You have already indicated that you will do a calendar style agreement which would take seven years to negotiate. So youre not going to get it done in a few months and you know that perfectly well. Are the highlights from the first half of the debate, which is wrapping up as i speak, to be going to an advertisement break which will be oui advertisement break which will be our opportunity to speak to our Political Correspondent who was at the debate venue in salford for us. This lining up the shot before they go for their advertisement break. You can see that at the moment, youll be talking, a couple of interesting things i noticed was that Boris Johnson interesting things i noticed was that borisjohnson was talking about the nhs and insisting that there would be no question of the nhs. I gather you can hear us now. One of the things i was saying to us than that struck to me was Boris Johnson slapping down a suggestion that the nhs might feature in a trade deal with the United States. A
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
This morning, because hes not going to get any flights off. I think that tells its own story. I dont think hes ever believed that plan is going to work. And so hes called an election early enough to have it not tested before the election. We have to deal with the terrible loss of control of the border under this government. We have to tackle government. We have to tackle the small boats that are coming across. Nobody, but nobody across. Nobody, but nobody should be making that journey. Should be making that journey. Meanwhile, lib dems leader sir ed davey says the conservatives are out of touch for far too long, people across the United Kingdom have been let down and taken for granted by this conservative government and this conservative government and this out of touch conservative party. But with this election , we but with this election, we have the chance to win the change. Our country so desperately needs , and a record desperately needs, and a record more than 68,500 people were
Bold. The one person that doesnt is keir starmer. Thats a choice that this election , he a choice that this election, he thinks that we should just offer an amnesty to Illegal Migrants to make us the soft touch of europe. It would make us a magnet for thousands of migrants coming from everywhere. So thats the choice at this election. Do you think my plan is the right one. 7 do election. Do you think my plan is the right one . Do you think im the one thats taking bold action to secure our borders and to stop the boats . Or do you think hes going to do that . And its pretty clear that on this issue, not only does he not share the countrys values, that its a problem. Hes going to do absolutely nothing about it. And starting his Election Campaign in south east england , campaign in south east england, labour leader sir keir starmer says that the conservatives have done for this country is unforgivable and voters dont need to put up with it. Rishi sunak clearly does not believe in his rwand