An hourat 8 30pm to come, remember, the debate on for an hour at 8 30pm on bbc one, so do stay with us for that. Now though, it is time for news watch. Hello and welcome to news watch with me samir ahmed. All other Major Party Leaders have faced the questioning of andrew neil but not Boris Johnson. Is this the fault of the bbc . And in a fractious campaign, have bbc interviews helped or hindered the election process . Interviews with Party Leaders during Election Campaigns are often feisty affairs and andrew neil is widely considered one of the bbcs toughest interrogators. As he showed this week with his questioning ofjo swinson and jofra archer. Borisjohnsons failure to commit himself firmly to andrew neils questioning initially led the bbc last week to say the Prime Minister would not be on the Andrew Marr Show until he committed to the andrew neil interview. But after fridays knife attack on London Bridge, the corporation withdrew that ultimatum, arguing it was now in the Public Int
Be for irish cricket and what an occasion it will be to start this test summer. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Good night. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me our political commentator lance price, and katie bowles, the deputy Political Editor at the spectator. Many of todays front pages are already in. The i says borisjohnson will be crowned as tory leader tomorrow, 2a hours from downing street is the headline. The ft leads on johnsons rivaljeremy hunt. They say the foreign secretary has asked european allies to help protect commercial shipping in the gulf. A different leadership election makes the front page of the guardian. They carry a picture of new lib dem leader, jo swinson. Carl beech who was today found guilty of falsely accusing vips of being part of a murderous paedophile ring is called a fantasist who made a mockery ofjustice by the express. The telegraph also leads on the story. They sa
Prepare to use the Golden Globes to like to highlight the campaign against sexism. It is a very cold but sunny day. Stein called the start of next week, before changes. Join me laterfor the start of next week, before changes. Join me later for the forecast. Theresa may will abandon plans for mps to get a vote on fox hunting before 2022, when the next general election is due to be held. In an interview on the andrew marshall, mrs may confirmed she would be going back on the pledge he made in last yea rs manifesto. Our back on the pledge he made in last years manifesto. Our Political Correspondent reports. It has been illegal to set a pack of hounds on a fox for more than a decade in england and wales. Instead, hunts have had to follow specially laid trails of scent. Many conservatives and campaigners would like the hunting act to be scrapped to allow horses and hounds to go back to the way things were. But having lost the tories their parliamentary majority in last years general electio
Welcome to bbc news. Theresa may will abandon plans for mps to get a vote on fox hunting before 2022 when the next general election is due to be held. In an interview on the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, she confirmed she would be going back on the pledge she made in last years manifesto. Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports. It has been illegal to set a pack of hounds on a fox for more than a decade in england and wales. Instead, hunts have had to follow specially laid trails of scent. Many conservatives and campaigners would like the hunting act to be scrapped to allow horses and hounds to go back to the way things were. But having lost the tories their parliamentary majority in last years general election, theresa mays plans to give mps a vote on the issue were pushed back to 2019. Now, in an attempt to improve her partys fortunes, the Prime Minister has gone one step further. One of the clear messages we got on a number of areas was when people are concerned about what we w
Good evening. Im bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose, along with my wife. On behalf of the entire staff, welcome. A few quick administrative notes. Nobody could time to turn off your cell phones or anything that might go beep. Secondly, when we get to the q a part of the session, we would ask if you have a question that you make your way to that microphone that there because we are videotaping tonight, taking ourselves of our Youtube Channel and also cspan booktv easier. Lastly, at the end before you come up to get your book signed, please fold up the chairs that your city in and leaned them against something that looks like it wont topple over. We are very pleased to have Robert Grenier here with us this evening to talk like his new book, 88 days to kandahar. Bob spent 27 years with the cia, three of them as station chief in islamabad during what turned out to be a very critical time. Before and immediately after the 9 11 attacks. He was very much involved in the u. S. Effor