the relationships mean much more to you than any stupid pronouncement. nancy pelosi made over the last year from her compound in napa. but still, politics do matter. they re not irrelevant. nancy pelosi s babblings do have an effect on your life. so what defined the politics of 2020 two? well, lying. did. this was the year of lying. the people in charge tell an awful lot of lies. that s what we learned. and we know this for sure because while they are avid and committed liars, they re not very good at it. their lies are amateur ish, obvious, pathetic, sad. and there s something insulting about that. don t take a leak on my boots and tell me it s raining, goes old cowboy phrase. don t tell me something we both know isn t true and expect me to believe it. when you do that, you insult my dignity. you diminish. you treat me like a child. if you re going to tell me a lie, put some effort into it. try something clever, have pride of craftsmanship, don t pull the same old
sunshine and showers the best way to describe saturday s weather. showers should be isolated and the best of the brighter weather the further north and west you are. top temperatures likely to reach 12 to 18 celsius. any showers through the i8 celsius. any showers through the evening will tend to fade away and we will have clearer skies across england and wales so temperatures will fall away quite sharply. cloud in the north west where temperatures are likely to hold into double figures, but it will be a chilly start to sunday morning, hopefully a sparkling one as well, lots of sunshine around first thing on sunday. a few showers in north west scotland and eventually more persistent rain as we go through the day. top temperatures through sunday afternoon 13 to 18 celsius. that weather front will introduce much colder, windier conditions on monday, and as you can see, a notable difference to the feel of the weather. hello. this is bbc news. i m lewis vaughanjones and these are
hello and welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start with you. this is being called a gamble for growth. is it a gamble that s going to pay off? it s certainly a gamble. i have real doubts about whether it will pay off. kwasi kwarteng
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. an independent think tank in britain says the uk government s mini budget is likely to leave the vast majority of taxpayers worse off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny. the institute for fiscal studies says that only those with incomes of more than 155,000 will be net beneficiaries over the current parliament. ben king reports. here in reading and around the uk, people feel like they could do with a boost. bills are going up and interest rates are rising. across the country as a whole, the economy has been growing too slowly. and the chancellor has come up with a very bold solution tax cuts worth billions of pounds. he plans to cut the basic rate of income tax to 19p and the pound in england, wales and northern ireland next april and abolish the 45p top rate of tack for people ear
now on bbc news, click. this week, we re back in berlin as europe s largest tech show powers up. yeah, we ll glide through the halls to see what s big, what s new and what s bonkers. what are you doing? multitasking. meanwhile, lara has been to the british seaside. not on holiday, though. i have been looking at how 56 is hoping to make our coastline safer. and it s robot floors! chris has been making a right mess to put vacuum bots to the test. our robot now has a tail. yeah, i m not sure that was the aim. it s big, brash, bright, bold, really big! and it s back. did i mention it s big? set in the heart of berlin, ifa is europe s largest tech expo, and for the first time in such a long time i got to come back to the coolest city in the world to see what s cooking. ifa is back to its heady mix of showiness and practicality, a place where your fridge can be part of a massive light show, with colour changing panels and a party mode. your garden is also now portable and lives ind