england takes on slovakia. hello. we start here in the uk. with just five days to go before the general election, the leader of the reform uk party, nigel farage, has given a rally in birmingham. after a racism row embroiled his party in scandal. the prime minister rishi sunak described the incident as racist and inappropriate. speaking in front of 4,000 people, mr farage told crowds he felt compelled to come back to politics as an alternative to whom he called slippery sunak and sir keir starmer. mr farage also said he felt that the uk was in cultural decline. that aside, with a country that s in economic decline. and think about this. gdp per capita has fallen for the last six consecutive quarters. people are getting poorer. and i couldn t stand aside. in a country that is in genuine societal decline, safety, people fearful of going out at night, people scared to even go out to their local pub, knives being carried wholesale by young people in our country. so we are, i have
is reduced, they say the system will continue to be incredibly stretched. thank you so much. i m joined now by the ceo of rape crisis england and wales, jayne butler, who is in leeds. thank you forjoining us. i am sure a lot of what you heard our correspondent saying will resonate with you but what are your findings? we have released a report today code breaking point which really describes what a disaster the system around courses at the moment for rape and sexual assault victims. we are seeing people who are waiting years and years for their cases to go to court. cases delayed many times. and also talking throughout that, those victims and survivors telling us they feel forgotten and discounted, completely removed from the system because they are not even kept up to date with what is happening in their case and when
the event would be closed to the press. future ones are open. a washington examiner correspondent saying i m not sure it holds up. press ban to make voters more comfortable. except anyone could have walked in if they claimed to be a future constituents unless all of their attendees had the backgrounds vetted. which means it wasn t open to the public. this is as the president regularly faces criticism for his treatment of the press. say what you will about the president s fire and fury against the press at least he invites them to events. i don t know what it is about the democrats where they have to fend them off. it seems like she is coming one a laundry list of excuses. several of her recent press appearances have not gone well for her. charles: she has stepped in it so many times. it s unfortunate. she said we have a high degree of immigrants in my district. and afraid of the press? are you kidding me? that is who you go to if you are really worried.
because president lincoln talked about freedom and rick santorum, when he held an event here at the very hotel behind me, he talked about freedom and the reason he got into the race because of at fordable care act, also that he refers to as obama care, why he wants to run for president to restore freedoms to americans. ron mott, thank you for the intel. that s a lot to unpack. john heilemann, what does it mean when you have a press conference in a small room amid calls for you to get oust the race? it usually means you ll get out of the race. i think they will not call it that. you don t drop out of a presidential race, you suspend your campaign and there s a way in which his press people can be honest with our correspondent saying, look, we re not going to drop out, and they may not. there s no upside for rick santorum anymore in staying in this race, i don t think. he s, i think, likely to lose pennsylvania if he continues to fight there. the romney campaign suspending its advert