is there a purge of the left? and the decision that will resonate around and the decision that will resonate around the and the decision that will resonate around the world. what will trump s trial mean around the world. what will trump s trial mean for his election chances? trump s trial. welcome to newsnight, live each weeknight at 10:30pm. our political panel with us this evening samuel kasumu, who was a special advisor to borisjohnson he resigned as the former pm s race advisor. and coco khan, who is co host of left leaning podcast, save the uk. welcome to verified live. welcomed to newsnight. we re starting tonight as we did last night talking about diane abbott. back now as a labour mp having been suspended, but uncertain, it would seem, about whether she would be able to stand at this election if she wanted to. she says been barred sir keir starmer says that s not true. here she is tonight at a rally in her london constituency. i promise you that, as l
lead investigation in the latter half of 2020, because he did have a criminal record, he had a violent temper, and they were in of records of him being quite disruptive, he had been banned from certain courts. and he was known to both police and mis. and he was known to both police and m15. was nothing that they found thatjustified i am told putting him on a kind of active list, bumping him up into something of a higher priority. just to give you an idea of the numbers, i am not exonerating him, these are questions they are going to have to answer internally into the home office but to give youridea into the home office but to give your idea of numbers, they had two lists, they have the list of active subjects of interest, that ranges somewhere between three and 4000 people, people they are concerned about right now, some of who may be engaged in preparations for active terrorism, some in contact with people they are concerned about. then there is the not exactly closed files with peop
many other sectors where the government has done exactly that. the government has already rejected youridea the government has already rejected your idea and thank you why you feel it is absolutely necessary. so what is the impact going to be then? well, we will see if we can. what can be done. we encouraged the government to rethink. we are not the only sector calling for this and, in fact, the only sector calling for this and, infact, the the only sector calling for this and, in fact, the government has provided a quarter of 30,000 similar visas forforeign provided a quarter of 30,000 similar visas for foreign workers. quota. they also have a similar for the creative industry, exchange students and a total of eight different sectors. , ., ., . ., sectors. but if they do not change their mind sectors. but if they do not change their mind to sectors. but if they do not change their mind to lorry sectors. but if they do not change their mind to lorry drivers, - sectors. but i