the weekend when they run their numbers the weekend when they run their numbers because the liberal democrats are doing well. good -oint democrats are doing well. good point about democrats are doing well. good point about the democrats are doing well. good point about the pact democrats are doing well. good point about the pact of - point about the pact of convenience as you put it. let s have a quick look at the scene in wakefield for you because that s where we are waiting for someone to appear at that microphone, behind world class wakefield. we will get to that when we can. i was going to say we have got, yes, sean kemp as well with us, sean is special adviser to the lib dems during the if i can call them the coalition years. good to see you as well. ed davey has gone very early, hasn t he, with his tweet about the need for a bigger hammer.- for a bigger hammer. does it sur-rise for a bigger hammer. does it surprise you? for a bigger hammer. does it surprise you? a for
parts of the country, the heineken prime minister, with this personality, and that is an important part, a central part and it is being eroded. thank you for watching on bbc world news. just developing that theme, it is weird to see where it will go on the prime minister cannot get home quick enough, canny? he minister cannot get home quick enough. canny? enough, canny? he is a lucky politician enough, canny? he is a lucky politician because enough, canny? he is a lucky politician because it - enough, canny? he is a lucky politician because it seems . enough, canny? he is a lucky| politician because it seems to me almost certain that had that attempt to push not happened when it did, and it wasn t particularly organised, it fell over the threshold when it did but if it hadn t happened, will be looking at a no confidence vote first monday morning and it would have been more difficult for him to do what he has done which is to say look, this is difficult but i can pull it back. when
he took us there in 2006. his mother did laundry for the local brothels, his dad always looking for work at a miner. during that visit to search light, he casual live pointed out where his father took his own life at 58 years old. this house right here, that last room is a bedroom. that s where he killed himself. reporter: he fought his way out of bofrt as a boxer. as a politician, he was never afraid to punch below the belt. he even took on the mob as a young politician in las vegas. a wide variety of adjectives have been written. scrappy, tough, blunt, canny behind the scenes, mastermind, ruthless. are all those fair? if that s what people think, that s what they think. they re entitled to their
most one of the grandest miscalculations on the world stage of anybody in our lifetime. yeah, that moment at the end of the last jedi comes as luke skywalker brushes off his shoulder and he tastes the planet, which i never understood, but you are right about the former president. he throughout his time as a candidate and as president of the united states was wildly deferential to vladimir putin. we saw him in helsinki side with putin over the u.s. intelligence agencies about their assessment of russia s election interference, and he hasn t backed off of that. we know he has been drawn to strong men, putin in particular, and was praising as savvy, smart and canny. we have seen trump have to back
as a politician, he was never afraid to punch below the belt. he even took on the mob as a young politician in las vegas. a wide variety of adjectives have been written about you. some good, some bad. reporter: let me read a few. scrappy, tough, blunt, canny behind the scenes mastermind, ruthless. all those fair? well, that s what people think. if that s what they think, they re entitled to their opinion. reporter: as senate democratic leader, reid was a polarizing figure. they argued a lot of gridlock stemmed from his tactics. seeing the turning of the tide. reporter: he revelled in playing the bad guy. calling george w. bush a loser and liar long before politicians used those l words. i don t care. i don t want to be somebody i m not. reporter: during the trump presidency, however, he changed his tune about bush. in hindsight, i wish every