Now on Bbc News political thinking with nick robinson. Hello, And welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than a newsy interrogation, of someone who shapes our political thinking about what a shape theirs. My guest this week has just celebrated ending the longest Train Drivers strike in history a strike that was blamed for crippling the railways And angered many, many travellers. His members haVe Got a 15 Pay Rise over three years. He is Mick Whelan, The General secretary of aslef. He said that his members strength, resilience, And determination was what had won that Pay Rise others say it was down to his crafty negotiation style. Mick whelan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. You finally got a deal after all that time how did you celebrate . Erm, by talking to the press. As soon as it becomes public knowledge, you And your colleagues obviously, so sky, bbc, the guardian, the usual outlets, And press will be Here Today With You And once you ve done that,
legal team is gathering the resources to properly define him against a federal indictment. we ll bring you the latest on trump s legal troubles in another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good morning, it. good morning, i m ali velshi. the minneapolis police department for years engaged in, quote, excessive force, unlawful discrimination and violations of constitutional rights. those are the findings of a two-year federal investigation into the police department. triggered by the murder of george floyd. on may 25th, 2020, george floyd s three final words became a fixture in history as at the weight of the minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was actively cutting off his oxygen flow. those three words were i can t breathe. we now know that george floyd s choking death was not an isolated incident. the attorney general merrick garland announced on friday, quote, we found numerous incidents in which officers responded to a person s statement that they could no
like it, anyway. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday the 21st ofjune. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team it s goodnight. hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are natasha clark, who s a political and environmental correspondent at the sun, and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. we ll have a proper chat a little later. the rail strikes dominate tomorrow s front pages. the ft says the dispute now boils down to an offer of a 3% pay rise in exchange for 2000 job cuts. the i questions government plans to break the rail strikes, claiming ideas like allowing agency workers to fill in for striking staff won t work. the sun says teachers may be next to
Inflation because it impacts the poorest the most on a visit to burnley ahead of todays gathering, the pm insisted his approach is deeply conservative, saying its a thatcherite policy i the best tax cut that we can deliver right now is to halve inflation and thats something that im deeply committed to. Its the first of my five priorities. Why because thats how we can help people with the cost just want to cost of living. We just want to put in peoples put more money in peoples pockets. And the best way to do that is through that right now is through halving and that is halving inflation. And that is a deeply conservative approach to this. Understand deeply conservative approach to this. Is understand deeply conservative approach to this. Is what understand deeply conservative approach to this. Is what margaretitand that this is what Margaret Thatcher well, tax is set to thatcher did well, tax is set to be a key issue over the next four days, with more than 30 tory mps promising to not
Compromise after 9 11, discusses allegations that the cia spied on staffers. Looks at therter Obama Administration effort to get young adults and africanamericans and hispanics to sign up for health insurance. Former assistant treasury secretary talks about the fiveyear anniversary of the home affordable medication project. Will look for your cause and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal on cspan. On wednesday, british deputy Prime Minister answered questions from parliament on behalf of david cameron. Hes on his First Official visit to israel. Harriet harman represented the opposition side. The deputy Prime Minister spoke about humanitarian efforts in syria and urged allies to continue working with eu in on the ukraine. He also answered questions on the National Health service, the automobile industry, and unemployment. This is over 30 minutes. Concern. He is right to raise it and were on the case. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Naomi lon