We would still not have been able to deport the perpetrator later, had he been found because of the so called European Court of the so called European Court of human rights . When will we stop bending the knee to this so called European Court . A travesty of a court . Prime travesty of a court . Prime minister mr speaker, this was a horrific attack and my thoughts are with the victim and their families. Obviously, i cant comment on a live investigation, but speaking more broadly, clearly, i dont think it is right for dangerous foreign criminals to be able to stay in our country. And thats why our our country. And thats why our nationality and borders act made it clear that anyone who is convicted of a crime and gets a sentence of 12 months or more will not be granted asylum in the united kingdom. That is the common sense position that i believe is supported by the majority the british public, majority of the british public, but one that the labour party voted against time and time agai
We would still not have been able to deport the perpetrator later, had he been found because of the so called European Court of the so called European Court of human rights . When will we stop bending the knee to this so called European Court . A travesty of a court . Prime travesty of a court . Prime minister mr speaker, this was a horrific attack and my thoughts are with the victim and their families. Obviously, i cant comment on a live investigation, but speaking more broadly, clearly, i dont think it is right for dangerous foreign criminals to be able to stay in our country. And thats why our our country. And thats why our nationality and borders act made it clear that anyone who is convicted of a crime and gets a sentence of 12 months or more will not be granted asylum in the united kingdom. That is the common sense position that i believe is supported by the majority the british public, majority of the british public, but one that the labour party voted against time and time agai
Is a pretty crucial question at the heart of this which is was the government taking concerns about this concrete seriously enough . And what we found out this morning which i think will be really tricky for the government is that ministers were told some years ago that more money was needed to deal with some of these building defects. Considerable increases in can in funding was needed, in fact the opposite happened and funding was reduced and rishi sunak was the chancellor at the time so undoubtedly Prime Minister will be asked whether he took these very seriously enough, whether one of the problem is that is now being faced is that there was not enough funding in the first place. I suppose there is a broader political question at this going to be asked which is has the government Austerity Drive which of course was quite a long time ago now but also some of the ramifications of that, the of that, how is that i had an impact as well . There will be many Opposition Politicians who qui
And other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. Meanwhile, ukraines generals are reporting significant progress in the counteroffensive against russias invasion. They say their troops have breached the first line of russian defences in the south near zaporizhzhia. The generals said extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But they say that painstaking Mine Clearance has now allowed the forces to advance, and they expect to face far weaker russian defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country, and has, in recent weeks, expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Live now to yuriy sak, an advisor to ukraines defence minister. He joins us from kyiv. Good to talk to you again. Let us first of all talk about the change of the defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov is going. Is it time for new