One of labours most high profile left wIng politicians criticises Keir Starmer fOr treatIng her, In her wOrds, as a Non Person and accuses him of tryIng to get rid of her from the party. Welcome to newsnight, live each night with Insight and Interviews. Earlier, Sir Ed Davey gave his leaders address to the Liberal Democrat conference. Insight this evenIng from the woman who led the party befOre him, jo swInson. Welcome to you. And Labour Peer LOrd falconer is here too, as is nick. Hello. Hello. Welcome back from briahton. Our maIn Interview Tonight is with one of the countrys most well known politicians, Labour Mp Diane abbott. In an Exclusive Bbc Interview, she tells newsnight she felt that Keir Starmer treatEd Her as a Non Person In the aftermath of comments from a conservative donOr that Ms Abbott needed to be shot. Those remarks, by the way, she says actually made her feel In danger. And she estimates that through her WOrkIng Life as an mp, shes received Tens Of Thousands of Death
Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to thursday in parliament, where its down to business for mps following last weeks general election. The queen comes to westminster for the second time in ten weeks, setting out the governments to do list for the year. And theres no prizes for guessing whats at the top. My governments priority is to deliver the United Kingdoms departed from the European Union on the 31st of january. Labour says the government has tried to mimic some of its priorities. On austerity, on investment, on inequality and on the National Health service and we can see how we force the terrain to shift. But Boris Johnsons predicting a positive future. I do not think it vainglorious or impossible to say that a new golden age for this United Kingdom is now in reach. Mid morning, the queen set off from Buckingham Palace for the state opening of parliament, a ceremony shes more than familiar with, having taken part in it 66 times during her reign. But havin
Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at n
All the sport katie shanahan. Hello, simon. Arsenal and everton are edging closer to appointing their new managers. Arsenal are in talks with their former captain, mikel arteta. While everton are hoping to secure their number one target, Carlo Anchelotti. Thanks, katie. And darren has all the weather. Thanks very much. Good afternoon. Our weather is a fairly quiet right now, more overnight frost tonight and fog around, too. On the other side of the atlantic the weather has much more energy, some storm damage to look at in the United States later in the programme. Thanks, darren. Also coming up and how pop star Ellie Goulding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. He boris he johnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since his election victory and promised to pass a law ruling out any extension to the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. The uk is schedu