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
in the treatment of her family by the criminaljustice system . our correspondent daniel de simone broke this story here s his report. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of those officers were bill ilsley and ian crampton, pictured here after being criticised by a landmark public inquiry 25 years ago. the others were brian weeden and his deputy ben bullock. prosecutors have been considering whether to charge the four with misconduct in a public office for investigative failures. the conclusion by pros
independent treasury officials have costed labour s policies and they amount to a £2000 tax rights for working family. it looks like now the chief treasury civil servant actually wrote to labour at two days ago saying the conservative assessment of their tax plan should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. the debate sought the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged over hospital waiting lists among other things. with a rant out of the highlights from that debate, this is our political correspondent ian watson. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 14 years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know
And well speak to a woman who says she was sexually harassed by the former fox news star bill oreilly. Hello. Welcome to cornwall. We are pretty much in the middle of the county, and we are just off the much in the middle of the county, and we arejust off the high and we are just off the high street, in the main square, a small, pretty square. We are talking to all sorts of people here ahead of the General Election. We are asking about the things they care about with 30 days to go. A lot of people say they dont have a great deal of time for politicians. They feel pretty forgotten, actually. Geographically, they are 300 miles away from westminster. We will hear from pledge of them this morning in detail. Wherever you are, get in touch. What issues do you care most about ahead of this General Election . We will hear from about ahead of this General Election . We will hearfrom more about ahead of this General Election . We will hear from more of you after the news. Our top story today, th
That everybody wants. Many of the ideas have a popular ring on the doorstep. Will voters trust those bearing the message . David grossman has been gauging reaction. I normally vote for labour. Im a member of the labour party. But im loathe to say what i really think at the minute. Go on, tell me. No. And where does this manifesto fit into the political firmament . 0ur panel is raring to go, with our left right blackboard. Good evening. It was not so long ago we moaned about all Political Parties looking and sounding the same. Failure to offer proper choice to the voter, failure to bring anything new to the table. Well, no one looking at labours manifesto in whatever form it finally emerges can parrot that line now. If the leaked draft remains true to character, then this is a bold political treatise, and one were exploring across the show tonight. It offers a role for the state, perhaps not seen since the post war days of clement attlee. It seeks bigger National Services for both healt