Properly serving the people . Sir lindsay hoyle, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You are about to celebrate four years in thejob of speaker of the House Of Commons. And it has to be said that during your tenure, the public trust in politicians appears to have plumbed new depths. Why is that . I think we inherited a situation where the country was divided, but notjust a division of the country north south far from it. What we saw was Division Within families, which you dont normally see, and brexit was so toxic for all, whichever side of the fence. You could have a household completely divided, and i think it divided trust in politicians and the belief in politicians. And you look back to that time and you think both sides were making claims that could never, ever be delivered. It was a very difficult time. And i genuinely believe that, you know, the british public s always been questionable of politicians. I accept that. But i think a lot of that trust was lost over that period. Whethe
These are pictures from the Israeli Military as tanks entered gaza on wednesday. Israel says it was a targeted raid and not the start of a delayed ground invasion. Inside gaza, the humanitarian situation is going dire as fuel and supplies are running low. 7000 people have been killed since israeli air strikes began according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. Hamas says 50 hostages have been killed of the 220 as a result of israeli bombardment. For hours, we could hear the explosions around ten kilometres away in israel. It was the biggest israeli raid into the gaza strip so far in this war. The army released this video, it said of the battlefield being prepared, presumably for the invasion of gaza that the government says is coming. The soldiers pulled back into israel sometime before dawn. In khan younis in southern gaza, more raids and death in a place where israel told palestinians to go to be safe. We want to live beautiful lives, said this girl, not have rockets hitting our h
Of parliament in westminster. Plans to make britain an independent, sovereign nation will be published this morning just one day after theresa may started the process of brexit. The great repeal bill will outline how the government plans to repatriate more than a0 years worth of powers from the European Union and convert thousands of eu rules into british law. Yesterday, theresa may described britains departure from the eu as an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. Eleanor garnier reports. Cometh the hour, cometh the moment, in westminster, belfast, edinburgh and cardiff the exact moment the uk took a new and different course. This is an historic moment from which there is no turning back. The letter, hand delivered by our man in brussels, telling the eu we are on our way out. Written in a deliberately conciliatory tone. But a hint, too, of the steel in mrs mays stance. No overt threat to walk away, but a serious warning, as she wrote a failure to reach an agreement