saddam hussein got 117% of the vote. if people like manchin and sinema don t see this, i have a lot of contempt for them in that regard. i will say this. it is time for chuck schumer and the rest of the democratic leadership to take an iron cap to their knee caps. they think they re empowered with this ultimate degree in which they re the swing votes. if they re going down, they have to toughen up. they need to go on work. because right now, mitch mcconnell runs circles around him every day. schumer doesn t have the ability to hold his own people to account. it can t be ignored that republicans cherry pick and even pass trump tax cuts by a vote back in 2017. and it is another example to your point for democrats. playing by rules that
cheering and applause. the remarkable result in north shropshire, with the liberal democrats overturning a 26,000 majority for the conservatives and they think they burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel that things have gone wrong and that the answer to that is very simple, it is not more of the same, it is the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson s authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here let s speak to hannah white from the insitute for government. what impact do you think simon case stepping down from this enquiry will have? i stepping down from this enquiry will have? ~ , have? i think it is the right thing to do at this
of evidence now, so i do believe that the investigation sue grey is going to be leading up, there is evidence there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police, because nobody s above the law. it s another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government, from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. ..the remarkable result in north shropshire, where the liberal democrats overturned a 26,000 majority for the conservatives, and they think burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel things have gone wrong. and the answer to that is very simple. it s not more of the same, it s the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson s authority a
overturning a 26,000 majority for the conservatives and they think they burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel that things have gone wrong and the answer to that is very simple, it is not more of the same, it is the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson s authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he is going to steady the ship. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. the british socialite, ghislaine maxwell, who s facing sex trafficking charges in the united states has told the court she won t be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution had failed to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. she denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. our correspondent nada tawfik
to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. the remarkable result in north shropshire, with the liberal democrats overturning a 26,000 majority for the conservatives and they think they burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel that things have gone wrong and that the answer to that is very simple, it is not more of the same, it is the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson s authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he is going to steady the ship. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here. jonathan, what is known about this