The snp launches its election manifesto saying its time to put scotlands future in scotlands hands and calls for a second independence referendum next year. Who should decide scotlands future . The people who live here or Boris Johnson . A vote for the snp on december 12th is a vote to escape brexit. Clive james, the australian writer and broadcaster has died at the age of eighty. After a cinema chain bans a new film about gangs after brawls broke out, its director tells us his movie had nothing to do with the violence do you believe that this film brings its people, is a colour thing . I dont know, man, it was upsetting. And, the theatre director, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Miller has died, at the age of 85 Jeremy Corbyn says he has evidence that the nhs is at risk from a post brexit trade deal with the United States. At a News Conference this morning, the labour leader produced documents which he said showed talks had taken place about drugs pricing and access to nhs contracts. Borisjohnson dismissed the claims as total nonsense and said he could give an absolute cast iron guarantee the nhs would not be on the table in trade talks. Our Political CorrespondentJessica Parker reports. A51 pages of unredacted documents and information. All of it here. Brandishing these, it was intended to be a dramatic moment. He claims these documents, detailing meetings between us and uk officials, prove the nhs is at risk from a conservative led brexit. More expensive drug prices, he says, runaway privatisation. Now we know, direct from the secret reports, that they never wanted you to see. The us is demanding that our nhs is on the table in negotiations for a toxic deal. It is no secret that American Companies want access to the uk drugs market but, in these piles and piles of documents, do you have evidence that uk ministers agreed that the Health Service should be part of trade talks . If you want to know whether ministers were involved in these talks or not, then they sanctioned the talks, they are obviously fully aware of the talks, and they are the ones that were declining to make the documents published. If, say, borisjohnson is the next Prime Minister and he wants to secure a trade deal with the us, he is going to have to concede ground on a number of issues. Im certain that the nhs will be one of them. So there is a big wad of paper to wade through and interpret and labour will make its claims in terms of what these meetings, which we have heard of before, really amount to. But those claims will be heavily contested. Borisjohnson, visiting a hospital today, wasnt Prime Minister when these meetings took place and said. There will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation. The nhs is not on the table in any way. The nhs is in no way on the table, in no aspect whatever. And this, as i say, is continually brought up by the labour party as a diversionary tactic from the difficulties they are encountering. Todays effort and a big moment for labour came after a series of difficult ones forJeremy Corbyn yesterday. Are you fit for high office . Heavily criticised over his handling of anti semitism allegations, he was asked again if he wanted to apologise to the jewish community. I made it very clear anti semitism is completely wrong in our society. Our party did make it clear when i was elected leader and after that that anti semitism is unacceptable in any form in our party or our society and, indeed, offered its sympathies and apologies to those that had suffered. While his shadow chancellor said this. We have a said that and i will repeat it again, i am really sorry the way we handled the issue because we learned the lessons from that and we have also invited people to say if there are still more lessons to be learned, come and see us and help us. Talking about the nhs today, that is more comfortable territory forJeremy Corbyn. Politicians may find a path onto other topics but it isnt always easy. Our Political CorrespondentJonathan Blake is in cornwall whereJeremy Corbyn will be holding a rally. Jonathan, clearly in the presentation of these documents today, labour is trying to move the conversation. What you make of the timing . The timing is everything, i think. If you look at the very difficult 2a hours or so thatJeremy Corbyn has had in this Election Campaign to attempt to shift the focus back onto this key area of the nhs, and what labour sees as the threat to the Health Service from the us trade deal, it is clearly a deliberate move. As you head in the report, there have been calls for Jeremy Corbyn to apologise over the pa rtys Jeremy Corbyn to apologise over the partys handling Jeremy Corbyn to apologise over the pa rtys handling and Jeremy Corbyn to apologise over the partys handling and his handling personally of the claims of anti semitism within the labour party. This is much more comfortable territory for the labour leader, and it has been a key message that they have tried to drive home the of the Election Campaign. That a us trade deal under the conservatives would mean the nhs being, asJeremy Corbyn likes the project, for sale, at least on the table, in those talks. The conservatives and borisjohnson deny that and sayJeremy Corbyn is out and out lying about what these documents lee has produced today, which have actually been Available Online for several weeks now, showing. The details about the pricing of drugs, and it goes to the heart of labours argument that the us will be looking for the most com plete us will be looking for the most complete access possible to the national Health Service, and they argue that will mean an increase in drug prices because of patents being extended. The conservative cancer but with an argument that the nhs wont be part of trade talks. Whether this move by jeremy wont be part of trade talks. Whether this move byJeremy Corbyn will shift the dial the knot allow those accusations of anti semitism and handling a it for way, we will have to see over the next few days in the course of the campaign. Thank you. Lets go to our Political Correspondent who has been following the Prime Minister, also in cornwall today. There is a lot of pages to go through. What they seem to show us is what the american side is demanding. It doesnt seem to show that the uk side is playing ball at this point. That is right. These discussions among officials that hutton did a couple of years ago, borisjohnson hutton did a couple of years ago, Boris Johnson making clear hutton did a couple of years ago, borisjohnson making clear it was nothing to do with him. It looks like the us are setting aside its framework for potential talks. Boris johnson was emphatic that the nhs in no way would be part of formal trade talks. He said the price paid for drugs and nhs services would not be on the table. Trying to shut down firmly labourers attack line. Yet there is a line that i picked out, it was very helpful exposition of the areas we can expect the us to push in an fta, a free trade agreement, and the areas where we mightfind agreement, and the areas where we might find ourselves in difficult territory. Donald trump has expressed frustration that the european supply to be far less for generic drugs. You cannot imagine that us will move easily on this. Yes, and the argument is that it keeps prices high for american users, it is not fairfor them. They will push hard, and it highlights an area that they will probably be, on the american side, something they will want to discuss once talks began. I think this narrow area, while i think labour obviously thinks this is politically potentially hugely beneficial for them, to be focusing on the potential consequences for the Health Service, but it also shows is how much uncertainty surrounding the trade deals for the next government, whether it is borisjohnson or Jeremy Corbyn, or whoever else, whether it is borisjohnson or Jeremy Corbyn, orwhoever else, on these trade deals with the nhs and these trade deals with the nhs and the eu. These are going on for a very long time and often involve very long time and often involve very controversial trade offs. We do not know the terms of any future trade agreement between the us and uk. We dont know what they will be between the uk and the eu when it comes to regulations. Trade in goods and services, aviation, defence, these are all big unknowns, and i think that is why this is uncomfortable territory for Boris Johnson, because it highlights again, and undermines, perhaps, his argument that a tory majority simply gets brexit done. If the uk leaves the eu at the end ofjanuary, it is only then the beginning of the second phase, which is all about deals with the us, the hopes, and with the youth as well. Thank you very much. The Scottish National party has launched its manifesto for next months general election saying it is time for scotland to be treated fairly. The party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, said the country will pay a price for what she called the conservatives obsession with brexit. She said another independence referendum next year would be the main demand for supporting a possible minority Labour Government alongside calls for increased spending on the nhs. Our scotland correspondent james shaw is in glasgow yes, the snp arent the last of the big uk party is to launch their ma nifesto, big uk party is to launch their manifesto, but last is not necessarily least. It is true that this party could, under certain circumstances, play a big role in the government of the United Kingdom. For many, this is the brexit election. For Nicola Sturgeon and the snp, it is also the independence election. Because her price for supporting a minority Labour Government would be the right to hold a second independence referendum. First, there was a warning about what she thinks a conservative government would actually mean. Unless borisjohnson is stopped, this willjust be the start. Brexit is nowhere near being done. The tories have barely got going. They havent even started trade talks yet and, because of johnsons ha rdline position, there is every chance, every chance, that the uk will leave the eu without a trade deal next year. That would be a catastrophe forjobs. And even if he somehow avoids that, his a dream deal will be a nightmare for scotland. And Nicola Sturgeon had a big promise on the nhs, another part of that price for supporting labour. If the next uk government raised Health Spending per head to the current scottish level, it would not only substantially increase Health Investment in england, it would mean by 2024 25, frontline investment in nhs scotland would be £4 billion higher than it is today. Other priorities include £1. 5 billion to end austerity, decisive moves to halt climate change, opposition to increasing the pension age and scrapping Trident Nuclear submarines based in scotland. But what about another independence referendum . People are becoming increasingly sick of hearing Jeremy Corbyn and borisjohnson talking about not allowing the scottish people to choose their own future. Well, ive got news for them. It is not up to you. Applause and you know what . It is not up to me either. It is a decision for the people of scotland. In scotland, it is hard to separate this election from the independence question. If borisjohnson wins and brexit happens, does that mean scottish voters will be more likely to want to break away from the United Kingdom . The answer to that question affects the future of scotland and the rest of the uk. One more detail, perhaps, to add to that. It might sounding significant, but it could turn out to be significant in the long term. Nicola sturgeon said today that if the United Kingdom is leaving the union without a deal, then she is looking at the possibility of revoking article 50, in other words ending the Brexit Process without a referendum. We are a long way from that stage at the moment, but at some stage over the next year, that could become a significant change in the policy of the snp. Well with the snp launching its manifesto and both labour and the conservatives hoping to make inroads into scotland. What are the polls looking like . To get an idea lets talk to sirjohn curtice. The message from the pole in scotla nd the message from the pole in scotland was consistent with what we have had from other parts. There was a clear evidence of the conservative vote having risen back up in scotland. It had been running about 20 or so, according to this poll opens back up to 28 , just short of what the party got in 2017. Not that any of this necessarily came at the expense of the snp. According to this poll, the snp are still polling at around a0 , which it has been out for quite some time. Of course, the conservative vote has gone up, and the snp are holding their own. That does mean that many of the seats which are marginal which the conservatives won from the snp last timei conservatives won from the snp last time i now sits where the conservatives may be able to hang on. That said, so far as the labour party is concerned, the news wasnt anything like so good. Labour has been struggling north of the border. People still put the party only at lower than the 20 they got last time, and they could lose some of the seats are going snp. These are all very marginal labour seats and labour or all very marginal labour seats and labourorsnp all very marginal labour seats and labour or snp could gobble them up. At the headline that were looking at in force in scotland just a few weeks ago, something for the snp will be dominant loss of the border, but maybe just borisjohnson ending up but maybe just borisjohnson ending up with a few more seats than he originally anticipated. Up with a few more seats than he originally anticipatedlj up with a few more seats than he originally anticipated. I saw an interview with some activists from the conservative camp, and they were saying that the more Nicola Sturgeon talks about independence, the better it is for that. Clearly the parties is in divergent strategies. Yes, once you bear in mind that the rights of the conservative party in 2017 in scotland seem to have much more to do with the party boss or position of brexit and the willingness of that minority of these voters in scotland to support these voters in scotland to support the conservatives to pack a few and expressed a view about brexit, and it was to do with the advent of independence. That said, the truth is now in scotland these two debates are heavily intertwined. There is a mixture of people changing their views, and also some resorting has been going on, and now those people that voted remained, a majority of them, a clear majority of them, or independence to favour of independence, and conversely, those who voted no and no now, there is much less support for independence. So, in that sense, these two arguments are intertwined. If you go back to the snp vote in 2015, it was just strong between eurosceptics and europhiles. Those days are now over. Both are now in favour remain and independence, but the conservatives are popular with brexit and remain back to our top story. Jeremy corbyn produced documents showing pricing and access to nhs contacts. Heres our health editor. One of the most damaging charges that corbyn made this morning was that they would increase the patent length on drugs. That would presumably increase the price of drugs. Thats right. The higher they can charge, if the patient comes in and then it goes generic. The price becomes full. That is definitely in these documents that labour have been highlighting today. They want to discuss patented issues around access. Just to be clear, what these documents are about, covering six meetings between the uk and us, between 2017 this summer, we knew about the existence of these meetings, they had been highlighted a few weeks back by a dispatches documentary, and it was said at the time that drugs in the nhs were tied up time that drugs in the nhs were tied up in these questions. Labour got hold of the minutes of meetings, and we have discovered a bit more about this detail, but this is very different from an actual trade negotiation. This is preparing the way for future trade talks so mr corbyn raised questions about what they mean, conservatives have been adamant about the nhs and drug prices not being on the table. Obviously healthy is an issue, and the nhs buys drugs in scotland and Northern Ireland too. To the us feel they are being locked out of the market . Or underlying all of this is that scotland and england have different pricing regulations. They will say that what is value for money for the nhs, and it has been frustrating for Drug Companies in the us, because the end up doing deals to give drugs to be nhs for lower prices than what they can charge the American Health care service, so that has been frustrating for