the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electorate? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know. the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person s mouth doing the treatment, and i used to always have this thing with my patients when they came in, i always used to try and loosen them up, say, you know, don t worry, i m a pain free dentist. i never feel any pain. and, you know, that, that interaction part was what i loved about dentistry and actually the people interaction part is what i love about politics as well. i was going to say. although some people would say being a dentist, really deep
he is the son of the first muslim mp in britain, the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electric? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know. the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person s mouth doing the treatment and i used to always have this thing with my patients when they came in, i always used to try and loosen them up, say, you know, don t worry, i m a pain free dentist. i never feel any pain. and, you know, that, that interaction part was what i loved about dentistry and actually the people interaction part is what i love about politics as well. i was going to say. although some
control of how the public services are being run in northern ireland and instead permanent secretaries within northern ireland executive departments running the day to day operations and at this point we are yet to receive a budget folly next year but that budget will be signed off by the northern ireland secretary of state. the detail of the decisions as to where there will be spending cuts and decisions will lie at the foot of civil servants rather than elected politicians and thatis rather than elected politicians and that is a concern. that is a concern. thank you for “oininu that is a concern. thank you for joining us- that is a concern. thank you for joining us. brendan that is a concern. thank you for joining us. brendan hughes - that is a concern. thank you for- joining us. brendan hughes looking at the address from president biden. we saw earlier him meeting the sooner can be have had a comment from the prime minister about the meeting. it s great to welcome p
its lowest level for nearly two years. consumer prices rose by 5% of the year to march, a far cry from the 9% it was that in june. but there are warnings of a possible recession in the pipeline. our business reporter is katie silver, she s been looking through the dater and joins me now on the programme. great to have you on the show. this looks pretty optimistic, doesn t it was back it s good news it isn t it? it’s doesn t it was back it s good news it isn t it? news it isn t it? it s good news it isn t it? it s good news but it news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs - news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs to - news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs to be i news but it needs to be analysed further and taken with analysed further and taken with a grain of salt. inflation is down and there are warnings every session but still we are hearing the fed may hike rates for the three things that don t normally go together. in terms of the inflation figure w
andy murray will be on court in a couple of hours, and novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. we speak to the woman who s run 150 consecutive marathons and just completed an epic run across australia. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we re seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the