residency and other rights of an attacker s family members. the memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking. he s the man who leads the organisation which represents britain s biggest employers talking the country down. or is he simply speaking up for the policies needed to get the country growing again? my guest on political thinking this week is tony danker. he is the director general of the cbi, or what we used to call the confederation of british industry. he s gone from selling menswear on the shop floor in his home city of belfast to being an adviser, first for the chief rabbi and then a treasury minister during the banking crisis. it is thejob he does now, though, which led the times to argue in an editorial this week that he, as the leader of the cbi, should n
It would be good to go back, just for things to come full circle for me and get a bit of closure and end up with something good, something positive as well. Melania trump accepts damages and an apology from the publisher of the daily mail over allegations about her work as a professional model. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Police in germany believe the three explosions which hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund Football Team, were directly targeting the club. Local media reports the police are investigating an islamic link to the incident after a letter was found near the blast sight. But police have yet to confirm the validity of the letter. The team were on their way to its Champions League match against monaco. One player has undergone surgery after the blast shattered windows on the coach. Jane Frances Kelly reports. Forensic teams have spent the night examining the blast site. Three devices in what police described as a targeted attack exploded as the players bu
were wrong from michael gove. they were targeting the cbi, amongst others, saying all the talk of business from borisjohnson, he meant the cbi. they were sick of being lectured by you guys in big business. were you hired to get the cbi off its back, off the floor and come out and punch a bit? well, i don t know about that. i mean, look, when i remember my first interview withjohn allen, chairman of tesco, he was president of the cbi. and he sort of said to me, well, you know, what would you do with the job? and i said, i think i would actually say brexit is an opportunity for britain. and he looked at me with an eyebrow raised, not because i think it s good for the economy and free trade, because it s clearly not good forfree trade. but because it would force us finally to have a national strategy about how our economy can compete in the world. and we are becoming a smaller, pluckier country, let s be honest.
crises, brexit, covid, a war in ukraine, to change the trajectory of the growth of our economy. i am worried we are going to miss the chance. so, yes, iwas a worried we are going to miss the chance. so, yes, i was a little bit outspoken. chance. so, yes, i was a little bit outspoken- outspoken. people can hear you almost climbing outspoken. people can hear you almost climbing down outspoken. people can hear you almost climbing down the - outspoken. people can hear you - almost climbing down the microphone. the passion. is that where you were hired, tony? i mean the cbi got a bit of a kicking after the brexit referendum. all the talk about the experts will run from michael gove. they were targeting the cbi, amongst others, saying all the talk of business from boris johnson, others, saying all the talk of business from borisjohnson, he met the cbi. they were sick of being lectured by you guys are big business. where you hire to get the cbi off its back off the floor and come out and