The flights will go in july migrants have been detained, the flights will go injuly but the flights will go injuly but oniy the flights will go injuly but only if i m your prime minister~ but only if i m your prime minister- but only if i m your prime minister. ~ ., , minister. we need to smash the ans minister. we need to smash the gangs that minister. we need to smash the gangs that are minister. we need to smash the gangs that are running - minister. we need to smash the gangs that are running this - gangs that are running this vile trade, making a huge amount of money, putting some of the most vulnerable people in boats across the channel and making a fortune. the general election will be held on the 4th ofjune. currently, the opposition labour party is leading in the polls. let s turn to some other important news around the world. the us house of representatives voted to sanction the international criminal court in response to its prosecutor applying for arrest warrants against israeli officials. the bill is not likely to be taken up in the democratic controlled senate. president biden strongly criticised the ruling by the court, but said monday he opposes sanctions against it. japan s transport ministry raided the headquarters of motor giant toyota on tuesday, as a scandal over faulty safety data escalated. the world s largest car maker has apologised for providing incorrect or manipulated data for safety certification tests. four other car makers honda, mazda, suzuki, and yamaha
It is not legally binding as you say, the legislation for devolved government means when there is a of no confidence in the first minister he does not have to stand down if they lose. but it is significant and is the first time since 2000 there has been about a no confidence in the first minister. and there are signs it is having an effect on public opinion of the first minister. the latest opinion poll suggests that he is in negative territory now. and pressure has been building ever since his leadership campaign to become the welsh labour leader and first minister back in march. pressure around messages he sent during the pandemic and around the sacking of a minister from sent during the pandemic and around the sacking of a ministerfrom his government a few weeks ago. and also pressure around certain donations towards his leadership campaign. back in march, it was all smiles when vaughan gething became welsh labour leader and the first minister of wales. but during the campaign and ever since, the pressure has continued on him around the £200,000 donation given towards his leadership fight from a company run by this man,
This isn t tribal party politics. this is about the good name of government, and more importantly, the person at the top of that government that rightly is expected to set the tone for that government. that person sat below and listened, sometimes in tears, before giving his own defence. it does hurt deeply when my intentions are questioned. i have never, ever made a decision in more than a decade as a minister that person sat below and listened, sometimes in tears, before giving his own defence. it does hurt deeply when my intentions are questioned. i have never, ever made a decision in more than a decade as a minister for personal or financial gain. never. but spot the empty seats. they, too, tell a story. a minister sacked after messages by mr gething were leaked was absent. alongside a labour member who had criticised him. consigning vaughan gething to defeat. it is now for the first minister to reflect on the will the senedd hasjust expressed. the first minister has already said he ll carry on regardless of the vote, but the route ahead looks
That person sat below and listened, sometimes in tears, before giving his own defence. it does hurt deeply when my intentions are questioned. i have never, ever made a decision in more than a decade as a minister for personal or financial gain. never. but spot the empty seats. a minister sacked after messages were leaked was absent. alongside a labour member who had criticised him. consigning vaughan gething to defeat. the first minister has already said he ll carry on regardless of the vote, but the route ahead looks increasingly difficult and may eventually usher him towards the exit.
There is another system which means every member between the opposition and the ruling party can be paid up so if someone is not available, a member of the opposition would not vote, but the leader of the welsh conservatives have made it clear they will not be appearing in this circumstance. as you mentioned, the vote is not binding, but during a general election campaign, this is another huge dent to the confidence in the first minister and it is not a great look during this time. thank ou. within the wider general election, it s the battleground seats where the fiercest campaigning is taking place. we re focussing on two of those constituencies today. in somerset, we are looking at a battleground between the conservative party and the liberal democrats in taunton and wellington. and in birmingham, we will be discussing the key issues at play in the central constituency of birmingham ladywood. joining me now, from taunton, is bbc radio somerset s ruth bradley. and from the mailbox, in birmingham, bbc political
Didn t see it. then. she said simply i am human, i didn t see it wales first minister, vaughan gething, could lose a vote of no confidence this evening because two of his party s members are off sick. he s facing questions about a donation he received from a millionaire who had been convicted of illegally dumping waste. vikki howells, who chairs the welsh labour group, told the bbc that mr gething would not resign if he lost this evening s vote. our correspondent, tomos morgan, reports from the senedd. back in march, it was all smiles when vaughan gething became welsh labour leader and the first minister of wales. but during the campaign and ever since, the pressure has continued on him around the £200,000 donation given towards his leadership fight from a company run by this man, david neal, who has twice been convicted of environmental offences. on monday it emerged that another of mr neal s companies, resources management ltd, was linked to a criminal investigation at the
Was desperate, who was talking about having to do batch cooking, who couldn t afford to put her cooker on, who was having real problems making ends meet, and the minister had answered that with assorted lies. he had 45 seconds, and what is his priority? to talk with this woman or deal with the noise and nonsense coming from his left hand side. it is difficult to know, that was the choice he made, and i think is a human being he was right to talk directly to the woman who was having such difficulty is about what labour could do to help, and also to make it clear that given his background, he does understand. he comes from a family that had to have the telephone cut off because they couldn t afford the bills, he understands where people are coming from, and we want to do everything we can to help people with the cost of living crisis. whatever lies come from the government, to a certain extent, you have a choice. do you spend your time dealing with that?
Keir starmer to knock it down and say it was false. then this morning a cabinet say it was false. then this morning a cabinet minister was doing what is known a cabinet minister was doing what is known as a cabinet minister was doing what is known as the morning round, popping up known as the morning round, popping up on known as the morning round, popping up on various known as the morning round, popping up on various media outlets and she is a cabinet up on various media outlets and she is a cabinet minister but also every close is a cabinet minister but also every close ally is a cabinet minister but also every close ally of is a cabinet minister but also every close ally of rishi sunak. they worked close ally of rishi sunak. they worked together at the treasury when he was worked together at the treasury when he was a worked together at the treasury when he was a minister and she was a special he was a minister and she was a special adviser. and she made the same special adviser. and she made the same point, without much caveat in said this same point, without much caveat in said this number had come about via independent treasury analysis. some elements independent treasury analysis. some elements of that number had come about elements of that number had come about by elements of that number had come about by political appointees, conservative advisers, asking the treasury conservative advisers, asking the treasury civil servants to do some number treasury civil servants to do some number crunching based on their own political number crunching based on their own political assumptions about elements of lahours political assumptions about elements of labour s spending. midway through this round, of labour s spending. midway through this round, that clear coutinho was doing. this round, that clear coutinho was doing, labour published a letter that they doing, labour published a letter that they got a couple of days ago from that they got a couple of days ago from the that they got a couple of days ago from the most senior civil servant in the from the most senior civil servant in the treasury in response to a
Colleagues to back him today. the first minister was digging in ahead of this vote, but he was reduced to tears during the course of the debate. here he is responding to some of the criticism. even in the midst of an election campaign, it does hurt deeply when my intentions are questioned. i have never ever made a decision in more than a decade as a minister for personal or financial gain. never. than a decade as a minister for personal orfinancial gain. never. i personal or financial gain. never. i do personal orfinancial gain. never. i do not doubt the sincerity behind some of the questions that the motion touches on today, even if the motion touches on today, even if the motion is transparently designed for another purpose. i hope the people in this chamber and beyond will take a moment to reflect on the sincerity with which i have answered and continue to answer these questions. i will not shy away from scrutiny and challenge. i will not shy away from scrutiny and challenge. martin, i do believe
The pun, but you were which is very unusual. yes, excuse the pun, but you were on - which is very unusual. yes, excuse the pun, but you were on the - which is very unusual. yes, excuse i the pun, but you were on the money on this one because that was an early glimpse of what has become the biggest row of this election campaign so far which is rishi sunak trying to recreate what served john major so well which is a labour tax bombshell, saying after what the prime minister said in that debate and what his colleague told you which is that this sum of money was signed off by the treasury. now we know the treasury are not happy about that because they wrote a letter to labour two days about this, and they are saying yes, we did make these assessment, opposition spending plans, all governments ask all treasury officials to do that, there is nothing strange but the point is these are assessment made by political advisers, these are assessment made by politicaladvisers, but these are assessment made by political advisers, but there is another element to this which is that tories came up with a global figure, £38 billion black hole in labour s plans which produced that £2,000 figure from the prime minister. minister. that was based on some additional work by the institute for government. nick day