Political thinking with nick robinson. 0ur movement is fighting, our movement is winning, our movement, brothers and sisters, is back, so said my guest on a new episode of political thinking. A conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. Paul nowak is the new General Secretary of the tuc and this week, the trade Union Congress meets in his home city of liverpool. And it meets at a time when there are more strikes than there have been for many years and at a time when paul nowak says, working people are fighting back after the longest sustained squeeze on their incomes in two centuries. Paul nowak, welcome to political thinking. Thank you. Now another thing you once said. Oh, dear. I fit every stereotype of a daily mail Trade Unionist. Im a slightly overweight, Balding Scouser who gets a little too aerated. I think it is an accurate description, dont you . Well, we will see, shall we . What gets you aera
Political thinking with nick robinson. 0ur movement is fighting, our movement is winning, our movement, brothers and sisters, is back, so said my guest on a new episode of political thinking. A conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. Paul nowak is the new General Secretary of the tuc and this week, the trade Union Congress meets in his home city of liverpool. And it meets at a time when there are more strikes than there have been for many years and at a time when paul nowak says, working people are fighting back after the longest sustained squeeze on their incomes in two centuries. Paul nowak, welcome to political thinking. Thank you. Now another thing you once said. Oh, dear. I fit every stereotype of a daily mail Trade Unionist. Im a slightly overweight, Balding Scouser who gets a little too aerated. I think it is an accurate description, dont you . Well, we will see, shall we . What gets you aera
In southern california. And englands ashes hopes hang by a thread after australia secures a second consecutive test victory. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that brexit secretary david davis has told mps that the government has made no Impact Assessments of the economic effect of leaving the european union. He said the usefulness of such assessments would be near zero because of the scale of change brexit is likely to cause. His comments prompted immediate claims from Opposition Mps that mr davis had misled parliament a year ago when he said his department was in the midst of carrying out about 57 sets of analyses on different parts of the economy. During the day on another brexit challenge theresa may spoke to the leader of the dup Arlene Foster who rejected plans for the future of Northern Irelands border and forced the rescheduling of talks in brussels. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo reports. Back from brussels without the deal she wanted. She knows that she needs a new pl
The road cyclist chris froome, four time winner of the Tour De France, is fighting to save his career after failing a drugs test. Eight people have been sentenced for smuggling drugs into prisons by using drones. A special report from the democratic republic of congo, where the un says a cut in the number of peacekeepers is creating more instability. And six months after the grenfell fire, we report on the Lasting Impact in londons wealthiest borough. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england captainjoe root calls for a big performance from his players ahead of the crucial third ashes test. Good evening. The Prime Minister has suffered her first defeat in the house of commons on the governments legislative plans for brexit. By a majority of just four, mps supported a change to the eu withdrawal bill, which called for the terms of a final brexit deal to be approved by a separate new law. Repeated offers of concessions by ministers were not enough to win the day. The amendment had
In egypt. Theresa may has lost a major brexit vote in westminster. The issue at stake was whether mps will have a vote on the final brexit deal. The government opposed this but this is what happened. The ayes to the right, 309. The noes to the left, 305. This particular rebellion was led from within the Prime Ministers conservative party. The tory mp, dominic grieve, proposed the amendment. And he invoked winston churchill. Apart from a chest too, i dont think i ever rebelled against the government in all the years in this house. I find it entertaining that some who criticise me for speaking my mind on this matter are individuals who have exercised the luxury of rebellion are many, many occasions. That having been said, there is a time for everybody to stand up and be counted. As churchill said, he is a good party man come he puts the party before himself and the country before the party. And this was the Prime Minister making the counter argument. Lam happy i am happy to confirm to my