forcing labour into third place north of the border. labour found itself with a bit of a puzzle, its leader jeremy corbyn was immensely popular with party members, not so much with his members of parliament, some of whom described his performance in the referendum campaign as pretty lacklustre. morning. early one morning the shadow foreign secretary, hilary benn, was sacked, much of the rest of the shadow cabinet packed their bags, including angela eagle. you found this personally very difficult. yes. i feel i have served in the best way i can and today i had to go. she launched a leadership challenge but dropped out when the welsh labour mp owen smith got more support. can we get through, please? at a fractious party meeting there was a row about whetherjeremy corbyn could automatically stand in the contest. yes, he could and there was a court case over which members and supporters could actually vote. no, not all of them. owen smith presented himself as a more competent corbyn. i think the party that i love and the party that has been

the poll tax was meant to force labour councils to spend less. instead, the government got the blame when millions found they were paying more, and mrs thatcher realised it was hitting what she called the conscientious middle, her natural supporters. 0ne turning point came with this letter in march 1990, from an elderly conservative voter in norfolk. he and his wife were paying twice as much under the poll tax. he accused the prime minister of behaving like a dictator, riding roughshod over opposition. michael portillo was the local government minister who had thejob of trying to make the poll tax work. he says there are lessons to be learnt today. well, there are lessons to be learned, of course, but i don't think they are learned. i think the conservative government's commitment to introduce a poll tax in the 19805 without thinking it through is quite strongly paralleled by david cameron's commitment quite recently to hold a referendum without thinking through what its consequences might be. as for mrs thatcher, the poll tax ended her career, b

forcing labour into third place north of the border. labour found itself with a bit of a puzzle, its leader jeremy corbyn was immensely popular with party members, not so much with his members of parliament, some of whom described his performance in the referendum campaign as pretty lacklustre. morning. early one morning the shadow foreign secretary, hilary benn, was sacked, much of the rest of the shadow cabinet packed their bags, including angela eagle. you found this personally very difficult. yes. i feel i have served in the best way i can and today i had to go. she launched a leadership challenge but dropped out when the welsh labour mp owen smith got more support. can we get through, please? at a fractious party meeting there was a row about whetherjeremy corbyn could automatically stand in the contest. yes, he could and there was a court case over which members and supporters could actually vote. no, not all of them. owen smith presented himself as a more competent corbyn. i think the party that i love and the party that has been

in scottish parliament elections, the conservatives steamed in second, forcing labour into third place north of the border. labour found itself with a bit of a puzzle. its leaderjeremy corbyn was immensely popular with party members, not so much with his members of parliament, some of whom described his performance in the referendum campaign as pretty lacklustre. morning. early one morning the shadow foreign secretary, hilary benn, was sacked, much of the rest of the shadow cabinet packed their bags, including angela eagle. you found this personally very difficult. yeah. i feel i have served in the best way i can and today i had to go. she launched a leadership challenge but dropped out when the welsh labour mp owen smith got more support. at a fractious party meeting there was a row about whetherjeremy corbyn could automatically stand in the contest. yes, he could, and there was a court case over which members and supporters could actually vote. no, not all of them. owen smith presented himself as a more competent corbyn. i think the party that i love and the party that has been such

the poll tax was meant to forced labour councils to spend less. instead the government got the blame when millions found they were pay more. mrs thatcher realised it was fitting her this natural supporters, the natural supporters, the conscientious middle. this letter came from a voter in norfolk, he and his wife were paying twice as much under the poll tax. he accused mrs thatcher of acting like a dictator. michael portillo was the governments that are who had the job of trying to make the poll tax work. he says there are lessons to learn today. there are lessons to be learned, of course. i don't think they are learned. the conservative government's commitment in the 19805 to introducing a poll tax without thinking it through is quite strong parallels by david cameron's commitment to hold a referendum without thinking through what the consequences might be. as for mrs thatcher, the poll tax ended her career, not before the files reveal westminster council threatened her with a fine if she did not complete rain poll tax registration time. time to

the poll tax was meant to force labour councils to spend less. instead, the government got the blame when millions found they were paying more, and mrs thatcher realised it was hitting what she called the conscientious middle, her natural supporters. one turning point came with this letter in march 1990, from an elderly conservative voter in norfolk. he and his wife were paying twice as much under the poll tax. he accused the prime minister of behaving like a dictator, riding roughshod over opposition. michael portillo was the local government minister who had thejob of trying to make the poll tax work. he says there are lessons to be learnt today. well, there are lessons to be learned, of course, but i don‘t think they are learned. i mean, ithink, you know, the conservative government‘s commitment in the 1980s to introduce a poll tax without thinking it through is quite strongly paralleled by david cameron‘s commitment quite recently to hold a referendum, without thinking through what its consequences might be. as for mrs thatcher, the pol

the poll tax was meant to force labour councils to spend less. instead, the government got the blame when millions found they were paying more, and mrs thatcher realised it was hitting what she called the conscientious middle, her natural supporters. one turning point came with this letter, in march 1990, from an elderly conservative voter in norfolk. he and his wife were paying twice as much under the poll tax. he accused the prime minister of behaving like a dictator, riding roughshod over opposition. we like to see a combination... michael portillo was the local government minister who had thejob of trying to make the poll tax work. he says there are lessons to be learnt today. well, there are lessons to be learned, of course, but i don't think they are learned. i mean, ithink, you know, the conservative government's commitment in the 19805 to introduce a poll tax without thinking it through is quite strongly paralleled by david cameron's commitment quite recently to hold a referendum, without thinking through what its consequences might be. a

the poll tax was meant to forced labour councils to spend less. instead the government got the blame when millions found they were pay more. mrs thatcher realised it was fitting her natural supporters, the conscientious middle. this letter came from a voter in norfolk, he and his wife were paying twice as much under the poll tax. he accused mrs thatcher of acting like a dictator. michael portillo was the governments that are who had the job of trying to make the poll tax work. he says there are lessons to learn to date. there are lessons to be learned, of course. i don't think they are learned. the conservative government's commitment in the 1980s to introducing a poll tax without thinking it through is quite strong parallels by david cameron's commitment to hold a referendum without thinking through what the consequences might be. as for mrs thatcher, the poll tax ended her career, not before the files reveal westminster council threatened her with a fine if she did not complete rain poll tax registration time. let's get right up to date with the

the choices, you have to become a nomadic international bit of a labour force that is being flung all over the world at the behest of capital enterprises. that breakdown of community is very serious. let's move on because the wars and divisions in syria, yemen and iraq are all fuelled by very serious local resentments but also by something which is intractable. the rivalry between saudi arabia and iran plus other powers exerting considerable influence. can we say that 2016 has proved to be a good year for iran? a nuclear deal with the united states, expanding influence in iraq and the consolidation of the assad regime in damascus. it has been a good year for tehran, hasn't it? i think 2015 was even a better year. they struck the deal then and was very little heat on iran from what was happening in syria, iraq... with the 0bama presidency ending there will be much tougher questions. donald trump suggesting 2017 is not going to be comfortable for iran. indeed. but also, in 2016 iran lost at least 1,000 soldiers in syria. they are losing many in iraq also. it is good for the reigning reg

the choices, you have to become an addict international bit of the labour force that is being flung an over the world at the behest of capital enterprises. that breakdown of community is very serious. let's move on because the wars and divisions in syria, yemen and others are viewed by local resentments but also by something which is intractable. the rivalry between saudi arabia and other countries exerting influence. can we say that 2016 has proved to be a good year for iran? a nuclear deal with the united states, expanding influence and the consolidation of the assad regime in damascus. it has been a good yearfor teheran. 2050 was a better year. they struck the deal then and was little heat in... with the obama presidency ending there will be much top —— tougher questions. in 2016 orion lost at least 1000 soldiers in syria. they are losing many in iraq also. it is good in terms of politically, they, stronger in the region than others. turkey had unaccounted cool on the presidency. —— and attempted coup. domestically there are key problems because the economy is not picking up

he thought that they had both been formed into destructive forces by modern conditions. you just, your viewers should read 1984 or darkness at noon. one of them is a view of the modern totalitarian state from the bottom, from the point of view from the victims. one is a view from the top of the point of view from its rulers. if you put the two books together, the classical teaching, in hero,hiero, it is a conversation between a poet, and tyrant, hiero. one thing that emerges in the dialogue is that hiero is miserable. actually not good to dominate other people. they don't like it. it doesn't breed happiness. there is friction irv where. they're out to get you. you can never turn your back. rubisthof in, "darkness at noon." is the protagonist. he is tiled as one of the -- styled as one of the people in the 19, there is photograph taken in petersburg. it's in the home. there is a museum there. i've been there, of a ballerina. she was the czar's mistress. it's a very beautiful home and the germans put the bowl show vick leaders into-- bolshevik leaders into russia. churchhi

government forces in aleppo... for which there can be no excuse. i also know mr speaker the issue of cyprus and renewification was announced. could the prime minister give us was announced. could the prime ministergive us an was announced. could the prime minister give us an update on what was said on this issue? britain is after all a guarantor of sirry ot defendants from the 1960 treaty? there is a lot to do this 2017 with a lot of important decisions to be made. i make a plea to the prime minister, to represent all sides, whether they voted to leave or remain and to make the right decisions that benefit notjust her party, but everyone in this country. thank you mrrks speaker. on the issue of cyprus, yes, the president has updated us on the talks. these are important talks. i think we all accept that we have perhaps the best opportunity for a settlement in cyprus that we have seen for many, many years and the president made clear, the talks have been taking place under un auspices between the two leaders, they ha