His mum was a nurse. And Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, born in guilford, and as a child was so poor that when her dad left the family, her cats had to be put down. Shes the only one who doesnt yet have enough support to get to the final round of the contest. Weve got an audience of labour supporters and voters, weve got 90 minutes. What do you need to hear that will convince you . Let me know. Also, borisjohnson is reshuffling his top team , theres one casualty already, julian smith, the Northern Ireland secretary, has been been sacked. Well bring you news on that throughout the programme. Welcome to the programme, live until 11 with a studio full of labour supporters in the four mps who want to lead them. Applause good morning. Who do you want to be the next leader of the labour party and potentially your next Prime Minister . After four election defeats for the party, its going to be a very big job. You know we absolutely welcome your views on this programme you are
70 of the marches are attended by young white people, who say it is not in our name. We see the connection between what happened to an african 4,000 miles away and the people we are glorifying in the country and there are statues black lives matter have drawn up a hitlist lives matter have drawn up a hit list of 60. But i think in anticipation of further demonstrations for statues for people like cecil rhodes. Im not sure if you went to oxford. Yes i did. Were you offended when you passed the college and saw that statuary day . Statue every passed the college and saw that statuary day . Statue every day . I didnt go to that college, i wasnt aware, i knew of the the rhodes scholars. We had no social media, the rest of the world doesnt exist, in my fourth year i became much more aware and you go and get into the world of work, where it is very different for students now, theyre more plugged in and active and they feel that they can make an impact, not least because they have social media
Now, its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. You turn if you want to. Labour keep up the pressure on the Prime Minister. The government has had three three u turns in the last month. We had Immigration Health charges, then mps voting, then free school meals. Borisjohnson voting, then free school meals. Boris johnson says voting, then free school meals. Borisjohnson says getting children back to school would help tackle poverty. Lets hear it from him one more time. Will he say that schools are safe to go back to . Come on. But school still out for many children. Mps demand answers. Why is it that children and parents can have access to primark over the next few months but most wont have access to schools. All that to more, but first i minister s questions. Boris johnson and keir starmer clashed over Child Poverty and getting youngsters back to school. Boris johnson faced mps 2a hours after his u turn on free school meals, p
Officers urges the force to stand up to racists, as anti racism demos continue. I keep using the term that it felt ilke i was shot with a cannon. The 29 year old mum of two, blinded in one eye after being allegedly shot by a Police Rubber Bullet in california at a black lives protest. Yet she tells me she has no regrets aboutjoining the demonstration for equality. And more than 30 years after the assassination of swedish prime minsiter olof palme, police say the main suspect is a man who died 20 years ago. Good morning. The Prime Minister is expected to announce more plans to ease lockdown retrictions in england at the daily downing street briefing later today. The Prime Minister is to announce Outdoor Attractions including zoos, safari parks and drive in cinemas will be allowed to reopen from monday as long as they follow social distancing rules. It comes the day after the government admitted most primary schoolchildren in england would not go back before the end of term. In other mai
Minister flailing around, trying to blame others. Last week he was telling the house that it was not yet safe for kids to go back to school. This week, he is saying not enough kids are going back. A dire forecast for the Global Economy the biggest downturn in peacetime in a century, with the uk hardest hit of developed countries escape from lockdown human beings will be allowed out to visit zoos and safari parks from next week. Councils under pressure to act as other controversial statues are targetted by protestors. Applause and calls to celebrate the nhss 72nd birthday and thank key workers for their support during the pandemic with a nationwide clap next month. Boris johnson has been forced to defend his plans for re opening schools in tetchy exchanges during Prime Ministers questions. After the governments u turn on getting Primary Schoolchildren in england back before the summer break, labour leader sir keir starmer told him he needed to take responsibility for a mess and accused