Now on bbc news, Dateline London. Hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading uk commentators, bbc specialists, and the correspondents who write, blog, and broadcast for audiences back home from the Dateline London. This week, will england pay a price for borisjohnson s Freedom Day . And a trifecta of global worry afghanistan, iran, and lebanon. The Dateline Panel trying to put your mind at rest or not are the sudanese author and journalist, nesrine malik, bronwen maddox, director of the Institute For Government and before that, foreign editor at the times. And with me in the studio, the middle East Editor for the bbc world service, sebastian usher. Welcome to you, sebastian, and welcome to both of you, thanks so much forjoining us. Now, the sound of an english summer. No, not leather on willow, nor the clink of ice against glass but the electronic ping of an alert on your Mobile Phone advising you to self isolate because youve recently been in contact with someone who
Hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading uk commentators, bbc specialists, and the correspondents who write, blog, and broadcast for audiences back home from the Dateline London. This week, will england pay a price for borisjohnson s Freedom Day . And a trifecta of global worry afghanistan, iran, and lebanon. The Dateline Panel trying to put your mind at rest or not are the sudanese author and journalist, nesrine malik, bronwen maddox, director of the Institute For Government and before that, foreign editor at the times. And with me in the studio, the middle East Editor for the bbc world service, sebastian usher. Welcome to you, sebastian, and welcome to both of you, thanks so much forjoining us. Now, the sound of an english summer. No, not leather on willow, nor the clink of ice against glass but the electronic ping of an alert on your Mobile Phone advising you to self isolate because youve recently been in contact with someone whos developed covid. In just one wee
Afghanistan, iran, and lebanon. The Dateline Panel trying to put your mind at rest or not are the sudanese author and journalist, nesrine malik, bronwen maddox, director of the institute for government, and before that, foreign editor at the times. And with me in the studio, the middle East Editor for the bbc world service, sebastian usher. Welcome to you, sebastian and welcome to both of you, thanks so much forjoining us. Now, the sound of an english summer. No, not leather on willow, nor the clink of ice against glass but the electronic ping of an alert on your Mobile Phone advising you to self isolate because youve recently been in contact with someone whos developed covid. In just one week this month, 600,000 people were notified by the Health Service app. What effect might mondays ending of restrictions have on that pingdemic . One which has affected borisjohnson, his chancellor, the Secretary Of State for health oh, and dont forget the leader of the opposition. Bronwen, some peop
prison. his crime? he made fun of powerful democrats on social media. as the federal criminal complaint puts it, mackey made coordinated use of social media to spread this information relevant to the intended 2016 presidential election. to this a disinformation, the biden administration solemnly explained, often took the form of memes. yes, memes. online mockery. online mockery is illegal when it is aimed at the wrong people. doug matt beaty hurt their feelings so they put him in jail. according to joe biden s justice department, doug mackey violated 18 u.s. code section 241. he did this by tricking people like the dastardly trickster that he is into not voting in the presidential election. what s interesting is that prosecutors showed no evidence whatsoever that doug mackey actually tricked anyone into anything, voting or not, not a single person. n but that doesn t matter, shriek cnn. doug mackey is a bad person with bad reviews.h and by the way, we have no idea what dou