the border posts are there very specifically for the red lane, because, as part of having a green lane where goods flow freely within our uk internal market, if goods are actually going to the republic of ireland, ie, going into the eu, well, that s not our country and it s entirely reasonable that we have checks for those types of goods and we also check when we suspect criminality or smuggling. and that s something that the government has always said that it would do and has been longstanding practice, actually. there will still be checks in the green channel. i mean, far less than there are at the moment. there will still be checks. no, there won t be routine checks for goods moving from great britain to northern ireland. there will be checks where we suspect criminalisty or smuggling. and i think everyone listening will think, well, that s a sensible thing to do. if we think people are breaking the law, we should be checking things. and i don t think anyone would disagree with that
state, so you have a good sense of the american sentiment in the discussion that s going on here in america. there s a new poll from the associated press that shows american support for sending weapons to ukraine s considerably down. from last year. are you at all concerned about that waning support especially as it relates to a growing number of republican leaders who now control the house and they control the money that can be sent to ukraine, expressing their concern that america is spending too much on this war? i ve heard some members of congress say that, but frankly, that s a small minority. i ve been speaking to republicans and democrats of congress, almost every day, and what i hear from the leadership of republicans and democrats to be able to increase the support to ukraine. now, to everyone listening, i have to tell you this, i understand this is a difficult
support to ukraine. now, to everyone listening, i have to tell you this, i understand this is a difficult story to follow every day. i understand how some people maybe getting tired, but i will tell you this, this fight that is happening thousands of miles away from this part of the world, there is no safe distance when an autocrat sitting on nuclear weapons is convinced that he could defend bend the will of leaders. this is what putin is doing. he believes, he said this in his last speech that the west is weak, that the marcy is corrupt and immoral, that we don t have the gust to stand up to him and his strength. that is his we will tell you what will happen if he wins it, our democracy capacity to protect their power and strength in the
i think what s most indicative is that there was no comment from twitter. and secondly, when someone on twitter asked elon musk about the banning of the bbc documentary, his response was, this is the first i ve heard of it. yeah. infact, rishi, rishi, before you go on, i ve got that tweet in front of me so i can read it for everyone listening. he said, it s the first i ve heard of it. it s not possible for me to fix every aspect of twitter worldwide overnight while still running tesla and spacex, among other things. so he was claiming he hasn t been involved in this matter at all. yeah. and it s also, as soon as he took over the company in october, soon after he laid off roughly half its global staff, and reportedly many of those cuts were in india, in places like nigeria and the broader africa team, where twitter was also briefly banned, and i think the big shift, i would say, is that twitter in the past, as i as i mentioned earlier,
and social media companies. i think what s most indicative is that there was no comment from twitter. and secondly, when someone on twitter asked elon musk about the banning of the bbc documentary, his response was, this is the first i ve heard of it. yeah. infact, rishi, rishi, before you go on, i ve got that tweet in front of me so i can read it for everyone listening. he said, it s the first i ve heard of it. it s not possible for me to fix every aspect of twitter worldwide overnight while still running tesla and spacex, among other things. so he was claiming he hasn t been involved in this matter at all. yeah. and it s also, as soon as he took over the company in october, soon after he laid off roughly half its global staff, and reportedly many of those cuts were in india, in places like nigeria and the broader africa team, where twitter was also briefly banned,