Hello and welcome to dateline london with me geeta guru murthy. This week, all the uk governments problems seemed to assemble at once. Even the prime ministers supporters in the conservative party and the press have started to ask searching questions about the governments handling of the pandemic. As borisjohnson warns of a second wave, more restrictions and the tracing regime is clearly struggling to cope, the labour party says the government has lost control of events. Also today, from the rule of six to the rule of law as brexit reappears in british politics. The Northern Ireland secretary, brandon lewis, admitted the new internal markets bill will break international law. This prompted criticism from all five living former prime ministers and the man who might be the next president of the us. A compromise is now in the air but was the scale of the row deliberate or wise . With me to discuss all this are Polly Toynbee of the guardian and portuguese writer eunice goes. And here in th
Crack pitch now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london with me geeta guru murthy. This week, all the uk governments problems seemed to assemble at once. Even the prime ministers supporters in the conservative party and the press have started to ask searching questions about the governments handling of the pandemic. As borisjohnson warns of a second wave, more restrictions and the tracing regime is clearly struggling to cope, the labour party says the government has lost control of events. Also today, from the rule of six to the rule of law as brexit reappears in british politics. The Northern Ireland secretary, brandon lewis, admitted the new internal markets bill will break international law. This prompted criticism from all five living former prime ministers and the man who might be the next president of the us. A compromise is now in the air but was the scale of the row deliberate or wise . With me to discuss all this are Polly Toynbee of the guardian and
A lot of questions ahead at a crunch moment. Polly toynbee, it has been quite a week and quite a dramatic change in tone from the government in the last couple of days. It certainly has. I think people feel that they have been on a roller coaster with this government, changing their mind and their advice all the time. It is quite understandable in a way because obviously from a day to day, the situation changes how fast the infection arises, but we always knew, the government always knew and said and warned that a second wave would come at. We always could see gcioss would come at. We always could see across the channel that in spain, it has been rampant again for quite a while. It would be bound to be coming this way. But there is attitude of mind in our government that says we are an island, we are different. It will not come here. Which is what happened the first time round and right we were so unprepared. Seems to have been a bit about this time, because it is sending people out to
There are our headlines. Now on bbc news. Dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london with me geeta guru murthy. This week, all the uk governments problems seemed to assemble at once. Even the prime ministers supporters in the conservative party and the press have started to ask searching questions about the governments handling of the pandemic. As borisjohnson warns of a second wave, more restrictions and the tracing regime is clearly struggling to cope, the labour party says the government has lost control of events. Also today, from the rule of six to the rule of law as brexit reappears in british politics. The Northern Ireland secretary, brandon lewis, admitted the new internal markets bill will break international law. This prompted criticism from all five living former prime ministers and the man who might be the next president of the us. A compromise is now in the air but was the scale of the row deliberate or wise . With me to discuss all this are Polly Toynbee of the
True gentlemen the three men stabbed to death in a reading park are remembered at a vigil. Burnley Football Club says its ashamed and embarrassed after a banner with the message white lives matter burnley was flown during its match with Manchester City. And germanys coronavirus reproduction numberjumps after more than a thousand people working at a slaughterhouse test positive. Going to the cinema, a restaurant and a pub could soon be possible again in england as part of the governments easing of the lockdown. Borisjohnson is expected to announce that the two metre social distancing rule will be reduced so more places can open and be financially viable. Sector by sector guidance is going to be published on how businesses like hairdressers and hotels can reopen in a covid secure way. Art galleries and museums will also be allowed to open up with measures like one way systems put in place. And customers at pubs and bars may have to sign guest books, so that they could be traced if they c