Borisjohnson has become something of a hate figure to a chunk of liberal britain who blame him for what they see as the brexit catastrophe. They think he lied in the referendum campaign, and persuaded britain to self harm, all to serve his own political career. So, mrjohnson is bravely trying to appeal to those core remainers tomorrow his is the first in a series of speeches on brexit by cabinet ministers over the next few days. He will argue brexit is basically a liberal project. It is about pulling down barriers, not erecting them so he means its liberal in the sense of free trade. Apart from trying to heal Brexit Division good luck with that its an attempt to reclaim brexit from any suggestion its all about nigel farage. So, does johnsons argument fly . Certainly, there is a lot of illiberalism on the continent but mrjohnsons problem is that its that theres a lot of illiberalism here too, much of it on his brexit supporting side. So whats the foreign secretary trying to do . Our Pol
Hundreds of outlets are still closed because of a problem with its chicken supply. In the christie goes you reach the first corner. In the christie goes you reach the first corner. And more heartbreak for Elise Christie as hopes of winning a medal at the Winter Olympics are over. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the crisis at oxfam following allegations of Sexual Misconduct by some of its staff in haiti. The charity has revealed that thousands of people have stopped giving money in the past fortnight. Senior executives have been questioned by mps about the scandal and the head of oxfam gb Mark Goldring apologised wholeheartedly for remarks he made last week when he appeared to downplay what had happened. He also revealed that 26 more Sexual Misconduct allegations have been received by the charity as our correspondent matt cole reports. We should warn you there is flash photography from the top of matts report. If there was any doubt that the senior oxfam leaders were going to face a tou
May is doing a good job, but i think she can do a betterjob, she needs to stand firm. Also on the programme. This programme has been told that thousands of people are desperate to get out of their time share contracts, but cant because theyre far too complex and costly. Every door is closing on me, i cannot go anywhere. I cannot get free of this thing and its like a disease, if you like, hanging over you. That full exclusive report in around 15 minutes time. A doctor said there is no hope for 20 month old alfie evans as doctors wa nt to 20 month old alfie evans as doctors want to switch off his life support. We talk to other parents who have had similar decisions to make. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 00. Throughout the programme well bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you on all the stories were talking about. A little later well hear claims that returns on University Degrees can be paltry when you c
For newsnight. If youve been to florence, chances are it was to sample the art, the food, or the wine. But tomorrow, theresa may goes there to make the speech of her life. After a torrid week, the Prime Minister today briefed her cabinet on her speech on her bespoke brexit plan. With just one year left to finish the negotiations, is she going to put enough money on the eu table to Start Talking about our long term trading relations . Theresa may will tomorrow set out a series of proposals to try to break the deadlock in the brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister will have a stern warning. History willjudge both sides harshly if they fail. We may still be many years and several thousands of hours away from the captains seat, but youre part of the team. Those years are long gone. Ryanairs pilots now even have to buy their own water in flight. But with thousands of passengers stuck on the ground, is the ball now back in the pilots court . Now they have got some leverage with the airline,
Well, you can argue about who started it, but there has been a decided deterioration in the governments relationship with the eu in the last few days. The Prime Minister thinks there are people in brussels not from all the other Member States but brussels itself whove been stirring things up, and in the process, interfering in our election. If that was the case, the effect has probably been to help her. But for the europeans, the point is simply that they have now agreed their shared negotiating position that was over the weekend and if it appears tough well, thats not their doing, thats brexit. You might say this is alljust the dynamics of nationalism one side asserts itself, then so does the other. But has it poisoned the atmosphere for the real negotiation about to hit us . Well hear eu and uk perspectives, but first heres nick watt. Dont know why theres no sun up in the sky, stormy weather. The outlook for theresa may in this election has so far been pretty benign but an ill wind l