ConsUmer confIdence has slUmped. Is the Doom And Gloom laboUr Is sellIng sappIng all enthUsIasm for the brItIsh economy . The governments crItIcs say, It Is tIme for a new message . Reform say they wIll transform the party to pUt NIgel Farage In nUmber 10. Its a bIg pledge for a party wIth fIve mps. How are they goIng to do It . Good EvenIng And Welcome to newsnIght the home of InsIght and IntevIews. On oUr panel tonIght, The PromInent LaboUr Donor and champIon of Green Energy dale vInce, the former BrexIt Party mep, now talk presenter, alex phIllIps. And the Uk DIrector of more In common lUke tryl. For weeks now the government has been tellIng Us the coUntrys fInances are In a rIght old mess. Prepare yoUrself for some paIn, saId the PrIme MInIster. Well, It seems the coUntry has taken hIm at hIs word. ConsUmer sentIment, whIch powers the economy, has dropped lIke a stone In september. We are less wIllIng to spend, whIch means small and medIUm sIzed bUsInesses are not InvestIng eIther.
Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
The number of people convicted of rape in england and wales falls to its lowest level since records began. That was good. The fun of gaming, but how to protect children from addiction . Mps want Video Companies to do more. And coming up with life changing Cystic Fibrosis drugs approved for patients in scotland, we hearfrom a parent campaigning to make them available in england too. Its five oclock. Our top story borisjohnson has denied lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament. He said claims it was done to silence mps were absolutely not true. It comes after yesterdays ruling by the court of session in edinburgh which said the suspension, or proroguing, of parliament was unlawful and motivated by the improper purpose of stymieing parliament. The Prime Minister also said he was confident of getting a deal with the eu and he offered reassurance after government documents were published outlining the possible risks of a no deal brexit. Mrjohnson said the yellowhammer files wer
Scotland. Aberdeen fresh but sunny. The rest of the country, South Westerly Winds will push in thick cloud. Here is the outlook, the weekend and into next week, pretty much every weather icon the government has updated the definition of extremism, but who decides what individuals and groups are extremist . And what if they get it wrong . Tonight on newsnight. The independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation and of state threat legislation is unimpressed. What constitutes hatred or intolerance is very much in the eye of the beholder. Im sure the government has acted with the best of intentions, but there is, of course, a risk it will be seen as a political decision. The senior government mp bob seely is here to explain how it works. Also tonight razor sharp criticism of israels actions in gaza by Chuck Schumer, americas most seniorjewish politician and the Us Senate Majority leader. The target of his ire . Benjamin neta nyahu himself. Prime minister netanyahu has lost his way. Israel c
And that she should be shot. Mr hester says hes deeply sorry for the remarks at Prime Ministers questions today , sir ministers questions today, sir keir starmer confronted rishi sunak the remarks, pressing keir starmer confronted rishi sunak returnie remarks, pressing keir starmer confronted rishi sunak return mremarks, pressing keir starmer confronted rishi sunak return mr hesters ressing keir starmer confronted rishi sunak return mr hesters £10. Ing him to return mr hesters £10 million donation. The Prime Minister acknowledged Frank Hesters comments were wrong and racist, but declined to say his donations would be returned, instead calling out what he said were double standards in the labour im absolutely not labour party. Im absolutely not going to take any lectures from somebody , from somebody, from somebody, from somebody, from somebody, from somebody, from somebody who chose to represent an anti semitic terrorist group, hizb ut tahrir , who chose to hizb ut tahrir, who chose