for political thinking with nick robinson. we must not let the public think that we are the parliament that licensed cash for questions. that was the warning from my guest on political thinking this week chris bryant who chairs a house of commons standards committee. his words won him the plaudit of being the parliamentary speech of the year. he also secured a government u turn and a change into the approach and standards. now, chris bryant is a labour mp, he represents one of the poorest constituencies in the country, yet his background doesn t suggest preparation for that. he was a public schoolboy, he trained to be a vicar in the church of england, and he was, at university, a student conservative activist. chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you ve now made me seem very odd already! in the words of stephen sondheim, i ve went from careered to career. i ve made you interesting rather than odd! orweird. we are going to explore the interesting and the weird, perha
that we are the parliament that licensed cash for questions. that was the warning from my guest on political thinking this week chris bryant who chairs a house of commons standards committee. his words won him the plaudit of being the parliamentary speech of the year. he also secured a government u turn and a change into the approach and standards. now, chris bryant is a labour mp, he represents one of the poorest constituencies in the country, yet his background doesn t suggest preparation for that. he was a public schoolboy, he trained to be a vicar in the church of england, and he was, at university, a student conservative activist. chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you ve now made me seem very odd already! in the words of stephen sondheim, i ve went from careered to career. i ve made you interesting rather than odd! orweird. we are going to explore the interesting and the weird, perhaps. we are going to examine happy and sad. let s start with that speech. i,
completely not. i was completely mystified by what the government were up to. i have been predicting they would let it all pass because that s what has always happened in the past with every single report from a committee finding that a member of parliament has been up to no good so i was mystified that jacob rees mogg gave this 45 minute speech in which he basically told about the rules at the 11th hour in what is meant to be an independent disciplinary process so no, i thought i m still going to try and persuade people in the chamber and sometimes as mp5 we go, right, i m just going to rant and get it off my chest and deliver my single transferable speech, but sometimes you do actuallyjust want transferable speech, but sometimes you do actually just want to persuade everybody you possibly can. it s interesting to see you are mystified. ifelt uber it s interesting to see you are mystified. i felt uber angry, it s interesting to see you are mystified. ifelt uber angry, very m
when they can go back to theirjobs? and the duke of cambridge reveals the winners of his earthshot prize. five, $1.3 million awards, to help save the planet. it s six in the morning in singapore, and ”pm in the uk where the family of the mp killed in a knife attack on friday, sir david amess, has issued a statement urging calm, in the aftermath of his death. in it they say. whatever one s they added that their hearts have been shattered by his death. the home secretary, priti patel, is considering a range of measures to protect mps at constituency surgeries. the man arrested has been named as ali harbi ali. the 25 year old is being held under the terrorism act, and officers have until friday to question him. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford has the very latest on the investigation. a significant search operation at a large family house in london, as the counter terrorism investigation into the murder of sir david amess mp turned towards the capital today.
britain s richest man, sirjim ratcliffe, talks to the bbc about his bid for the club it s been rejected, but he says he s not giving up. and a memorial is unveiled to all of those who served on hms sheffield, hit by an argentine missile during the falklands war, a0 years ago. and coming up on the bbc news channel. can manchester cityjoin liverpool in the champions league final? pep guardiola s men are in the spanish capital to take on 13 time winners real madrid. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. thousands of disabled children in ukraine have been abandoned in institutions that can t look after them that s according to a human rights organisation. an investigation carried out by the group disability rights international found children with severe disabilities tied to beds in children s homes that are unable to cope. many have been moved away from the fighting near institutions where they lived and then just left at other, unsuitable facilities, further away