declaring his involvement in helping britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, secure a loan. thousands of people in new zealand are left without power as parts of the country endure the start of a severe storm with warnings of more destruction to come. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson hello and welcome to political thinking. the row about how and why a rapist called adam ended up in a women s prison has shone a spotlight on a debate which in truth, has been raging notjust for months, but for years. at the centre of that debate is the charity and campaigning organisation stonewall. my guest on political thinking this week is the new chair of stonewall. he s iain anderson and he s got a cv that might surprise you. he s a lifelong conservative. he went to school with michael gove in aberdeen and he ended up running a leadership campaign for ken clarke. he s also a westminster insider who s operated behind the scenes at very
as putin s unilateral ceasfire appears to have had little effect on the frontline. iran hangs two men for allegedly killing a security official during anti government protests. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show. welcome to the media show. in a minute, we re going to talk about the christmas period and what it taught us about advertising, both about what ads are working and where companies are wanting to spend their money. we ll also talk to stephen lambert from studio lambert, which made the runaway hit for the bbc, the traitors. but before we do all of that, let s talk about channel 4 privatisation, because it looks like it could be off. global s podcast the news agents broke this story. it s got hold of a letter from the culture secretary, michelle donelan, sent to the prime minister, which appears to advise against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4 s sustainability. let s bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broad
breakfast. it s thursday the 7th of december. our main story. rishi sunak is considering who to appoint as immigration minister following robertjenrick s dramatic resignation. he left in protest against new legislation designed to give the government the power to send migrants to rwanda. mrjenrick says the bill, which will be presented to parliament today, doesn t go far enough, because people arriving in small boats can still challenge their deportation to rwanda at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. it s nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes this a moment of perilfor rishi sunak. do you think the prime minister will be able to stop the boats, mr jenrick? as immigration minister, robertjenrick had vowed to see asylum seekers deported to rwanda even after the supreme court ruled the plan unlawful. this was tuesday
to weather we see rain off the atlantic? there is a question about sunday s weather. we could see some rain on sunday but it could be much slower to move in and we might stay dry for most of sunday, still hanging on a bit of sunshine. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the row between the prime minister, his home secretary and the country s most senior police officer over the pro palestinian march on saturday ramps up dramatically tonight. suella braverman accuses the met police of playing favourites with protestors . the labour leader accuses the government of picking a fight with the police and calls on the pm to hold suella braverman accountable . former deputy m