Employed you dont to bailing out both businesses and their permanent staff. And breaks it is say the u. K. Should push ahead with trade talks and cut ties with the e. U. In december despite the ongoing virus crisis. That afternoon tea host and former 1st minister of scotland alex salmond has been acquitted of all 14 sexual offense charges. Joins me now with the latest hi there recess so take us through the verdict. So the scottish the former scottish 1st minister alex salmond was cleared off to to be childish at the high court in edinburgh he was originally charged with 40 sexual offenses against 9 women young and midway through the trial the prosecution of one of those charges and he was found not guilty of 12 others and in a peculiar quirk unique just to the scottish legal system on the fortys charge it was found that it was truthful that he had committed that particular crime so all 14 charges mr sam and acquitted him found innocent in the eyes of the law d in scotland now the jury does not sit around 6 hours to make its decision and slowing that announcement of the verdict misses down and went outside the court to address the waiting media. That assaf an evidence that i have the flight to see the lead. In this trial but for a variety of reasons we were not able to do so at some point that information that facts and that evidence will see the light of day but it wouldnt be the stay in a moment i stay for a very good reason and that is whatever nightmare ive been on over these last 2 years as us often nothing compared to that i may have every single one of us as a couple really living proof people are dying many more are going to die but we have done this now and i know a few of the edge off to do it is not safe i dont have a job but it is safe and my strong strong advice to you is to go home go see kind of able to take care of your families. And god help us all. Now following that the search has been called for an overhaul and a look into exactly how these types of accusations are dealt with one of those sources being the s. N. P. M. P. Janet cherry saying that both the 3rd party the s. N. P. And the Scottish Government have to as a whole how they deal with these types of protections ations now is something up some as lawyer suggested the charges can be orchestrated for political reasons but also stressing that must be taken seriously all. Right thank you very much jason and his son i understand has chicken pox and is a blessing a hyper gets better sing. Well in the meantime the u. K. Government has pleaded with the public to follow their advice on social distancing after this weekend sore a significant portion of the public ignored the guidelines but despite hinting that tougher sanctions could be around the corner theres no announcement just yet on to u. K. Showed it was nasty joins me now with the latest hi there shadow so bring us up to speed on whats been happening for the Prime Minister is currently chairing a cobra meeting we were of course expecting a daily press of which was to happen at 5 oclock local time which is right now but reports say well be hearing from the Prime Minister much later this evening now what we could expect though is a potential change in status we may even see the government go so far to announce a lockdown scenario and it does follow this weekends antics whereby the public were largely ignoring government advice of course essentially the advice was to stop going about your day to day business stop going out of the home indeed Boris Johnson did close down shops restaurants and bars and pubs just before the weekend while london message calm clear a message to the public saying do not go out despite all of those clear messages the public really did ignore much of that advice the parks were in fact foal i myself drove past many just yesterday and we could see scenes that really resembled something at the height of summer time people playing football rugby even having picnics the so as a result today that the house secretary and so that the government is prepared to introduce much further measures he even called those people going out selfish and the home secretary preacha patel has said the government measures were put in place to save lives. The government also being clear that in order to save lives and to protect the public during this Public Health emergency it is right that we practice social distancing in the way in which the government and the government is reinforcing the chief medical officer and many others are reinforcing day in day out. We asked the public to take responsibility and of course an armed force which measures now employees who are necessary that was put in place over the weekend when it comes to places of social gatherings and pops and camps and cafes for example the public happiness of the virtues but also the Police Local Authorities trading standards are working together now to make sure that those measures of been put in place and my final comment with the speaker is that the guidance that is coming from the government and from Public Health england is there to protect lives and to save lives or her comments essentially echo what the Prime Minister was saying just yesterday although he was clear to express his reservations that hes reluctant to go down authoritarian lockdowns route of course there is a sense from the government that they dont really want to go down in a talian style or france star knocked down but it feels as though they may no longer have a choice of the public clearly ignoring their advice and not complying with the measures now as i speak the Emergency Powers bill is currently being debated in the commons the bill could see if passed officials shut down airports and even detain people on Public Health grounds but that of course it sparked numerous concerns about where indeed its headed whether this bill is being pushed through without proper debate and proper scrutiny however we have seen in an attempt to ease the fears that an amendment that has been tabled has been accepted that will now see a vote every 6 months to decide whether or not the powers are still need it and the Health Secretary reiterated that these powers are merely temporary. Of course there are measures that are significant departures from the way we normally do things but they are strictly temporary and i think they are proportionate to the threat we face and the only be activated on the basis of the best possible Scientific Evidence crucially to my own rule Friends Point the right over. Here so i thought so. At least crucially the legislation is time limited for 2 years and the measures can be switched off individually as necessary by the relevant authorities by the us the u. K. Government or the devolved government depending on who exercises the powers and as an additional safeguard weve brought forward. To give this house the opportunity to confirm that the power was still required every 6 months or now throughout the day the government has been looking at day to collate it just to see how many cars are on the road and people on the streets and theres been some quite dramatic results weve seen an 81 percent drop off of people using the tubes this morning which is just in comparison to any other normal monday plus a 60 percent drop of people using the buses so big changes that the question is though is that enough for the government to hold back from a lockdown scenario the sense is that it wont be exactly because everything is already headed in that direction anyway especially if you take into consideration numerous of individual businesses and all of dorothys are taking matters into their own hands and choosing to go down that path on their own accord for instance mcdonalds costa coffee and National Parks all shutting up shop so it almost feels like a lockdown scenario is by default in place its whether or not the government would take a step further and officially impose it of course across europe weve seen full scale lockdown scenarios globally 1000000000 people have been instructed to stay at home hair though the information has been much more advisory its more of a request for people to listen to the government however today later on we could potentially see a change shift where that advice becomes in post policy today but wait to see what happens when we showed you many thanks for joining us. Well for more of what is happening in the government are now joined by psychologist professor peter rate and thats right and thank you for joining us is softening well as we head there were still waiting for the pm to announce any changes in terms of a lockdown what do you anticipate. Well it sounds like the policy is going to change should we have to wait and see exactly what happens but. I think really the move i mean im a psychologist but i just would comment that the political position doesnt look too stable at the moment theres a lot of criticism coming in and frankly not too surprised because the messaging really hasnt been clear despite what you just reported the home secretary is saying that the government couldnt be clearer i think many other people would would disagree that the messaging from on the top has been inconsistent unclear and also not to live it with sufficient gravitas so i mean 2 examples weve had the Prime Minister recently extolled the virtues of the Great Outdoors explaining how beneficial it was to physical and Mental Health but then suggesting oh if you do go out follow the advice and then after people are shown enjoying the parks in the cities at the weekend were told that this is you know very selfish behavior so i think thats a difficult one and the other one it was the obvious one of mothers day where again the Prime Minister said he hoped to visit his own mother and then wrote an article appearing in the papers on the morning of mothers day saying dont visit your mom today so these you know they sound. Like theyre just sort of little slips but it really undermines i think the position of the government in terms of communicating what the key messages are so as obama seems apparently contradictory also professor if i can just point out the scientific advice was suggesting 2 versions of lockdown alternating i have in the air a few weeks in strict measures and a few without the what you think of that. Well i think the idea there is that the epidemiology says that there might be a way of relaxing lockdown for certain periods because of the way the spread of the disease occur as i mean i couldnt really comment on that but i mean at the moment there are many people in a selfimposed lockdown who have taken the upon themselves you know who that necessarily having symptoms to just avoid all forms of social contact and clearly many people have got that message but still there are sufficient numbers of people who obviously not behaving compliant with that message to pose a threat to not just themselves but to many other people as well but as i fess i mean if we did get similar measures to italy and france following on from what has been happening across here how do we convince people to obey that given the scenes that weve seen over the weekend. Well i think we need a different approach to communication so im surprised that we dont have a stream of Public Information announcements at the moment what were getting as a messages is the news and press conferences and rambling interviews and statements along with journalistic commentary which you know all well and good but thats not effective for communicating take her messages of precise natures which are necessary to motivate actions and with that that people are going to believe that they have discretionary choice so the Prime Minister says for example think carefully before going act that implies there is a choice or something to think of bad there really shouldnt be once people understand what the implications of their possible actions are its been very much emphasizing the freedoms that we have and of course that people feel that thats a liberty that they can employ at their own discretion senate is that its not black and white but in the meantime that if it were imposed in say for instance the police or the military started challenging people to think things could get rather messy rather across that. Well in france we already have apparently fines on the spot and in italy people are questioned when theyre going out and about as to why theyre doing it possibly we do need Something Like this because unless people get the message and i wouldnt blame the people at the moment for this because as i as i say i think the messaging is really not been sufficiently rigorously structured in order to get through to everybody i mean not everybody likes listening to the t. V. Or the radio news day in day out and and picking out whats going on we need a different approach to reach everybody did least have public announcements or not as a child i can remember them perhaps its but time to get back to those professor peter wright and thank you for joining us thank you. Well with frontline n. H. S. Staff feeling the Strain Doctor i mean come told me that doctors have been forced to make their own protective equipment. Theres 2 things to worry about when it comes to Start Testing sending you know where a large crutches but already weve got 5 doctors all self isolating because of the people in their households at temperatures or cost that could cripple a smaller surgery but we can continue as we are bigger but 5 doctors also imagine how you know how much pressure that puts on the rest of us and yes we need to be tested because if we can get tested we can have the results back within a day or 2 and we could potentially come back to work and start working on people who are poorly the other thing stass need and this is really really important is is adequate protective the movement has stepped up and down the country were hearing reports of these key arriving somewhere yet to see any evidence of it we dont have adequate protectively and were expected to see patients who potentially have caught this karuna virus and you know we know we have to do it because its our job and thats what weve been trained to do but again we stick aprons people are making a quick been out of plastic bags makeshift masks and viruses you know its just not fair that the government are asking us to. Risk but on willing to invest in the adequate its just you know it really is enough to make you cry really when we won in france official figures say there are now more than 16000 cases of coronavirus of the 674 people who have died most were of a 17 years old the French Parliament declared a Health Emergency yesterday which will last for at least 2 months this gives the government more power steering outbreaks such as implementing restrictive measures support for struggling businesses and the requisition of goods and Services France went into lockdown last week with people only allowed to leave their homes for essential trips but officials are still being accused of negligence in their response to the crisis on shall i do events kaye reports from paris. Death rate rises the infection rate goes up but here in france we are hearing from french medics that they are unhappy that they feel that not enough was done enough to stop the pandemic here in france theyve actually filed a legal complaint against some of frances top officials including the Prime Minister and the former Health Minister. What they say is that these officials knew as early as january how bad things were going to get and yet they didnt do enough some of the evidence for their complaint comes a real interview with the former Health Minister herself who had talked about France Holding the 1st round of municipal elections just over a week ago and saying it was a masquerade and saying as she stepped down from her job as Health Minister she did so crying because she knew that a tsunami was coming. For the medics has told r. T. That the government was simply lying to the Google Doodle were dealing with a government thats lying to us they say well be taking measures and theyll say again we need to do this we need to do that the truth is weve lost the advantage struggle to catch back up if you want an example you must remember the president stopped speeches last week when he used his war like trying as commander in chief to convince is the mosque will arrive soon because most of the main tools in this war may help medical workers where are those markets. Where the french government says its doing all it current to handle the crisis in regards to those shortages we have heard from the french Prime Minister edward phillipe requisitions have been made and requested be made to manufacture some researches to come up with new prototypes for things such as mosques while another accusation from the medics that the lawyers told us about was the lack of testing for code 19 they think that this is a problem. Isnt the only country thats been experiencing shortages for the kits to test for the virus many of the countries are experiencing the same shortages that other medical supplies as well weve been hearing about this over the past few weeks and that is why the current Health Minister says that its just not possible to test everyone. Today we dont test automatically so we made the choice like most countries and as per the european recommendation to reserve the priority members of the public the targeted people just like in neighboring European Countries those who are most at risk. Of 19 is cause panic across the world and each country is handling the crisis in the way that it feels is best and it could of course be months before we see a fax developed and a vaccine usable on humans and what governments including the one here from calling for is a sense of togetherness that we are all in this together this is a sense of unity so perhaps it would feel at the moment a legal complaint like this is particularly unwelcome. Coming up after the break. The chancellor faces calls to do more for the self employed to helping both. As the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 president ial primary it is fitting to assess Donald Trumps performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises and where has he come up short will any of this really matter. Welcome back the mh 17 trial has been suspended until june the 8th to give defense lawyers more time to prepare the judges in the netherlands have ruled 3 russians under ukrainian are accused of murdering 298 people in the shooting down of the boeing 777 over the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine moscow says claims by the joint Investigation Team of Russian Military involvement all groundless. Now hear the u. K. Chancellor is under pressure to help selfemployed workers through the Coronavirus Crisis with a decision expected very soon and unions and business groups say really soon that should do more for creatives contractors and freelancers after he took action to bail out both businesses and those in Permanent Employment so far the chancellors bailout only supports those in Permanent Employment but cannot work because of the outbreak they will have 80 percent of their salaries covered which is capped at 2500. 00 pounds a month with the rest to be negotiated between workers and employers but those who are selfemployed on a contract or in the Creative Industry have no such support and can only claim 94. 00 pounds a week well meanwhile londons footsie 100. 00 opened almost 5 percent down dropping 242. 00 points in Early Morning trading and despite a midmorning rally it finished roughly the same at just under 5000 points down around 3. 8 percent or welfare reform expert dr simon duffy told me the ongoing crisis shows who our economy really relies on i think you have to be very careful about making strong claims about the effectiveness of the announcements on friday so i dont mean this is just about self employed actually i think it will be announced on friday at the overhyped i had a colleague could mean diesel today and shes telling me that actually its just covering this really more likely effect to see new straight lots of businesses are going to fail and theyre not going to claim anything else of income is going to disappear this is an economic catastrophe here which is not going to be told by the measures announced on friday what we need is to guarantee Economic Security for everybody but dont add up that thats whats going to say its about timing isnt it i mean when to be massively expensive that is the universal basic income and it couldnt be maintained long term because it will say if this crisis last more than a few months. I think this is i think whats interesting about this crisis in a way is certainly it reveals the bankruptcy of the economic models who are working as it certainly does it seems out that an economy is not based on facts nobodys talking about saving the banks the moment solely bankers dont look like the workers today that he would accuse our citizens families moment stand outs workers in hospitals all of the independent people providing social class of says all the people making sure we get checked and all of these people many of them at least are going to find that their incomes certainly disappear and that they come in set personal crisis at a time when they need to be offered security theres no problem in our society for well organizing providing people with the basic needs and is eating housing food all of the things that we need there isnt a fundamental economic crisis if we choose to organise our society in a sensible way. Prominent brets that is prime the countries departure from the e. U. Should go ahead as planned despite the Coronavirus Crisis they argue by pushing ahead the u. K. Economy will be in a better position to recover from the pandemic it is not in our interest to see a precipitous collapse we must however put as much distance between us and the eurozone as possible it would not be wise to be in the same room but with an explosion the period of recovery could be long but the countries which emerge the strongest will be those which can manage their own laws and affairs to suit their own circumstances. Well the call comes as free trade negotiations between westminster and brussels store because of the pandemic the u. K. s david frost entered self 1 isolation on friday after showing mild symptoms of corona virus while e. U. Negotiator Michel Barnier has already tested positive however Boris Johnson has already said the u. K. Will leave the transition period on december 31st as planned. Its been done. Its be its be its be its i had to sort of stop it its being regulated discussed i can tell you is in downing street at the moment and were getting on with. There there are. Legislators legislation in place that i have no intention of changing. Oxford university has the society that counselled a speech by the former home secretary with just 30 minutes to spare amber rudd speech to u. N. Women oxford u. K. Was stopped following a vote by the societys committee which some claimed was due to her role in the wind rushed scandal in 2018 while some of the Windrush Generation who came from the caribbean to help rebuild postwar britain were branded Illegal Immigrants despite having lived and worked in the u. K. For decades but the former home secretary said her treatment by the society was rude and badly judged and called students to stop hiding and starting gauging when response commons leader jake a response at oxford was being snowflake central and education secretary Gavin Williamson urged the university to take action later oxford proctors in charge of University Discipline rules but the cancellation breached their guidelines we have determined that the cancellation of this event was not carried out in accordance with the University Procedures codes of practice and policies in particular that of the freedom of speech therefore the society will be deregistered with the proctors edition the proctors have directed the society to issue an apology. Lawyer and free speech advocate nick get asked told me the universe his reaction to the situation should have been different well i think no platform going to rob was a mistake and i think its right to raise it as a free speech issue and its right that this is now been recognized recognized as such but i dont think that the response should be to limit the activities at this particular Student Society i think the response of the proctors arguably speaks of a kind of legalism around free speech you know the objection that theyve raised is that this breach certain procedures with regards to cancellations and things like that you know free speech on campus is a real systemic problem amongst young people its a problem which means that these events happen more and more these cancellations happen more and more its a cultural problem that cant be fixed by simply appealing to procedure i think the real issue here is that students are excluded you know there was a justified outrage against the invitation you know against the imitation being canceled because the best way to deal with someone with whom you disagree someone like iraq who i disagree with on all sorts of matters is to have gotten to university and challenge them if anything the university is the Perfect Place in order to do that so i think it was a mistake for the invitation to be rescinded but i am slightly concerned that what we are moving towards now is a kind of forcing freedom of speech through the lord for through dick tatton through punishment and i dont think thats necessarily the best way to do it what we need to do is to encourage students to believe in freedom of speech and to recognize its value. 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