the corona virus is officially call it comes the 19 in the spring of 2020 health workers in britain. what dying from a fall spreading new virus? reports of widespread p. b shortages with growing numbers of doctors, nurses inspected, and even dying. doctors and nurses were working in hospitals without enough of the protective equipment. they needed to do that job safely. one of the leaders trashed off victims of the pump that make was a pregnant nurse looking at the leaking dunstable university hospital. mary at japan, a 28 year old nurse expecting her 2nd child was one of those health workers who lost her life to cove. it 19 mary edge. apollo died and hospital just moments after giving birth to a baby daughter. but this act of a black health wilka went beyond the tragedy of a family or a community. it exposed something crucial to understanding today's brit how it's shaped and governed by 2 defining forces, racism, and they are liberalism. what happened to marriage at home was a symptom of a deeper malays, and it compelled one doctor to stand up for health workers on the frontline of

k. parliament passed the commonwealth immigrants act, shutting britain. his door was to people from no white nations of the former empire, but people from new zealand, australia, and canada, countries with majority, white population, was still allowed in. britain's immigration policy was itself coded by color. immigrant labor serviced britain's booming postwar economy. that soil rising wages as well as increased provision and welfare housing and education. but the boom wasn't to last by the late 19 seventy's. the global economy was in crisis. in britain, state mismanagement and crippling trade disputes brought production and growth to a halt. power cuts and refuse left and collected on the streets old to symbolic of a nation in decay. ah, fall right groups like the national front blamed immigrants, old and new for the country's plight i and pushed for wholesale repatriation of all non white people including all those born in the u. k . ah. in 1970. 8. a year before a general election, britain was a fractured and fractious place, uncertain and up for grabs

they wanted independence from britain. there were a lot of americans who did and won independence from britain at all. it was a situation that the american colonies and american empire was very different and they thought there was no reason to risk that for something that might not pan out and might not be an improvement over what they had mrs. as i say it's the first time in elementary school where we learned about the revolution and the continental army and eventually the americans when and the founding of our country which we celebrate on the 4th of july. there was indeed the serious conflicts between americans who wanted independence and those who did not pay those who wanted independence call themselves -- and the ones who did not call themselves loyalists and path between those two different parties. the point of making the book and i hope i make it effectively is the american revolution is not between americans and the british and american soldiers in the produce soldiers -- the british soldiers. that's why titled t

who didn't want independence from britain at all. it might not be an improvement and this is the part when for the first time george washington, maybe benjamin franklin and the redcoats are on the other side. it's between those americans who wanted independence and those who did not and who called themselves patriots and loyalists and there was a struggle between the two differentt parties. it wasn't between [inaudible] and just remind readers that it's complicated even if you don't know all of the details of the complication, it is indeed a complicated. getting the message across i do -- i do it in ways that i find myself gravitating to particular characters through the lives and experiences of several characters. i try to make these individuals come alive and try to convey to the reader my understanding of what prompted them. the standing was obvious. that's the part george washington was one of the least revolutionaries youu would find. they are dissatisfied with the status quo. it should be a little bit of a puzzle as to why he b

inequality and britain. franklin imagined what a great thing this would be in the british just could not be persuaded. because they refused to accept that, they treated franklin -- his whole life. basically, if these idiots in london cannot see, basically, he was certainly aware of his talent and capability. it was a moment, actually, pinpoint the moment in time. a major answer for the sins of the boston tea party. destroying millions of dollars in currency. a massive case of vandalism. only the american knows the british government. benjamin franklin, the ones closest at hand. [inaudible] he was made to stand there and just sit there in silence. in that two hour session, he went into that session and englishmen and walk out an american. one of the ironies was what we see in the race and try to re-create in the 20th century. this special relationship of americans. often talking to these americans his mother was american and his father was british. the british finally came around in the 20th century. a recogn

the britain i want is a country— belong. the britain i want is a country in _ belong. the britain i want is a country in which those who contribute get something back. because — contribute get something back. because 2022 is also the first year in which _ because 2022 is also the first year in which we — because 2022 is also the first year in which we make some really big challenges repairing after the pandemic, combating the climate crisis _ pandemic, combating the climate crisis. making brexit work. i believe _ crisis. making brexit work. i believe that the best still lies ahead — believe that the best still lies ahead for this country but only if we had — ahead for this country but only if we had the courage to create a new britain _ we had the courage to create a new britain a _ we had the courage to create a new britain. a country in which you and your— britain. a country in which you and your family— britain. a country in which you and your family get the security, the prosperity and the respect that you deserve _ prosperity and the respect that you d

others, including britain, also sending equipment. hardly enough to defeat an invading russian army, but the message to moscow is clear, if you do this it will come a price. but now the foreign office says it is seeing signs of a russian plan to install a puppet government in kyiv after an invasion. washington made similar claims on thursday. pro—russian politicians pulsate in contact with russian intelligence officers involved with planning the attack. the international _ planning the attack. tue: international community planning the attack. tte: international community as a whole needs to step up. one of the things you're seeing, the foreign secretary is doing a very good job of this, making it clear what is at stake. so other countries can support... t5 other countries can support... is that what you're expecting to and invasion? , ., , .., invasion? there is a significant risk of it- _ the foreign office says this man, former mp yevhen murayev, is being considered as a future leader by the kremlin. he's denied it. it is highly u

well, here in britain, all parties, in fact, to mitigate against that here in britain, the government supported by the opposition poured money, didn't leave the printed loads of money loads of schemes loads loans, follow schemes during covered why, why is not leveled anything? not have an incredible positive impact and the rich nation, they're able to spend money in supporting the general population, get the right thing and start contrast many developing countries. you just been simply have the money to do that. but a lot of that money, a lot of that money that was printed by the central banks has also inflated asset prices driven up the stock market. and that's where you, why you're saying historic increase in 1000000000 as well. because probably the most of the world is held in stock. so in the market. so what we're calling for is ox missionaries because this is extraordinary, almost like a war time moment. you know all of this money pumpkins economy, that was the right thing to do. but much of it leaking into the bank accounts, and as he's been in, it has not worked twice as hard i

which makes britain still a fundamentally racist country. yet yours is a story of, in a sense, inclusivity, of success, of sathnam sanghera being embraced. yeah, i think when you talk about the legacy of empire, it's notjust racism, it's also our multiculturalism. it's our psychology, it's our politics, it's our wealth. it's a multifaceted thing. it's notjust one thing. so, yes, the racism is a negative thing, but there's also the fact that empire is the reason british people travel so far, and that is a pretty neutral thing. education is important here, so i want to go into a little bit of detail about what you learned and how you learnt it, because as you say, you were from a deprived part of wolverhampton in the west midlands and yet you were academically gifted and successful so you went to a predominantly white grammar school in a very different neighbourhood. and you say that that school, it had a huge impact on you. i think one phrase you've used is that it sort of "cleansed your mind", and not necessarily in an altogether positive wa

more is being asked of britain's smaller armed forces. but its focus is notjust on deterrence, but diplomacy, too. this week, he will talk to president putin and visit eastern europe, while the defence secretary ben wallace will also be travelling the region to rally support. jonathan beale, bbc news. speaking on the bbc�*s sunday morning politics, nato's secretary generaljens stoltenberg told the bbc explained nato's stance on sending troops to ukraine. we have no plans to deploy nato combat troops to ukraine. nato allies have trainers there. we help them from nato with building capacity, modernising their defences, including their cyber defences. nato allies also provide equipment, defensive weapons like the uk has now provided, for instance, anti—tank weapons. so we do a lot of stuff to help ukraine strengthen its ability capability to defend itself. but again, ukraine is not a nato ally, so the 100% security guarantees that an attack on one ally will trigger a response from the whole alliance, that applies for nato allies, not for

at the time, britain was _ husband's funeral. at the time, britain was in _ husband's funeral. at the time, britain was in a _ husband's funeral. at the time, britain was in a period - husband's funeral. at the time, britain was in a period of- husband's funeral. at the time, i britain was in a period of national mourning and other covid restrictions. the us and ukraine have accused russia of trying to carry out false sabotage operations to create a novak djokovic are said to be detained on saturday after the australian government cancelled his visit for a second time. he australian government cancelled his visit for a second time.— visit for a second time. he will a- eal visit for a second time. he will appeal the _ visit for a second time. he will appeal the decision _ visit for a second time. he will appeal the decision over- visit for a second time. he will appeal the decision over the l visit for a second time. he will- appeal the decision over the weekend in the _ appeal the decision over the weekend in the hope _ appeal the decision over the weekend in the hope of avoi

why have they not one, why is the saudi coalition armed by britain in the united states? not one there war and replaced or returned the old yamini leader back to yemen. why? why are they not winning? yes, they can to and they come to him with their money. you come through and everything with the money. you can't at all. but money can, can make you survive for long time. money can, can make you show your code money can make you whitewash your crimes money can make you falsify money can make you make a bad things dirty things, but they can't do that. i things that money can, why yemen from, from the, from the map by, than by, than at the beginning said he would stop the back, the backing of saudi arabia and united arab emirates above then he would that then he's now he's doing what he's, he's selling to them under the name of defensive defensive, unfortunately, defensive weapons, defensive not often. serv, so defensive and not of incentive in the congress. they say defense, if not. but then who would def indium and who would defend the man who is being now killed and destro

in britain we have failed _ be addressed. in britain we have failed to— be addressed. in britain we have failed to read our economic and political— failed to read our economic and political systems of the ill gotten money— political systems of the ill gotten money used to support the regime of vladimir— money used to support the regime of vladimir putin. if we take our obligations to global security seriously we cannot go on allowing ourselves — seriously we cannot go on allowing ourselves to be the worlds laundromat for illicit finance. labour — laundromat for illicit finance. labour has a four—point plan. first, reform _ labour has a four—point plan. first, reform companies house to track down on sheil— reform companies house to track down on shell companies. secondly, a register— on shell companies. secondly, a register of— on shell companies. secondly, a register of overseas entities to lift the — register of overseas entities to lift the veil on who owns property and assets — lift the veil on who owns property and assets in the uk. thirdly,

well, here in britain all parties in fact, to mitigate against that. here in britain, the government supported by the opposition poured money, didn't they printed loads of money loads of schemes, loads loans, furlow schemes. during cove, it y, y is not leveled anything, not have an incredible positive impact. and the rich nation is they're able to spend money in supporting the general population, get the right thing and install contrast many developing countries, which has been simply have the money to do that. but a lot of that money, a lot of that money that was printed by the central banks is also inflated. asset price is driven up the stock market. and that's where you, why you're saying historic increase in 1000000000 as well. because predominantly most of their wealth is held in stock. so in the market. so what we're calling for is ox missionaries. because this is an extraordinary, almost like a war time moment. you know, all of this money pumpkins economy, that was the right thing to do. but much of it leaking into the bank accounts and any, and

denise's mother spent most of her life in britain. her parents are part of the windrush generation who went over with the promise of work. but in 2001, she decided to return to the caribbean. barbados is about to make this change, removing the queen as head of state. what you think about the decision? i don't have anything personally against the queen and the royal family — i believe they are lovely people — but i do believe it is the right time. a sense of identity. a true sense of belonging. you know, there's a lot of things that went on that i think myself, "why is it still an issue because you have a certain background or culture that you are left to feel unwelcome?" obviously, in london, it's great, it's a cosmopolitan city, but there is still an element of you're not quite welcome. with brexit, i think that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. it was almost like yeah, "if brexit happens, we will get ourjobs back". "if brexit happens, immigration and foreigners are out". it was like that. ijust think this is prob

k to stop it's latches. britain is in no position to be giving lessons to us. britain should stop using us is a punch bag in the domestic politics. correlations came to a stand off as british p. n. johnson. and his views on twitter, now that 3 french president, my con, into a hissy fit. just for shockley, the method, i'm surprised when things are not done seriously. we don't communicate between leaders via tweets or publish letter. so we're not whistleblowers. come on some but you know, all of this came on the back of a bumpy summer for france. 80 just found out that it's dean of the century with australia to build a fleet of submarines had been torpedoed in favor of a new one with the u. s, canada, and oh yes, the u. k. hotly a recipe for success. but what the issues between the u. k. in france really boils down to might have more to do with the opinion the to leaders half of each other. i think it was really a political thing and the of the, the side effect sort of to, to stuff, to add up fuel to the fight between france and great britain that was just an added plus each of them a win

because britain in the united states and i'm sure coming from the philippines. you know, this for, wow, have been manipulating elections and democracies around the world for hundreds of years. britain was a empire. and the reason why, you know, the national drink in britain is t and national animal is a lie. and, and, you know, these are not natural things here. and so i think the reason why people are so upset in the united states or in britain or other parts of europe is an american voter. now understands what it feels like to be an african voter. because, you know, living in a country where you've got a gradually eroding information system where lies are everywhere, where you don't know what to trust. you've got foreign countries left right and center, trying to manipulate your trick. you deceive you and corruption rife in the administration, looking at the philippines and something that i'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on coming from an ex us connie, where you had a large country dictating the terms of how government works. you know, it's, you know

well, here in britain, all parties in fact, to mitigate against that. here in britain, the government supported by the opposition poured money, didn't they printed loads of money loads of schemes, loads loans, farlow's schemes during covered why? why is not leveled anything? not an incredible positive impact. and the rich nation is they're able to spend money and supporting the general population get the right thing and start contrast to many developing countries. you've just been simply have the money to do that. but a lot of that money, a lot of that money that was printed by the central banks is also inflated. asset price is driven up the stock market. and that's where you, why you same is historic increase in 1000000000 as well. because predominantly most of their wealth is held in stock. so in the market. so what we're calling for is ox missionaries. because this is an extraordinary, almost like a war time moment. you know, all of this money pumpkins economy, that was the right thing to do. but much of it leaking into the bank council, as he's been

and remember, the change that paine wants his leaders to make is to break with britain. now and forever. and in "-" he makes -- "common sense," he makes independence seem suddenly imminent, necessary and urgent. what's so clever about how paine writes in this famous pamphlet is that the arguments he makes are not self-evident truths. he actually says it's actually not common sense at all. he just tells you it is. in fact, he's able to make you rethink what you thought you knew. and he uses the plain-spoken language of an outraged cabin- goer. take one of paine's first arguments in "common sense." i think it's simply outrageous. in a world in which kings and princes rule almost every square foot of western europe, tom paine declares all kings and princes, all of them, to be illegitimate and despotic and demands that all of them be swept away. paine denies the heritage of their noble bloodlines and -- them all as power-hungry ruffians who sit on thrones simply because an ancestor of theirs killed the previous dynasty of kings. he calls -- [inaudible] one of the most famous

he was popular in britain because he was british. he was the first monarch for 150 years to be born and bred in britain, and this was pointed out by him to the house of commons when he gave his his states of the estate opening of parliament in 1761. he said born in educated in this country a glory in the name of britain. and this was very unusual his grandfather king george the second spoken english very haltingly and in a very heavy german accent his father had a german accent his great-grandfather george the first and didn't speak any english. whereas the king king george iii didn't speak. he spoke german and four other languages. thereby also slightly undermining the idea that he was ignorance and and unintelligent and but he spoke english entirely without a german accent and he was also aims especially by his enemies at the beginning farmer george. it was a way that intellectuals attempted to to embarrass him. but in fact, of course in a country where 80% of people took their livelihood from agriculture his interest in progressiv

he was popular in britain because he was british. he was the first monarch for 150 years to be born and bred in britain, and this was pointed out by him to the house of commons when he gave his his states of the estate opening of parliament in 1761. he said born in educated in this country a glory in the name of britain. and this was very unusual his grandfather king george the second spoke english very haltingly and in a very heavy german accent his father had a german accent his great-grandfather george the first and didn't speak any english. whereas the king king george iii didn't speak. he spoke german and four other languages. thereby also slightly undermining the idea that he was ignorance and and unintelligent and but he spoke english entirely without a german accent and he was also nicknamed specially by his enemies at the beginning farmer george. it was a way that intellectuals attempted to to embarrass him. but in fact, of course in a country where 80% of people took their livelihood from agriculture his interest in progres

it has been a storming start to the weekend across northern britain, thanks to the winds of storm malik, which was named by the danish met service. but we turn our attention now to the uk met office named storm corrie which arrives on sunday night, it could bring some damage and disruption. the winds for storm malik easing down quite quickly overnight, a ridge of high pressure builds in. many places will turn dry under clear skies and lighter winds. it will turn quite chilly, there will be a touch of frost out of town. so, it is going to be a cold, crisp, sunny start across much of the country for sunday morning, particularly across england and wales. cloud starts to build across northern ireland and scotland as storm corrie begins to race in, bringing in gales and rain, and some mountain snow. it will be a chilly day right across the board. storm corrie spends right across the north of the uk during sunday night, the early hours of monday, a met office blanket yellow warning for northern britain, 50 to 60 miles an hour, and an amber warning for northern scotland with gusts in excess of

as he was writing that pamphlet in the fall of 1775, tensions with britain were escalating quickly. popular emotions had been aroused not only by the 1773 tea act and the 1774 commerce act that followed it, but more recently by the battles at lexington and concord and then at bunker hill. there was a lot of anger and confusion in the air as he was writing. though to be clear, no one was talking yet about independence. not until tom paine's panel pamphlet -- pamphlet burst on the scene. so tom paine is going to be one of the first people to make a very public argument that all colonial grievances should be focused on achieving independence, not reconciliation, not better terms and conditions, but independence. so let's spend some time now examining how tom paine builds the case for independence in the pages of that pamphlet, "common sense." and bear in mind that partnership's great gift was fos for language, and he designed each paragraph to be read aloud to other people. the sort of rhetorical tricks for the best preacher of the day. even if paine offers up a secular and driven view

k to stop it's latches. britain is in no position to be giving lessons to us. britain should stop using us is a punch bag in the domestic politics. correlations came to a standoff as british p. n. johnson, and his views on twitter. now that 3 french president, my con, into a hissy fit shockley, the method, i'm surprised when things are not done seriously. we don't communicate between leaders via tweets or publish letter. so we're not whistleblowers. come on some but you know, all of this came on the back of a bumpy summer for france. a to just found out that it's dean of the century with australia to build a fleet of submarines had been torpedoed in favor of a new one with the u. s. canada. and oh yes. the u. k. hotley recipe for success. but what the issues between the u. k. in france really boil down to might have more to do with the opinion the to leaders half of each other. i think it was really a political thing and the of the, the side effect sort of to, to stuff to abs fuel to the thigh, between france and great britain that was just an added plus each of them a win, mccoy and bo

because britain in the united states, and i'm sure coming from the philippines. you know, this for, wow, have been manipulating elections and democracies around the world for hundreds of years. britain was a empire a you know, the reason why, you know, the national drink in britain is t and, you know, national animal is a lie and, and, you know, these are a natural thing here. and so i think the reason why people are so upset in the united states or in britain or other parts of europe is an american voter now understands what it feels like to be an african voter. because, you know, living in a country where you've got a gradually eroding information system where lies are everywhere, where you don't know what to trust. you've got foreign countries left right and center, trying to manipulate your trick. you deceive you and corruption rife, indeed, ministration. looking at the philippines and something that i'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on coming from an ex us connie, where you had a large country dictating the terms of how government works. you know, i

because britain in the united states, and i'm sure coming from the philippines. you know, this for while have been manipulating elections and democracies around the world for hundreds of years. britain was a empire a well. and the reason why, you know, the national drink in britain is t and, you know, national animal is a lion. and, you know, these are not natural things here. and so i think the reason why people are so upset in the united states or in britain or other parts of europe is an american voter. now understands what it feels like to be an african voter. because, you know, living in a country where you've got a gradually eroding information system where lies are everywhere, where you don't know what to trust. you've got foreign countries left right and center, trying to manipulate your trick. you deceive you and corruption rife in the administration, looking at the philippines and something that i'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on coming from an ex us connie, where you had a large country dictating the terms of how government works. you know,

tonight at 10pm: a tough warning from britain and america, to russia. invade ukraine, and you'll face "devastating" sanctions. we report from the front line in eastern ukraine where government forces have been fighting russian backed separatists. this is about more than the future of ukraine. it's about the future shape of nato, about the security of europe. battle lines are being drawn now in a new cold war. borisjohnson is due to speak with president putin and visit eastern europe this week. also tonight: in lockstep on taxes. the prime minister and the chancellor confirm national insurance will go up in april. the manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested on suspicion of rape and assault. counting the cost of storm malik, with more powerful winds forecast for scotland and northern england. cheering. and, he's done it. rafa nadal wins a record 21st grand slam with victory at the australian open. good evening. britain and america have again warned russia of "devastating" sanctions, if it invades ukraine. the foreign secretary liz truss s

it's not great for britain's international _ story? it's not great for britain's international reputation - story? it's not great for britain's international reputation to - story? it's not great for britain's international reputation to have | story? it's not great for britain'sl international reputation to have a prime minister on which there is now a criminal investigation going into the operation that he runs, and a royalfamily the operation that he runs, and a royal family where there is this incredibly damaging sexual abuse lawsuit against one of its senior members. the damaging thing is that, in demanding a trial byjury on all the allegations asserted by virginia giuffre, it drags it out and makes it a very public spot, and it makes things very difficult for the royal family. not that there reputation should be the main consideration here, butjustice for should be the main consideration here, but justice for those should be the main consideration here, butjustice for those who are making these allegations. finta here, butjustic

he personally has made a break from britain. and we shouldn't discount that as like cheap psychology. it matters a great deal. certainly there is more to it than that. he will make some money from publishing common sense. not nearly as much as you think, in part because everyone is ripping him off and publishing their own versions and he's not seeing the profits of it, but also because he published it relatively cheaply. after the first edition, he cut the price in half, so his profit margins go out the window right away. and thirdly, he makes a very public show. when it's discovered that he is the author and that it's not actually an anonymous thing, that he's the real author, he's outed, basically, by people who think that discovering that this course that he's author will undermine the power of common sense, that it wasn't written by benjamin franklin or john adams. it makes paine a celebrity, and he embraces that and makes a big show of saying, you know the money i've made the past six months, guess what i've done with it? i

what do you make of britain saying? they're not going to send diplomats to the winter games in china as the global. so those vladimir putin arrives, they're a good idea. no, i think it's a mistake. i mean, you get to choose a slee stub. we don't, you could choose to say snob, anybody, but you certainly don't. good choice is the snob, the 2nd most powerful nation. yes, for the british government, as you know, says it's not gratuitous. it's of actually a response to alleged human rights abuses. yeah. and those human rights abuses are real. but nevertheless, we need to maintain a constructive relationship with china. and i think doing this sort of thing is petty and doesn't achieve anything. yeah, in a week when guantanamo had its van diversity with 1st detainee, i think human rights are a pretty relative, as all countries seem to be saying and have done for long time. what about the role of germany? nod stream to the russian government. very angry about the noise is coming from washington and from brussels. do you see the

it will also include - the currency transfers, the special drawing rights britain gets as being part| of the international monetary fund. - and under this mantra of global britain, a lot of things get into it, most of all trade. i liz truss has been pushing for the trade deals. - that all gets subsumed, - it seems, under foreign aid. now, borisjohnson in his . boris johnson way has talked about that the united kingdom will continue to be _ a development superpower, but yet, we heard _ from senate foreign relations committee in the house - of commons that global britain risks being a branding. exercise — in other words a catchy title with little substance. i and i will end by saying - you mentioned afghanistan — britain has not even started i the scheme, the resettlement scheme for vulnerable - afghans and it's struggling with the first scheme, i which is to provide safety and refuge to those who work directly with the british army| and british government. you know, you go to— the website, the second scheme, it says has not opened yet, so not a very good signal. i do you think we

britain is in no position to be giving lessons to us. britain should stop using us is a punch bag in the domestic politics. correlations came twice, standoff as british p and johnson. and his views on twitter now that 3 french president micron into a hissy fit. jesse shockley, the method, i'm surprised when things are not done seriously. we don't communicate between leaders via tweets or publish letter. so we're not whistleblowers. come on some but you know, all of this came on the back of a bumpy summer for france. a to just found out that it's dean of the century with australia to build a fleet of sub marines had been torpedoed in favor of a new one with the u. s. canada. and oh yes, the u. k. hotley recipe for success. but what the issues between the u. k. in france really boil down to might have more to do with the opinion the to leaders half of each other. i think it was really a political thing on the of the, the side effect sort of to, to stuff to abs fuel to the fight between france and great britain that was just an added plus each of them a min mccolan boys, johnson sees, a

as he was writing that pamphlet in the fall of 1775, tensions with britain were escalating quickly. popular emotions had been aroused not only by the 1773 tea act and the 1774 coercive acts that followed it, but more recently by the battles at lexington and concord and bunker hill. there was a lot of anger and confusion in the air as he was writing. although, to be clear, no one was talking openly yet about independence. not until tom paine's pamphlet burst on the scene. tom paine is going to be one of the very first people to make a public argument that all should be focused on independence, not reconciliation, better terms and conditions, but independence. it's going to matter. let's spend some time now examining how tom paine builds the case for independence in the pages of that pamphlet, "common sense." bear in mind that paine's great gift was for language. he designed each pamphlet of his common sense to be read aloud. he also used rhetorical tricks that the best preacher of the day might have recognized, even as paine offers a secular, enlightenment-driven view that human bein

denise's mother spent most of her life in britain. her parents are part of the windrush generation who went over with the promise of work. but in 2001, she decided to return to the caribbean. barbados is about to make this change, removing the queen as head of state. what you think about the decision? i don't have anything personally against the queen and the royal family — i think they're lovely people — but i do believe it's the right time. a sense of identity. a true sense of belonging. you know, there's a lot of things that went on that i think myself, "why is it still an issue because you have a certain background or a certain culture that you're left to feel unwelcome?" obviously, in london, it's great, it's a cosmopolitan city, but there is still an element of... you're not quite welcome. with brexit, i think that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. it was almost like yeah, "if brexit happens, we'll get ourjobs back". "if brexit happens, immigration and foreigners are out". you know, it was like that. ijust th

it may be that britain can forgive and forget l that britain can forgive and forget mistakes made by their leader on that sunny day in may, but boris johnson's remarkable resilience and charisma can see him through. but if his party became convinced he is a liability rather than a vote winner they have a reputation of being ruthless. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is at westminster. how dangerous is this for the prime minister now? it is a dangerous moment for him and that's because he is being dragged into this.— is being dragged into this. several times in the _ is being dragged into this. several times in the house _ is being dragged into this. several times in the house of commons . is being dragged into this. several| times in the house of commons he said the rules in downing street were not broken. his announced this inquiry and usually that is intended to get to the facts but to take the heat out of it and thatjust doesn't seem to be happening. i have spoken to dozens of conservative mps here today. of course some of them have always been critics of borisjohnson but

i'm going fly fishing with britain's most high—profile river campaigner, the pop star fergal sharkey. he is probably best known for this song. # i'm going to hold you, going to hold you tight. # get teenage kicks right through the night. the dj john peel described teenage kicks as the best pop song ever written. fergal had other top ten hits and a long career behind the scenes in the music industry, but now he is pretty much a full—time campaigner. scooby—dooby—doo. so i want to know how a working class punk who grew up in derry during the troubles ended up as the champion of britain's rivers. and along the way, he's going to try to teach me how to fly fish. so, one word of warning foryou, fergal. i have never... i've done the sort of angling with a float, whatever you call it. but i've never done fly fishing. as izaak walton said, "is it not an art to catch a trout with a fly?" can you count to three? can i count to three? i think i can manage that, yes. you're going to do fine. you're going to be ok. let's get going. i'm not sure fergal sharkey realises the scale of the challe

great britain, right? the slave trade has run out of liverpool. the slavery is still legal in britain at this point so and but they're farther along. no doubt about it. they're farther along than the american's are in recognizing that it's a moral abomination and that it's that it needs to go but it is not why we fight the revolution. to your left again towards the front. thanks very much. rick is a somebody who's born raised and lives in the boston area. i found the first half year book great second half not so much. that's pretty parochial. yeah. question and again, i don't know if you've studied this but ironically the greatest defeat by the us in the indian wars occurs not in not on grants watch but in washington's watch. when a group of 1,000 or so. a regular army or almost massacred in the battle of the wabash and 1791. do you have any thoughts or did you started all about a washington's role as a commander in chief? because it also when i read about it, it seemed like he didn't really it's kind of l

this front, possibly the best chance of seening rain in the south of britain overnight into friday but it will be pretty scant, friday dry to the south, frequent showers on the north—westerly wind in the north and west of scotland and they do look like they will be wintry. again, windy for the end of the week, turning colder, most notably on friday, with the arrival of the winds and wintry showers. most interestingly is the rainfall accumulations for the week ahead, the totals for the next five days, to the south of the uk, for quite a few areas, there is no rain in our forecast. more significant accumulations in the north and west, but it may turn out that this january ends up being one of the driest on record. we will keep you up to date.

others including britain also sending supplies. hardly enough to defeat an invading russian army, but the message to moscow is clear. "if you do this, it will come at a price." but now, the foreign office says it's seeing signs of a russian plan to install a puppet government in kyiv after an invasion. washington made similar claims on thursday. pro—russian politicians, they say, in contact with russian intelligence officers involved in planning an attack. it's totally unacceptable, contrary to international law. the international community as a whole needs to step up to the plate. so, one of the things you're seeing, and the foreign secretary, i think, is doing a very good job of this, is making it clear what's at stake, so other countries come and support. the reality is... but is that what you are expecting to happen? an invasion? i think there's a very significant risk of it. the foreign office says this man, former mp yevhen murayev, is being considered as a future leader by the kremlin. he's denied it. four others named are

even britain abstained over emotion of you in about animals. mrs. thatcher was a friend of general finishes. what happened in l. mazata in 1981 in 1981, the salvadoran military. i pushed large part by the united states. i went into areas that they believed were controlled by the gorillas and they believed that every civilian that lived in those areas by virtue of their geographic location. i was a gorilla and that was never true by the way that civilians always supported whoever occupied their territory. now what happened and on the so day which is as i said, the largest massacre that we know of in latin america in contemporary period is the atlas cattle battalion of the, of the salvadoran military which was formed under, i would say u. s to legit was not trained and in this one was not trained in the united states that came later under the jesuits. but what happened here is they invaded the town of elma, so tay, the town was peaceful. it was unarmed the gorillas had left the area cuz they had a great deal of forewarning that this was coming. b

sometimes obviously britain wanted prospected trade deal with united it. do you think bloody sunday as a factor in jo biden's them actions towards his day to ally britain? well i, i don't know the details. i was he and around went away. he was thinking isn't, but i know a irish american, the democratic party in particular. i've been a key players doesn't want to keep there and bring it about the good friday agreement. and i think right, of course i, america, there is the good 12 support or the nation is cause because they know what britain infected i and over the years debating and others know that like the kennedys that actually had to, i'm away from i'm looking for walk because of the actions of the british government in those early years. so it is by important the role of the ash americans and play a plant in what a good friday agreement and in the political dimension of i keep moving things forward. and i think he has made it quite clear that if he interfere with the good for a reason that the you, when we know to agreement between britain on the marke

and i will end by saying - you mentioned afghanistan, britain has not even started _ the scheme, the foreign resettlement scheme for vulnerable afghans and is struggling with the firstl scheme, which is to provide safety and refuse to those who work- and refuge to those who work directly with the british army - and british government and you go to the website, the second scheme, it has not opened yet. _ so not a very good signal. do you think we will get a migrant deal though between the eu—france and the uk or are you more optimistic was met we have a deal and the uk or are you more optimistic. we have a deal on fishing and the income on the low profile and nobody talked very much about it, but the rhetoric and the kind of confrontational rhetoric after that past, they dealt with the practicalities of it, it might not be ideal, but they did get some kind of settlement. wow, both sides of the channel, i it does not look very good and it's an election year for macron, - the telescope is on borisjohnson and you have priti patel who has made it absolutely clear - that she wants to cha