One of labours most high profile left wIng politicians criticises Keir Starmer fOr treatIng her, In her wOrds, as a Non Person and accuses him of tryIng to get rid of her from the party. Welcome to newsnight, live each night with Insight and Interviews. Earlier, Sir Ed Davey gave his leaders address to the Liberal Democrat conference. Insight this evenIng from the woman who led the party befOre him, jo swInson. Welcome to you. And Labour Peer LOrd falconer is here too, as is nick. Hello. Hello. Welcome back from briahton. Our maIn Interview Tonight is with one of the countrys most well known politicians, Labour Mp Diane abbott. In an Exclusive Bbc Interview, she tells newsnight she felt that Keir Starmer treatEd Her as a Non Person In the aftermath of comments from a conservative donOr that Ms Abbott needed to be shot. Those remarks, by the way, she says actually made her feel In danger. And she estimates that through her WOrkIng Life as an mp, shes received Tens Of Thousands of Death
temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
is an offense to women, this is an offense to everybody. and it is offensive that you have to go celebrate the oppression of women at a church. felicia helton of des moines calling out iowa republicans as the legislature returns for a special session to implement extreme new restrictions on abortion. meanwhile in terms of former football coach will understand, sanity, turberville on military promotions is weakening the defensive lines own team. the united states of america. to score points with his extremist fans on abortion. oversight chair james, talks a lot about getting laughed at on msnbc. after the latest whistleblower embarrassment. the laughs are going to keep on coming. you may know hill harper from csi new york or other performances. now he wants to play a role in america s future as a united states senator. and he joins me tonight. we begin with the republican party forcing a drew carney and and possibly deadly vision on america. more restrictions on abortion
who s got loads to say. it s thangam debbonaire, shadow leader of the house of commons. hello, hello, hello. and thank you so much for mentioning us in the house of commons last week. this is how it went. the leader famously once reassured this house that another prime minister wasn t hiding under a desk. words immortalised on the bbc s newscast intro. now i hear from the parliamentary press gallery reception news that she s a big fan of the podcasts. so, mr speaker, i ll end by tempting her to update newscast and update this house. is that where the prime minister really was on monday evening, hiding under a desk? so this is a great way for our politicians to get on the podcast. just name check us in parliament, put us in the historic record forever for historians to read about. and then you can come on. yeah, but i m the first, i was the first to put newscast in hansard and that was very exciting moment. i mean, if this starts an arms race, it will be amazing. who knows? bu