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On monday he seems to say he was in favour of opening up onjuly the 19th, now he is saying its reckless. which is it, mr speaker? maybe i can help a little. just to remind us that its . prime ministers questions. if we want opposition questions we will need to change - who is standing up. a labour mp reminded the prime minister of the human cost of the pandemic. mr speaker, my grandmother, whom i love dearly, was lying on her hospital deathbed and none of us were allowed to be there to comfort h...

Headlines. now on bbc news — wednesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to wednesday in parliament. a labour mp denied the chance to see his dying relatives due to covid rules challenges the prime minister. we see sycophantic, spineless, hypocritical government ministers lining up to defend the indefensible. we have tried throughout this pandemic to minimise human suffering and to minimise loss of life. also in this programme, universal credit claimants face a £20 a week cut. this was b...

Our collective disgust when in order to curry favour with the prime ministers chief adviser we see sycophantic, spineless, hypocritical government ministers lining up to defend the indefensible. saying its time to move on. with some even having the gall to tell us that they too go for a long drive when the need to get their eyesight tested. what an absolute disgrace, and they should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. so when is the prime minister finally going to apologise to the nation for no...

Reverse donald trumps policy. what everyone thinks of trumps policies, the consequence of that is to loosen the border. joe biden himself said in 2019, we are going to see a search of asylum-seekers at the border. he now has. what we know about immigration policies is that the is immigration laws are broken so whether its kamala harris or joe biden or jen psaki, they are faced with trying to defend the indefensible, theres no solution at hand and they are simply going to have to deal with the re...

Americans can really see as fully fact-based? >> thats the fundamental problem. you cant equate the two in terms of republicans determination to investigate. ten benghazi committees. and they cant muster support for a single bipartisan report? you know, if they want to filibuster this, they should be made to filibust ter out loud. they want to turn the page and stop talking about it. they should be forced to talk about it. forced to defend the indefensible on the record. but that house select co...

That means that a majority of the republican conference would not sit down and talk to the mother of officer sicknick who died trying to protect them, john. >> you can vote the way you want to vote in the end, kind of indefensible to not sit down with a grieving mother who came all the up there to ask for a few minutes of your time. jamie gangel, thank you for your time. moments ago senator susan collins of maine said this. >> we owe it to the brave men and women who defended our lives that da...

Political reasons. they are afraid new information could hurt them in the next election. theyre being intimidated by trumpit thugs peddling the big lie. what can democrats do in response? glad you asked. here are three options. first, if republicans really want to filibuster a bipartisan commission to death, make them really filibuster it. out loud. on the senate floor. this idea floated by journalist jonathan alter makes sense. with a majority vote they could force republicans to defend the ind...

But if they say that, the social media barrage will be overwhelming. do you think thats an accurate assessment of the way people talk behind closed doors? >> yes, i do. i know dave trott well. i was in the meeting with dave trott when he made comments about the presidents failed leadership on health care. i was there. yes, members do say things like that about the presidents unfitness intellectually and emotionally at times. its very clear they say these things. so this is hardly shocking news t...

Know -- when he insults john dingell? that youre willing to walk away from whatever spine you had beforehand? why do they make these sacrifices? >> well, look. serving in congress is certainly a great honor, privilege, and responsibility. but -- and i enjoyed every moment of it. but the job didnt mean everything to me. i was never going to put myself in a position where i was going to try to defend the indefensible or explain the inexplicable. the job isnt worth it if youre going to just simply ...

>> if you look at the church as a whole, he has a lot of support with white evangelicals, but all of the church, theres a lot more discomfort about supporting him than the polls look. >> and what are people saying? >> well, you know, theyre just saying that theyre voting for the lesser of two evils, that theres not a good option on the democratic side, which i completely have sympathy for. but the thing is, you have to at some point quit defending the indefensible. its one thing to say i will su...