Hello and welcome to the week in parliament a week when the queen set out boris johnsons plans for the new political year. My government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. Also, in this Program Ex Prime Ministers question time Mps Grill David cameron over the greensill affair. This is a painful day, coming back to a place that i love and respect so much. Britains top Police Officer defends the handling of a vigil for sarah everard. I think its an extremely hard thing to second guess when you are looking back at it, but im proud of the way they responded and i do think they took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaffe bombed westminster. As a bomb was dropping on The Lords, in westminster hall, elizabeth tower, but the big bomb that caused the real damage was in this chamber. But first, the State Opening of parliament was a dressed down, socially distanced oc
They took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaffe bombed westminster. As a bomb was dropping on The Lords, on westminster hall, elizabeth tower, but the big bomb that caused the real damage was in this chamber. But first, the State Opening of parliament was a dressed down, socially distanced occasion compared to previous years, but no less significant for that. The queens speech, which is written for her by ministers, outlined 30 proposed new laws a signal of the governments priorities for the year ahead. So there was plenty of talk of levelling up, but only nine words and no new laws promised on Social Care. A bill to ease Planning Controls in england and another to require voters to prove their identity before casting their vote are already proving controversial, but a long awaited online Safety Bill has been widely welcomed. Trumpets play fanfare. Some Pomp And Pageantry did survive the stripped down ceremony, even if the queen arrived
The ballot box. Are we still teetering on the brink, or are we in crisis . Well, i think i think we have to worry when one of our major Political Parties is willing to embrace a way of thinking about our democracy that would be unrecognizable and unacceptable even five years ago or a decade ago. When you look at some of the laws that are being passed at the state legislative level, where legislators are basically saying, were going to take away the certification of election processes from civil servants, you know, secretaries of state, people who are just counting ballots, and were going to put it in the hands of partisan legislatures who may or may not decide that a states electoral votes should go to one person or another. And when thats all done against the backdrop of large numbers of republicans having been convinced, wrongly, that there was something fishy about the last election, weve got a problem. And, you know, this is part of the reason why i think the conversation around Vo
Now on Bbc News the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament a week when the queen set out boris johnsons plans for the new political year. My government will level up opportunities across all parts of the United Kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. Also, in this Programme Ex Prime Ministers question time Mps Grill David cameron over the greensill affair. This is a painful day, coming back to a place that i love and respect so much. Britains top Police Officer defends the handling of a vigil for sarah everard. I think its an extremely hard thing to second guess when you are looking back at it, but im proud of the way they responded and i do think they took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaffe bombed westminster. As a bomb was dropping on The Lords, on westminster hall, elizabeth tower, but the big bomb that caused the real damage was in this chamber. But first, the State Opening of par
approach. i think there is widespread understanding that what we have done for the last six months has failed, from a policy point of view, it has failed politically. we need to change course. we need to have the courage to take on the republicans and let manchin and sinema decide which side they are on. meantime, a glimmer of hope on the pandemic front. dr. fauci saying he s confident omicron s peak is in sight. but if the pattern follows the trend that we re seeing in other places such as the northeast, i believe that you will start to see a turnaround throughout the entire country. we don t want to get overconfident, but they look like they re going in the right direction right now. and as tensions between russia and ukraine intensify, the united kingdom is accusing vladimir putin of plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine. joining us right now, nbc s josh lederman at the white house. raf sanchez joins us from london. guys, welcome to you both. josh, whe