He later apologised for what he called rude comments. Plenty of people saw the remarks straightaway as racist but it took an age in political terms for rishi sunak to agree. At a rally on friday night in hackney, diane abbott told the crowd to stand firm against racism. This is about the way that black women are disrespected. Decade upon decade. The conservative Cabinet Minister and transport secretary, mark harper, spoke to laura kuennsberg, on her sunday morning programme, she asked him Whether Frank Hester s comments were racist. Did you think these comments were racist . Yes, look, the Prime Minister made it very clear at Prime Ministers questions on wednesday that they were racist. It took him some time to do that. Did you think straight they were racist . You said it took an age in political terms but it didnt take long at all, the Prime Minister said it on wednesday and his spokesperson was clear the day before that they were racist comments and unacceptable. And frank hester ap
Would address its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. An investigation last year found the churchs financial arm, which in the 18th century was known as queen annes bounty, had received funds linked to enslavement worth more than £1 billion in todays money. Today, a group with oversight of the churchs response said the £100 million that had been earmarked by the church to address the legacy of slavery was not enough. The church said the funding that has been put aside should be considered a Seed Investment and would grow over time. Lets start with our panel on this in then an expert review. For 200 years, the church as been in denial about its role in this, but clearly there has been a change in the way organisations view this, that if you inherited wealth as a result of slavery, then you inherit the problem today. How do you feel about that . 501 the problem today. How do you feel about that . ~ the problem today. How do you feel about that . ~. ,. ~. , about that . So i t
materially, that didn t happen. nobody came to me and said, you know, if that said agreed to restart work on independence, that would mean something much more than that it does. there was not a process of consideration of that then saw somebody come to me with a proposal to restart work on independence. i m sorry, i am genuinely sorry if it sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i sounds like i m dancing on the head ofa pin, i don t sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i don t mean to. but the key point here is that we did not restart work on independence at that point, oranywhere restart work on independence at that point, or anywhere near that point. if it were to be decided on the basis if it were to be decided on the basis of if it were to be decided on the basis of the evidence before this inquiry basis of the evidence before this inquiry that there was a politicisation of the pandemic, and that you politicisation of the pandemic, and that you had u
the health secretary steve barclay is here too. and we ll hear from the first female astronaut heading to the moon. morning. with you and me for the next 60 minutes science presenter michael mosley, who trained as a doctor. former health minister james bethell. and campaigner for kids safety, beeban kidron. both of you members of the house of lords. if we look at the front pages, they are all over the place. the sunday telegraph has a story about electiry pylons. but that picture of the prime minister, the future king, and the other future king stuffing his face with pizza at the cricket is in the papers. the mirror leads on the sixth supect in the stephen lawrence murder case, a story that the bbc broke last week. stephen s friend duwayne brooks says the suspect was there. the sun newspaper talks about zac goldsmith and his friendship with p0p goldsmith and his friendship with pop star ellie goulding. he made the news quitting the government with a blast at rishi sunak on
loads of similar schemes, key differences but with the same aim. it is happening a lot of already, as you probably know. the idea is, breathe. some people say lights versus livelihoods, soaring cost of living, soaring number of health problems from pollution. some people say it is set versus livelihoods. a dichotomy is shaping politics. some of the arguments are on the working classes, take london, sw19, leafy london, less of a problem than in e14, less leafy tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? tower hamlets. the question, is ulez foryou? sw19, tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? sw19, leafy wimbledon. here is the news from nick hatfield. good morning. the high court is to hear arguments for and against the expansion of london s ultra low emission zone. five conservative led councils are challenging the move by mayor sadiq khan, who says it s needed to tackle air pollution. financial regulators will demand to know why banks aren t passing on highe