To dateline london. Two examples of Power To The People for us this week, but with very different responses from those in charge. Russia saw some of the largest Street Protests of Vladimir Putins 17 years in power, which ended with more than 1,000 arrests and the organiser in jail. Nine months after the british voted to leave the European Union, Prime Minister theresa may sent a polite letter to brussels triggering divorce after 44 years. To discuss the weeks events in russia and the eu, the russian born writer Alexander Nekrassov, michael gove mp, who was a conservative Cabinet Minister until last summer, and is now a columnist with the times. Stephanie baker of bloomberg news. And Stefanie Bolzen, from germanys die welt. Welcome to you all. Lets begin with britains exit from the European Union. Last summer, by a margin of 52 to 48 , people here voted to leave. Theresa may wanted to stay in the eu, but now she has the task of negotiating notjust brexit, as its become known, but also a
how that £2000 figure is generated. the tories have added up what they say are the net cost of labour public spending commitments over the next four years and have come to any curated sum of £38.5 billion. they have divided that figure by the number of households in the uk with one person working at least, 18 million and that produces the figure of £2000. but this morning a letter emerge from the chief civil servant at the treasury written on the 3rd ofjune which casts further doubt on the basis of that figure. it says the basis of that figure. it says the £38 billion figure used by the conservative party s publication conservative pa rty s publication uses conservative party s publication uses costs beyond those produced by the civil service and published online by hm treasury. any costings derived from other sources are produced by other organisations should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. and finally, i have reminded ministers and advisers they sho
the party s top down culture, and maybe that s what we re talking about here, is out of sync with the masses in india today. there i do agree, that was one of the points in my internal manifesto, as it were, for the party. i said, we ve got to end the high command culture, decentralise authority, empower the grassroots. i still hope that some of that will happen, even if i m not the standard bearer of that within the party. it s something which i ve stood for with a lot of conviction because it reflects a lot of what i ve heard in the party. what about the lesson of turkey when it comes to trying to challenge a very strong authoritarian. get the opposition parties together? get all the opposition parties together. it didn t quite work in turkey, but they got darn close. they got darn close, and we intend to get closer still. there s an opposition party conclave scheduled for the 23rd ofjune, convened by the chief minister of bihar, mr nitish kumar, who doesn t belong to our party
good morning from the london stadium, which has been transformed as major league baseball comes to the uk for only the second time. two games this weekend. many people believe the sport first started near here, baseball is coming home. a bit of rain and when the sun comes out it will feel quite humid and hot. more details coming up here on breakfast. it s friday, the 23rd ofjune. tributes are being paid to five men, who died on board the titan submersible after it imploded near the wreck of the titanic. the five day search ended after debris was found on the sea bed. our correspondent, jessica parker, joins us now from boston, where the rescue efforts were being coordinated. let s speak to jessica now. let s speak tojessica now. good morning. we had that moment of
i know milan. so milan says this, the truth is the liberal, secular vision of the congress party has fallen out of favour, the party s top down culture, and maybe that s what we re talking about here, is out of sync with the masses in india today. there i do agree, that was one of the points in my internal manifesto, as it were, for the party. i said, we ve got to end the high command culture, decentralise authority, empower the grassroots. i still hope that some of that will happen, even if i m not the standard bearer of that within the party. it s something which i ve stood for with a lot of conviction because it reflects a lot of what i ve heard in the party. what about the lesson of turkey when it comes to trying to challenge a very strong authoritarian. get the opposition parties together? get all the opposition parties together. it didn t quite work in turkey, but they got darn close. they got darn close, and we intend to get closer still. there s an opposition party concla