Finances were in a dire state. Hang on. There was this 22 Billion black hole. We spend 1200 Billion billion black hole. We spend i200 billion pounds every year in this 22 Billion so called black hole, a mere accounting device. In this whole debate, what the Labour Government are trying to do was to make the political point that the Conservative Party ran the country into the ground and therefore weve got to punish therefore weve got to punish the pensioners. It is absolute and complete rubbish. And what those we represent cant understand, these people who worked hard all their lives, have done their bit for the country, their total package is perhaps 13 or £14,000 a year. What they cant understand is that this so called saving of public money is actually going to go to Train Drivers who own £70,000 a year. Theyjust dont understand it. So for god sake, lets have a serious debate. Lets try to unite on this issue and lets not keep taking away benefits from people just above the Pension
Why being fat and fit is a myth. A new study says people cant be obese and healthy. Good morning. In sport down to the wire. Arsenal keep themselves in the three way race for the last two Champions League spots. Theyll be decided On The Last Day of the season. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. It is cloudy and anzus morning. There will be some rain for england and wales, heavy through the day on and off, but for Northern England, ireland and scotland it will be dry, bright and scotland it will be dry, bright and sunny with just a couple of showers. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you very much. So, we have carol on the bridge, we have steph on the buttie van, and over the next couple of weeks we will ta ke the next couple of weeks we will take Bbc Breakfast on the road to scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. Today we start in south west england, we are in bristol. One of the reasons why this city is so important is
From the hay literary festival, in wales. Today im joined by a packed audience eager to hear from the american politician who defied conventional wisdom to inject passion and radicalism into last yea rs to inject passion and radicalism into last years us president ial election. No, not donald trump but the self styled socialist who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination, Bernie Sanders. His movement did not carry him all the way to the white house but has he planted the seed Of A Revolution In American Politics . Cheering and applause. Bernie sanders, welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. I think we have to begin by reflect things on what happened in november, 2016. Can you explain to me and explain to this audience how come donald trump was put into the white house by voters, many of whom were those Working Class, blue collar americans that your campaign was all about . Explain it. Let me explain it in two ways. First of all, it is important for everyone t
and even if their own targets, frankly it is a drop in the ocean compared to the need and transitions we need to make. i m afraid, this plan is what we get from the government on climate change. it s big on promise and incredibly weak on delivery. the government says the subsidies will make heat pumps a comparable price to a new gas boiler. an air source heat pump costs between £6,000 and £18,000, depending on the type installed and the size of a property. mike childs is the head of science at friends of the earth a network of environmental organisations across the world. also can we make our environmental choice come in and afford it. many people across the country cannot afford to make that switch and the government, certainly for people with lower income homes, the government is looking at rolling out something like 30,000 a yearfor government is looking at rolling out something like 30,000 a year for the next three years and that is what we already do and if you look across to