A mess weve made of our justice not just in the last few years, but the foot from the century. We spent time just, you know, looking people up for no reason trying to criminalize drugs with no good to be want and even put children in prison as you know from the police, just insane. So we have a completely dysfunctional system and hospital all the shes working on the side of the system. I just think its about time the people on the outside notice, like, you know, we covered the plight of julian assange, the world famous journalist, the un special rapporteur, meals meltzer has been on this program, alleging he was being tortured at belmarsh prison in london. You know, some people, i dont know, some Mainstream Media newspapers call it the holiday camps, these british presence, you begin the book and bell much. I do understand horrific place. Its terrible to be easy. As a visitor, as a lawyer, it takes a long time to get even is a busy time, actually be an inmate there, its soul destroying
Out . Palami, welcome to comfort zone. Good to be here. I want to look at 1st that the governments handling of the pandemic in recent months. We know that a vaccine now appears imminent. But after a decade of conservative rule, britain was woefully unprepared to deal with this. Pandemic any pandemic, wasnt it . Despite numerous warnings and dress rehearsals, why was your party asleep on the job for so many years . Well, i think what we saw with the pandemic was that the vast, vast majority of countries found themselves unprepared for it. And the reason for that, the fundamental reason for that was that the nature of the pandemic wasnt quite what was previously expressed. His expected. What was generally expected by most countries was something that resembles a clue. I realize it was different, but look at the figures before the coronavirus hit, the u. K. Had just 6. 6 intensive care beds per 100000 people. Thats fewer than latvia, fewer than cyprus, half the number that italy had, and
But paid communist cuba has fewer than 200. 00. We speak to copresent of cuban covert, 19 Public Health and solidarity about fighting about endemic with internationalism. Oliseh more going on today is going on the ground offensive. Joe biden ever becomes us president. In january, he will preside over a country with the highest prison population in the world, 26 years after he supported a crime bill. The critics claim was responsible for a system of mass incarceration that imprisons more per capita than stalin or mao. , joining me now is the criminal defense lawyer of a 25 years with scoria, 18 k. , and us Justice Systems in his new book, justice on trial, radical solutions for a system at breaking point. Chris dorky pres, welcome, do going underground. A lot of people talking about britain, possibly breaking International Law or over a break said, but your new book is so beautiful and eloquently written about Britains Justice system. How difficult was it even to write a book such a dam
Now imagine or times youre going underground as the world looks on to the fallout of the us president ial election and his england sits on the eve of a 2nd coronavirus lockdown after the Boris Johnson government fails to prevent a 2nd wave coming up in the show i remember very clearly i can still taste and smell it the mounting panic ahead of School Holidays because the income we heard could not stretch to feeding 2 boys and a mother in that day. Marcus rush wouldnt have this and probably only this in common we remember not in our heads we do not hold bodies. An old etonian of course cant be expected to have the same experience ahead of another National Lockdown is class war being waged in our name we speak to labor panel griffiths of the report about old etonian Boris Johnsons ability to protect the most vulnerable in our society will the 2nd lockdown kill off the multibillion pound culture industry in britain we speak to enter shikari 0 reynolds about why he has written to u. K. John
Hes very powerful army elected to parliament 3 years ago. Can mr. Johnson, the homes, hes currents live in the opinion, polls and what will the party do if he thought he welcomes conflict zone to be here . I want to look at 1st, the governments handling of the pandemic in recent months. We know that a vaccine now appears imminent, but after a decade of conservative rule, britain was woefully unprepared to deal with this pandemic any pandemic, wasnt it . Despite numerous warnings and dress rehearsals, why was your party asleep on the job for so many years . Well, i think what we saw with the pandemic was that the vast, vast majority of countries found themselves unprepared for it. And the reason for that, the fundamental reason for that was that the nature of the pandemic wasnt quite what was previously expressed what was previously expected. What was generally expected by most countries was something that resembles a clue. I realize it was different, but look at the figures before the