week. it wasn t a prime minister, it was a junior minister who, if i m honest, most of us and even he would accept hadn t heard of him, but he left in the most extraordinary way. resigned at the dispatch box and in the process accused his government of being indifferent, uh, arrogant rather, indifferent and ignorant about something like £4 billion worth of fraud that had taken place over money given to businesses that apparently didn t exist but people were given money by the government, taxpayers money, during the covid lockdown. it s an extraordinary state of affairs, and yet in truth that seems to have attracted a lot less attention than this business. yes, it does, and i think maybe that s also a bit of the nature of the british lobby or the journalists reporting on politics in the uk, because they are all now very much concentrated and focusing on what is happening
if i m honest, most of us and even he would accept hadn t heard of him, but he left in the most extraordinary way. resigned at the dispatch box and in the process accused his government of being indifferent, uh, arrogant rather, indifferent and ignorant about something like £4 billion worth of fraud that had taken place over money given to businesses that apparently didn t exist but people were given money by the government, taxpayers money, during the covid lockdown. it s an extraordinary state of affairs, and yet in truth that seems to have attracted a lot less attention than this business. yes, it does, and i think maybe that s also a bit of the nature of the british lobby or the journalists reporting on politics in the uk, because they are all now very much concentrated and focusing on what is happening in downing street and not so much what is happening in the lords that was in the lords. but i must admit, i heard
seems that governments on either side of the channel are unable to stop people from making this deadly crossing. life goes on as normal here, as it must a life so many have risked everything to share in a place they wanted to call home. in the barbers, david said he wanted to speak up for those lost. ijust feel the need to help people who are in desperate need, instead ofjust sending them back and letting them die in them dinghies. luke, here to get a haircut in preparation for his first professional boxing match, hadn t heard what had happened until we spoke. it s sad. it is sad. i mean, we re fortunate and very lucky to sort of be born in this country and things, you know? so i understand why people put their lives at risk. i mean, if it was me, i d probably try and do the same, so it s sad, but then there must be another way, you know? compassion came first
decision, now some say we should have started mass evacuations sooner and couldn t this have been done in a more orderly manner? i respectfully disagree. imagine if we begun evacuations in june or july, bringing in thousands of american troops and evacuating more than 120,000 people in the middle of a civil war. there still would have been a rush to the airport. a breakdown in confidence in control of the government and still would have been very difficult and dangerous mission. imagine that, though. listen, president of the united states saying i take responsibility. sounds odd. that s the way it should be. but we hadn t heard that in at least five years. the president also incysting that he remains committed to
in a more orderly manner? i respectfully disagree. imagine if we d begun evacuations in june or july, bringing in thousands of american troops and evacuating more than 120,000 people in the middle of a civil war. there still would have been a rush to the airport. a breakdown in confidence in control of the government and it still would have been a very difficult and dangerous mission. imagine that, though. listen, president of the united states saying i take responsibility. sounds odd. that s the way it should be. but we hadn t heard that in at least five years. the president also insisting that he remains committed to helping americans that still want to leave. the bottom line, 90% of americans in afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to