marr, andrew marr challenged her on that, whether they may join, and andrew marr challenged her on that, whether they mayjoin, and said i thought each country has a veto on accession. she said no and then talked about why she believes the eu would meet turkey and that was factually inaccurate. the bbc news coverage didn't really challenge it. and subsequently people like norman smith, the political editor, said i think on reflection we should have challenged it and called it out. has the bbc learn from it example and other examples from the referendum campaigns? i think one of the things you would notice the people hopefully will have noticed is the increasing preeminence of a reality check and i think it is something whereby, when people say things in interviews or when people report things or talk about them in press conferences, we now have a particular way of saying actually, let's check that and set it before and we may not always be able to do it instantly, you know, it will be great if everybody knew my presenter new things all the time, but actually, sometimes that will take a b

speaking to andrew marr, sajid javid double down on how conservatives are come up sajid javid double down on how conservatives are come up with this figure. we have taken a manifesto from a couple of years ago, which they still stand by. but you haven't counted it properly. you haven't costed the 2017 pledges fairly. we have every singer costing in this dossier we have published a day, it has even come from labours own figures, most of them, the 50% of the figures are from labour's own figures. the rest of them have even come from independent external sources, and in some cases, yes, we have had to work them out ourselves, but we have done that in a reasonable way, and we have set out exactly in the dock and how we have done this. that was sajid javid speaking a little early on, what are labour saying about all this? the underlying point of this, that labour would spend more, is absolutely true. they have been very upfront about that over the week about having a very ambitious plan for investment. so john about having a very ambitious plan for investment. sojohn mcdonald talking abou

he doubled down on defending how the conservatives have come up with this figure on andrew marr. we have taken their manifesto from a couple of years ago, which they still stand by. if they have withdrawn a policy, we haven't taken that into account. but you haven't counted it properly. you haven't costed the 2017 pledges fairly. every single costing in this dossier that we have published today has either come from labour's own figures. most of them, actually, over 50% of the costings are from labour's own figures. the rest of them have either come from independent external sources and in some cases, yes, we have had to work them out ourselves but we have done that in a reasonable way and we have set out exactly in the document how we have done this. what of labour thing about this? the underlying point of this is absolutely true, they would spend more, they have been upfront is that over the week. they have an ambitious plan. john mcdonnell said he would invest in uk spending. in these figures, they have described them as a incompetent mishmash of debunked estimates and bad mass

penny mordaunt did an interview with you and with andrew marr, in which andrew marr challenged her on whether they mightjoin. and he said, i thought each country has a veto on accession. and she said no. and then went on to talk about why she believes the european union would admit turkey. now, that was factually inaccurate. the bbc subsequent news coverage didn't really challenge it. and subsequently, people like norman smith, assistant political editor, who said, well, actually, ithink in reflection, we should have challenged it and called it out. has the bbc learnt from that example and other examples from the referendum campaign? i think one of the things that you'll have noticed that people hopefully will have noticed is the the increasing pre—eminence of reality check. i think it's something whereby when people say things in interviews or when people report things or talk about them in press conferences, we now have a particular way of saying, actually, let's check that, let's set it before. now, you may not always be able to do that instantly. you know, it'd be great if every

the bbc, andrew marr and borisjohnson sunday. the bbc, andrew marr and boris johnson have sunday. the bbc, andrew marr and borisjohnson have said they are just waiting to confirm that. if you can slot that in, why can‘t he slight andrew neil in? should he not just do itjust to prove he is not afraid? i have no idea how these things are going to be sorted out. it is above his pay grade too. these are the people were sorting out who does what, where. just to concentrate on the main theme, the that boris is not fundamentally committed to environmental protection and the climate change, and to nature protection, it is a nonsense. what about proving that he is not afraid and actually taking up andrew neil‘s offer? andrew neil has said he is free any time, any place. is andrew neil a big cheese? andrew neil interviewed jeremy corbyn, as with the other party leaders. the jeremy corbyn interview was much criticised. now looking at that with a revised view saying at least they had the guts to go and do it. you know, i am a naive person in this whole area. and i say to myself, now i hav

we were hearing from michael gove on the andrew marr show this morning. the key thing about that will be that it will unlock investment and that will generate the money but these plans they have about a steadying taxation and so on. of course, the economist will be going through this, as they have with all the manifestos, with a fine tooth comb. they will. although the spending promises from team johnson are know when you're on the same humongous scale that we had from jeremy corbyn, they still are a sizeable spending promises. we have sajid javid promising to increase borrowing to 3% gdp, that is another £100 billion worth of borrowing. we know we have got big spending commitments on all sorts of things like more police officers, more prisons, and uplift in school places, that £20 billion increase in nhs spending. sizeable spending promises. ifind it interesting nhs spending. sizeable spending promises. i find it interesting that it is so different to all the recent general elections. if you look at the last one or the 2015 election, it was all about h

however, she told the bbc‘s andrew marr show that she would vote for a bill which put a brexit deal to the public in a referendum. let's return to telford and speak to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. laura, the main parties have all now revealed their manifestos, what is your assessment of how this election campaign is shaping up? well, clive, i don't think the tory manifesto today really will change that much, and it wasn't designed to be an earth—shattering document. and it wasn't designed to be an ea rth—shattering document. a and it wasn't designed to be an earth—shattering document. a lot of toys are still very spooked and haunted by what happened in 2017 when theresa may's manifesto unravelled and really took the momentum away from her campaign, and we all know what happened next. the second point is that borisjohnson is still a relatively new prime minister, and he's already, in his short time in number ten, made big announcements and try to change the course of the conservative party already. and a third of all, as you suggest, the fundamentals of this election ca

sajid javid has been on the andrew marr show talking about this ma nifesto marr show talking about this manifesto launch. the tories are hoping the policy that will catch people pass eyes will be this triple text log, the freeze on national insurance, income tax and vat. there is also plenty of promises to spend more money. where are they getting that money from? if you are making this commitment on tax, national insurance and vat, you are narrowing your options. sajid javid was asked about this on sky news a little while ago. he didn't necessarily tell us where the pans are pennies would be coming from. we are very clear, we want to help people with a cost of living wherever we can. earlier this week we set out our plans to cut taxes and national insurance for 31 million people helping the lowest paid. how is it going to add up? ifi answer helping the lowest paid. how is it going to add up? if i answer the question about the tax lock i will show you exactly how it adds up. we are also announcing today the triple tax lock which is our commitment to giving more financial security to hard

shadow local government secretary andrew gwynne made their displeasure clear to andrew marr. this is an absolute work of fiction by the conservatives. you can't trust a word that johnson and his ministers say on this issue. we will have a fully costed manifesto in due course, when we launch that. and, you know, the challenge is actually for the conservatives to fully cost their own manifesto, something they didn't do in 2017. well, meanwhile, the green party has also been putting forward its plans if it were to win the election. speaking on the andrew marr show, green candidate caroline lucas defended the pledge to invest £100 billion a year to fund the party's climate policy. well, £100 billion a year over ten years is what we think is necessary to try to reach net zero by 2030. we think the government's target of saying we're going to get to net zero emissions by 2050, another 30 years away, is just simply not to up to scrutiny, and it's like dialling 999 and saying, "can i have a fire engine, please, in 30 years' time?" it's not commensurate with what i think is an emerg

andrew marr didn't have much luck! as for his position on the eu, it is positively mind—boggling. he wants to negotiate a new deal. spend another three months, another three month extension negotiating a new deal, and then he wants to spend a further six months asking the public to vote on his new deal in yet another toxic and divisive referendum campaign. and we don't even know what his own position will be. will he actually campaign against his own deal? will he try in the final reel to destroy his own contraction, like alec guinness blowing up the bridge he has built in bridge on the river quai. 0rwill he has built in bridge on the river quai. or will he urges —— aired his labour colleagues to burn the dying text, like in the iliad. a literary allusion but you know what i am driving at! izzy for leaving or remaining? nobody is clear. the can corbyn—sturgeon alliance would commit this country to dither and delay and with every month of delay, it is costing our party an extra £1 billion for nothing. we need to get brexit done. we need to get brexit done to end the uncertai

nigel farage, speaking on the andrew marr show, he said that he personally will not be one of those candidates. he will not stand in the election. we can now hear from stand in the election. we can now hearfrom him. stand in the election. we can now hear from him. i thought hard about this, how do i serve the cause of brexit best? i don't want to be in politics for the rest of my life, do i try and get myself into parliament 01’ i try and get myself into parliament or serve the cause better traversing the length and breadth of the uk supporting 600 candidates. i decided the latter was the right one. you won't stand yourself? it's difficult with a constituency everyday to be out in the united kingdom. studio: just confirming nigel farage was not stand in the election, he thinks he will better serve the brexit party by travelling and campaigning around the country. as wildfires have raged across parts of eastern australia — there have been concerns over the fate of hundreds of koalas. many are believed to have died but there have been some survivors. tim allman has the story. his name, for r

speaking to andrew marr, the chancellor said the party had done its maths. every single costing we published in this dossier today has either come from labour's own figures, 50% from labour because my own figures, the risk from independent external sources and in some cases we have worked them out ourselves, we have done that in a reasonable way and set out in exactly how the document how it's done. but labour hasn't yet published its manifesto for the selection so the tories can't know exactly which policies will make it then. we have included £35 billion for abolishing private schools which labour conference voted for which may find its way into the manifesto in a different form. the £196 billion figure they've used to renationalise industries like the railways has already been criticised. and the calculations assume all policies including things like a four—day working week at a cost of £85 billion would come in immediately. this is an absolute work of fiction by the conservatives. you can't trust a word thatjohnson and his ministers say on this issu

speaking to andrew marr, the chancellor of the exchequer defended how the party had done its maths. every single costing in this dossier, that we have published today, has either come from labour's own figures, most of them actually, most of them actually, over 50% of the costings are from labour's own figures, the rest of them have either come from independent external sources, and in some cases, yes, we have had to work them out ourselves, but we have done that in a reasonable way and we've set out exactly in the document how we've done this. but, while labour is on the road capaigning, like the other parties, it hasn't yet published its manifesto for this election, so the tories can't know exactly which policies will make it in. they've included £35 billion for abolishing private schools, which labour conference voted for, but which may find its way into the manifesto in a different form. the £196 billion figure they've used to renationalise industries like the railways has already been criticised. and the calculations assume that all policies — including things like a four�

marr tomorrow morning from 9am on bbc one. the sinn fein leader, mary lou mcdonald, has told her party conference there should be a referendum on irish unity within the next five years. she said she believed a united ireland would be achieved in the 2020s. earlier, sinn fein's leader at stormont, michelle 0'neill saw off a challenge to her position. protests have erupted across iran after the government unexpectedly announced it was rationing petrol and increasing its price by 50%. at least one person has been killed and several hurt during clashes with security forces. iran's economy is already suffering because of tough sanctions imposed by the united states. french police have used water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators in paris, on the first anniversary of the anti—government protest movement. the clashes were the worst for several months, with thousands of protestors coming on to the streets to support the so—called giletjaune or yellow vest movement. more than a hundred people were arrested. from paris, lucy will

speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, swinson also attacked jeremy corbyn‘s neutral stance on brexit, and said the liberal democrats' priority was to stop brexit from happening. well, of course the liberal democrats want to stop brexit and we will be campaigning to stop brexit. ok, if that is the case, jeremy corbyn is offering a referendum, you may not like every aspect of what he is saying but he is offering a referendum and borisjohnson very much isn't, doesn't that mean you are inevitably going to have to lean towards the labour party and help them form a government, vote things through for them, rather than the conservatives? well, first of all, as things stand, as things stand, borisjohnson is on course to get a majority and liberal democrats are the best party to stop it. oh, you think that is what is happening at the moment? if you look at the polls right now, that is what they say. there is, obviously, two and a half weeks to go in this campaign and i am working very hard to change that situation... you are not conceding it yet but you think that he is going to win? of cours

marr show this morning. i thought very hard about this, how do i serve the cause of brexit best? that's what i'm doing this for. i don't want to be in politics for the rest of my life. do i get politics for the rest of my life. do igeta politics for the rest of my life. do i get a seat and get intolerant or doi i get a seat and get intolerant or do i serve the cause better traversing the length and breadth of the united kingdom supporting 600 candidates. i've decided the latter is the better one. it's difficult to do both, be in a constituency everyday and at the same time be out across the united kingdom. and nigel farage made it clear that he has no interest in getting on board with borisjohnson interest in getting on board with boris johnson steel at all. he will spend a lot of the campaign criticising it. borisjohnson will go around saying that he has another and ready deal to present and get through parliament within weeks but last week was supposed to be the week we were due to leave the european union

speaking on the andrew marr show, he said that instead he will be campaigning across the country against the prime minister‘s proposed brexit deal. i‘ve thought very hard about this — how do i serve the cause of brexit best? that‘s why i‘m doing this, not for a career. i don‘t want to be in politics for the rest of my life. do ifighta politics for the rest of my life. do i fight a seat or do i serve the cause better traversing the length and breadth of the united kingdom supporting 600 candidates because mike andi supporting 600 candidates because mike and i decided the latter course is the right one. so you won't stand yourself? no, it is difficult to be ina yourself? no, it is difficult to be in a constituency and out fighting across the uk. it comes as the election campaign gets into full swing, with labour and the conservatives making big spending pledges. borisjohnson has confirmed the benefits freeze in place since 2016 will end in april, whilejeremy corbyn is proposing to insulate almost every home in the uk, which labour says will create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

since we spoke last we have had the interviews on the andrew marr show. let's start with this conservative pledge that they are making. the conservatives in terms of their line today are talking about immigration and the need to end freedom of movement. and labour, too. both of them are talking about about the conservatives are specifically looking at what they would do when we leave the european union, saying that people would need a job offer if they are coming from the eu or anywhere else, saying that the charge for using the nhs would increase from £450 a year up to £650 a yearforforeign increase from £450 a year up to £650 a year for foreign migrants. increase from £450 a year up to £650 a yearforforeign migrants. they also say that foreign migrants couldn't clear benefits for five yea rs. couldn't clear benefits for five years. the labour party have their ma nifesto years. the labour party have their manifesto which you will get clear details on later on this week, but we understand it was hammered out yesterday. there is a question around wha

this is mrjohnson being asked about this by my colleague, andrew marr. everything was done with full propriety. so you did declare the interest, and you'll be able to say that... no, i said that everything was done in accordance with full proprietary. i asked a very specific question. you have to declare an interest. did you do that? there was no interest to declare. you know what, i agree with him. there was no interest. there was no interest in that, i was rightfully... i applied for these tenders. i had to go through the process. you know, i got £10,000 for sponsorship for an event that cost 50,000. i did an event at the houses of parliament. they gave me 1500. have you ever done an event at houses of parliament? i mean, that buys you a cup of coffee. the point is he didn't do me any favours, in that i was going to produce these events with or without him. the fact that he wanted to come and show his support for the london tech scene was huge. he didn't have a real passion for the tech like i did, and he didn't really know where to start. yes, of cou

this is mrjohnson being asked about this by my colleague, andrew marr. everything was done with full propriety. so you did declare the interest and you can say that... know, i said everything was done in accordance... you have to declare an interest. did you declare it? there was no interest to declare. there was no interest to declare. there was no interest to declare. you know what? i agree with him. there was no interest. no interest in that i was rightfully... i applied for these tenders. i had to go through the process and i got £10,000 in sponsorship for an event that cost £50,000. idid sponsorship for an event that cost £50,000. i did an event at the houses of parliament, they gave me 1500. have you ever done an event there? it buys you a cup of coffee! he didn't do me any favours. i would have produced this event with a without him. the fact he wanted to come and show his support for the london tech scene was huge. he didn't really know where to start. yes, he had a lot of handlers and people shoving papers on his face... i hear you saying he

speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, swinson also attacked jeremy corbyn's neutral stance on brexit and said the liberal democrats priority was to stop brexit from happening. well, of course the liberal democrats want to stop brexit and we will be campaigning to stop brexit. ok, if that is the case, jeremy corbyn is offering a referendum, you may not like every aspect of what he is saying, but he is offering a referendum, and borisjohnson very much isn't, doesn't that mean you are inevitably going to have to lean towards the labour party and help them form a government, vote things through for them, rather than the conservatives? well, first of all, as things stand, as things stand, borisjohnson is on course to get a majority, and liberal democrats are the best placed party to stop it. towards the labour party and help them form a government, vote things through for them, rather than the conservatives? well, first of all, as things stand, as things stand, borisjohnson is on course to get a majority, and liberal democrats are the best placed party to stop it. ah, you think that is wh

to have an interview with andrew marr on sunday. both of these are giants of interviewers and certainly equally as intimidating. is that yes? they are still in discussions with the bbc. i‘m not involved in those discussions but the prime minister is very much hoping to be on the andrew marr show. hopefully the bbc would allow him to come on to be interviewed and discussions continue to go on. education secretary, let‘s talk about your plans. there is a plan now for no notice inspections of schools. why is that necessary? what we are planning to do is see if this works. there are certain situations where there may be particular concerns about a school than what it‘s doing and the ability to have no notice inspection is important to have that there and have that as a key part of there and have that as a key part of the toolbox as 0fsted has added something that has been raised in the past and we listened to them and responded what‘s more important is the £10 million we are spending on 0fsted, raising the standard and the qual

marr there borisjohnson was on course for a majority. this morning one of her colleagues thing that was not quite what she meant. what jo swinson were saying that the only party that can take seats off them and stop them having a majority and going ahead with brexit as the liberal democrats and we fully intend to do that and are working ha rd intend to do that and are working hard every day. that is why we put forward a manifesto which has a vision for this country for a brighter future. the likelihood are the emerging view amongst many that tea m the emerging view amongst many that teamjohnson the emerging view amongst many that team johnson seem to be nudging ahead in this election perhaps explains why that manifesto was a bit of a damp squib, because bluntly it seems the view of team johnson as they think they are getting within sight of victory, so why take any risks. play it safe and therefore we had that very cautious, frankly, rather an ambitious manifesto. norman, thank you very much now. —— rather unambitious. and throughout

andrew marr is here on bbc one at nine o'clock. let's find out what he has in store. we arejust at we are just at the stage of the election campaign where we are finally finding out what the promises are going to be from the parties. the manifestoes will start to come out next week and i am joined by the leader of the labor partyjeremy corbyn, the westminster leader of the snp leanne black —— ian blackford and by foreign secretary dominic raabe, and by the actor who plays harold wilson and the crown, and we can think about the crown, and we can think about the great politicians of the past as well as the present. 01:30:20,133 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 stay with us, headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. prince andrew has told the bbc he doesn't regret his friendship with the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein because of the trade and business opportunities it provided. in an exclusive interview with newsnight‘s emily maitlis, the duke of york

if he is submitting himself to an andrew marr interview, which i understand he is, surely he has time for an injured neil? should we ask them to explain why he is choosing his interview? a bit of a more difficult question to a nswer bit of a more difficult question to answer for bit of a more difficult question to answerfor can bit of a more difficult question to answer for can he choose who he is to be interviewed why? that is often how politicians to behave. both of them would be very accomplished interrogative years —— interrogators... this isjust being exploded. it's not surprising, because we have seen so many other things come under challenge and perhaps because this general election came over in short order. some of these things could've been hashed out in advance. we never got there. he does not want to be interviewed by a particular journalist, and you can say it is kudos to mr internet.” kudos to mr internet. i am not shy understand the strategy. it reinforces and people's mines of this point minister mightjust be evading those people he needs to convince —— in rei

marr this morning that he mentioned the fa ct this morning that he mentioned the fact that fund for some of these investments will come from the fact in his view, by getting brexit done, that will boost the economy and therefore will be be more money swilling round to be spent. how easy is it to quantify that kind of prediction? extremely hard. the sorts of, the sorts of forecast that these numbers are based on, certainly the numbers that the budget and so on are based on, do assume already that it gets done and we get the kind of deal that mr johnson's talking about. it is possible that things will get better once that certainty is there, that business investment will return, on the other hand, this is a hard kind of brexit we are looking at, and almost certainly will involve less growth than we would have got had we stayed within the european union because we will be coming out of the customs union, that makes trade more expensive and that is likely to make us more well off than we would have been, subject to the fact we have lost a bit of economic growth and so it may be that som

he's hoping to be on andrew marr at the weekend as well. so there's an awful lot of opportunity to have a debate, ask the prime minister questions, but there's only so much time that he has in order to be able to do them all. as you said, at the heart of this is the idea of scrutiny and how much anyone who is standing for prime minister should put themselves forward for. and what type. you heard some of the things boris johnson has been doing there, from gavin williamson. he has been criticised for not agreeing so far toa criticised for not agreeing so far to a forensic 30 minute interview with andrew neil, which other party leaders have done, which is a different thing. labour say he is running scared. he thinks, like, you know, his bullingdon club friends, that they're above the rest of us, that they don't need to be held to account, they don't need to be treated like the rest of us. and so what he's doing now is, he's avoiding — he's running scared because he knows that andrew neil will take him apart. he's running scared. borisjohnson

the andrew marr show is on bbc one at nine o'clock this morning — and andrew can tell us who's he interviewing today. morning. remembrance sunday i am talking to general sir nick carter, chief of the defence staff about the russian threat and much else. also the election campaign. they have the chance of the exchequer, sajid javid, talking about all sorts of issues, including labour's spending, iam sure. issues, including labour's spending, i am sure. lambo —— labour i have andrew gwynne, is in charge of the campaign. they have caroline lucas who is the sole green mp at the moment. she hopes not to be alone after the election campaign. of course. and they have the great actress meera syal talking about race and drama. very busy. and especially extended programme at nine o'clock. thank you, andrew. a busy five weeks. all of the newspapers this morning talking about how the conservatives are being critical of labour's spending pledges that came last week. and labour has said you have done your maths wrong. there will be tit—for—tat. maths wrong. there will be tit-for-tat. they will talk

the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9:00am. andrew, what is on today‘s programme? well, if you are interested in the outcome of this winter general election, and you may be, you know that the brexit party‘s behaviour will be really important to boris johnson‘s chances of winning. the brexit party leader, nigel farage, joins me. if you are interested in what a labour government would mean for you, we are being joined by the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, and listening to it all is the chief executive of the treasury, a rising star in the tory party. i will be talking to that wonderful actress ruth wilson, so a busy hour for you at nine a.m.. technology and social media expert dan sodergren is here to tell us what has caught his eye in the papers. great to see you, good morning. where shall we start? well, technology and digital marketing and all these kinds of things, but one of the things i really love is how education is using more and more technology. a lot of people start getting worried about this, but the great news that screens help boys close the gap

penny mordaunt did an interview with the andrew — andrew marr, in which andrew marr challenged on whether they mayjoin, and he said "i thought each country has a veto on accession". and she said "no," and then went on to talk about why she believed the european union would admit turkey. now, that was factually inaccurate. you know, the bbc‘s subsequent news coverage didn't really challenge it. and subsequently, people like norman smith, the assistant political editor, have said "well, actually, i think on reflection, we should have challenged it and called it out". has the bbc learned from that example and other examples from the referendum campaigns? i think one of the things that you'll have noticed, that people hopefully will have noticed, is the increasing pre—eminence of a reality check. i think it is something whereby, when people say things in interviews or when people report things or talk about them in press conferences, we now have a particular way of saying "actually, let's check that. let's set it before." now, you may not always be able to do that instantly. you know, it

andrew marr is here on bbc one at nine o'clock. let's find out what he has in store. good morning, not quite christmassy at are absolutely at the peak of this extraordinary election campaign, heart pounding, i am joined by two party leaders, adam price of white camry and jo swinson of the liberal democrats. the tories, by michael gove and the labour by angela rayner, one of the people always document as a future labour leader. join us if you possibly can at nine o'clock. —— plaid cymru. as the fallout from prince andrew's newsnight interview continues, speculation is growing as to the whereabouts of the woman accused of helping convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. ghislaine maxwell, a friend of the duke of york, hasn't been seen in public since the allegations against epstein emerged. investigative journalist mark edmonds has been trying to track her down and joins us now from london. good morning, thank you forjoining us this morning. just explain who ghislaine maxwell is, first of all, people who know? she basically is robin maxwell's favourite child... excu

jo swinson, your leader, yesterday at least seeming to concede to andrew marr that borisjohnson is on course to win the general election, do you agree? what she was saying is the only party that can take seats of them and stop them from going ahead with brexit is the liberal democrats, and we fully intend to do that, working hard every day. that is why we have put forward a ma nifesto is why we have put forward a manifesto which unlike boris johnson's, has a vision for this country, for a brighter future. johnson's, has a vision for this country, for a brighterfuture. the ma nifesto country, for a brighterfuture. the manifesto put forward remarkably has no real policy programme for five year government. she was also questioned, and i want to know your opinion on this, actually, about backing tough austerity measures as pa rt backing tough austerity measures as part of the coalition government. how do you feel about that? well, we have moved on now. unfortunately if you look back to 2010, the country was in an incredibly difficult situation then. we move forward to now, and what we're