Because of all of the debating, speaking, you know. Because of all of the debating, speaking, you know. And karaoke singing. 0k, singing. So, its been a great week here in liverpool. Yes, first Labour Conference in government for 15 years. Its hot Lemon And Honey in front of you. And i dont think were breaking any great secret to reveal that you were singing karaoke at the daily Mirror Party in the early hours of last night, or the early hours of this morning. And people call me the Fun Police. I do not understand. Why do you accept that . Its been a somewhat curious atmosphere here. Yes, definitely. Celebration. Ive seen lots of people, big smiles on their faces, thinking were in government again at last, but also a kind of unease. Well, i think we always knew that we would be in a period of post euphoria. Of post euphoria. Of post euphoria, pre delivery because Real Change takes time. And yes, im proud of some of the things ive done in my first weeks in office, whether thats the Junk
One of labours most high profile left wIng politicians criticises Keir Starmer fOr treatIng her, In her wOrds, as a Non Person and accuses him of tryIng to get rid of her from the party. Welcome to newsnight, live each night with Insight and Interviews. Earlier, Sir Ed Davey gave his leaders address to the Liberal Democrat conference. Insight this evenIng from the woman who led the party befOre him, jo swInson. Welcome to you. And Labour Peer LOrd falconer is here too, as is nick. Hello. Hello. Welcome back from briahton. Our maIn Interview Tonight is with one of the countrys most well known politicians, Labour Mp Diane abbott. In an Exclusive Bbc Interview, she tells newsnight she felt that Keir Starmer treatEd Her as a Non Person In the aftermath of comments from a conservative donOr that Ms Abbott needed to be shot. Those remarks, by the way, she says actually made her feel In danger. And she estimates that through her WOrkIng Life as an mp, shes received Tens Of Thousands of Death
And henry at home. And today, paddy, i think we ended up basically doing a lot of really similar things on the wireless and on the telly box, because we were asking if politics in the uk has a Racism Problem and you were asking. . Is politics a big stinking pot with the lid come off . Oh, so that was cheery then . Well, kind of. I mean, we spoke to a 19 year old who i first met on radio two when he was 16. Hes a member of the Youth Parliament called dev sharma. He says ive absolutely no desire to join this unsafe, illogical game called parliament. Over the past few years, weve seen it become i so immoralised, become so murky and just full of cheap political stunts. That doesnt really represent what we want. Youre 19. Do you want to go into politics in parliament . Not any more. So i represent. Im part of the Youth Parliament currently, and i speak to my fellow Youth Parliamentarians. And politics doesnt. Seem to reward sanity. It seems to reward a sort of radicalism or having to take a
Up basically doing a lot of really similar things on the wireless and on the telly box, because we were asking if politics in the uk has a Racism Problem and you were asking. . Is politics a big stinking pot with the lid come off . Oh, so that was cheery then . Well, kind of. I mean, we spoke to a 19 year old who i first met on radio two when he was 16. Hes a member of the Youth Parliament called dev sharma. He says ive absolutely no desire to join this unsafe, illogical game called parliament. Over the past few years, weve seen it become i so immoralised, become so murky and just full of cheap political stunts. That doesnt really represent what we want. Youre 19. Do you want to go into politics in parliament . Not any more. So i represent. Im part of the Youth Parliament currently, and i speak to my fellow Youth Parliamentarians. And politics doesnt. Seem to reward sanity. It seems to reward a sort of radicalism or having to take a really strong view i and then sticking to it. That is
Borisjohnson, largely absent up behind him, with the manager, iea boris johnson, largely absent from the table. Clearly not very happy and there is no love lost between the former leader, former Prime Minister and the outgoing First Minister. There was also another tricky exchange when Mark Drakeford discussed simon hart, the Welsh Secretary for the uk government throughout the pandemic. He was giving evidence on friday when she said she felt as though the Welsh Government was making decisions during the pandemicjust for the during the pandemic just for the sake during the pandemicjust for the sake of it, to be different to the uk government. Mark drakeford completely refuted that and noted simon hart did not give any evidence to back up that theory. Also Mark Drakeford said that simon hart got to the stage where he did not have much to do with the start of the pandemic, otherthan much to do with the start of the pandemic, other than essentially borrowing bothering Mark Drakeford about