now on bbc news dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i m jane hill. this week we discuss the fall out from the british general election, political turmoil heightened by a man made tragedy that hit london this week, and, of course, with brexit talks about to begin. also we re looking at the protests in russia, which have put hundreds of people in prison. my guests this week, ned temko the political commentator, annalisa piras the italian film maker and broadcaster, stefanie bolzen of germany s die welt, and the russian journalist alexander nekrassov. welcome to you all. the british prime minister lost her overall majority in the general election, and is having to do a deal with mps from northern ireland to stay in downing street. theresa may was criticised during the election campaign for not meeting real people, and within a week that criticism has resurfaced because of the government response to the grenfell tower tragedy. an entire residential tower blo
ned temko the political commentator, annalisa piras the italian film maker and broadcaster, stefanie bolzen of germany s die welt, and the russian journalist alexander nekrassov. welcome to you all. the british prime minister lost her overall majority in the general election, and is having to do a deal with mps from northern ireland to stay in downing street. theresa may was criticised during the election campaign for not meeting real people, and within a week that criticism has resurfaced because of the government response to the grenfell tower tragedy. an entire residential tower block in london destroyed by fire in one night. but when theresa may first visited the scene, she spoke to members of the emergency services, but not to local residents. all this coming just before those brexit talks are finally going to get underway. let s discuss the state of britain, of british politics. ned, theresa may, specifically, can she and will she survive all of this? if we d been havin
or other asian muslim origin is well established. today, ken macdonald, a former director of public prosecutions, said it is a disease of racism and sexism that will not abate until it is confronted . labour mp sarah champion said that people are more afraid to be called a racist than they are afraid to be wrong about calling out child abuse , which has inhibited exposure of wrong doing. she asked, why are we not commissioning research to see what is going on and how we need to change what is going on, so that it never happens again? . they re good questions, so we are going to ask them for the first part of the programme this evening. first, rabiya limbada reports from oxford. some of the 18 men and one woman convicted of abusing girls in newcastle. the men convicted were mainly british born, and came from bangladeshi, pakistani, indian, iraqi, iranian and turkish communities. a report in 2011 by the child exploitation and online protection centre identified over 2000 pot
the tone was sadness on all sides. by friday it had become steely. should we be preparing for a long and bloody war between the two sides before the deal is reached?” and bloody war between the two sides before the deal is reached? i think we should be preparing for a professional and hard edged negotiation which at the end of it will result in a strong partnership between both sides. it is absolutely the case that while donald tusk expressed his sadness that britain was leaving, he is also clear that he wants at the end of this process, all european negotiations want at the end of this process, a free trade deal between britain and europe and the preservation of security cooperation and other links which are in all our interests. i suspect that when historians come to look back on britain s membership of the european union, they will see those a0 odd years as an anomaly in britain s history, and they will conclude that people like hugh gaitskell and shall charles de gaulle
two examples of power to the people for us this week, but with very different responses from those in charge. russia saw some of the largest street protests of vladimir putin s 17 years in power, which ended with more than 1,000 arrests and the organiser in jail. nine months after the british voted to leave the european union, prime minister theresa may sent a polite letter to brussels triggering divorce after 44 years. to discuss the week s events in russia and the eu, with me are three journalists who write to the world from london: the russian born writer alexander nekrassov, michael gove mp, who was a conservative cabinet minister until last summer, and is now a columnist with the times. stephanie baker of bloomberg news. and stefanie bolzen, from germany s die welt. welcome to you all. let s begin with britain s exit from the european union. last summer, by a margin of 52% to 48%, people here voted to leave. theresa may wanted to stay in the eu, but now she has the task