Of racist rhetoric and behavior in the conservative and labor parties. This runs 45 minutes. Mr. Bercow questions to the Prime Minister. Lillian greenwood. Number one. Mr. Bercow the Prime Minister. Pm may thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i am sure members will want to congratulate all those who took part in what was a great weekend of sport. In particular, we congratulate Lewis Hamilton for his record sixth win in the british grand prix. On monday, i was able to welcome and and on monday, i was able to welcome englands cricket team to downing street, following their brilliant performance in winning the cricket world cup. As i said to them, they are a team that reflects the very best of modern britain and a team that plays like no other in the world. Im sure the house ought to join me in wishing all the best to the nations taking part in the next world cup. Mr. Bercow lillian greenwood. The congratulations. We are very heart proud to host some of those games. Not counting the Oldes
Mr. Bercow the Prime Minister. Pm may thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i am sure members will want to congratulate all those who took part in what was a great weekend of sport. In particular, we congratulate Lewis Hamilton for his record sixth win in the british grand prix. On monday, i was able to lcome englands cricket Team Following street their brilliant performance in winning the cricket world cup. As i said to them, they are a team that reflects the very best of modern britain and a team that plays like no other in the world. Mr. Speaker, i am sure the house will want to join me in wishing all the best to the home nations taking part in the netball world cup in liverpool. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Mr. Bercow lillian greenwood. Ms. Greenwood i join the Prime Minister in offering our congratulations, particularly to the england team that won the cric
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Kicked off last night, with hosts france easing to a dominant 4 0 win over south korea. A new law to protect Service Animals comes into force today. Nicknamed finns law after a police dog who was stabbed, well be meeting finn in the studio in the next half hour. And at 10. 30, the travel show follows tony giles an independent blind backpacker as he heads to ethiopia. One of the frontrunners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. In an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldnt rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. Dominic raab, who is also running to become conservative party leader, said he thought mr gove deserved a Second Chance. Im not sure i want to be in the business of commenting on other candidates, but i think michael set out that he made a mistake, it was a long time ago. People willjudge it as it
Hello, good morning. Welcome to bbc news. One of the front runners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. In an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldnt rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. Our political reporter peter saull explained why mr gove may have decided to talk about his past. His message really in that interview is, judge me on my record in parliament and not what i may or may not have done. Michael gove is clearly one of the front runners in this conservative leadership contest which gets under way this week, with the first round of voting taking place on thursday. He may feel that this is about clearing the decks, so to speak. Putting it out there, past misdemeanours, and i suppose he will still rely on the support of a lot of his colleagues within the conservative party. He does have quite