Stephen sackur interviews lord falconer. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. British politics is in full on meltdown mode. Prime minister borisjohnson has lost a series of key votes on brexit, and hes lost his parliamentary majority. He is now seeking a general election in mid october to let british Voters Decide whether brexit should happen, come what may, at the end of next month. But will the labour 0pposition agree to a snap poll . Well, my guest is former labour cabinet minister lord falconer. Is labour in any fit state to win an election, amid Britains Brexit chaos . Lord falconer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Prime minister Boris Johnson right now is intent on ending the protracted brexit turmoil, crisis, call it what you will, in westminster. And your party, the labour party, appears to be intent on drawing out, prolonging, that crisis. Why . Well, i think the conflict between boris, the Prime Minister, and jeremy, the leader of the opposition, is that before there is an
Bloomberg. It is now a little bit more than one year since you were elected. Lets begin with your noisy neighbor to the north. Donald trump. At the moment, mexico has 20,000 National Guard on the border. You have also since taken in 20,000 asylumseekers that come to mexico who would otherwise be in america. Today, secretary of state pompeo said mexico needs to do more. When you look at america, do you see it as an ally or bully . Pres. Obrador he is an ally. We are not betting on politics of force, authoritarianism. We think of the solution to the problems. We do not think the solution to problems should be through coercion. We think of cooperation for development. That is what we are for. It is indispensable to have a Good Relationship with the United States because of friendship, trade, commerce, and geopolitical relations as well. We have 3180 kilometers of order with the United States. If we were in any european country or south american country, perhaps we could have a different t
Country . A bit of cloud around but its brightening up through the afternoon. Weve had a fair amount of cloud and drizzly rain across south east england and east anglia, this is the recent view of botany bay and kent. As the cloud and rain clear away from the east for most of us clear away from the east for most of us its a Kellie Bright story. Sunny spells, a few showers on the cards. Most of the showers in the north west. This is the recent satellite and radar, it shows a peppering of showers for Northern Ireland and scotland, cloud in the southeast with a frock few spots of drizzle but over the next couple of hours the cloud clears away from the east and then its a north south split. For the bulk of england and wales things are dry with a lot of sunshine, 21 24d, fair weather cloud, not wall to wall blue skies. One or two showers for anglesey, cumbria, the isle of man, but its Northern Ireland and scotland that will see the bulk of the showers through the afternoon, some fairly heav
Department. This is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. We are having a full hearing today on the nominations for several positions. Three very important nominations , department of transportation. We welcome the nominees and their families and thank them for their willingness to serve. First, we will consider the nomination of rear admiral and phillips ann phillips. Welcome. We are currently facing unprecedented challenges about reports of Sexual Assault the marine academy, investments into our port to ease congestion, and the need for strong leadership at the helm of the Maritime Administration. We are admiral phillips has significant experience in the u. S. Navy in many challenging situations, including operation desert shield, desert storm, in her capacity as director of the Surface Warfare for the chief of Naval Operations. After 31 years of naval service, she serves as a special assistant to the Virginia Governor with a focus on coastal adaptation and protectio
Department. This is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. We are having a full hearing today on the nominations for several positions. Three very important nominations , department of transportation. We welcome the nominees and their families and thank them for their willingness to serve. First, we will consider the nomination of rear admiral and phillips ann phillips. Welcome. We are currently facing unprecedented challenges about reports of Sexual Assault the marine academy, investments into our port to ease congestion, and the need for strong leadership at the helm of the Maritime Administration. We are admiral phillips has significant experience in the u. S. Navy in many challenging situations, including operation desert shield, desert storm, in her capacity as director of the Surface Warfare for the chief of Naval Operations. After 31 years of naval service, she serves as a special assistant to the Virginia Governor with a focus on coastal adaptation and protectio