Sanctuary , but we will not be sanctuary, but we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if, in effect simply being gay or a woman or fearful of discrimination in your country, of origin is sufficient to qualify for protection. Qualify for protection. Labour was quick to react. Labour was quick to react. The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper , accusing the Yvette Cooper, accusing the government of failing to set out any new plans to tackle the small boats crisis and saying theyre looking for a scapegoat to try and target lesbian and gay people from countries like uganda where they face serious persecution when they also only make up around 2 of asylum applications in the uk is just trying to distract people from her own failure where she should instead be getting a grip rather than ramping up the rhetoric and focusing on her failure to tackle the criminal gangs or to sort out the chaos in the asylum system. Sir ed davey says his system. Sir ed davey says his party would make nh
The programme. Um, email me mail mog gbnews. Com. Now its time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. Polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you. Good evening. Well, the top story is that the home secretary has said today migrants arriving in small boats have put an immeasurable pressure on the uks asylum system and the british taxpayer delivering a speech in washington in the united states, Suella Braverman also argued that being discriminated against for being gay or a woman wasnt enough to qualify for asylum. Um, where individuals are being persecuted. It is right that we offer sanctuary , but we that we offer sanctuary, but we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if in effect simply being gay or a woman or fearful of discrimination in your country of origin alone is sufficient to qualify for protection. Protection. Labour reacted with the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper , saying the government cooper, saying the government had failed to set out any new plans to tackle
The Public Sector. Plus its whatever happened to the days when, palmerston put it when, as lord palmerston put it , a british in whatever , a british subject in whatever land he may be, shall feel confident that the watchful eye and strong arm of england and the strong arm of england will protect him against injustice and wrong. Today marks the 1,000th day of the imprisonment of british citizen jemmy lai in hong kong as he faces spending the rest of his life endurance while for the crime of being in favour of democracy. See, i spoke to his son earlier who is asking why the British Government isnt defending its citizens. State of defending its citizens. State of the nation starts now. The nation starts now. Ill be joined by an illustrious panel this evening. Alleged former tory mp and criminal barrister gerry hayes, and the author and broadcaster michael crick. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Um, email me mail mog gbnews. Com. Now its time for th
44 people were arrested there last night and missouri Highway Patrol captain ron johnson praised some protesters for helping to keep the peace. A lot of the protesters that came out for peaceful protests actually were assisting us tonight. But, once again, there are those that are stuck on violence that combat themselves with the peaceful protesters. As protesters march last night, Darren Wilson was speaking out for the first time telling abc news his conscious is clear. Is there anything you could have done differently that would have prevented that killing from taking place . No. Nothing . No. And youre absolutely convinced when you look through your heart and your mind that if Michael Brown were white, this would have gone down in exactly the same way. No. No question . No question. After also speaking out last night to Msnbcs Chris Hayes was Michael Browns friend who was there and witnessed the fatal shooting. Nothing is being done about it and i feel like, you know, he could have
Tonight, an all in America Special edition. This is Michael Moore in trump country. Now heres chris hayes with Michael Moore. Good evening, from factory 2 in flint, michigan, im chris hayes, coming to you from the state that was at the epicenter of Donald Trumps slip but seismic victory. The state hadnt picked a republican for president in almost 30 years, since 1988. Heading into election day, polls showed Hillary Clinton with a fairly comfortable lead, but in the end donald trump won here by a margin of less than 11,000 votes, the equivalent of two votes per precinct. The shock of Donald Trumps victory has repeated itself almost every day of his presidency, the nation for a past year and a half in a perpetual state of crisis and upheaval. There was one person who saw this coming, filmmaker Michael Moore wrote in 2016 about the five reasons he thought donald trump would win, starting with president s appeal in the midwestern states like michigan, hes got a new film examining how he go