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,
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Caroline Wheeler, the deputy Political Editor of The Sunday Times, and broadcaster and authorjohn kampfner. Normally, you Member Anyone who watches his programme normally knows we go through this great Graphic Stack of papers. We cant do that tonight so we willjustjump straight in. Lets start with the daily mirror. Gone on to stop the south africa bug. This begs the question for me, if this hunt is so important, wire quarantine measures not extended to include people travelling in . Why is there not an altar locked down in these areas . Will have to produce these graphics to make up for the technical shortfall. 0n to make up for the technical shortfall. On a serious point, youre coming to the times which looks at this and perhaps greater depth as well, but to me it is inexplicable, as i was saying in the earlier segment, that you can come from any country via a stopover somewhere else, tim
Would disagree and would say that this poll is neither free nor fair nor transparent. Vladimir putin does not face a major challenge. There are three other candidates on the ballot paper, but his most vocal critics, his fiercest opponents, are either in exile or in prison, which kind of helps you to win what we expect to be a landslide. There have been reports that Public Service workers have been strongly encouraged to come out today on day one of this election, to cast their votes. I mean, there are so many things to say about this election. Vladimir putin dominates the airwaves, dominates the screens, on russian television, much more than any other candidate. So it will be no surprise, i think, when he is eventually declared the winner. Here in the uk, the conservatives are under fresh pressure over ties to a party donor at the centre of a racism row. The party has refused to confirm, or deny, reports that the donor has reportedly given more money to the party, than was known public
Hello, a very warm welcome. Im samantha simmonds. The royal family are facing more questions over a picture of the Princess Of Wales First Published on sunday. This picture, released for mothers day, showing catherine with their three children has since been retracted by four Photo Agencies, over concerns it has been manipulated. Its the First Official photo of the Princess Of Wales since her Abdominal Surgery two months ago. Simon jones has more. Released at 9 00 yesterday morning by Kensington Palace to mark mothers day a picture of the Princess Of Wales surrounded by her children. The aim was to dampen speculation about catherines recovery from her recent Abdominal Surgery. But some people pointed out that the image looked odd a view shared by several leading Picture Agencies which had initially sent out the photo worldwide. One of them said there was an inconsistency in the alignment of princess charlottes left hand, meaning the image didnt reach the agencys standards. Late last ni
of sub saharan africans by rights group human rights watch following a wave of anti migrant sentiment and clashes between locals and migrant communities in the country. our reporter, yasmin khatun, dewan is in the newsroom with more. according to a tunisian 1200 some safran migrants have been deported to tunisia to the port of algeria and libya over the last few days. the mp who made the statement suggested he wants to and hope that number would increase to 4,000 by the end of the week. he said the migrants had been sent with food and medical supplies. he is the mp for the region in tunisia whether been clashes between migrant communities in the last few days at local tunisians and one tunisian man was killed with his funeral just yesterday. even writes or suggests between 500 700 of the migrants are now stranded on the border to libya with little food, shelter or medical support. they said they spoke to a number of the migrants who said they saw large groups who had come to