first set. But he was never allowed to fully retreat to a hammock and liam broady kept him honest, going to levels far above what was expected. He broke but then folded with the set at stake and again in the third. The match placed agonisingly out of his reach by the world number 21. Through all of his undoubted effort, this was simply too much of a stretch. Straight sets too much of a stretch. Straight sets to spain. Now for another new boy. Cameron norrie who came to the uk, he set about with cautious optimism. The caution was well founded. It took ten minutes for spain to all set around and take it himself. None of his frenzied energy, but instead he seemed to have the crucial weapon of control. The world number 23 a lwa ys of control. The world number 23 always gave himself just of control. The world number 23 always gave himselfjust enough time. But thats all that badly on Cameron Norries side. He isjust 22 and a player he could become a merged. This time he took the third. The brits had towels on most of the sun beds and they board their man back in. He smashed the match level 2 2. The spanish team are massive favourites to win and they tried to rally on their player. Massive favourites to win and they tried to rally on their playerlj just tried to rally on their player. just looked to my forehand the whole match and thought i was tougher than the guy and physically i had some problems in the end but i was just really pumped with my efforts and they gave me a lot of confidence. I am stoked. In a weekend when british tennis had to fall back on its supporting actors, the lead man is not on edmund nor andy murray, but a young man named norrie. Wales held off a strong second half fightback from scotland to win a one point thriller in their womens six nations clash in colwyn bay. The welsh were in control when this try from kerin lake put them 18, five up in the second half. But scotland came back strongly through chloe rollie, who scored two second half tries to put them within a point. But the hosts held on for an 18 17 win. Tomorrow its the turn of the welsh men, kicking of the six nations against scotland at the principality stadium. Head coach Warren Gatland is in his tenth year, and he wants the journey to get even better after winning two grand slams and leading the british and irish lions twice along the way. Ive had that period in new zealand and with the lions, which was a great experience. Now the whole focus is on 2 19. I didnt expect there would be ten years here and 100 games, anyway. But its been brilliant. England coach eddiejones has named his team for their title defence against italy in rome on sunday. The surprise selection is worcesters ben teo at outside centre. Our reporter chris jones takes us through the team. The headline here is a selection of ben teo at outside centre. Many thought he wouldnt be fit for the start of the championship after an ankle injury, what he went to australia to get re hab, funded out of his own pocket, and hes ready to play his first game since october. His selection at number 13 with jonathanjoseph his selection at number 13 with Jonathan Joseph going to his selection at number 13 with jonathanjoseph going to the bench gives us an insight that eddiejones is still looking for that powerful figure in his english midfield. Elsewhere, not too many surprises. Sam simmons at number eight. Allocate burden will make his england debut from the bench and even though theres been so much talk about the missing players to injury or suspension, ultimately most of englands on guns are here. Alec hepburn. They look the start of the defence in the six nations title with a bang. So a big weekend ahead with wales kicking off the mens championship at home to scotland tomorrow at 2 15pm before france host ireland at 4 16 in paris. Englands game with italy is a 3pm kick off on sunday. Wigan made a slick start to their Super League Season with a 28 point thumping of salford. The warriors were ruthless in the second half when their backline tore through the salford defence. Wigan won it 40 12. Wakefield trinity won at hull kr. Last seasons runners up castleford were woeful against st helens. Ben barba collected man of the match going overfor two tries, while Mark Percival scored a hat trick. Barba setting him up here. Justin holbrooks men off to a flier in their season opener, taking it 16 6. West ham have sacked director of player recruitment tony henry over claims he said the club wouldnt sign any more african players. A newspaper report carried quotes from henry stating african players cause mayhem when theyre not in the team. The club said his comments were unacceptable, adding they conducted a full and thorough investigation. Manager david moyes says the scandal hasnt damaged team morale ahead of tomorrows match at brighton. The comments are wrong. We were signing two players from africa on deadline day, so i can only say they are wrong. Inaudible. Of course. You can see the player we have signed, the players the clubs have signed over the years. We sign good quality players, the best players we can get who are available. It doesnt matter where they are from. It was a record breaking winter transfer window. £430 million were spent in england alone. But arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that isnt a good thing. He says the problem is getting worse across europe and claims while clubs like Manchester City are enjoying big leads at the top of their divisions, huge expenditure is destroying competition. When you look at the five big leagues in europe, you could see the predictability, the unpredictability of the competition has gone down because we are in december. We knew already before champions of the five leagues. That means something is not right in ourgame leagues. That means something is not right in our game and the huge power of some clubs, the financial power, is distracting basically the competition. Sammy ameobi scored to lift bolton out of the championship relegation zone as they beat promotion chasing bristol city 11. With three points separating the bottom six clubs before kick off. This was a massive victory for bolton. Ameobi scored the all important winner in the 71st minute for his fourth goal of the season. Thats all from sportsday. We will have more throughout the weekend. Goodbye. Good evening. After a sunny end to the day, many parts of the uk have a risk of ice around as the weather front pushes in from the west. That means for the weekend at different sort of story. Saturday, grey and gloomy for many. Across much of scotland, england and wales, lots of cloud, patchy rain and drizzle and sleet and snow. Even the lower levels at times. Some parts of east anglia and north scotland stay dry. Bright areas to some. For many a cool feeling day. The patchy rain, drizzle and snow will fizzle out for most in the sunday and with some clear skies here and there the risk of ice to take us into sunday as well. Temperatures in most parts may be just above freezing, but some just below. For sunday, a brighter day by and large. More of you will see the sunshine breakthrough, but a few showers in the south eastern quadrant of england. A mixture of rain, hail, sleetand quadrant of england. A mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow for some and hear the wind will be at its strongest and the coldest. It will feel close to freezing. At least it will be the brighter day of the weekend. This is bbc news, i am kasia madera. Our top stories President Trump has released a republican memo alleging that the fbi was biased during the election campaign. I think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country and when you look at that and see so many other things that are going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves. 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