by less than half a percentage point. it was a ss t landslide. it was a l mandate. w itas was also 40 years ago. and in some ways seems even longer than that. since reagan the positivistre puregu tonight, we will examine today . republican party on the eve of yet anotheblicr presidential election. what does the party believe, what is the republican position on foreign policy, cultural issues. how if the party has changed, where is it going? california and new york, will be popular vote be in play againag for a nominee or does winninaig require running the electoral college gauntlets. we are joined tonight by four people who have worked in or around politics for decades. they are very likely to have different views on some issues and may prioritize issuesiz differently. they maye sues represent peopley differensentt orthodoxies withie party but they have come together to discuss policy and politics in the upcoming race for president. as we begin tonight we start with a quoten
real pressure on the uk government to actually change things to compel people to appear in court to face their sentencing to hear the sentencing remarks that are made about them and the prime minister rishi sunak has been asked about that this morning, about when the law on that might change. the first thing is to extend my sympathies to all affected by this. i think like everyone reading about this, it isjust shocking and harrowing. i think it is cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first hand the impact they have had on the families and loved ones. we are looking and have been at changing the law to make sure that happens and that is something we will bring forward in due course. should hospital managers be as accountable and doctors as nurses? we are setting up an inquiry that will look into everything that happened in this case and it is important that that inquiry first and foremost gets
pressure now on the government to spend parliamentary time on this and to get the law changed to. i spend parliamentary time on this and to get the law changed to. to get the law changed to. i think there is broad to get the law changed to. i think there is broad political to get the law changed to. i think there is broad political consensus that more there is broad political consensus that more should be done to compel people that more should be done to compel people to that more should be done to compel people to face justice, physically, it is not people to face justice, physically, it is not straightforward. at the moment it is not straightforward. at the momenta it is not straightforward. at the moment a judge can require an offender moment a judge can require an offender to attend their sentencing, to attend offender to attend their sentencing, to attend the witness statements, and prison to attend the witness statements, and prison officers do have the power
and a dangerous and volatile situation. and a further risk that those individuals might face some kind of le-al individuals might face some kind of legal action if they go beyond what they are legal action if they go beyond what they are legally empowered to do. other they are legally empowered to do. other people have suggested perhaps the court other people have suggested perhaps the court proceedings could be broadcast into the holding cell or into a broadcast into the holding cell or into a prison cell so that the prisoner into a prison cell so that the prisoner is forced to at least hear what prisoner is forced to at least hear what is prisoner is forced to at least hear what is going on in the courtroom. i understand what is going on in the courtroom. i understand technically that is not straightforward, court feeds are obviously straightforward, court feeds are obviously tightly controlled and it is hot obviously tightly controlled and it is not easy to try an
constituencies, it s a big , ittry. they come to washington, d.c., everybody has different interests but in terms of republicans i think they still stand forepur individual libertd free government intervention. being able to make your own way in america based on your own principles and not whatcr bureaucrats inat a faraway capil believe should be best for you. speaking of that farawayin capital,g mr. attorney generaln you are a footnote ieyn history. you are a two-time attorney general separated by more than a couple of years, 30 years trying i was trying to be magnanimous about that. 30abou years. let me ask you. how has the party changed from the timety you first served as attorney general until your most recentey g step? i think the party has changed because our politics have changed. havei think over the last severl decades thdee traditional divisn between conservative and liberal has changed.to