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,
Political drama has taken a dark turn amid dozens of Bomb Threats. So why wont the former president and his allies stop pushing the lies that started it all . Plus, the stunning charges against one of the most famous men in hiphop, superstar sean diddy combs accused today of everything from Sex Trafficking to arson, bribery, to kidnapping. How the indictment says he abused and manipulated women to gratify himself and to protect his reputation. And an extraordinary incident in lebanon, where hundreds of handheld pagers exploded all at once, killing eight people, injuring more than 2,000. Was it part of a coordinated attack . So much to get to today, but we begin in ohio, where life has been completely up ended by a baseless claim. Here is the Scene Today at Snow Hill elementary in springfield, State Highway troopers patrolling outside and inside. You see one of them here, little Kids Head to school, and then two of them, two of the 36 that are across the Springfield District after the g
Decisions that allowed a legal flammable claim to be put on the building. The building. What are your thoughts the building. What are your thoughts on the building. What are your thoughts on the the building. What are your thoughts on the other thoughts on the other recommendations of the inquiry . Obviously too many to go through in one interview but pick out the key recommendations from your perspective. Recommendations from your perspective recommendations from your perspective. There were a lot of recommendations, perspective. There were a lot of recommendations, 52, perspective. There were a lot of recommendations, 52, i i perspective. There were a lot i of recommendations, 52, i need to go through the report and properly digestive. One of the key recommendations is that Fire Safety for the construction of buildings is standardised. That is a key recommendation and needs to be implemented. This government have been committed to do so but they say it would take five years. That is
Others saying from getting Procurement Work in the uk, i strongly believe it could even go a bit further. Some of these organisations like arconic are advising not only our government but other governments across the world and how to build safer and greener and more efficient arms and i think we should be listening to these guys for advice about building safe homes. At all. They clearly demonstrated that they did not care about their role to safety, they systematically and dishonestly pushed for their materials to be put not only ungrateful but across buildings all across the country and we havent done enough. Its been seven years, there was a fire today, there was a fire last week in dagenham, its going to keep happening, people are not safe and weve not done enough. So, look, iwelcome safe and weve not done enough. So, look, i welcome and safe and weve not done enough. So, look, iwelcome and i safe and weve not done enough. So, look, i welcome and i glad that he is starting to make s
Different than the current administrations he was speaking to us network c. N. N. And described his plans he said where possible he would mandate mass for example on interstate travel on airplanes and in federal buildings but otherwise would seek to influence americans by his example and they said it was important for him and the Vice President themselves to wear a mask as an example of course mask wearing has become controversial in some parts of the United States so there could be some pushback on that front but both biden seeming to stress that there would be an end date that this was for a limited time 100. 00 days to get the virus under control he also talked about the fact that his plan was not to close the economy but to offer clear guidance not to impose strict or not to impose specific lockdown so much as guidance he talked about if restaurants and bars need to close for periods of time that they need to know that there would be assistance in what the ground rules were going t