Its affecting some flights at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and business, schools, and other forms of transport have also been hit. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of 7th october. Alastair burt is a former conservative mp who served as Minister Of State for the middle east. He gave me his reaction to developments. The scale of protests is certainly unprecedented. There has been thousands of people demonstrating regularly against prime Minister Netanyahu firstly for internal political reasons, then post October The 7th lately in terms of his handling of the crisis, but the scale of the protest and the sense that the prime Ministers Strategy after October The 7th of seeking total victory of the elimination of hamas and the recovery of the hostages has proved to be a failure because it was impossible. He was advised that you couldnt do both and that advice has been borne out by experience and
The self proclaimed dude of downing street has already pledged to dispel the defeatism today. Today he sets out his vision for britain after brexit. For the next hour and a half well be speaking to allies of the new pm and critics too, plus mps from all sides. Well ask, can mrjohnson really deliver brexit on 31st october as promised . What will his other policy priorities be . And have a look at this. Politicians, as far as i can work out, are pretty incompetent. And then have a veneer of competence. Yes. You do seem to do it the other way around. Yes. I mean, you cant rule out the possibility that beneath the elaborately constructed veneer of a blithering idiot that there is another blithering idiot. Will borisjohnsons unique style be a help or a hindrance as pm . Well ask people who know him well what they think. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Its Boris Johnsons first day in office. Lets see how the papers are reflecting it. Im the dude is the headl
The week in parliament. Is it finally stage 1, peace in ourtime . , after the Prime Ministers failed plan from monday was attacked from all sides. If the price of the Prime Ministers approaches the break above the union and reopening of bitter divide in Northern Ireland, the price is too high. But theresa may insisted there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. We aim to deliver this as part of our overall trade deal between the United Kingdom and European Union. Also on this programme the government says its abandoning a planned cap on social care costs in england. And ministers are urged to take action following President Trumps decision to recognisejerusalem as israels capital. Will the secretary of state today completely rule out the state visit from President Trump, and send out a clear message that his divisive and reckless actions are not welcome here . But first, it was another high stakes week for the government as theresa may attempted t
Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. Is it finally stage i, peace in ourtime . , after the Prime Ministers failed plan from monday was attacked from all sides. If the price of the Prime Ministers approaches the break above the union if the price of the Prime Ministers approaches is break up of the union and reopening of bitter divide in Northern Ireland, the price is too high. But theresa may insisted there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. We aim to deliver this as part of our overall trade deal between the United Kingdom and European Union. Also on this programme the government says its abandoning a planned cap on social care costs in england. And ministers are urged to take action following President Trumps decision to recognisejerusalem as israels capital. Will the secretary of state today completely rule out the state visit from President Trump, and send out a clear message that his divisive and reckless actions are not welcome he
News that i was mentioning in fact that has literally just news that i was mentioning in fact that has literallyjust come into us. That has literallyjust come into us. It says that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes husband, richard, has confirmed that the court case which was scheduled to ta ke court case which was scheduled to take place this afternoon has been postponed. Of course, he says, one tomorrow doesnt make it christmas, this is Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes husband, richard. She is not yet on the plane, but it is good to have some hope. He is saying there is no further court appearance, which might have been an opportunity for judges to extend her present time as a result of the remarks that mr johnson made in the house of Commons Committee a few weeks ago in which he said that she had been the teaching journalists, which she denies. Lets stick with politics, with the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Is it finally stage i, peace in our time, after the