SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI
Of the build up to tonights crucial president ial debate in philadelphia, but were going top start this hour with the first real test of authority for the new uk government. This is the scene in the House Of Commons where mps are about to Vote are voting on the plan to scrap Winter Fuel payments for millions of Pensioners. Its been hugely controversial. It means that more than Nine Million Pensioners will no longer be eligible for up to 300 pounds this winter. Lets go stright to westminster and our deputy political editor, Vicky Young. Westminster and our deputy good westminster and our deputy afternoon. Just set Th Scene good afternoon. Just set the scene for hours. Mps have started that Vote and there is No Doubt it is going to be an awkward afternoon for the government but it is worth emphasising that this new Labour Government has a huge majority so there is no chance of them losing their state which means that this change will go ahead but, as you say, it has proved pretty controv
Also, a Report Today suggests the current system of Uk Press Self Regulation Isnt working for people who arent celebrities and royalty. Well talk to the mums of Caroline Flack and Anisha Vidal garner, who say their privacy has been invaded by newspapers. Welcome to newsnight with your weeknightly interviews and insight. Here tonight, Labour Member of the House Of Lords lord wood, a former foreign Policy Adviser to prime minister Gordon Brown, and Chief Adviser to former Labour Leader Ed miliband. He is plugged into the current pms views on what a closer relationship with the eu actually means. Luke tryll is Uk Director of the pollsters more in common. Hell talk to us about the latest public attitudes on brexit. Also with us, anita boateng, who was a tory Special Adviser through the brexit years, and nick watt, our political editor. Nick, what does Keir Starmer want . What was he trying to do today . Right now, he is in paris for the paralympic opening ceremony. Tomorrow, he will beat E
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it strange. and the department and fbi took a petty sophomoric wipe at kash patel, you may recall doj didn t want the affidavit released even with redact shawredaction because of purpose dangers to agents and witnesses, then they left cash p patel s name un kash patel s name unredacted. there by, releasing the name of a witness. we wonder why there is a double standard. some of the dpeum documents are alleged to be very highly classified. new york and d c media calling for president trump s indictment, on the one hand, good to know there are still crimes liberal media personalties think should be persecuted. if you ar contempt eighth a former president. there the president take the personal documents from the white house or did someone else pack the boxes? when did trump learn who was taken? did they knowingly withhold documents after being asked to return them, was there a good faith disagreement on what had to be legally returned. when is why did negotiations break down. w