Its been a big news week on both sides of the atlantic with the budget dominating the domestic agenda, and in the united states, the president s state of the Union Address and super tuesday. The latter, a series of primary votes in 15 states and one territory, crucial in selecting the candidates for this autumn s president ial election, pretty much confirmed what we already knew that were heading for a Rerun Contest of biden versus trump. The bbc s coverage elicited this response from graham, in chingford. Last week, we broadcast a plea from viewer alan watts for a ban on the word expected and on speculation in general in regard to coverage leading up to the budget. As we speculated might be the case, his appeal fell on deaf ears. So, do we have any sense of which taxes might be cut . The government wants a positive headline, so we understand they are carrying on with trying to cut personal taxes. Weve got the chancellor in two days time. If he was listening tonight, what are you hopin
is there a purge of the left? and the decision that will resonate around and the decision that will resonate around the and the decision that will resonate around the world. what will trump s trial mean around the world. what will trump s trial mean for his election chances? trump s trial. welcome to newsnight, live each weeknight at 10:30pm. our political panel with us this evening samuel kasumu, who was a special advisor to borisjohnson he resigned as the former pm s race advisor. and coco khan, who is co host of left leaning podcast, save the uk. welcome to verified live. welcomed to newsnight. we re starting tonight as we did last night talking about diane abbott. back now as a labour mp having been suspended, but uncertain, it would seem, about whether she would be able to stand at this election if she wanted to. she says been barred sir keir starmer says that s not true. here she is tonight at a rally in her london constituency. i promise you that, as l