$115 billion. the is front cover focuses on this week s brexit debate in the house of lords, where some of the new labour grandees could resist the government s plans for withdrawing form the eu. the express also picks up the story, urging the lords not to weaken or delay the government s brexit approach. the nhs has cut 15,000 beds in six years according to the mail. the guardian reports that eu leaders are telling theresa may that, what they call, blackmail tactics will backfire on the uk. the times says no ten is on a collision course with small businesses over its reforms to business rates. a warning from the defence secretary makes the telegraph s front page. sir michael fallon says britain must maintain a military presence in afghanistan to avoid millions of afghans migrating to europe. meanwhile the mirror is leading with the story that former boxer michael watson has vowed to find the people who attacked him as they tried to steal his car. now it s time for hard
the is front cover focuses on this week s brexit debate in the house of lords, where some of the new labour grandees could resist the government s plans for withdrawing form the eu. the express also picks up the story, urging the lords not to weaken or delay the government s brexit approach. the nhs has cut 15,000 beds in six years according to the mail. the guardian reports that eu leaders are telling theresa may that, what they call, blackmail tactics will backfire on the uk. the times says no ten is on a collision course with small businesses over its reforms to business rates. a warning from the defence secretary makes the telegraph s front page. sir michael fallon says britain must maintain a military presence in afghanistan to avoid millions of afghans migrating to europe. meanwhile the mirror is leading with the story that former boxer michael watson has vowed to find the people who attacked him as they tried to steal his car. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it s the job of the journalist to speak truth to power, but it can be a lonely place, defying conventional wisdom and the powers that be. my guest today has known that loneliness. irish journalist david walsh was convinced that cycling s untouchable champion, lance armstrong, was a drugs cheat, long before the sport revealed the scale of his deceit. armstrong is now history, of course, but doping continues to devalue elite sport. david walsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i want you to, if you would, cast your mind back to starting as a young journalist in ireland, working on sports. you memorably described yourself then as a fan with a typewriter . do you still regard yourself as a fan? in certain respects, yes, but in a general sense, no. i think a journalist has to leave that behind. i mean it i think the predominant reason why people want to be sports writers is because they love sport. in my case, i mean, i knew from a very e
be a lonely place, defying conventional wisdom and the powers that be. my guest today has known that loneliness. irish journalist david walsh was convinced that cycling s untouchable champion lance armstrong was a drugs cheat long before the sport revealed the scale of his deceit. armstrong is now history of course but doping continues to devalue elite sport. maybe it s a problem that no amount of truth telling journalism can fix. david walsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i wonder if you could cast your mind back to starting as a young journalist in ireland, working on sports. you memorably described yourself then as a fan with a typewriter. do you still regard yourself as a fan? in certain respects, yes, but in a general sense, no. i think a journalist has to leave that behind. i think the predominant reason why people want to be sports writers is because they love sport. in my case, i knew from a very early stage i wanted to be a sports writer and it s because i liked wr
defying conventional wisdom and the powers that be. my guest today has known that loneliness. irish journalist david walsh was convinced that cycling s untouchable champion lance armstrong was a drugs cheat long before the sport revealed the scale of his deceit. armstrong is now history of course but doping continues to devalue elite sport. maybe it s a problem that no amount of truth telling journalism can fix. david walsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i wonder if you could cast your mind back to starting as a young journalist in ireland, working on sports. you memorably described yourself then as a fan with a typewriter. do you still regard yourself as a fan? in certain respects, yes, but in a general sense, no. i think a journalist has to leave that behind. i think the predominant reason why people want to be sports writers is because they love sport. in my case, i knew from a very early stage i wanted to be a sports writer and it s because i liked writing essays when i