nigel farage says he want to be a candidate for prime minister in five years time. right now, his party is promising to cut the nhs england waiting list to zero in two years. how is that possible? and the two child benefit cap which both the conservatives and labour will keep will plunge half a million more children into relative poverty ,according to new figures., according to new figures. welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and election insight live every weeknight. our political panel tonight is conservative peer lord ed vaizey. and the boss of electricity company ecotricity, dale vince, who will support labour at this election. he s donated money to labour, the greens and lib dems in the past. we ll hearfrom them in a moment. first, nick, take ouraudience through what mr farage was promising today and why merthyr tydfil? as you say the key word is contract, nigel farage says it is not a manifesto, because he says manifestos are associated with the est
Now it is time for the turn of newswatch with samira ahmed looking at the role of language in news headlines. Hello and welcome to the first newswatch of 2017 with me, samira ahmed, where well be rounding up some of the comments youve made about bbc news since we went off air before christmas. Coming up jill saward died this week, but should the bbc news website have described her in its headline as a campaigner rather than as a victim . And the year of Celebrity Deaths ended with several more, including that of George Michael. Did the bbc lose perspective over the extent of its coverage . First, the new year has brought no respite from the Terrorist Attacks that have become a regular feature of news broadcasts. On sunday came the latest atrocity, targeting those enjoying a night out at the reina nightclub in istanbul. News reader less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, Bullets Ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. Another camera showed people
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,us 1.156 ,usa bit , us a bit more about and just tell us a bit more about richey john and just tell us a bit more about richey john swinney s wider campaign message today. he richey john swinney s wider campaign message today. he has been out campaigning campaign message today. he has been out campaigning so campaign message today. he has been out campaigning so far campaign message today. he has been out campaigning so far in campaign message today. he has been out campaigning so far in 21 campaign message today. he has been out campaigning so far in 21 of- out campaigning so far in 21 of scotland s 57 constituencies. he has been very busy making speeches, visiting businesses, talking to voters. the message he is pushing out on the campaign trail is that the snp s position is that there is a conspiracy of silence from the labour and conservative parties over coming cuts and that it is the snp thatis coming cuts and that it is the snp that is best placed to protect sc