names that think he understood, the names never reached the destination he was names never reached the destination he was talking about. we ve got no clarity he was talking about. we ve got no clarity on he was talking about. we ve got no clarity on whether that is the case or not clarity on whether that is the case or not the clarity on whether that is the case or not the case. two things i took from or not the case. two things i took from his or not the case. two things i took from his interview, he is not denying from his interview, he is not denying in from his interview, he is not denying in that interview with you that the denying in that interview with you that the party would block boris johnson that the party would block boris johnson from attempting to stand again johnson from attempting to stand again for johnson from attempting to stand again. for example, ina johnson from attempting to stand again. for example, in a by election orat again. for ex
of problems at home in india and the fact the other issue for borisjohnson, is he going to say anything about the bjp and the muslim community? crosstalk. we talked last time about the persecution of christians. yes, but i think he said nothing. nothing. there is a reference - where boris said india has constitutional safeguards - on these matters, because he was asked a question - at the press conference by the way, modi doesn t do press conferences. . so, this is really unusual. yes, so they had the two i statement made by the two yes, so they had the two| statements made by the two leaders, they walked away and then, separately, - from what i could make out, perhaps at the residence - of the british high - commissioner, boris held a press conference, - where he took questions, so yes, he did say that india has safeguards, but that is a very soft thing to say, given the current. circumstances. let me ask you i am interested in terms
how was he received in india? this visit had been delayed because of covid, but there had been a sense it was one that the indian government was keen on, just as the british government was, and that perhaps he was a more attractive figure to many in india, certainly to the prime minister, than his predecessor theresa may, who went to india but whose visit was a bit of a flop really. well, over the years, - boris has been a popular figure in india, his dishevelled hair- and hisjokes tended to go down well, so to that extent, - i think, he is not an unpopular figure in india, they don t- care much about what is going on in this country, - so he was well received, but unfortunately, for him, if the timing of the visit - was meant to divert attention from what was going on in. westminster, it has| failed spectacularly, and, certainly, the coveragel that has come out in the last two days have overshadowed his claims about trade and defencel and the rest of it. certainly on day one, i it was
that is a very interesting perspective on that relationship, isn t it. maria. prime minister modi makes this announcement during an interview or he says i want an immediate ceasefire, which is a slight toughening of the position, given they have had a position of neutrality on the invasion, that kind of took a bit of pressure, i guess, off borisjohnson, because people were saying shouldn t you have been out there, maybe not wagging fingers publicly, but quietly pressing behind the scenes and saying, come on, we need you to use your influence on the russians. i imagine one of the things borisjohnson has been saying, and as part of this trumpeted trade deal, is he should be buying arms from britain instead of from india, because britain has a very large arms industry, so that is part of it. i wonder how much modi has been kind of, you know, getting a boost from boris s arrival? i saw those big posters up on the street, saying welcome borisjohnson, and, you know, there is all sorts
i think it was either his headmaster or house master at eton who wrote boris doesn t seem to think the rules apply to him. look at the brexit campaign, the thing, there is going to be no border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, it is endless, the lies are endless, and look at. but they haven t mattered apparently. look at the policy problems, look what happened during the pandemic. underneath the lies is a great mountain of incompetence and bad administration and bad government. now i see why lying particularly matters at the moment, when we have so many lies in international politics, when we have, you know, putin s lies about what is going on in ukraine. it is not an invasion, we are acting to defend ourselves. lies matter, lies to the house of commons matter, breaking your own rules matter, but it is, to me it is like this is the sort of cherry on the cake of a lot else that has gone badly wrong.