Pressure to do more for britains 5000000. 00 selfemployed after bailing out both businesses and homes that permanent star. Treks it is say the u. K. Should push ahead with trade talks and cup ties with the e. U. In december despite the ongoing virus crisis. And Oxford University bans the society which counselled a speech by former home secretary for rudd at very short notice for to 2 wrongs make a right ill be talking to a lawyer and free speech advocates. Alone we have some breaking news this hour former 1st minister of scotland and r. T. Host id like summoned has been found not guilty of all 14 of sexual offenses against 9 different women the jury reached a majority decision on all the charges and well give you more details on this breaking news story as we get them. Well the government in the meantime has pleaded with the public to follow their advice on social distancing after this weekends who are a significant portion of the public ignore the guidelines but despite hinting that tougher sanctions could be around the corner theres no announcement yet well i. Mean im late. Hi there shadow so bring us up to speed well certainly the situation will change its just a matter and question of exactly when the Prime Ministers latest comments he expressed reservations just yesterday we know hes quite reluctant to go all out an authoritarian sort of route but listening today to mark hancock the house secretary it seems like the government is edging closer to that inevitability of a lockdown scenario and it really follows this weekends antics remember the advice is essentially to stop going out as normal Boris Johnson close down power restaurants and shops with the london mystique can going a step further saying to the public do not go out stay at home on all of courts despite that though this weekend has been some seen some really concerning things for instance weve seen numerous people taking to parks i myself drove past many of which were full looked like scenes in the summertime people playing football rugby even having picnics as a result today than not hancock has said that the government is prepared to introduce much further measures if people go within 2 metres of others who they dont live with then they are helping to spread the virus and the consequence of that costs lives now many senior labor m. P. s are coming out to say we need more restrictions for the measures its known temp to try and urge the Prime Minister ahead of that press conference later on today so kids star included John Ashworth the Shadow Health secretary just to name a few but mixed messages then came from Boris Johnson just yesterday on the one hand he said dont think that going out to fresh will make you immune from catching this virus but on the other hand saying going out and about into the open fresh air will actually be good for your Mental Wellbeing so not exactly the clearest message but he did stress the fact that people must keep 2 metres apart which we are not sorry we will try and get that crap to you as soon as possible Boris Johnson here explaining that no. You have to stay 2 meters apart you have to follow the social distancing advice and even if you think that you are personally invulnerable there are plenty of people that you could infect and whose lives will then be put at risk and i see this now. On sunday afternoon sunday evening and i take this advice seriously follow it because its absolutely crucial now this afternoon the government are looking at data collated just to see how many cars are out and about and indeed how many people are as well weve seen some figures neck quite dramatic in terms of the drop off weve seen an 81 percent drop off of people using the chips in comparison to any other normal monday plus 60 percent drop off in terms of bus use as well so were seeing some quite big changes the question is is that enough for the government to hold back on a full scale lockdown the sense is that it wont be because what were seeing now is everything is moving in that direction individuals and Business Owners and all forit is are taking matters into their own hands choosing to lockdown in their own accord it almost feels like a lockdown is by default to reddit weve seen mcdonalds costa coffee and also National Parks closing their doors so it really does appear like its just a matter of time until it officially comes into force of course looking across europe were seeing all of these full scale lockdowns already globally 1000000000 people have already been told instructed to stay at home here the information is much more advisory theyre requesting the public to follow their certain advice but today it seems like that advise could soon become impose policy and to show you thank you very much. Well in france official figures say there are now more than 16000 cases of coronavirus of the 674 people who have died most were over 70 years old while the French Parliament declared a Health Emergency yesterday which will last for at least 2 months this gives the government more powers during the outbreak such as implementing restrictive measures support for struggling businesses and the requisition of goods and services fronts went into lockdown last week with people only allowed to leave their homes for essential trips but officials are still being accused of negligence in their response to the crisis arties shot to do bensky reports from paris. Death rate rises the infection rate goes up but here in france we are hearing from french medics that they are unhappy that they feel that not enough was done enough to stop the pandemic here in france theyve actually filed a legal complaint against some of frances top officials including the Prime Minister and the former Health Minister whos ill what they say is that these officials knew as early as january how bad things were going to get and yet they didnt do enough some of the evidence for their complaint comes a real interview with the former Health Minister herself who had talked about France Holding the 1st round of municipal elections just over a week ago and saying it was a masquerade and saying as she stepped down from her job as Health Minister she did so crying because she knew that a tsunami was coming. For the medics has told r. T. That the government was simply lying to the Google Doodle were dealing with a government thats lying to us they say well be taking measures and theyll say again we need to do this we need to do that the truth is weve lost the advantage struggle to catch back up if you want an example you must remember the president stopped speeches last week when he used his war like trying as commander in chief to convince is that marched will arrive soon because most of the main tools in this war may help medical work where are those markets. Where the french government says its doing all it current to handle the crisis in regards to those shortages we have heard from the french Prime MinisterEdward Felipe requisitions have been made and requested be made to manufacture some researches to come up with new prototypes for things such as mosques well another accusation from the medics that the lawyers told us about was the lack of testing for code 19 they think that this is a problem. Take no falls isnt the only country thats been experiencing shortages for the kits to test for the virus many of the countries are experiencing the same shortages that and the other medical supplies as well weve been hearing about this over the past few weeks and that is why the current Health Minister says that its just not possible to test everyone. Today we dont test automatically so far we made the choice like most countries and as per the european recommendation to reserve transfer the priority members of the public the targeted people are just like in neighboring European Countries those who are most at risk well covered 19 is cause panic across the world and each country is handling the crisis in the way that it feels is best and it could of course be months before we see the facts seem developed and a vaccine that usable on humans and what governments including the one here from calling for is a sense of togetherness that we are all in this together this is a sense of unity so perhaps it would feel at the moment a legal complaint like this is particularly unwelcome. Well meanwhile the german chancellor is now self isolating after finding out she had come into contact with a doctor who tested positive for cope at 19 im going to merkel has now taken a coronavirus test and is waiting for the results on sunday she introduced tougher measures to curb the spread of infection speech all over reports from berlin. Well monday morning we had our latest briefing from the head of germanys Public Health institute the robert cock institute now. He said as it stood at the moment the exponential growth curve thats the way in which the virus grows out of that that seems to be leveling out right now he did go on to say that it was too soon for real optimism about that but if i continued to say wednesday and they would be looking at it as something particularly positive he also said that testing is crucial he also pointed out one interesting fact thats come out from d this testing is that the the average wealth of in fact 57 percent of those whove tested positive here in germany have been 45 year old men so thats kind of different from other countries that weve seen where it seems to have affected the elderly or all those with Underlying Health conditions now. So far around 25000. 00 cases of being confirmed in germany with just under 100. 00 deaths confirmed what we have heard coming out from the government are new well strict guidelines strict instructions when it comes to social isolating often in Public People are wrongly allowed to move around alone or with one other person who is not a member of their own household or they can move around with members of their own household in Public People must keep a distance between each other of a minimum of 1. 5 meters preferably 2 meters well one person who is self isolating at the moment is the german chancellor Angela Merkel she went into quarantine it was found that a doctor who did ministered a vaccination for Something Else that later tested positive for covert 19 is absolutely no question of being unable to care. Duty is chancellor while shes in self isolation its worth noting in fact though that her party the Christian Democratic Union currently should be well fighting it out for whos going to essentially be her replacement theyre supposed to be having Election Campaign to see who would be the next leader of the party thats of course on suspension at the moment jus to the covert 19 hour break and 51. 00 of the front runners there Friedrich Metz he called well it was confirmed last week that he actually has the coronavirus before chancellor merkel went into quarantine she was spotted in a berlin supermarket pushing around a shopping trolley of a rather well rather frugal collection of groceries she had in there not an awful lot in it if thats what shes taking into well potentially 2 weeks worth of self isolation she might be giving some of the secret service a call asking them to to drop her off a few extra things thats the way it looks at the moment under merkels in isolation but the good news it would seem if were allowed to call it good news just yet comes from the Public Health institute which gests that if Current Trends continue well the exponential growth of the virus in germany appears to be leveling out. Or the chancellor is under pressure to help selfemployed workers through the Coronavirus Crisis with a decision expected very soon unions and business groups say richie soon that should do more for creatives contractors and freelancers after he took action to bad at both businesses and those in Permanent Employment. Well so far the chances bailout only supports those in Permanent Employment but cannot work because of the outbreak they will have 80 percent of their salaries covered or up to 2500. 00 pounds with the rest to be negotiated between workers and employers but there is who are self employed on a contract or in the Creative Industry have no such support and can only claim 94. 00 pounds a week. Or meanwhile londons of footsie 100 opened almost 5 percent down dropping 242 points in Early Morning trading it rotted by this afternoon but is still below todays opening high of just under 5200 points well economics professor jones told me there is often the assumption that selfemployed workers are in a more stable financial position. Selfemployed earnings do go up and down a lot and youve got a lot of people working for example in that good economy where theres a lot of uncertainty attached to what the appropriate level of earnings would be so the government has found it a bit of a challenge to come up with a mechanism to support selfemployed workers but it does sound as though really soon at is going to be announcing something quite shortly it will the selfemployed they can claim expenses there are tax breaks i mean some people would even argue that financial ups and downs is one of the risk you take when you are self employed yes but at the moment all that they would be able to claim if they are knocked out through the coronavirus they come to work for whatever reason either illness or because the market has gone what this crisis is on all they can claim this is 94. 00 pounds 25. 00 which is the equivalent of sick pay and they can claim that its important support allowance for universal credit if you compare that 94. 00 pounds 25. 00 but week with the maximum would be available for employees then the gap is about 6 folks so they are being supported a whole lot less than employees and these are people in the selfemployed sector that are keeping the economy go and were talking about people who can often look forward to take a cut in their pay so you know you think of selfemployed people often as being employers and running Large Companies but many many selfemployed people are employed in the Construction IndustryDomestic Service industries youve got cleaners there you go things like headdresses whos whos traders are devastated by the effects of the coronavirus. Coming up after the break. Rex it is say the u. K. Should press ahead with trade talks despite the Coronavirus Crisis. And Oxford University fans a society for breaching free speech guidelines offering counsel in the form of home secretary just half an hour before switching to speak not me speaking to a noir and free speech activist. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports im sure. Ill see you then. Thank you thank. All the back and where is he with the remind of our breaking news this hour r. T. Host alex salmond has been acquitted of all 14 a sexual offense charges 65 year old sam it was originally charged with 14 sexual offenses against 9 women the prosecution with 31. 00 of those charges meant trial and the former 1st minister of scotland was found not guilty on 12 others the 14th charge of Sexual Assault with intent to rape was not proven a unique verdict allowed under scottish law the jury at the high court in edinburgh took around 6 hours to make its decision. Prominent breaks it is claimed the countrys departure from the e. U. Should go ahead as planned despite the Coronavirus Crisis thats as the scottish environment secretary calls for breaks it to be put on hold while ati u. K. Seasonality joins me with more on this. Hi there isa so whats the thinking on getting bracks it done despite the coronavirus well i think its fair to say though with the current of lawyers traces the issue of drugs which was once dominating the headlines at the forefront of everything is not really an os thought however as far as some politicians are concerned roots and should power ahead and continue. Leaving the e. U. When this transition period that were currently in and at the end system but this year speaking at the launch of a new cross Party Think Tank for the jury cabinet minister. And former goods and youve agreed that polity a reprieve jordan longworth has called for groups it to take place when that transition period ends and they say that keeping distance from the e. U. Will help insulate its all or isolate the u. K. Should we say away from the impending euro financial crisis. It is not in our interest to see a precipitous collapse we must however put as much distance between us and the eurozone as possible it would not be wise to be in the same room with an explosion the period of recovery could be long but the countries which emerge the strongest will be those which can manage their own laws and affairs to suit their own circumstances now of course that deadline at the end of many analysts is already tight enough to get all the negotiations done its a good deal in place and he fought fires but since then weve seen the Prime Minister still saying that senator and hes ruling out any extensions recently as last week e