And this week the labour leader keir starmer raised him in Prime Ministers questions, demanding to know whether he would rejoin the Conservative Party whilst Behind The Scenes worried tory mps discuss whether he might return to the front line leading the reform party. Nigel farage, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you. You are back where you like being, arent you . The centre of attention. Well, ive always been a bit of a show off. I mean, there is some truth in that. Yeah, its a funny thing, but i think Current Affairs, politics and Current Affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether im trying to or not, i sort of get dragged into things. There are some people listening to the radio or watching the telly now who are saying, why on earth are they talking to nigel farage . Hes not a party leader. Youve not been elected to anything for a very, very long time. Well, thats not quite true, actually. Who cares what
Return to the front line leading the reform party. Nigel farage, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you. You are back where you like being, arent you . The centre of attention. Well, ive always been a bit of a show off. I mean, there is some truth in that. Yeah, its a funny thing, but i think Current Affairs, politics and Current Affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether im trying to or not, i sort of get dragged into things. There are some people listening to the radio or watching the telly now who were saying, why on earth are they talking to nigel farage . Hes not a party leader. Youve not been elected to anything for a very, very long time. Well, thats not quite true, actually. Who cares what he thinks . Well, thats not quite true, actually, is it . Because in may of 2019, you know, i led a party that was been alive forjust less than six weeks, that won an election, a european election, so dramatic that it
the health secretary steve barclay is here too. and we ll hear from the first female astronaut heading to the moon. morning. with you and me for the next 60 minutes science presenter michael mosley, who trained as a doctor. former health minister james bethell. and campaigner for kids safety, beeban kidron. both of you members of the house of lords. if we look at the front pages, they are all over the place. the sunday telegraph has a story about electiry pylons. but that picture of the prime minister, the future king, and the other future king stuffing his face with pizza at the cricket is in the papers. the mirror leads on the sixth supect in the stephen lawrence murder case, a story that the bbc broke last week. stephen s friend duwayne brooks says the suspect was there. the sun newspaper talks about zac goldsmith and his friendship with p0p goldsmith and his friendship with pop star ellie goulding. he made the news quitting the government with a blast at rishi sunak on
i ll find out why that is so important, notjust to us but to the uk economy, as well. swapping celtic for spurs is manager ange postecoglou set for a switch to the premier league after his treble winning season in scotland? good morning. the weather you had last week will be very similar to the weather you will get this week. this morning is a cloudy start, the cloud burning back to the east coast but breezy and cool. the best of the sunshine in the west. all the details later in the programme. it s monday the 5th ofjune. the duke of sussex will become the first member of the royal family for more than 100 years to give evidence in court this week as he enters the witness box in his legal battle against mirror group newspapers. prince harry claims his privacy was breached byjournalists and investigators working on 33 stories about him, dating back decades. mgn has apologised for the use of unlawful methods to gather information including phone hacking but says executi
is newsday. thank you for being with us. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signalfailure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene. we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos, from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. and at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missin