what is there in the election for young voters? national service, reform, covered in the cost of living crisis? what is in it for you? and rishi sunak says he is incredibly angry about the betting scandal. good evening live from the newsnight studio, where our guests, young, old, well, older and somewhere in between, entertain us with interviews and searing, late night insight. we shouted out for younger voters to get in touch about how they re feeling about the election. 26 year old harrison from bournemouth came straight back. hello, newsnight, definitely feeling ignored during this campaign. six months ago, i had to quit myjob in watford and move back home to live with my parents in bournemouth with the cost of renting being the leading factor in my decision. i simply couldn t afford to live where i worked. i haven t heard anything from any of the political parties during this campaign that i think will materially improve the lives for young people. we ve got a stuffed so
Indictment, his first statement that bragg was handpicked and funded by george soros. now this one is more of a nuanced fact. check there is certainly no sign whatsoever that soros somehow got bragged, pressured, brag to do this indictment of trump, a spokesman for soros told me that soros has never even communicated with bragg in any way whatsoever, and we also know that soros did not make any donate. nations to bragg s 2021 election campaign. what sorrows did do is make donations to a pack a political action committee that in turn supported brag sources, a longtime supporter of criminal justice, reform and progressive candidates around the country. his spokesman told me that soros and an affiliated pac gave $4 million between 2016 and 2022, including one million in may 2021 to a pro reform pack called color of change, which also backs these pro reform candidates. color of change told me it ended up spending just over 500,000. dollars in support of that brag 2021 campaign. how
And it s true. soros has given money to the campaigns of many of these reform candidates. it s been an explicit goal o the reform movement to elect reform prosecutors knowing what you know about hi i know you had him as an interview how he is going to navigat this - i think that he has mor stability and courage than people realize and i think that his temperament is even. we had a prayer for him, a big prayer last saturday, that w actually did last saturday because we are concerned about his family he s getting droves of threats i can t imagine the securit setup. but he s been stable. he s a stable family man his son just became a teacher. but i don t think he would proceed if he did not know the evidence was there and let s not forget, a year ago, he would not go with th case so, only someone that is methodical as alvin bragg woul even proceed if i was donald trump, i would not relax. because he would not proceed i
Has won these elections in a way that these elections had been engineered for him to win, to pave the way for him to win. the way for him to win. several of them named the way for him to win. several of them named reform the way for him to win. several of them named reform candidates . the way for him to win. several of. them named reform candidates were prevented from standing. i much nervousness was there amongst the hardliners if they opened the process up? hardliners if they opened the process op? hardliners if they opened the rocessu? , , ~ process up? this is eight. i think what has happened process up? this is eight. i think what has happened is process up? this is eight. i think what has happened is that - process up? this is eight. i think what has happened is that the i what has happened is that the hardliners, judging by the performances in the last elections, have come to the conclusion that they are not going to win in any free and fair elections, therefore they
Yesterday s election, raisi was actually appointed as the next president. so let s not talk about elections in iran. the whole system is designed for the supreme leader to appoint an ex president and he did. to appoint an ex-president and he did. , ., ., did. and indeed several of the reform candidates did. and indeed several of the reform candidates were - did. and indeed several of the - reform candidates were prevented from standing. do you think there was a fear and nervousness among political leaders that if they had opened up the process more that that would have made a big difference in the polls? would have made a big difference in the olls? ~ , , the polls? well, indeed, because durin: the the polls? well, indeed, because during the election the polls? well, indeed, because during the election procedure, i the polls? well, indeed, because i during the election procedure, those genuine candidates, the people who have some popular wave, political wave, they were eliminated