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,
craig williams and laura saunders, on the date of the general election. on the campaign trail, labour is setting out changes to the process for someone to legally change their gender. the party is also offering to provide hundreds of thousands more dental appointments on the nhs. the lib dems release their analysis on hospital waiting times. leader sir ed davey claimed the country has ten days to save the nhs. the snp sjohn swinney will give a speech on brexit. while the dup is launching its manifesto in northern ireland. so it is a busy day for all of the parties today. we ll touch on all of the above in this programme, but let s start with the election betting investigation. here s tobias elwood speaking to the bbc radio 4 today. this betting saga has been deeply unhelpful, self inflicted distraction, and in what world they thought this was acceptable is beyond belief. the prime minister has expressed his anger, he said that at the leaders s question time debate. it has bee
badly wounded people, including children, after explosions in a tent camp on friday, which also damaged its gaza office. first of all you can see a video shared on social media from their a large plume of smoke. there are witnesses who say there were several air strikes. witnesses who say there were several airstrikes. it s witnesses who say there were several air strikes. it s one of the eight urban refugee camps in gaza, a densely populated place. although it was repeatedly targeted early on in the war, there are some senior hamas figures who have been based there and are based there. and now people really had felt much safer, they d gone back to this part of the camp that was more intact, a little more inland. and really, you can see that there are a scenes as people rush to get the wind away, several buildings completely flattened. in one video circulating. find completely flattened. in one video circulatinu. ., , circulating. and what is the resnonse circulating. an