Transcripts For BBCNEWS Victoria Derbyshire 20240714 : compa

BBCNEWS Victoria Derbyshire July 14, 2024

And well go inside the nightclubs of south korea, where a string of allegations from drug taking to Sexual Assault have rocked the k pop industry. Translation i was so scared. I tried to set myself free and shouted, help me, help me i dont know these guys. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. One of the things you definitely wa nt to one of the things you definitely want to talk about today is the money spent doing up harry and meghan mycoplasma cows. One says, only the queen should get money from the royal purse. The rest should get properjobs like the rest of us. Oliver asks, how many grenfell victims could be permanently housed with £21; victims could be permanently housed with £2. 1i million. This country, one of the richest in the world, has its priorities all wrong. And one more for now, nikki says, please dont join the harry and meghan bashing brigade. Heres a summary the news. Good morning. The frontrunner to be the next Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has argued that he can take britain out of the eu with a deal by the end of october because of a change in attitudes on both sides of the channel. The eu has repeatedly said there can be no renegotiation of the terms of brexit, but in an interview with the bbc mrjohnson said politics had been transformed in recent months. There is an element, of course, a very important element of mutuality and cooperation in this. And we will be working with our friends and partners to make sure that we have an outcome that is manifestly in the interests of people, businesses, communities on both sides of the channel. The refurbishment of the new home of the duke and the of sussex, Frogmore Cottage in winter, has cost taxpayers nearly £2. 5 million. The figure is revealed in the royal familys annual accounts. The couple moved from Kensington Palace in april before the birth of their son, archie. Palace official said major work was needed to change the building from five properties into a single home. The government has announced a new low for england and Northern Ireland to protect people who have allergies will stop it will require businesses to list all the ingredients in pre packaged foods. The legislation, which comes into force by 2021, will be called natashas law in memory of natasha ednan laperouse, who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger following an allergic reaction. New Research Suggests britains most influential people are five times more likely to be privately educated than the general population. A report by the sutton trust and the social Mobility Commission says 7 of people in the uk went to private school compared with 30 39 of those in top positions. Southern water has been hit with a record fine of more than £120 million for allowing waste water from sewage pla nts to allowing waste water from sewage plants to spill into the environment and for deliberately misreporting its performance. The penalty will see customers get a rebate of at least £61 each. The water regulator ofwat says the case was shocking. It has emerged that 12 people died during an outbreak of a rare contagious bacterial strain in essex. A total of 32 people were infected across the county with the Invasive Group a streptococcal infection. Public Health England has launched an investigation. Most of those affected are said to be elderly. It has not been confirmed for the 12 people died. When the 12 people died. Five black rhinos born and raised in britain have been reintroduced to the wild in rwanda, where the species has been wiped out by poachers. The animals, critically endangered, will now be given special protection by rangers at the national park. That is a summary of oui menus national park. That is a summary of our menus today. Back to victoria. Thank you. Hello. Welcome to the programme. After facing criticism for avoiding media scrutiny, Boris Johnson, the current favourite in the battle to become tory leader and our next Prime Minister, has spoken exclusively to the bbcs laura kuenssberg. Hes been talking about brexit, saying that he doesnt believe for a moment that the uk would leave the eu without a deal, although he is willing to do so. But he wouldnt talk about the argument on friday with his girlfriend, carrie symonds, during which police were called to their flat, saying it was simply unfair to involve loved ones in the debate. In a moment well talk to conservative mp Nadhim Zahawi, whos backing borisjohnson for leader. But first, we want to play you a big chunk of that interview, because its the first time really weve got any details about what mrjohnsons Brexit Strategy will be if he becomes pm. Do have a watch and let us know your reaction. I would make sure we have a plan that will convince our european friends and partners that we are absolutely serious about coming out. The key things you have got to do are to take the bits of the current Withdrawal Agreement which is dead, take the bits that are serviceable and get them done. That is number one, the stuff about European Union citizens, the 3. 2 million, they need to be properly protected. I wanted that done the day after the referendum, you may remember. Their rights should be enshrined in an unconditional way in uk law, number one. Two, there is other things that you could do to make progress with the bits of the Withdrawal Agreement that we have. I think the money is more difficult. I think the 39 billion is at the upper end of the eus expectations, but there it is. Its a considerable sum. I think there should be a bit of creative ambiguity about when and how that gets paid over. The important thing is that there should be an agreement that the solution of the border questions, the irish border, the Northern Irish border questions, all those issues need to be tackled on the other side of october 31st during whats called the implementation period. The implementation period as it stands is part of the Withdrawal Agreement. Of course. And youve said that you wouldnt sign up to Withdrawal Agreement and its dead. Thats right. Those two things both cant both be true. No, because youre going to need some kind of agreement and thats certainly what im aiming for in order, as you rightly say, laura, to get an implementation period. But if you want to be Prime Minister, you have to tell people how you would do it you cantjust wish it to be true. Let me tell you, there are abundant technical fixes that can be introduced to make sure that you dont have to have checks at the border. There is no solution ready right now. Youre right, laura, theres no single magic bullet, but what there is a wealth of experience, a wealth of solutions. And whats changed now is that there is a real positive energy about getting it done. And if you cannot get the agreement, that sounds like you crossing your fingers, you are clear we would leave, you would take us out at halloween without a deal . An absolute guarantee . You have to be. Of course. My pledge is to come out of the eu at halloween, on october 31st. And the way to get our friends and partners to understand how serious we are is finally, im afraid, to abandon the defeatism and negativity that has enfolded us in great cloud for so long and to prepare confidently and seriously for a wto, or no deal outcome. Youve got to understand, laura, listening to what ijust said, that is not where i want us to end up. It is not where i believe for a moment we will end up. Would you really be willing as Prime Minister to face the consequences of no deal, which could mean crippling tariffs on some businesses, it could mean huge uncertainty over what on earth happens at the Northern Irish border, it could mean huge uncertainty for peoples livelihoods and peoples real lives . In the real world, the uk government is never going to impose checks, a hard border of any kind, in Northern Ireland. Thats just number one. Number two, in the real world, the uk government is not going to want to impose tariffs on goods coming into the uk. But its not just up to the uk. Im coming to that point. Its notjust up to the uk. Thats right, laura. Its notjust up to us, its up to the other side as well. And there is an element, of course, and a very important element, of mutuality and cooperation in this. Can you just tell us what happened at your partners home a couple of nights ago . I would love to tell you about all sorts of things, laura, but ive made it a rule over many, many years and i think youve interviewed me loads of times i do not talk about stuff involving my family, my loved ones, and theres a very good reason for that. And that is that, if you do, you drag them into things that really. In a way that is not fair on them. But now you hope to be in number ten, things are changing. Does your privacy mean more to you than the publics ability to trust you . Because part of trust is being open, its being accountable, its being transparent. I get that i totally get that. But my key point, though, is that the minute you Start Talking about your family or your loved ones, you involve them in in a debate in a way this is simply unfairon them. But you seem to care about your privacy so much that yesterday a photographer, or someone with a phone, just happened to stumble upon you in the middle of the sussex countryside. Arent you just trying to have this both ways . Look, i repeat my key point to you, laura, which is that over many, many years, and you can look back at innumerable statements i gave when i was mayor and probably before, where i just do not go into this stuff. And theres a good reason for it. Because, actually, i think what people want to know is what is going on with this guy . When it comes to trust or when it comes to all those things, does he deliver what he says he is going to . Lets look at your record, then. That the key thing. Well, lets look at that, then, because there are plenty of people, even in the conservative party, who worry that you do not stick to what you promise. I think theyre talking absolute nonsense. When i became mayor of london, when we said we would do something, we i may say delivered notjust x, but x 10. You said youd all ticket offices open, you closed every single one. You said that you would build more affordable houses, yes, you built more houses, but the definition of Affordable Housing changed. You said youd bring down rough sleeping and the number went up. We built more Affordable Homes than under labour. When you talk about the tube, we increased capacity on the tube by about 30 . The biggest investment in infrastructure that i think the city has seen. I pledged to reduce crime. We reduced crime by about 20 . We reduced the murder rate, which is a statistic that is very difficult to fudge, we reduced it by 50 . Why do you think people worry about your character . Why do so many conservatives worry about you sticking to your word, or being careless with the truth . When it came to the british citizen Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, you put her in danger by being careless with the facts. Your words were used in evidence against her in an iranian court. I think of course people will want to point the finger of blame at me if they possibly can, but actually all that does is serve to exculpate. Life the blame off the people who are really responsible, who are the Iranian Revolutionary guard. If you are Prime Minister, do you think it would be acceptable for a Prime Minister to say things like western muslim women in full veil look like bank robbers or commonwealth citizens are flag waving piccanninnies . Do you think if you move into number ten will you change . What i pledge to you know, what i think the people of this country want to hear, is i will be a politician who sticks by what i believe in and yes, occasionally i may say things, as ive said before, that cause offence. Im sorry for the offence i cause but i will continue to speak my mind, because i think people deserve to hear whats going on in my head and they deserve to hear my approach to things. Be in no doubt that at heart i am a centre right progressive modern conservative. I will govern from the centre right because that is from the centre, because that is where you win. That is where the broad mass of the people of this country are. Conservative mp Nadhim Zahawi is a borisjohnson backer, and hes at westminster. Good morning. Good morning. What has he said in the interview that convinces you he can renegotiate a brand new deal before october 31 and sort out the irish border issue, be allowed to sort out the border issue, after the 31st . I think what was loud and clear from that interview is that boris will prepare the country to get to the 31st of october ready, if necessary, not that he wanted, but if necessary, if we dont get a fair deal from the eu to walk away on wto terms. And that is the best way you guarantee a good deal. There has been a collective loss of confidence in and in the government, lack of discipline in the cabinet. I think boris will restore all that because he has made his pitch very clear to colleagues who were remainers, people who campaignfor remain who were remainers, people who campaign for remain like matt hancock and others. And colleagues who are brexiteers, like andrea leadsom, who has brought the party back together. He will bring the country back together. And deliver a good deal. Because when our interlocutorys believe that Prime Ministerjohnson is serious, that he wa nts a ministerjohnson is serious, that he wantsafair ministerjohnson is serious, that he wants a fair deal, he will work every night and day to get it, that will be the difference. Mrjohnson says there are abundant, abundant technical fixes that can be introduced to make sure you dont have to have cheques at the irish border. What are they . If you look at the document that was put out by the eu themselves about ten days ago, i think, the eu themselves about ten days ago, ithink, and the eu themselves about ten days ago, i think, and their Contingency Planning for no deal brexit, under wto terms, by the end of october, they themselves admit that there will not be a hard border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland. I wasnt asking that. Alternative arrangements will be in place. You asked me a specific question so let me be specific with you. Intelligence based customs. You dont need a hard border to deliver a customs agreement that works between both sides. Mrjohnson mentioned the trusted trader scheme. What else . As i said, you can have cheques away from the border, you can have the trusted trader scheme, you can have intelligence led customs where, if there are people, who, through intelligence, are identified as breaking the law or smuggling, you can go after them. There are lots of ways to do this. There are lots of ways to do this. The eu themselves, you dont have to rely on what i am saying, look at their document. They themselves in their document. They themselves in their Contingency Planning are relying on the alternative arrangements. The irish taoiseach does not want a hard border, nor do we. Both sides agree on this. It should not be a problem. It is not beyond the wit of man to agree that we dont have to have a hard border, that we can deliver the alternative arrangements after we leave the European Union, which is what boris is saying. I think part of the problem here, victoria, if you dont mind me saying, is we sit and negotiate with ourselves as if the european position is just negotiate with ourselves as if the european position isjust rigid. I dont believe that is true. Fair enough, youre what youre saying. Can you give me an example of the border with the eu were one of these abundant technological fixes has eliminated eliminate the need for any physical checks . You look at the swiss border, the swiss border is pretty open. You can drive straight across it. You dont know when you are in switzerland or france. Across it. You dont know when you are in switzerland or francem still has physical checks. All im saying is that the European Union themselves agree that technology can actually resolve the physical stuff. We dont have to have physical checks if both sides are determined. Iam asking checks if both sides are determined. I am asking you for an example of where that is happening. All i am saying to you is that the European Union have admitted it can be done. We will work with them to do it. Nicky morgan, on the remain side, is leading a team of colleagues looking at the alternative arrangement that can be put in place. It is not beyond the wit of man to deliver this. That is what i am saying. Give me an example of where it is happening . Both sides will make it happen. The europeans are saying, we will make it happen. You cant give me an example because there arent any examples of where this is happening right now. There isnt a border on earth, as the deputy eu negotiator said, where this is happening. Right, so let mejust repeat one more time. The European Union themselves put out a document ten days ago that actually says if we go to wto terms, we will not have a hard border between the republic of ireland, which is europe, and Northern Ireland, which is the united kingdom. We will deliver alternative arrangements based on intelligence, based on customs. We will deliver no physical border. It is doable. It is my point. It may not be at the moment fully implemented on the swiss border, but it actually is a long way towards that and you

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