I like their policies at the moment, i want to leave the European Union and i think theresa may is the only person who will get us out of the European Union with a reasonable deal. Labour. Ive always been labour. And our panel will tell us where theresa may sits on our map of the political terrain. Hello. Some of us remember the heydey of tv advertising. Consumer brands washing powders and the like would constantly market themselves as new and improved. Never mind that they were less than perfect before, as long as you now understood that they are better than ever. Well, the Conservative Party is pitching itself as new and improved today as well. A theresa may manifesto, with a pretty different emphasis to past efforts. A section entitled we believe in the good that government can do, for example. Some will say its just marketing, others will see it as substantive change. Certainly, the emphasis on scaling back the relative generosity displayed to the elderly is a notable shift. The po
Coming up the government heads off the threat of a defeat on the queens speech, by offering a concession on abortion rights for women in Northern Ireland. We will be funding her department with additionalfunding so that she can make a grant to the external organisations who will provide these services. The culture secretary says shes minded to refer foxs proposed takeover of sky to the competition watchdog. And is another parliamentary tradition about to disappear, as the speaker hints hes relaxing the dress code . The question of whether that member is wearing a tie is not absolutely front and centre stage. But first, the government has seen off a possible rebellion in the commons by announcing that it will Fund Abortions for women who travel from Northern Ireland to england. A Cross Party Group of mps was threatening to back an amendment to the queens speech put forward by the labour mp Stella Creasy. With a tiny majority in the commons the government bowed to the demand. A letter fr
To the programme. Coming up the Health Minister confirms theres to be an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal. Nearly 2,500 people are thought to have died after being given products that were infected with hepatitis c or hiv. A government commissioned report on employment says all work in the uk should be fair and decent. And david davis says theres unity at the top when it comes to brexit. You will find in terms of public statements, it is very hard to put a Cigarette Paper between the chancellor and myself. But first theresa may has ordered a uk wide enquiry into the use of contaminated Blood Products in the nhs, stemming from the 1970s. 2,400 people have died as a result of the scandal. Many of them were haemophiliacs who died from hepatitis c and aids related illnesses. It has been called the worst Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Many of those affected and their families say they were not told of the risks involved and believe there was a cover up. In an emerg
Midnight in london and either 6 30am or 7am in the morning in the Korean Peninsula depending on whether youre in the north or south. But tensions continue to rise on both sides of the demilitarized zone. Pyongyang has carried out a huge Live Firing Exercise. And the us is preparing for similar large scale manoeuvres with the south korean armed forces, which will most likely include this Nuclear Powered submarine, the michigan, which sailed into a south korean port on tuesday. South korea is going to buy two advanced Radar Systems to give warnings about incoming ballistic missiles. But the message coming from north korean state tv remains confrontational. Translation now that the us has pulled out a sword to kill us we will also pull out our grand sort of justice and fight to the end, and we will kill the us imperialists with oui will kill the us imperialists with our strong and nuclear power. Our Nuclear Forces stand at the core. Earlier i spoke with dan sneider, who is Associate Direc
Midnight in london and either 6 30am or 7am in the morning in the Korean Peninsula depending on whether youre in the north or south. But tensions continue to rise on both sides of the demilitarized zone. Pyongyang has carried out a huge Live Firing Exercise. And the us is preparing for similar large scale manoeuvres with the south korean armed forces, which will most likely include this Nuclear Powered submarine, the michigan, which sailed into a south korean port on tuesday. South korea is going to buy two advanced Radar Systems to give warnings about incoming ballistic missiles. But the message coming from north korean state tv remains confrontational. Translation now that the us has pulled out a sword to kill us we will also pull out our grand sort of justice and fight to the end, and we will kill the us imperialists with oui will kill the us imperialists with our strong and nuclear power. Our Nuclear Forces stand at the core. Earlier i spoke with dan sneider, who is Associate Direc