Exploding pagers and now Walkie Talkies across lebanon. Israel says theyre opening a new phase in the war. Whats their strategy . And more leaks from whitehall, with a Bbc Story on Sue Grays pay. Whats going on behind the door of number 10 . Welcome to newsnight, live each night with insight and interviews. Our panel David Yelland, the presenter of the Hit Podcast about crIsIs management, when it hits the fan. Davids a former editor of the sun. Also political commentator Tom Harwood. And it wouldnt be newsnight without nick watt, our political editor. Tonight, hes got fresh intelligence on divIsions in the number 10 operation. But first, were going to look at Israels Strategy following the exploding Walkie Talkies In Lebanon. Yesterday, we covered the story about the exploding pagers. Multiple sources say mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was targeting hezbollah fighters. Daniel levy Is a former official negotiator for the Israeli government in Peace Talks with the palestinians hes now c
whether it s telling people who are struggling to make ends meet that they should learn to shop cheaply and cook for themselves, nurses that have got no need to use a food bank, or refugee charities that they are just as bad as people smugglers. he is lee anderson, former num member, miner, labour councillor, now proud mp for his hometown of ashfield in nottinghamshire, and deputy chairman of. the conservative party. it has been quite a journey. lee anderson, welcome to political thinking. you have not created a controversy for a few weeks now, have you been neutered, have they caged you in this newjob? well, no, two weeks ago when i got thejob i was on a home affairs select committee visit to uruguay on the legalisation of drugs, and then i think the week after we were on recess so this is my first full week back, not been any controversies, i don t think, this week, but i keep looking at my phone for updates to see what i have said and who i have upset. joking apart, do you
has it taken you a long time to forgive the tories? because you have still been critical of what you think margaret thatcher did? iforgive her, i look back now and i will repeat the story every week, this country needed margaret thatcher in the 70s and 80s, the country was being held to ransom, the unions were running amok. we thought it was unfair because we suffered, we got the brunt of it but you cannot have a situation where the trade unions are going on strike every five minutes, holding the country to ransom and making everybody miserable and that is what was happening. sure. but i want to remind people you didn t convert to the tories until 2018, it wasn t that you thought, it was in the blair period, the brown period, the ed miliband period, you were working for a labour mp against people who tried to become the tory prime minister. and that is when the penny dropped. when i started working fora labour mp. let s talk about that in a second. first of all, what else about ashfi