how much of a threat is nigel farage to the conservatives and labour? in to the conservatives and labour? in the last couple of minutes the conservatives have announced an annual cap on visas to try to bring net migration down. it s a promise they ve made and broken before. welcome to newnsight, live each weeknight with interviews and insight. let me introduce our political panel tonight: dehenna davison was the conservative mp for bishop auckland. elected in 2019, she was the constituency s first ever tory mp. it was one of those red wall seats, wasn t it, that turned blue, back when borisjohnson was the prime minster. and mhairi black is here. she was an snp mp. she was their deputy leader at westminster. she still holds the record for the youngest mp ever to be elected. you were 20. so long ago! that was back in 2015. both women are standing down. and nick s here as is polling guru professor sirjohn curtice. let s start by showing you the times nigel farage has previously
we ll hear why throughout the programme. and a royal marine who s in prison for the fatal shooting of a taliban fighter in afghanistan finds out today if he is to be freed or must serve more time behind bars. i m hoping and praying that, along with the former archbishop of canterbury, forformer with the former archbishop of canterbury, for former release. why? because he deserves it and this was an absurd sentence from the beginning and i m hoping the court will be persuaded that we are right on that. we ll bring you the result as soon as it happens. it s due around 1030 this morning. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11. throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories. a little later in the programme we ll look at the latest on scottish independence. and we ll discuss this front page, never mind brexit who won legs it . tell us what you think. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victo
public‘s interest in this case, and we wouldn t be here without him, so richard drax. the sun is shining and clearly on the righteous. justice has been seen to be done. i have a message for our armed forces. those who serve in thepline have put their lives at risk. indeed, even brave police officers back here and we remember keith palmer who was killed just the other day all those who serve between us and evil deserve out serve between us and evil deserve our support all the time. and my message to those out there who serve in sucha message to those out there who serve in such a way is you will not. we will fight forjustice to ensure you get home as quickly as you can to your loved ones. i pay tribute, huge tribute to the legal team, the family of the royal marines and i m am so proud to be standing here today to the royal marines. all the senior officers who stood by us and there are many and all of you, the press and of course all the royal marines who have come dow
and coming up in the sport on bbc news. a big loss for great britain s davis cup team. they are going to be without the injured andy murray for their quarterfinal tie against france. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a royal marine who was sent to prison for killing an injured taliban fighter in afghanistan has been told he will be freed in two weeks. sergeant alexander blackman had his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter earlier this month, on the grounds of diminished responsibility. he s now been sentenced to seven years but has already served three years, which means he will walk free next month. our correspondent duncan kennedy is at the royal courts ofjustice. extraordinary scenes both inside court and outside court this morning. dozens and dozens of marines cheering, in tears, and that included alexander blackman‘s wife claire, who spoke on the steps of her relief at the decision by the judges debated rock alexander blackman was not in court,