After time here were going on the ground on the 80th anniversary of the dunkirk disaster as Boris Johnson arguably seeks to harness the dunkirk spirit desperately clinging on to a top advisor credited with putting him in power and winning britains brecks it vote against neo liberalism coming up on the show the chief advisor Dominic Cummings may not be a member of the tory party but one former Tory Health Minister did resign over a health care scandal we asked margaret thatchers Health Minister if we dont carry why britain has the worst but capita coronavirus death toll in the world and should coronavirus survivor Boris Johnson be in trouble because of an infected advisor visiting a console to test out his eyesight but his role in sanctioning weapon sales to the worlds worst humanitarian crisis we speak to the un in yemen the cemeteries are overflowing the country bombed with u. K. Weapons from u. K. Warplanes trained by the u. K. s royal air force. All the more coming up in todays goin
Worlds worst humanitarian crisis as we speak to the un in yemen the cemeteries are overflowing the country bombed with u. K. Weapons from u. K. Warplanes trained by the u. K. s Royal Air Force all the some more coming up in todays going on the ground but 1st once upon a time there was a u. K. Government official who told the truth arguably to the public about a risk to Public Health and i had to resign for it joins me now via skype from. Minutes Edwina Currie and we did thanks for coming on obviously a terrible death toll being announced the highest in the World Capital but everything here is about Dominic Cummings horizontals job advice do you think specially after a tweet from the Civil Service that apparently theres an inquiry into Cummings Johnson theyre all a bit naive in the sense that even after a landslide victory they thought that they could get bricks its done my impression is that everyone in this country has behaved very well would lock down that best. Or at least most peop
As demand dips and price wars loom with brent reaching its lowest level since 2002. Awe quarry tet of eurozone banks scrap their proposal after the ecb wants to preserve cash until october in a bid to maintain liquidity the number of confirmed coronavirus globally has risen 723,000. The death toll has risen to 34,000 germany and france have started lockdown with germany. The number of deaths in italy has fallen for the second straight day tough restrictions remain in place. Elsewhere china says it has posted a drop in new cases for the fourth consecutive day as beijing battles against a second outbreak of the virus. How are the markets reacting to it markets are trading on the back foot in europe. We are seeing some pretty substantial losses coming together in the early hours of trade. Ftse 100 down 2. 6 in the germany the dax is holding up a little better, down just 1. 4 . A few sectors are getting a particularly hard hit this morning after some analysts weighed through the impact of
We pulled it off. We broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. The Prime Minister is now inside number 10 having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have lent him their vote. An awful night for labour losing 59 seats many of them in places the party has held for decades. Jeremy corbyn said the results were very disappointing. I want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign. I will discuss with our party, to ensure there is a process now of reflection. Borisjohnson pledges to work day and night to retain the support of labour voters who deserted Jeremy Corbyn as labour suffered its worst defeat since the dark days of michael foot. Jo liberal democrat leader jo swinson has quit after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. For millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope
Before the papers the sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres holly hamilton. Good morning. Liverpools dominance of the premier league continues. They now have a ten point gap at the top after making it 16 league wins out of 17 with a 2 0 victory over watford at anfield. While second placed leicester could only draw 1 1 at home to norwich. Ben croucher reports. Catch us if you can. If liverpools bond is tighter than ever, right now, the gap between them and everybody else is growing ever wider. Theyve played 17 games this season, and when mo salah can produce finishes like this, you can see why theyve won 16 of them. Hes left footed as well. That might have been the obvious option, when the ball landed at his feet in the last minute. Commentator the cheek of it the sheer cheek of it. This magician had the trick with the flick. Theyre disappearing into the distance at the top of the table. We need each point we can get, because its a tough and long season. You ca