i m in sri lanka, an island that charms you with its warmth. ready? yes! engine hums. here we go! ..a tiny nation of dramatic extremes. ..and unique wildlife. we know each and every one of them. it s just like family. but it s been through decades of struggle, from a brutal civil war. this became one of the most heavily mined areas in the world. explosion. ..to one of the greatest natural disasters of our time. and now. those are buttermilk chillies. they re not spicy. ..it s recovering from its worst ever economic crisis. 0h! aftertaste. yeah. whoa! i first came here in the year 2000, and i was struck by the laidback island mentality. but sri lanka s been through a lot since then, and i want to find out how it s changed. keep it going. hold on! in this second part of my adventure, i ll be searching for a side of sri lanka i ve never experienced before. being out in the nature, it s like one of the best feelings in the world. 0oh! and i find out how this sri lankan staple mig
newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s paddy in the studio. and it s laura in the studio. and henry is having a week off, so we are graced with the journalist of the moment. hello. who are you? nick watt, how is that? nick watt, the political editor of newsnight, he has been making some news if you are viewing this week. since we last spoke yesterday we have just broke the news that lee anderson the tory mp has been booted out of the party for making what a lot of people believe were racist and unpleasant islamophobic comments, and there has been a statement from anderson himself and also overnight a statement from the prime minister too condemning extremism and anti semitism but not condemning islamophobia. remind ourselves what lee anderson actually said before we get into the furore around it. i don t actually believe that the islamists have got control of the country but what i do believe is they have got control of khan and they have got control of london, and they
lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london s mayor was controlled by islamists . the suspension was not for the comments but for refusing to apologise. the party s leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. he s known for speaking his mind, but lee anderson kept his lips firmly sealed following his suspension from the parliamentary conservative party. here are the comments about london s mayor that got him into trouble. i don t actually believe these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. lee anderson was quite literally in the doghouse this afternoon. it s a pub in his constituency. sadiq khan and labour described his remarks as islamophobic. but the deputy prime minister seemed keen to avoid that specific acc
anti muslim and racist . lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london s mayor was controlled by islamists . the suspension was not for the comments but for refusing to apologise. the party s leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. he s known for speaking his mind, but lee anderson kept his lips firmly sealed following his suspension from the parliamentary conservative party. here are the comments about london s mayor that got him into trouble. i don t actually believe these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. lee anderson was quite literally in the doghouse this afternoon. it s a pub in his constituency. sadiq khan and labour described his remarks as islamophobic. but the deputy prime minister seemed keen t
anti muslim and racist . lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london s mayor was controlled by islamists . the suspension was not for the comments but for refusing to apologise. the party s leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. he s known for speaking his mind, but lee anderson kept his lips firmly sealed following his suspension from the parliamentary conservative party. here are the comments about london s mayor that got him into trouble. i don t actually believe these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. labour said this was islamophobic, but the deputy prime minister was careful not to make that specific accusation. i don t believe that lee anderson was intending to be islamophobic, but nonetheless, i