Now on Bbc News political thinking with nick robinson. Hello, And welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than a newsy interrogation, of someone who shapes our political thinking about what a shape theirs. My guest this week has just celebrated ending the longest Train Drivers strike in history a strike that was blamed for crippling the railways And angered many, many travellers. His members haVe Got a 15 Pay Rise over three years. He is Mick Whelan, The General secretary of aslef. He said that his members strength, resilience, And determination was what had won that Pay Rise others say it was down to his crafty negotiation style. Mick whelan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. You finally got a deal after all that time how did you celebrate . Erm, by talking to the press. As soon as it becomes public knowledge, you And your colleagues obviously, so sky, bbc, the guardian, the usual outlets, And press will be Here Today With You And once you ve done that,
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britain, what do you think of it? do you still have trust in the police? are you getting what you need from the police? give us a call, give us a text. we will about that. right now, here is the news. a 15 year old boy who died after being followed by police whilst riding an e bike has been named locally as saul cookson. the incident happened yesterday afternoon in salford. he collided with an ambulance. north west ambulance service has told the bbc the vehicle was moving at the time, but it was not on an active call. the incident has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. the chief inspector of constabulary, andy cooke, has warned public trust in policing is hanging by a thread. he s blamed a series of scandals and the failure to get the basics right. mr cooke wants to have the ability to order police forces to make changes when there are serious public safety concerns. the treasury says the windfall tax on energy firms will remain until march 2028. but
next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead. we re going to get into this. we re in the midterm homestretch. what you see from senator kennedy is not actually an aberration at this point. many republicans are turning to fear tactics, tropes, racial references, and sometimes outright documented racism in this part of the final weeks of this campaign. some candidates are used in the past racial dog whistles. that s the tactic where you re signaling a type of racism to one audience while preserving your deniability. but lately the right wing relied on social sirens than any dual whistling. crime is up in america and that could be a valid issue for campaigns but some republicans are literally campaigning on the false racist accusation that black americans would be the cause of all american crime. and i m going to show you exactly the quote so you can decide for yourself what you re hearing. but i want to you know up front, this is not like a fringe or rookie candidate. in th
firing up the divisive rhetoric instead of the grill. why would you ever do that? bashing america on the day meant to celebrate our freedom. although patriotism has been taking a real hit over the last decade. check out this poll. it is shocking. only 39% of those surveyed said that they were proud of the country while 56% said they were not. that is a pretty dramatic shift from how things were back in 2011. this year, the left anger over the supreme court s decision on abortion seems to be fueling things. in arizona, the democratic party hosted this and deleted the tweet promoting a woman s march that was called f the fourth telling fox out while posting the graphic was a mistake, it still supports the event. not taking a back. the orlando that he council sparked fury with this email about the july 4th fireworks writing that a lot of people probably don t want to celebrate our nation right now and we can t blame them when there is so much division, hate, and unrest, why on e