newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. coming up: the party manifestos are all out. how well has the bbc done on explaining their policies fairly and impartially? and, are we hearing too many random opinions from not always well informed voters? with the main parties publishing their offers to voters, this week has seen the general election campaign in full swing. the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg was on hand and on air with her analysis. here she is on thursday reporting on the conservatives‘ proposals, and first on tuesday reacting to labour s manifesto. and remember not so long ago in 2015 ed miliband made a few little tiptoes to the left of where labour had been and he lost that election. jeremy corbyn is making a much bigger step in the same direct of middle england are really ready for the policies that he believes will be popular. and, of course, the complications of brexit means whatever else she is promising could be derailed by
much more. so was that cock up or conspiracy? philipjones told us: but louis mendee spoke for many when he posted: later that night, there were several examples the bbc‘s efforts to get out and about during this election campaign and hear the views of so called ordinary voters. here s deputy political editorjohn pienaar soliciting opinions in a gym in bradford. labour underjeremy corbyn, what do you think? well, i quite like his policies but i don t think they re doable. you don t think they re doable? what do you think? i agree, yeah, i don t think they re doable myself. why not? i just don t think they are. kenny watt was watching that and thought the views of the gentlemen exercising there, and more generally vox pops like that, did not add greatly to the sum of human knowledge. he s got a journalist coming in when he s in the middle of his work out asking him questions when he s probablyjust thinking, oh my god, when‘s this hill climb going to end? and that s the pr
and philip has the weather. hello, good morning. for some the weekend is starting looking like this. but at the same time others are looking like this. i ll tell you who gets what and where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. president trump will arrive in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbijames told senior russian officials that the fbi james comey was a nutjob and sacking him relieved great pressure on him. the memo came as he set off on his first foreign trip since taking office. president trump is off on his first foreign trip. he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted that he ll be protecting american interests. that s what i like to do . but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the white house yet. it started with accusation that he d leaked classified information to the rus