that breaking the rules on covid was a mistake? for me, actually, iam more interested in the fact that we are failing and falling behind in being a global leader that we could be, so, for example, things that we really should be on the forefront of, afghanistan, ethiopian, which is basically a civil war at the moment, droughts in the horn of africa, and other things that really should be taking precedent at the moment are not being talked about. i think a lot of the departments that could be doing great work are actually falling behind. afghanistan, in what way? afghanistan, the fact that 90% of afghans population are starving, the fact that we have actually just ignored the taliban, the way that they are treating women. i think we were completely wrong in the way that we cut and run, and, yes, america did what it did but, ultimately, i think we should have held ourselves to a higher standard of respect and duty of care to the people that we were basically working with for almost 20 y
or goes or whatever happens, i want to be able to make sure that there are civil servants, there are ministers, and there are people that are in this country that continue the work that i care about. well, if he ever does go, some people will think it is because he doesn t do what you have just said you do, he doesn t respect due process. is that a fair comment? politics is an interesting space. has it been an uncomfortable thing for you? somebody who believes in those values? yeah. to watch some of the things happening in downing street? it is a very interesting space to be in and i think, i think that the greatest friends are those that hold you accountable, hold a mirror to you, so, you know, like i say, i can kind of respect people but not necessarily agree with them wholeheartedly. you think mistakes were made, that breaking the rules on covid was a mistake? for me, actually, iam more interested in the fact that we are failing and falling behind in being a global leader that we co
well? ithink it is, it is always going to be there, even - well? ithink it is, it is always going to be there, even for. well? i think it is, it is always - going to be there, even for myself, the border going to be there, even for myself, the border issue will play a part in my vote the border issue will play a part in my vote. but i see a lot of young people. my vote. but i see a lot of young people, saying we can put the border question people, saying we can put the border question on people, saying we can put the border question on the back burner and deal with education and health before we consider with education and health before we consider whether or not a united ireland consider whether or not a united ireland is consider whether or not a united ireland is on the agenda. because now that ireland is on the agenda. because now that is ireland is on the agenda. because now that is not affecting young people now that is not affecting young people. they are being
the steps the biden administration have taken have been informed by its disastrous experience in afghanistan. two different countries, different regions, but they seem to have tried to learn some lessons, this tabletoping exercise, trying to get ahead of decision-making, closing the embassy here, giving ample warning to americans to leave the country, as well as trying to get on the same page with allies early about standing up to russia. can you say that the administration sufficiently learned lessons from past failures such as in afghanistan? i think we can certainly be encouraged. they aren t doing things differently. in particular, the pathway they re opening for americans to get out, to get across the polish border is very, very important. and it sends a signal, we did learn that lesson, and i think that they have they have done a good job moving the allies to the forefront of, the germans
that also announces they will accept apple pay and google page may not be best positioned to be at the forefront to start accepting bitcoin but we will see how this progresses over the course of the next few months. the other issue is the have far greater problems with how people are paying for their services, over the course of the months and years and this is a space that before the pandemic was already viewed as one that could potentially struggle in the coming years and any post pandemic world we are very much seeing the challenges that will face. i don t think this is its biggest issue but clearly one that its new list of investors is something that they want to be at the forefront of. let s get some of the day s other news: amazon has said it will compensate customers who suffer injury or property damage from defective goods sold by independent sellers on its us platform. from 1st september it will pay valid claims of up to $1,000, which make up more than 80% of injury and damag