He is One of putins fiercest critics and feared for his life while he was locked up in One of the kremlin s jails. But now he is free and has been reunited with his wife and has been reunited with his wife and children. They tell us their incredible story. I was woken up, i saw that it was dark. I asked what time it was. They said sam, and they told me to get up and get ready in ten minutes. And at that moment i was absolutely certain that i was being led out to be executed. And with us in liverpool, the Housing Campaigner Kwajo tweneboa, the boss of iceland, richard walker, who was a cOnvert to the Labour Cause last year. And claire ainsley, who worked for Keir Starmer during the hard yards of oppositiOn. Lets start with whats making the news. No surprise, the mail and the express both splash On Downing Street Rows a picture of Keir Starmer and his Chief Of Staff in a corporate box at the football. The observer and the mirror are a bit more friendly with the pm vowing no going back to
Now on Bbc News political thinking with nick robinson. Hello, And welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than a newsy interrogation, of someone who shapes our political thinking about what a shape theirs. My guest this week has just celebrated ending the longest Train Drivers strike in history a strike that was blamed for crippling the railways And angered many, many travellers. His members haVe Got a 15 Pay Rise over three years. He is Mick Whelan, The General secretary of aslef. He said that his members strength, resilience, And determination was what had won that Pay Rise others say it was down to his crafty negotiation style. Mick whelan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. You finally got a deal after all that time how did you celebrate . Erm, by talking to the press. As soon as it becomes public knowledge, you And your colleagues obviously, so sky, bbc, the guardian, the usual outlets, And press will be Here Today With You And once you ve done that,
The new pm sets out bIg reforms to energy, water and the lords, but Is the lesson Of hIs predecessors that he needs more VIsIon And Hope and less paIn . And as thIs generatIon Of students prepare to head Off to unIversIty, wIll some fInd theIr college has gone bust before they even get there . Good evenIng. Welcome to newsnIght InsIght, IntervIews and more Into the storIes Of the day. Later, the crIsIs In our unIversItIes, wIth calls for a massIve rIse In TuItIon Fees as students head back to campus. But before that, a scholarly panel Of PrIme MInIsterIal BIographer SIr Anthony seldon, former tory Mp And Mep VIcky Ford and Baroness Helena Kennedy kc wIll consIder where we are wIth the new Government And Pm two months on from the electIon, wIth a blIzzard Of legIslatIon but a certaIn lack Of Post LandslIde EuphorIa and promIses Of a couple Of months at least Of paIn. Lets brIng In our own prOfessor Of polItIcs, nIck watt. An Important day for the pm . RemovIng saId, Gb Energy and removI
Loyalist who became one of the conflicts most prolific killers. He was also an r. U. C. Agent nicknamed the jackal. 5 days before pat campbells murder a man whose home police had found 64 kilograms of explosives 2 grenades and over 5000 rounds of assorted ammunition had named jackson as his accomplice. However police failed to arrest jackson meanwhile he is of liberty to murder part campbell. Jackson of being a member of the Ulster Defense regiment then the largest regiment in the british army. He was later involved in the massacre of the Miami Showband in july 975 when 3 band members were killed by members of the clan gang as they attempted to plant a bomb on the musicians boss. Boilers paramilitaries horace boyle and Wesley Somerville were killed instantly as the bomb exploded prematurely. Well the Ulster Defense regiment was the largest regiment in the british army it was geographically recruit it here and the north of ireland and it only served here in the north of ireland it was e
Someone into the regiment who was an octave loyalist paramilitary who was a member of a loyalist paramilitary group. Theres no doubt that the creation of the else the defense regiment was influence for the british show me boy the experience in the empire these kinds of locally right regimens what controls and commanded by british offices and as any intrinsic pauls in the chain of command bridge show me were common through all of the counterinsurgency campaigns there was a real and genuine hype at the instigation of the regiments that it would be truly crossed me to say adam would be nonsectarian in character but it became apparent very quickly that that was not going to be the case and the british army was willing to live with the consequences which was that this would be in many ways a sectarian regiment. Many. People from little in this community joined the regiment to get weapons training and to steal weapons and according to the official documents that we funded the u. D. R. It was