large rallies have taken place in houston, new york, washington, los angeles and chicago. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme. it brings together the foreign journalists who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline in london. it has been a convention busting week, this one. a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen, two countries, strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides, in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland, topping the poll for the first time in the century since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all of that we have brian o connell, a bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, a portuguese journalist and university lecturer and newly british citizen, and jeffrey goffman, who has been able corresponding and new news anchor in canada and the united states. good to have you with us. we start with nato expansi
partitioned. to discuss all of that we have brian o connell, a fury bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, a portuguese journalist and university lecturer and newly british citizen, and jeffrey goffman, who has been able corresponding and new news anchor in canada and the letter states. good to have you with us. generally, we start with nato expansion. sweden and finland. the sweden president said he is going on friday, to wring president putin and tell him that the situation has changed. how big a change of this? i the situation has changed. how big a change of this? change of this? i think if you had looked ten change of this? i think if you had looked ten years change of this? i think if you had looked ten years ago change of this? i think if you had looked ten years ago and - change of this? i think if you had looked ten years ago and said i change of this? i think if you had i looked ten years ago and said this, it was impossible. this was a religio
the country, russia can t win. putin s legacy is exactly. when he looked in the mirror and said, let s do this, this is not what he saw. his view was, occupy ukraine in three days and shatter nato. he has done the exact opposite. he has done the impossible. he s actually united the desperate countries the disperate countries of the west, in the eu nato, and he has created a cohesive western agenda. hungary is a bit of an outlier, but even hungary towing a line with nato, the eu, and i think one of the leaders of sweden said putin just has to look in the mirror and ask, how did this happen? he did it. it is a change, sea change, historically, relations. the threat of, to him, is exactly what he doesn t want.
just that legacy is exactly. when he looked in the mirror and said, let s do this, this is not what he saw. putin. his view was, occupy ukraine in three days and shatter nato. he has done the exact opposite. he has done it the impossible. he is actually united the desperate countries of the west, in the eu nato, and he has created a cohesive western agenda. hungary is a bit of an outlier, but even hungary towing a line with nato, the eu, and i think one of the leaders of the and sweden said putin just has to look in the mirror and ask, how did this happen? he did it. it is a change, sea change, historically, relations. the threat of, to him, is exactly what he doesn t want. the idea that there is now this seamless border that nato will protect and that they will all