Do you trust that promise . Well, look, boris is good at making promises and not always keeping them. But it would have been madness, i think, to stand against the government of the day if theyre effectively saying the same thing that you are. So what we will now do is target labour seats. We need to get a brexit party voice in the house of commons to hold him to those promises. And in other seats, where the conservatives are the challengers to labour, actually the labour vote we get in those constituencies will, in fact, in many ways make it easier for borisjohnson. David cameron would not have had a majority in 2015 if it hadnt been for the impact of the brexit four million votes. And when you hear National Pollsters who say, well, the brexit party take ten conservative votes for every six labour votes, that may be the national picture, but the regional differences and the seat differences are enormous. So, no, im convinced this is the right strategy. I want brexit to happen. I think
Star kim cattrall will be here later. I am counting. And if you have got a question for her, get in touch this morning. We will talk about ageism in hollywood and her incredible career. Good morning and welcome to the programme. This is the week when most of the parties set out their ma nifestos, most of the parties set out their manifestos, we get some promises and some figures. What they say they will do if they win enough votes to form a government. Labour will launch at 11 oclock. And plaid cymru will launch their at ten oclock. We will also talk about the new mcdonalds advertisement about a boy grieving for his father, which some say is offensive. These get in touch with us. The top story today. Moors murderer ian brady has died. He and his partner tortured and murdered five children in the 60s. Myra hindley died in prison in 2002. Origi, who was believed to be terminally ill with cancer, had been receiving Palliative Care at as hworth receiving Palliative Care at Ashworth Hospita
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Country, that no other party is making. That we do notjust have to accept what ever do we get back from Brexit Negotiations but the british people, you, should have the final say. Unemployment falls again its now at its lowest level since 1975. But for the first time in three years pay is lagging behind inflation. The sexist world of horse racing why women looking for a career rarely get to the finishing line. And coming up in sport after Maria Sharapova is denied wild card entry to the french open, the head of the Womens Tennis Association says they had No Grounds To Penalise her. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Donald trump facing questions about his presidency is nothing new but the latest allegations to emerge look different they look potentially very serious. Its reported that trump asked fbi Chiefjames Comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex National Security adviser and russia. I hope you can let this go, he reportedly told mr comey after a white h
I think its a watergate size and scale. We need the facts, its obvious there are people out there whio want to harm the president. We have an obligation to carry out our oversight regardless of which party is in the white house. Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in 42 years, but wages arent keeping up with inflation. Chelsea manning, the former us soldier, who Passed Hundreds Of Thousands confidential diplomatic documents to wikileaks, has been released from a Military Prison in kansas. And items worn by one of televisions best Loved Characters, Coronation Streets busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4,000 at auction. Its five oclock. Our main story the Liberal Democrats are putting another Eu Referendum at the heart of their General Election manifesto which was launched earlier today. The party said it would let the people decide Whether Brexit happens, once negotiations have finished. The partys leader tim farron says the decision to leave the eu could wreck the