has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the equalities minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. we have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like short despite repeated assurances including in the last few weeks when we have been asking the government about when it was coming, it has been delayed and we do not know when and tell. voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections and over the next few days well be in all three seats. over the past two days we ve been in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire and somerton and frome in somerset. today we re in uxbridge and south ruislip to the
Hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. His dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldnt pass when he was there the first time. He is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer s and the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, who, if labour comes to power, may find himself having to take a very important decision whether there should be another referendum about the future of the uk. This time it would be about whether Northern Ireland should leave and become reunited with the republic. Peter kyle, welcome to political thinking. Thanks, nick. I say that in the introduction that you have a reading age of eight. Really . And if so, how on earth do you do the job youve got now . Well, ive never known any difference, so i cant describe i cant com
experts and commentators to guidance through the day. welcome to viewers on bbc one northern ireland and viewers on bbc news, this is a stormont special, in which history is about to be made. let s cross to parliament buildings. talk is through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. i through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. it as to what will happen. i don t think ou it as to what will happen. i don t think you could it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate - it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate the l think you could understate the symbolic significance today here after 100 years of northern ireland, we are going to get our first nationalist republican first minister here and we have had 11 other leaders in northern ireland, so this will be a significant moment is notjust because titles matter, michelle o neill will have a new title, but we will see within the assembly chamber that visual
within the uk. between northern ireland and england scotland and wales. in the last 30 minutes of the dup leader and a northern ireland secretary have given the new plan the big sale. the secretary have given the new plan the big sale- the big sale. the government is delivered to the big sale. the government is delivered to delivering - the big sale. the government is delivered to delivering this - the big sale. the government is| delivered to delivering this gives for a fee for a brighter future for northern ireland within the united kingdom. it is now time for elected representatives in northern ireland to come together. this is this agreement is something we have come hard to work together to deliver for the people of north island. it s our achievement after two years of hard work and negotiation. safeguarding the union is an 80 peerage valued for those who worried that there s been diluted. making the core premise that there be no checks on goods going to northern irel