the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electorate? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know. the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person s mouth doing the treatment, and i used to always have this thing with my patients when they came in, i always used to try and loosen them up, say, you know, don t worry, i m a pain free dentist. i never feel any pain. and, you know, that, that interaction part was what i loved about dentistry and actually the people interaction part is what i love about politics as well. i was going to say. although some people would say being a dentist, really deep
he is the son of the first muslim mp in britain, the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electric? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know. the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person s mouth doing the treatment and i used to always have this thing with my patients when they came in, i always used to try and loosen them up, say, you know, don t worry, i m a pain free dentist. i never feel any pain. and, you know, that, that interaction part was what i loved about dentistry and actually the people interaction part is what i love about politics as well. i was going to say. although some
it is not to borisjohnson or to any tory prime minister. and in the us, 100 million people facing heat warnings with extreme fires in arizona, and torrential flooding at yellowstone national park tonight with the context, former senior adviser to george w bush ron christie and the former labour minister and member of parliament caroline flint. the uk government has confirmed that six asylum seekers will be leaving in just over an hour s time to rwanda originally over 100 had been due to fly but legal appeals have steadily brought that number down. the six men will be flown the 4000 miles or 6500 km to rwanda where they will have to make their asylum claims. they may be granted permanent refugee status to stay in rwanda. the government says it brought in the rwanda policy to tackle the trafficking gangs that are bringing ever larger numbers of people across the english channel. so far this year more than 10,000 people have made the dangerous crossing. last november 27 peo
Lets start by bringing you the latest from sheffields crucible theatre, where ronnie 0sullivan is playing Stuart Bingham for a place in the semifinals. Like yesterday, its been a very close match. They resumed earlier at 4 1; and its still neck and neck. It is currently 8 7 to 0sullivan. Looks like it could go the distance. Is the final frame of todays session, able play to a finish tonight. First to 13 frames is the target. The big shock on day 12 came earlier when one of the big favourites judd trump was knocked out by qualifierjakjones. The welshman played the match of his life to beat the 2019 champion 13 9. Hell now play 0sullivan or bingham in the last four. In the other half of the draw, David Gilbert is also through after a 13 8 win over stephen maguire. The damage was done in the first session yesterday when he raced into a 7 1 lead. The world number 28 surprised everyone when he made the semifinals back in 2019 and hes made the last four once again. And hell play kyren wilson