he is the son of the first muslim mp in britain, the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electric? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know. the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person s mouth doing the treatment and i used to always have this thing with my patients when they came in, i always used to try and loosen them up, say, you know, don t worry, i m a pain free dentist. i never feel any pain. and, you know, that, that interaction part was what i loved about dentistry and actually the people interaction part is what i love about politics as well. i was going to say. although some
thank you. it is just over a year since you were released from captivity after being held by the pro russian forces in occupied donetsk. looking at you, your physical scars have healed. what about your mental scars? erm, definitely my physical scars have definitely healed or, like, i m now a lot bigger compared to when i was released. i m sure everyone would remember the images. i was a lot skinnier than i am now. but i think mentally, you know, i m mentally better than i was, especially, like, just coming out of captivity. erm, but as most people can probably observe, like, i still have, like, a lot of issues mentallyjust dealing with going back out into the big wide world after going through what we did go through. i am wondering how a youth in his late teens turning 20 could become so fixated on fighting in other people s wars. because that s what happened. pretty much, erm, and i think.| think, like, the important thing to realise is.is that, like, my childhood, like, whe
aiden aslin, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is just over a year since you were released from captivity after being held by the pro russian forces in occupied donetsk. looking at you, your physical scars have healed. what about your mental scars? erm, definitely my physical scars have definitely healed or, like, i m now a lot bigger compared to when i was released. i m sure everyone would remember the images. i was a lot skinnier than i am now. but i think mentally, you know, i m mentally better than i was, especiallyjust coming out of captivity. but as most people can probably observe, i still have, like, a lot of issues mentallyjust dealing with going back out into the big wide world after going through what we did go through. i am wondering how a youth in his late teens turning 20 in his late teens, turning 20, could become so fixated on fighting in other people s wars, because that s what happened. cos that s what happened. pretty much, and i think, the important thing
it s monday 12th june. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson has already seen a copy of their report and he resigned as an mp on friday describing the common s privileges committee as a kangaroo court. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. this is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i m sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain t
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