they have set their with the boss a player lastjune and the season, the 4-0 player lastjune and the season, the 4—0 defeat in one of his other former clubs around madrid left them on the two points outside of the relegation places. tennis, they are in action looking to make the quarterfinal stage of in action looking to make the quarter final stage of the tournament and applicant hungary and currently 2—1 in the first set at the moment going third in that nice of her early stages and the spaniard who will be perhaps buoyed by another novak djokovic exit and cruising past the scene in the previous round. strange to see them leave the tour for live golf speaking ahead of defending his title at the players championship and he will miss competing against him but the tour must move on. he was him but the tour must move on. he: was always someone him but the tour must move on. he was always someone that i love competing against that is something we talked about after the cup. we've had some good battles over the years and there was definitely strange to see him leave and i was a bit surprised noah got competitive years but he made his decision and so, we will see him a bit less but the tour still with great guys i love competing against and yes. ahead of the finale, after _ competing against and yes. ahead of the finale, after playing _ competing against and yes. ahead of the finale, after playing a _ competing against and yes. ahead of the finale, after playing a big - competing against and yes. ahead of the finale, after playing a big part . the finale, after playing a big part and the dramatic victory on saturday, emanuel ruled out of their game with france due to a concussion. the 21—year—old was superb and the victory which saw them score a late drop goal and reporting concussion symptoms to the team on monday. confirming they will be unavailable for their trip to lyon sankey did the right thing. fast bowlerjames anderson says he has no plans to retire in the immediate future. he says he feels like he's in the best shape is ever been but admits he has to work hard to make the england squad for the summer season and becoming the first pace bollard to receive test wickets during the ill—fated series in india this month. speaking on the bbc podcast. i this month. speaking on the bbc odcast. ~ �* , podcast. i feel like i'm definitely in the best _ podcast. i feel like i'm definitely in the best shape _ podcast. i feel like i'm definitely in the best shape i've _ podcast. i feel like i'm definitely in the best shape i've ever- podcast. i feel like i'm definitely in the best shape i've ever been| podcast. i feel like i'm definitely l in the best shape i've ever been in which is weird. ijust feel like i've got the fitness side of it, it's going in a good place to the minute and recovery is good and the fact that i can come back at five o'clock and still ball at five o'clock and still ball at five o'clock and still bowler the same speed is something that i think is really important and helps confidence in terms of skills, the last nine months, i've probably been not delivering as much as i would want in terms of wickets but this series in particular i think is going really well, ijust didn't quite get the wickets. i think i like this where i met and where my game is at and i still got the enjoyment of turning up every day and getting better in the net and stuff like that. b, and getting better in the net and stuff like that.— and getting better in the net and stuff like that. a quick update on the champions _ stuff like that. a quick update on the champions league _ stuff like that. a quick update on the champions league matches, | the champions league matches, currently goalless and it is 2—1 to barcelona in their gimmick and snappily. they go through to the quarterfinal stage that is it from us and we will see you soon. president zelensky says ukrainian forces have slowed the russian advance along the front line in the east of the country but there are heavy attacks continuing in key sectors of the line. in his evidence to the senate intelligence committee yesterday the cia chief william burns said the deadlock, plays to russia s strategic military advantages and is increasingly shifting the momentum in moscow s favour. it s our assessment he added that with supplemental assistance, ukraine can hold its own through 2024 and into early 2025 but without that support they will probably lose significant ground, in 202a. the funding, 60bn dollars in mostly military aid, is being held up by house republicans. last night the hungarian prime minister viktor 0rban said donald trump had told him on his visit to florida last week, that if is returned to the white house he will immediately turn off the funding. so, donald trump has a very clear vision, which is hard to disagree with. here s what he says. first, he won t give a penny to the ukrainian russian war. this is why the war will end, because it s obvious that ukraine cannot stand on its own two feet. if the americans don t give money and weapons and the europeans don t give them, then this war is over. and if the americans don t provide money, the europeans will be unable to finance this war on their own, and then the war will be over. president trump isn t yet the president, but in the us legislature today, his party is preventing the democrats from being able to give money to the war. in spite of it all, the ukrainians are still managing to take the fight to russia. 0vernight, they targeted russian energy facilities in one of the largest cross border drone and rocket attacks of the war, there were fires at an oil refinery in the russian region of nizhny novgorod, that produces nearly 6% of russia s total refined crude. let's speak to dr patrick bury, defence and security expert at the university of bath and former nato analyst. good to see you again, can we pick up good to see you again, can we pick up those comments from victor if the funding was cut off with the war in the immediately? h0. funding was cut off with the war in the immediately?— funding was cut off with the war in the immediately? no, i don't think so but it will— the immediately? no, i don't think so but it will make _ the immediately? no, i don't think so but it will make a _ the immediately? no, i don't think so but it will make a very - the immediately? no, i don't think so but it will make a very difficult l so but it will make a very difficult situation facing dire but as long as it has its own industrial base and if us funding is cut off and if european allies could not meet the shortfall and i think europe, if us funding is not forthcoming, i think europe is starting to realise that this is its fight on its border and starting to get its defence industrial base going. it's going to slow in the needs quicker but i think those in power strained to catch on to the mistakes stop by but i would not be in place by february 2025. it would be able to match the capacity now, i don't think so but what i'm saying is there wouldn't be anything. it will be increasing, the eu for example has given 96 billion so far to eu for example has given 96 billion so farto ukraine eu for example has given 96 billion so far to ukraine in both military financial and social aid as it were. the us is the big player in town in terms of military spending and it's been able to give nearly 47 billion, the eu total in its military aid. you can see by the eu really needs to do if it was to match the us input would be to double the pace and amount of the armaments it produces in the military and it gives. produces in the military and it aives. :, :, produces in the military and it iives. :, :, :, ~' produces in the military and it aives. :, :, :, ~ :, gives. your right to talk about the industrial base _ gives. your right to talk about the industrial base because _ gives. your right to talk about the industrial base because the - gives. your right to talk about the industrial base because the bbc l gives. your right to talk about the l industrial base because the bbc has been looking at the drone technology in particular invade access to one of these teams have done remarkably well in pinning down the black sea fleet reports of this extraordinary attack on russian soil overnight and do you think it would involve war if they were to come to pass, it evolve into a guerrilla style war, taliban style war? ii into a guerrilla style war, taliban s le war? , :, into a guerrilla style war, taliban s le war? y:, , :, :, into a guerrilla style war, taliban style war?— style war? if you start to run it like ukraine _ style war? if you start to run it like ukraine are _ style war? if you start to run it like ukraine are pressed - style war? if you start to run it like ukraine are pressed for i style war? if you start to run it - like ukraine are pressed for people at the moment and manpower in the whole question hanging about mobilisation and what that will look like and the artillery and ammunition and missiles and their defence, etc. but those equipment started to dry up and he would switch then to an insurgency campaign which can be very effective in denying ground but you would expect the start to break through the lines and take exactly significant territorial gains however if behind those lines, it would still be a considerable amount of violence because it would be an insurgency. a scenario that many of us envisaged when russia invaded that as it moved into the more pro—western areas of ukraine, there be stronger insurgencies but we are not there yet and as you mentioned, the development of the strategic drone attacks is very interesting and keeping the pressure on russia even though there is harassment so far and great success in the black sea in pushing the black sea fleet back and develop good success pushing out defence systems to the front line others, the cost and there are things going on but i do feel the momentum is as the director in the us said, the momentum is shifting if it stays the same this way. shifting if it stays the same this wa . :, , , , :, way. for the president set out the risks of not _ way. for the president set out the risks of not supporting _ way. for the president set out the risks of not supporting ukraine . way. for the president set out the | risks of not supporting ukraine and they are at war in washington to mark the fifth anniversary of poland accession to nato and some of the lines, maybe you can show me, the capabilities on the eastern flank has to be increased in the security depends on investing and poland and i would like to hear the european parliament that they will provide more money for our common defence. he is saying that in the context of donald trump may be returning to the white house and another there is a us commitment to nato but they feel that we need to start making the preparations now. yes that we need to start making the preparations now.— that we need to start making the preparations now. yes and they are in hand. preparations now. yes and they are in hand- nate _ preparations now. yes and they are in hand. nato set _ preparations now. yes and they are in hand. nato set up _ preparations now. yes and they are in hand. nato set up a _ preparations now. yes and they are in hand. nato set up a programme | preparations now. yes and they are i in hand. nato set up a programme for coordinating defence and industrial capacity in the eu for the first time ever even though they have jurisdiction over the defences, they are moving the defence industrial strategy and programme and it is not funding to the level that would need to be because ofjurisdiction problems and sovereignty and you would hope that people would start to appreciate the sense of threat and some cohesion and understanding of those in eastern europe and the baltics and scandinavia and the level of threat they feel because they can see now and it is still unlikely that they can see a path to where a major war with russia would happen in the next three to five years and they may be without your support of european nato allies have to bear the burden.— to bear the burden. thank you for our time to bear the burden. thank you for your time this _ to bear the burden. thank you for your time this evening. _ to bear the burden. thank you for your time this evening. you're - your time this evening. you're watching bbc news. this is kathleen's last virtual checkup. she has been recuperating and getting care at home after hospital admission.— and getting care at home after hospital admission. they are polite, there are sufficient, _ hospital admission. they are polite, there are sufficient, they _ hospital admission. they are polite, there are sufficient, they listen. - there are sufficient, they listen. and if they said it will be a visit, it is a visit. if they say no visit tomorrow but it will be a phone call, a phone call. the tomorrow but it will be a phone call, a phone call.— call, a phone call. the idea is simle call, a phone call. the idea is simple enough, _ call, a phone call. the idea is simple enough, patients - call, a phone call. the idea is simple enough, patients can | call, a phone call. the idea is - simple enough, patients can leave hospital and go home sooner and the care continues with a mixture of technology and home visits and frees up technology and home visits and frees up hospital beds and patients prefer it. , , : , :, , it. the side effects of being in hosital it. the side effects of being in hospital and _ it. the side effects of being in hospital and the _ it. the side effects of being in hospital and the implications l it. the side effects of being in l hospital and the implications of that is— hospital and the implications of that is hugely disruptive for people and it_ that is hugely disruptive for people and it is— that is hugely disruptive for people and it is noisy and not a great piece — and it is noisy and not a great piece to— and it is noisy and not a great place to recover and problems with hospital— place to recover and problems with hospital acquired infections, unfamiliar environments and it's really— unfamiliar environments and it's really good list for the nhs. you're live with bbc news. the uk government has committed to building a new generation of gas fired power stations which it says will help prevent the risk of future blackouts. the new plants will replace stations that are due to expire. environmentalists say it's a backward step and flies in the face of a promise to reach net zero. the government says they have to be �*realistic�* in the move towards cleaner energy. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt has this report. you'll make a big is unexpected of the uk _ you'll make a big is unexpected of the uk were replace its class fleet as he _ the uk were replace its class fleet as he reached the end of their lives and were _ as he reached the end of their lives and were slightly surprised to see and were slightly surprised to see an advancement of the government was doin- an advancement of the government was doing this _ an advancement of the government was doing this and they confirmed that these _ doing this and they confirmed that these will— doing this and they confirmed that these will not be fitted with carbon capture _ these will not be fitted with carbon capture and storage and there will be capturing the c02 emissions to prevent— be capturing the c02 emissions to prevent climate change and there are some _ prevent climate change and there are some environmentalists were saying that will_ some environmentalists were saying that will make it difficult to achieve _ that will make it difficult to achieve a net zero ambitions and that is— achieve a net zero ambitions and that is something the government is pushed _ that is something the government is pushed back quite hard on their doing _ pushed back quite hard on their doing well cutting carbon and believe — doing well cutting carbon and believe they will continue to meet the targets that they have set in this will— the targets that they have set in this will not be a bump in the road in terms _ this will not be a bump in the road in terms of— this will not be a bump in the road in terms of cutting emissions. loosely— in terms of cutting emissions. loosely connected to that. bananas are about to get more expensive. why? because they are getting harder to grow. there are extensive plantation in more than 150 countries worldwide, producing 105 million tonnes of fruit each year. but in many of the big banana producing regions, there is drought, wildfires, flooding and increasingly impoverished soils. 0ur appetite for bananas is unsustainable. which is why in rome today the united nations staged a banana forum to discuss the many challenges and responses that will be needed. let's speak tojennie coleman who is president of canada's leading banana importer, equifruit. she attended the first day of the world banana forum in rome. how serious is it in can you give us a scale of the problem? the problem is multifaceted, _ a scale of the problem? the problem is multifaceted, not _ a scale of the problem? the problem is multifaceted, notjust _ a scale of the problem? the problem is multifaceted, not just the - is multifaceted, notjust the effects of climate change which are troubling the banana industry but a whole host of problems related to unfair distribution of value along the supply team, labour conditions, poor wages and climate change is only one of the topics discussed this week in rome. haifa only one of the topics discussed this week in rome.— only one of the topics discussed this week in rome. how do you make bananas more — this week in rome. how do you make bananas more sustainable? _ this week in rome. how do you make bananas more sustainable? you - this week in rome. how do you make bananas more sustainable? you can l bananas more sustainable? you can start by paying _ bananas more sustainable? you can start by paying a _ bananas more sustainable? you can start by paying a fair _ bananas more sustainable? you can start by paying a fair price _ bananas more sustainable? you can start by paying a fair price for- start by paying a fair price for case of bananas and this allows small growers and farm owners of plantation workers to invest in sustainability initiatives on their firms. such as making the transition to lower carbon footprint and production style in mitigating climate change and putting in place better working conditions on the plantations and health and safety measures and paying living wages and income to small growers. and. titer? income to small growers. and. very big protests — income to small growers. and. very big protests and _ income to small growers. and. very big protests and people moving to ways of growing but do not get a fair coin, as i reflected in the meeting today?— fair coin, as i reflected in the meeting today? absolutely it is . reat meeting today? absolutely it is great about _ meeting today? absolutely it is great about the _ meeting today? absolutely it is great about the world - meeting today? absolutely it is great about the world banana i meeting today? absolutely it is - great about the world banana forum is it's a gathering of stakeholders from across the supply chain and growers from latin america and west africa we had union representatives and we've had traders, companies and retailers, a lot of members and civil society present and over and over again, the theme came up a relatively easy fix to these problems is to raise banana prices and while this may be advertising for consumers, the rising price would be very small and almost negligible and have a huge impact in the start of the supply chain and production. in the start of the supply chain and production-— production. in respect of the climate challenge, _ production. in respect of the climate challenge, is - production. in respect of the climate challenge, is there l production. in respect of thej climate challenge, is there a production. in respect of the - climate challenge, is there a way to have a more resilient kind of banana? ., ., , ., ., banana? the bananas that we today, all of it, cavendish _ banana? the bananas that we today, all of it, cavendish bananas - banana? the bananas that we today, all of it, cavendish bananas are - all of it, cavendish bananas are genetic copy of every other stop whether often the same family of bananas? every banana is a genetic copy of every other cavendish banana. ., , ' . , ., banana. the only difference is how ri -e the banana. the only difference is how ripe they are- _ banana. the only difference is how ripe they are. the _ banana. the only difference is how ripe they are. the bananas - banana. the only difference is how ripe they are. the bananas i - banana. the only difference is how ripe they are. the bananas i get i banana. the only difference is how| ripe they are. the bananas i get for my supermarket are different in every way, bigger, smaller, greener, more yellow. every way, bigger, smaller, greener, more yellow— more yellow. nature doesn't produce in one moral- — more yellow. nature doesn't produce in one moral. their _ more yellow. nature doesn't produce in one moral. their research - more yellow. nature doesn't produce in one moral. their research that - more yellow. nature doesn't produce in one moral. their research that is l in one moral. their research that is being done to look at other varieties, there are many other varieties, there are many other varieties of banana and is just there aren't many varieties that are suitable for the export market that will make the long journey to us either here in europe or north america is the same as the cavendish because he is still used to that banana. there is research on different varieties and research on varieties that are resistant to soil born fungus called tr four and so far, we are really stuck with the cavendish for now.— cavendish for now. that's not a bad thin i cavendish for now. that's not a bad thing i quite — cavendish for now. that's not a bad thing i quite like _ cavendish for now. that's not a bad thing i quite like my _ cavendish for now. that's not a bad thing i quite like my banana. - cavendish for now. that's not a bad thing i quite like my banana. thank| thing i quite like my banana. thank you very much indeed. here is another thing that my real interest a lot of people. for the millions of pet owners out there who have been to the vet recently, the news today that they are being overcharged for drugs and treatments, will not come as any surprise at all. like you i have paid exortionate amounts of money in vet bills in recent years, some of it i claim on pet insurance, but that in turn pushes up the premiums. the uk competition regulator is launching a formal investigation into the veterinary market after identifying multiple concerns they say there has been a dramatic change in who owns the 5,000 vet practices here in the uk. in the last decade, fifteen hundred of them have been bought out byjust six big firms. from 2013, 1,500 were acquired by six big corporates. in fact since 2013 the number of local surgeries bought out by the biggest companies has risen dramatically from ten to 60 per cent. with me is now is malcolm morley. he's senior vice president of the british veterinary association welcome. so many people are interested in this story because we all have pets. why do you think we are overpaying for medicines? i are overpaying for medicines? i think this competition of reviews focuses on the lot of business practices within veterinary profession and it is notjust the price, or price transparency, the transparency of business ownership and does many of the things that the association is working actively on association is working actively on as well and when we think about the simple matter of what it cost veterinary care, we are very used to seeing that for your point of delivery nhs care and rather insulated from the cost of providing health care within veterinary practices and there's a lot of infrastructure, experienced staff, medicines, medicalsupplies, it medicines, medical supplies, it costs medicines, medicalsupplies, it costs a lot to deliver this and as you say, so many owners, our animals, they are part of our family and are so important to us and we really want the best care that we can deliver as vets and we want to provide that by the same time, that comes as an increasing premium if we deliver increasing levels of care. lemme give you my personal example. marilyn gets carsick, maryland the blonde dog, she gets carsick and i take her to the vet and we get a pillow to stop her from being sick and it cost me nearly 30, pushing a0 quid. that is more than you would pay for and travel sickness pill for humans and what frustrates a lot of people. it was making a profit on this? pharmaceuticals are the big corporations that are taking over practices? corporations that are taking over ractices? :, ., , corporations that are taking over ractices? ., ~ , , ., practices? the market is quite small and so, practices? the market is quite small and so. some _ practices? the market is quite small and so. some of— practices? the market is quite small and so, some of them _ practices? the market is quite small and so, some of them may - practices? the market is quite small| and so, some of them may feel quite costly for what they are one of the events of competition and markets authority has raised concerns about is the prices of medicines and prescriptions and a lot of vets responded to that review and a lot of vets and members of flecked concerns of the prices of medicines because very often, we cannot buy from our homes and medicines as cheaply as you can buy them on the internet and there are some perverse market situations here were vets are as concerned about his owners. if you went to the vet and said your dog or your care needs this medicine, you should be over to go away with the prescription and buy it independently, people are not aware of that or they're not able to do that? , :, aware of that or they're not able to do that? ,., ., . ~ aware of that or they're not able to do that? ., . ~ ., do that? there some lack of awareness _ do that? there some lack of awareness and _ do that? there some lack of awareness and then - do that? there some lack of awareness and then so - do that? there some lack of awareness and then so we l do that? there some lack of. awareness and then so we need do that? there some lack of- awareness and then so we need to talk about more that is an important message if you have ongoing medication for your animals, ask for permission and speak to your verdict and that is actually an appropriate way of doing it. i and that is actually an appropriate way of doing it— way of doing it. i like my vet and he likes my _ way of doing it. i like my vet and he likes my dog _ way of doing it. i like my vet and he likes my dog and _ way of doing it. i like my vet and he likes my dog and i like - way of doing it. i like my vet and he likes my dog and i like the . he likes my dog and i like the personal service and there is a lot of people who wish they had a local independent vet, how do you stop these big conglomerates taking over these big conglomerates taking over the local practices? i these big conglomerates taking over the local practices?— the local practices? i love your relationship — the local practices? i love your relationship with _ the local practices? i love your relationship with your - the local practices? i love your relationship with your vegan i the local practices? i love your. relationship with your vegan with your animal, that is so important and the people working in these businesses, their independent or corporately owned, the centre of the vets they have the same high ideals read animal welfare wanting to deliver that many people find that there were vets working in different types of practices who can of the relationship and i think it is probably disingenuous to see this as a binary, whether it's a group of practices or independence. i5 a binary, whether it's a group of practices or independence. is there any separation _ practices or independence. is there any separation and _ practices or independence. is there any separation and orange - practices or independence. is there any separation and orange or- any separation and orange or pointing that way in the way that the industry is run?— the industry is run? some of the urou s, the industry is run? some of the groups. let's _ the industry is run? some of the groups. let'sjust _ the industry is run? some of the groups, let'sjust give _ the industry is run? some of the groups, let'sjust give one - the industry is run? some of the - groups, let'sjust give one example, groups, let's just give one example, vets for pets. in most corporate brands, they're very transparent today are booked individual purchases are substantially onboard individual people were running independent purchases to a large degree and so, there's more to this and it's very complex issue and i think we should embrace the challenges and do that and really try to find solutions that champion consumer choice. just try to find solutions that champion consumer choice.— try to find solutions that champion consumer choice. just a minute left but to leave — consumer choice. just a minute left but to leave people _ consumer choice. just a minute left but to leave people with _ consumer choice. just a minute left but to leave people with public - but to leave people with public service here, what can they do? should they ask for price structure and prescription plan crucial absolutely, ask for the impressive things and a practising vet of 30 years, one thing i really welcome is years, one thing i really welcome 3 when someone walks in and says i want to do the best for my animal but i'm also concerned about money. have those conversations really with your vet so we can help deliver the very best care for you and your animal which is suited for both of you. animal which is suited for both of ou. ., y animal which is suited for both of ou. :, y :, , animal which is suited for both of ou. ., ,.,, animal which is suited for both of ou. ., , ., ., ~ animal which is suited for both of ou. ., , ., ., you. lovely to see you and thank you for explaining — you. lovely to see you and thank you for explaining that _ you. lovely to see you and thank you for explaining that to _ you. lovely to see you and thank you for explaining that to us. _ the stories on the bbc website and will take a short break in our panel will take a short break in our panel will be on the other side of the break and will focus on an important hearing in the house on capitol hill today. hello there, good evening. it's been another really quite wet day for many of us, particularly across england and wales. in fact, parts of south—east england have already seen their average march rainfall. we're not yet halfway through the month. a lot of saturated ground out there. and although the air is milder as we head through the rest of the week, there will be further spells of rain at times, especially in the north and the west. and if we just take a look at the rainfall accumulation chart for the rest of the week, most spots are in for another 20 to 30 millimetres, but parts of north—west england and north—west wales could see as much as 70 to 80 millimetres of rainfall, so it willjust add to the risk of localised flooding, and there are already plenty of flood warnings in place. that's also partly due to the spring tides yesterday and today. this was the situation earlier on, then, so this low pressure out towards the north—west of scotland just pushing these weather fronts further eastwards. but the rain has now cleared across parts of east anglia and kent. there will be another set of weather fronts just pushing down from north—west scotland, through into north—west england and western wales, so turning really quite wet here. but ahead of the front, some very mild—feeling conditions, a lot of mist and nurk, but temperatures here may not drop out of double figures. it will be a mild start to the day across the board. and then on wednesday, our weather front is stalled across wales and into north—west england. to the north of the front, some sunshine, but some showers move in across north—west scotland later. gales across the north of scotland, with the low pressure centred here. further towards the south and the east, ahead of the front, there will be a lot of cloud. but given any brighter spells, temperatures could rise here in the milder—feeling air to 15, 16 degrees. now, as we head through wednesday night and into thursday, our weather fronts start to retreat further northwards again, bringing some further spells of possibly quite heavy rain across northern ireland, northern england and into southern scotland. again, some brighter skies towards the north of scotland, but a lot of cloud as well. a rash of heavy, thundery showers across wales, south—west england, gradually pushing further eastwards, but plenty of dry weather again for east anglia, parts of kent and sussex. given some brighter skies, we could see 16 or 17 degrees in all of that milder—feeling air. but the colder air still across parts of northern ireland and scotland, and that's gradually going to sink a little further southwards as we head through friday. so we'll come into some slightly cooler—feeling conditions as we head into the start of the weekend, staying unsettled, more rain at times. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. my assessment in the report about the relevance of the president's memory was necessary and accurate and fair. most importantly, what i wrote is what i believe the evidence shows, and what i expectjurors would perceive and believe. under the senile cooperator theory, isn't it frustrating that biden continues to go out there and lie about the basic facts of a report that lays out a federal criminal violation you used your report to trash and smear president biden because he said in response to questions over a five hour interview that he didn't recall how he got the documents. 0ur panel tonight the political writer for the la times seema mehta and the former labour party parliamentary candidate and british political strategist kevin craig