:00:37. > :00:42.George Osborne says his tough stance on the economy is paying off.
:00:43. > :00:47.him to crow a bit at tonight's annual Mansion House
:00:48. > :00:50.He's also decided to get tough with the bankers.
:00:51. > :00:52.He wants criminal sanctions for traders who attempt to rig
:00:53. > :00:59.Teresa May says the Home Office may have to bring it
:01:00. > :01:13.Here is a man who has a few choice words up his sleeve. We'll be asking
:01:14. > :01:23.him what he think of his old boss. And World Cup fever's hit
:01:24. > :01:31.the Westminster Village. LAUGHTER.
:01:32. > :01:39.THE MOST INTELLIGENT REMARK WE'VE HAD ON THE DAILY PICKS FOR A WHILE.
:01:40. > :01:43.With us for the whole programme today is the MEP, Godfrey Bloom.
:01:44. > :01:45.A champion of the feminist cause and famous liberal.
:01:46. > :01:48.He used to be a member of UKIP before Nigel Farage gave him
:01:49. > :01:53.He wasn't re-elected to the European Parliament last month,
:01:54. > :01:55.but has to hold his job down till the end of June.
:01:56. > :02:06.Gives you two weeks to finish your expenses I guess.
:02:07. > :02:08.Now first today let's start with the passport crisis.
:02:09. > :02:10.The Home Secretary was forced to the House of Commons
:02:11. > :02:13.this morning to answer an Urgent Question on the matter.
:02:14. > :02:15.Theresa May has announced measures to tackle the backlog
:02:16. > :02:17.People applying to renew passports overseas,
:02:18. > :02:20.for travel to the UK, will be given an automatic 12-month extension to
:02:21. > :02:23.And those applying for passports overseas for their children will
:02:24. > :02:26.also be issued with emergency travel documents for travel to the UK.
:02:27. > :02:39.In addition to these changes, HMPO will increase the number of
:02:40. > :02:44.examiners and call handlers by a further 200 staff. Second HMPO is
:02:45. > :02:48.addressing a series of process points to make sure its systems are
:02:49. > :02:54.operating efficiently and third, where people have an urgent need to
:02:55. > :02:58.travel, HMPO has agreed to upgrade them. That's their application will
:02:59. > :03:03.be considered in full. It will be compo indicted in terms of its
:03:04. > :03:07.processing, printing and delivery. They have agreed to upgrade them
:03:08. > :03:10.free of charge. That was the Home Secretary this morning. The
:03:11. > :03:15.Government moving on all fronts to try to hose down this passport
:03:16. > :03:21.crisis. I mean, the Government began by saying it was almost Much Ado
:03:22. > :03:25.About Nothing, now it is moving on all fronts, even saying it is going
:03:26. > :03:29.to have to take over the Passport Office My secretary went down to get
:03:30. > :03:35.my passport renewed several months ago, I needed to go to Brazil. We
:03:36. > :03:39.need it on the hurry up. She said it was chaos. She said she didn't know
:03:40. > :03:43.how the place works. It all comes back to the fact that I don't think
:03:44. > :03:46.the Home Office and its subdivisions are fit for purpose and this isn't
:03:47. > :03:50.new. It wasn't that long ago that the Passport Office had a reputation
:03:51. > :03:54.for being one of the most efficient of the Government agencies Indeed.
:03:55. > :03:59.It has gone backwards, hasn't it? That's extremely sad and now, of
:04:00. > :04:02.course, it is firefighting and crisis management. Which is always
:04:03. > :04:06.less than helpful. The significance of this, too - there are lots of
:04:07. > :04:09.issue that is Westminster talk about that are frankly marginal to most
:04:10. > :04:14.people's interest, certainly in the short term. This isn't. This is
:04:15. > :04:17.really cut-throat Absolutely. This affects everybody, who is trying to
:04:18. > :04:24.get away, especially at this time of the year. I think it adds to the
:04:25. > :04:27.feel that people are fed up with the incompetence of this administration
:04:28. > :04:31.much it is reflective of the whole thing over the last fou years. We
:04:32. > :04:38.will see how it goes. -- last four years. The story, clearly has, leg.
:04:39. > :04:41.Now time for Godfrey to get his grey matter working with a little
:04:42. > :04:43.daily quiz. The question for today is:
:04:44. > :04:45.What has Boris Johnson recently ordered for London?
:04:46. > :04:46.A, some new water cannons. B, stocks.
:04:47. > :04:48.C, a new skyscraper called The Cucumber.
:04:49. > :04:53.Or D, a statue of David Cameron for Trafalgar Square.
:04:54. > :04:57.At the end of the show we'll see if Godfrey can give us the correct
:04:58. > :05:05.This must be about the easiest quiz we have done in years.
:05:06. > :05:08.Now, it's been a very busy week for George Osborne. Some key economic
:05:09. > :05:11.stats have been released, he's making a major set-piece speech, and
:05:12. > :05:14.he also took in a trip to a another planet too. Here's what the
:05:15. > :05:19.The last Government might seem like a long time ago and from a galaxy
:05:20. > :05:23.far away, but George Osborne - as he keeps telling us - is still trying
:05:24. > :05:24.to sort out Labour's economic legacy.
:05:25. > :05:28.Earlier this week the chancellor paid a visit to a film set. Why? A
:05:29. > :05:33.new Star Wars movie is going to be filmed in the UK. And that means
:05:34. > :05:38.more jobs and more investment, says Mr Osborne.
:05:39. > :05:40.Talking of jobs, there was new hope yesterday. The unemployment rate
:05:41. > :05:45.fell from 6.8% to 6.6% in the last quarter, as the number of people in
:05:46. > :05:56.A case of the economy strikes back? Not quite. Earnings growth has
:05:57. > :06:02.slowed to 0.7% from 1.9% the previous month, leaving wages lower
:06:03. > :06:12.But tonight the chancellor will show he's not afraid to use the force.
:06:13. > :06:15.He's using his Mansion House speech to set out plans to crack down on
:06:16. > :06:21.Joining me now is the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris
:06:22. > :06:25.Leslie, and the Conservative MP Jesse Norman.
:06:26. > :06:33.Welcome to you, both. Jesse Norman y are wages still
:06:34. > :06:37.lagging prices? -- why are wages? It is a long-term problem. It is a
:06:38. > :06:40.matter of catch-up in the economy. I don't think they have been kept by
:06:41. > :06:43.the continually low inflation in eurozone which has pulled down wage
:06:44. > :06:49.costs and other things across the whole of Europe. You know, I think
:06:50. > :06:55.it is a process of recovery. When will wage rise more quickly than
:06:56. > :07:00.prices? Well, when the demand for labour starts to accelerate. It is
:07:01. > :07:05.accelerating. It is accelerating at a record level. That's true. It'll
:07:06. > :07:10.continue to accelerate as the cycle goes on and as investment starts it
:07:11. > :07:14.take proper shape in industrial manufacturing businesses. It always
:07:15. > :07:17.lags consumer demand. We have seen investment picking up fast now. I
:07:18. > :07:21.would expect wages to rise as a result of that. Will they be rising
:07:22. > :07:26.in time for the election? Well, they may well do. It's just a matter
:07:27. > :07:29.of... You must hope they do. I think that's true. I don't think the
:07:30. > :07:36.election is the key issue. The key issue is - what happens to the this
:07:37. > :07:41.country? When they rise, will they rise in a stable way is a key issue.
:07:42. > :07:43.You forget the real wages of the bottom third of the population
:07:44. > :07:47.stopped growing in 2003. The cracking of that and beginning the
:07:48. > :07:52.process of accelerating wages amongst the least well-off working
:07:53. > :07:56.people in this country is the crucial long-term challenge. Of
:07:57. > :08:02.course, Chris Leslie, the gap between the rise in wages and the
:08:03. > :08:06.rise in prices is not a complete measurement of living standards. No,
:08:07. > :08:10.I think it is interesting - not just interesting, it is appalling it has
:08:11. > :08:14.been going on for such a were longed period. I think there have been only
:08:15. > :08:18.a couple of months where wage levels have exceeded prices. One of those
:08:19. > :08:25.was when the Chancellor gave away his #r50p tax cut. He cut it to 45p.
:08:26. > :08:32.And there was a bonus Bonn on did a at the top of the income scale. --
:08:33. > :08:38.Even take that into account, prices are still running higher than wages.
:08:39. > :08:41.Yes and we saw that in your package. The Chancellor is scratching his
:08:42. > :08:45.head much he is under the impress that people should be grateful for
:08:46. > :08:49.the economic data fl. He doesn't understand that for most people,
:08:50. > :08:54.they are still finding it difficult. For many, low pay, the insecurity of
:08:55. > :08:59.work, the zero hours interests, is a real and pressing problem. You say
:09:00. > :09:03.that. And, of course, there is no question for lots of people it has
:09:04. > :09:07.been a tough time. They have had to tighten their belts and their pay
:09:08. > :09:12.hasn't kept pace with the price of a lot of things they have had to buy.
:09:13. > :09:15.Is that true overall? If there was a cost of living crisis, there would
:09:16. > :09:19.be a number of of indicator that is would prove your point. For example,
:09:20. > :09:22.retail sales. They would be very weak people wouldn't have money to
:09:23. > :09:27.spend. They are up 6% year on year. The key is not to look at this in
:09:28. > :09:31.aggregate. You have to look at what is happening, per head, per person.
:09:32. > :09:35.If you look at the GDP statistics, the growth in the economy, the very
:09:36. > :09:39.wealthiest at the top, especially the wealth west 1% v seen their
:09:40. > :09:44.share of the cake increase, they are doing very well indeed. The bottom
:09:45. > :09:48.90%, pretty much everybody else, has seen their share actually fall back.
:09:49. > :09:55.If that was the case, why would retail sales be rising by 6%. It is
:09:56. > :10:00.not the top 6% from retail scales. There are a few wealthy people. They
:10:01. > :10:06.do not. It is an be absurd point, you know it. Retail sales are
:10:07. > :10:11.everybody GB to Marks Spencer and Primark. Some is borrowed money and
:10:12. > :10:15.people resorting to credit cards. People are resorting to credit cards
:10:16. > :10:18.sometimes it make ends meet. Hold on, credit card debt is not
:10:19. > :10:24.extraordinarily high. It has shown very little of a rise. Look at the
:10:25. > :10:27.savings ratio. And negative equity is following. People have been
:10:28. > :10:32.dipping in a their I savings. You can only do once, by the way.
:10:33. > :10:38.Consistently the savings ratio, 3%, last year 2%, going to be this year
:10:39. > :10:41.predicted to be 1%, by the OBR, the following here this. S a problem
:10:42. > :10:45.that's a continuing crisis. Yet we don't have a Chancellor who even
:10:46. > :10:49.recognises it as a problem. Are you in danger with the unemployment
:10:50. > :10:53.figures, which nobody can really explain, but the figures are really
:10:54. > :10:56.- they have surprised everybody, not just politicians. They have
:10:57. > :11:01.surprised economists as well, are you in danger you may face an
:11:02. > :11:05.interest rate rise this side of the election? Well, it is almost
:11:06. > :11:09.impossible, the Bank of England, which is independent, might raise
:11:10. > :11:14.interest rates towards the end of this year, that's been the kind of
:11:15. > :11:17.guidance we have seen, so it is it plays into the market. Unemployment
:11:18. > :11:21.has never been higher than it is now. The rise was the last on
:11:22. > :11:25.record. Inflation has never been as high. The participation rate is
:11:26. > :11:29.almost the same. The participation rate... That's a percentage.. That's
:11:30. > :11:32.right. The other thing s you would expect wages come under some
:11:33. > :11:35.pressure as the employment market grows, because more and more people
:11:36. > :11:39.are competing with the labour market. These things go together.
:11:40. > :11:43.The extraordinary thing s it is doing as well as it is. There are
:11:44. > :11:47.growing questions about your cost of living narrative as more and more
:11:48. > :11:49.facts come out. They are not being questioned by independent
:11:50. > :11:54.commentators. Your own side are beginning to question T let's listen
:11:55. > :11:59.to what George leak had to say on the Daily Politics? -- what George
:12:00. > :12:05.Clarke had to say For me, thep main issue is the economy. We have to
:12:06. > :12:10.convince people they won't go back to bad economic circumstances of the
:12:11. > :12:14.past. I think we need a stronger narrative about what we did right
:12:15. > :12:19.and wrong in Government. We did many things right economically and some
:12:20. > :12:22.things wrong. We didn't do that. We haven't been prepared to admit the
:12:23. > :12:28.mistakes we have made. He we rested a great deal on assuming the
:12:29. > :12:32.Conservative strategy would not succeed, that plan A would not work.
:12:33. > :12:35.It has proved to be unwise. The Conservatives have succeeded in
:12:36. > :12:39.getting the economy on a more positive path which leaves us very
:12:40. > :12:42.little place to be now in these circumstances. The cost of living
:12:43. > :12:47.crisis, as Labour call it, is that really a powerful enough narrative?
:12:48. > :12:51.The cost of living crisis? It is a real description of the position
:12:52. > :12:55.very many people feel. The answer isn't necessarily in those very same
:12:56. > :12:59.people's minds, that Labour will solve their cost of living crisis.
:13:00. > :13:02.You need a story more than just about life as people experience it,
:13:03. > :13:08.but more about how Labour would change those conditions of life. So
:13:09. > :13:12.Plan A worked according to Mr Clarke and the cost of living crisis is not
:13:13. > :13:15.a strong enough narrative. I think if you describe the situation people
:13:16. > :13:17.are in today, this is undoubtedly n my view, a cost of living crisis.
:13:18. > :13:17.are in today, this is undoubtedly n my view, But people want
:13:18. > :13:19.are in today, this is undoubtedly n my view, a cost of living crisis. to
:13:20. > :13:22.know what we are saying about the economy and the vision for the
:13:23. > :13:27.economy going forward. For me, it comes down to two things - if we
:13:28. > :13:31.have a recovery, we want it to be... We have a recovery. That is that we
:13:32. > :13:35.want it to be sustainable. We want to make sure it is lasting and not
:13:36. > :13:39.lob sided and we can talk about housing and interest rates in a
:13:40. > :13:42.moment. But we also want an economy that is fair for all. It does
:13:43. > :13:46.involve everybody and it is not just seeing rewards and growth go to
:13:47. > :13:50.those at the very top of society. On both of those points, I think there
:13:51. > :13:53.is a big, big political choice for people to Mick and a lot of
:13:54. > :13:56.difference between the Conservative and the Labour Party. -- people to
:13:57. > :13:59.make. What do you make of the current economic situation? There
:14:00. > :14:03.are a number of points I don't necessarily accept. The cost of
:14:04. > :14:08.living index, I believe is badly formed. I don't believe in the CPI
:14:09. > :14:13.being an accurate portrayal of what it actually is for real people. So,
:14:14. > :14:18.you look at, in the last ten years, you see energy price have doubled.
:14:19. > :14:21.You have seen petrol prices have gone up, food prices have gone up.
:14:22. > :14:26.So the things that people are dealing with, in my constituency in
:14:27. > :14:30.Yorkshire, and places like Hull and York and Leeds and Bradford, they
:14:31. > :14:34.are having a struggle. But he can't complain about that, it was his side
:14:35. > :14:40.that introduced the CPI. It is even worse if you look on R pi. . It is
:14:41. > :14:44.worse if you look at RPI. I wouldn't have moved away from RPI. You have
:14:45. > :14:49.You have certain things not going up. White goods. Flat screens. What
:14:50. > :14:53.else? I think the other problem you have with cost of living, Government
:14:54. > :14:57.haven't done anything to trim public spending. They have nibbled at the
:14:58. > :15:03.edges of deficit spending, but they are still in this situation where
:15:04. > :15:06.they are borrowing, ?9 billion a month. They said they would get rid
:15:07. > :15:11.of the national debt or start to bring it down. What is going to be a
:15:12. > :15:14.gift to the Labour Party in May 2015, people will say - the Labour
:15:15. > :15:17.Party can't imagine this problem. The long and short is that this
:15:18. > :15:20.administration is going to the country with a national debt which
:15:21. > :15:31.is 50% times greater so. This administration has been a disaster
:15:32. > :15:35.on national debt. There are today 780,000 more private-sector jobs
:15:36. > :15:41.than one year ago, a record rise, the highest, I think, in 25 years,
:15:42. > :15:48.but only 11,000 fewer public sector jobs. What happened to the cuts? You
:15:49. > :15:57.ask anyone in the public services and there have been significant
:15:58. > :16:03.cuts. Why few would jobs? I think the truth of the matter is the
:16:04. > :16:07.economy is like a supertanker. You do not turn it around instantly.
:16:08. > :16:12.Other crises, they take between six and ten years to overcome. That
:16:13. > :16:17.looks at the start of recovery in 2014 and hopefully going on for
:16:18. > :16:21.several years. Debt will rise as you start to get the deficit under
:16:22. > :16:26.control, it is down under a third. The Labour narrative is empty.
:16:27. > :16:35.Should interest rates rise sooner than later? My fear is that they
:16:36. > :16:41.will rise sooner. It is a judgement for the Bank of England. I have a
:16:42. > :16:45.worry about what is happening in the housing market. We have the
:16:46. > :16:49.Chancellor saying that he has the Help To Buy scheme but he wants
:16:50. > :16:54.hindrance to buy. They are in a muddle. They should focus on supply.
:16:55. > :17:00.Unless you get demand and supply in better equilibrium, you will have a
:17:01. > :17:07.lopsided problem. Is there a housing problem outside London? If interest
:17:08. > :17:11.rates go up you are talking about ?240 a year for the typical mortgage
:17:12. > :17:16.customer. That could be a problem for many people.
:17:17. > :17:18.The government have admitted there's a benefits backlog, with more than
:17:19. > :17:20.700,000 people still waiting for assessments for employment
:17:21. > :17:24.And that's not the only benefit which has been delayed.
:17:25. > :17:26.In Prime Minister's Questions yesterday,
:17:27. > :17:29.David Cameron was asked by Labour's Katy Clark about problems with
:17:30. > :17:32.the personal independence payment - the benefit which has replaced
:17:33. > :17:47.Less than one quarter of people who have applied for the personal
:17:48. > :17:52.independence payment have received decisions. If we continue at this
:17:53. > :17:54.rate it will take more than 40 years to get to the point where everyone
:17:55. > :17:58.is assessed. rate it will take more than 40 years
:17:59. > :18:00.to get to the point where Does the Prime Minister think this
:18:01. > :18:06.acceptable? What will he do about it? It is important when we
:18:07. > :18:12.introduce new benefits that we make sure it is done in a way that works
:18:13. > :18:16.well. I would say it is important not to have an artificial deadline
:18:17. > :18:20.of replacing one benefit with another. We are joined by the
:18:21. > :18:26.Minister for disabled people, Mike Penning. More than 700,000 people
:18:27. > :18:30.waiting for assessments for employment and support allowance,
:18:31. > :18:33.many of them some of the most vulnerable people on low incomes in
:18:34. > :18:41.the country. That is not good enough. It is not. I have been in
:18:42. > :18:48.the job eight months. I asked for a review of the allowance, how it
:18:49. > :18:53.performed, and who was performing. What I would say is that figure is
:18:54. > :19:01.10% less than the last time I released figures. Last time it was
:19:02. > :19:06.770,000. Why did you let it get to this, not you personally, but the
:19:07. > :19:16.government? We have to look at what it replaced. DLA, you were put on
:19:17. > :19:19.that for life. Only 7% of people who got that got a face-to-face
:19:20. > :19:24.examination. At the moment is when I came in it was 97%. You can see
:19:25. > :19:32.where the delays come. We are getting that down. A further 84,000
:19:33. > :19:33.people are still on incapacity benefit. They have not been moved
:19:34. > :19:42.people are still on incapacity benefit. They have not over to ESA.
:19:43. > :19:48.You say 84,000... I wanted to make sure, and this is important, that
:19:49. > :19:53.people coming on to benefit, who need the money... People on the
:19:54. > :19:56.current benefit are on it and have not lost anything. We want to make
:19:57. > :20:03.sure we have new people coming on. On top of this, delays with the
:20:04. > :20:09.personal independence payment as well. To such an extent that the
:20:10. > :20:17.National Audit Office found claimants were waiting on average
:20:18. > :20:25.107 days, terminally ill patients, 28 days. People who are dying. We
:20:26. > :20:30.cannot even get money to them. It is wrong. 28 days when I arrived, less
:20:31. > :20:35.than ten days now. I promised the select committee, lobby groups,
:20:36. > :20:40.charities and individuals, I will get it down. I've got it down to ten
:20:41. > :20:45.days, I think we can get it down to between three days and five days.
:20:46. > :20:50.You can guarantee for any terminally ill person, waiting for this, they
:20:51. > :20:54.do not wait for more than ten days? They have not been waiting for more
:20:55. > :21:02.than ten days. I said that was wrong and said I would get it down to ten
:21:03. > :21:08.days and I have done so. Why was it not the scene? Any new benefit it is
:21:09. > :21:13.difficult. There was a pressure, 97% of people having face-to-face
:21:14. > :21:21.examinations, which were not necessary. It should be around 65,
:21:22. > :21:31.35. It is making sure the decision is right. I am adamant about this.
:21:32. > :21:35.So little getting their decision are going to appeal. In WC A, which we
:21:36. > :21:42.have had problems, with the contracts, and we have a new
:21:43. > :21:48.provider, that has dropped by 89%. People who really need the money are
:21:49. > :21:55.getting it. People not getting the work is that judges in the Appeal
:21:56. > :21:59.Court. In the WC a they were not doing the work I wanted to do on
:22:00. > :22:03.assessments. If I had sacked them like the Labour Party Tolmie, and we
:22:04. > :22:07.could have done that, we would have paid huge amounts of compensation.
:22:08. > :22:15.If you sack them because they can't perform... The Labour Party wrote
:22:16. > :22:24.the contract. They are going out and paying us compensation, not the
:22:25. > :22:30.other way. Atos And WC a are leaving. They are doing a much
:22:31. > :22:36.better job now. The backlog will be cleared when we have a plan in place
:22:37. > :22:40.and we hope, and it does depend on the numbers coming through, but
:22:41. > :22:46.certainly we aren't fearing more than is coming in. I cannot give an
:22:47. > :22:51.exact date. I need to make sure we get the right decision. It sounds
:22:52. > :22:58.like, among many other things, we are looking carefully at dishes and
:22:59. > :23:07.-- at decisions. It looks like it is working better. The people Atos
:23:08. > :23:12.replacing, do they have a contract where you can get rid of them
:23:13. > :23:16.without costing the taxpayer money. I have not issued a contract yet.
:23:17. > :23:24.Normally the companies run circles around you. I am determined that
:23:25. > :23:28.lessons need to be learned from the contract issued by the previous
:23:29. > :23:38.government. That we get better for the taxpayer. How much has it cost
:23:39. > :23:43.the taxpayer? Dealing with the previous contract and bringing new
:23:44. > :23:47.people in? If we had done what others said, sack them, it would
:23:48. > :23:55.have cost tens of millions of pounds. We have a substantial
:23:56. > :24:01.settlement that they paid us money. I feel sorry for Mike Penning, he is
:24:02. > :24:06.between a rock and a hard place. He inherited the problem. Everybody
:24:07. > :24:11.has. Welfare is failing across Western Europe and north America.
:24:12. > :24:17.What happens is under Beveridge, the idea that you were putting a safety
:24:18. > :24:25.net under people having bad luck. We have opened the doors of welfare to
:24:26. > :24:32.too many people. We lost the original plot. We cannot deliver. I
:24:33. > :24:38.disagree. In the old days, mutual societies would have dealt with
:24:39. > :24:42.that. I do not want it to be about the rights and wrongs of the welfare
:24:43. > :24:49.state. Does the government owe the people involved an apology? I have
:24:50. > :24:53.apologised. I apologised on the floor of the House of Commons. We
:24:54. > :24:58.need to make sure people get it and people who do not deserve it do
:24:59. > :25:00.not. I promised those people I would do something and that is what I am
:25:01. > :25:01.doing. Our guest has
:25:02. > :25:03.his own way with words. He once described parts of
:25:04. > :25:06.the world as "Bongo Bongo Land" and The last remark saw him
:25:07. > :25:10.criticised from the most unexpected Flatmate in Brussels and leader
:25:11. > :25:16.of UKIP, Nigel Farage, effectively threw him out
:25:17. > :25:19.of a party he'd been a big part of. Last year,
:25:20. > :25:21.Godfrey was the proud recipient A spokesman described him
:25:22. > :25:44.as a wince-inducing gaffe machine. In the garden of politics, God --
:25:45. > :25:48.Godfrey Bloom is no shrinking violet. You would think some had his
:25:49. > :25:54.statements were fashioned in the Duke of Edinburgh School of PR. But
:25:55. > :25:58.he often excuses offence by saying he was joking and repeatedly blamed
:25:59. > :26:04.the usual suspects for making a fuss. The left-wing press were on
:26:05. > :26:16.its like a Rottweilers. That is politics. Who can he mean? Clearly,
:26:17. > :26:20.the mainstream BBC. If you have not done a hand's turn and neither have
:26:21. > :26:25.your parents, I do not understand why you can vote on the
:26:26. > :26:29.administration. He was elected a UKIP MEP but weeks later on his
:26:30. > :26:38.first day in Strasbourg, with a seat on the European Parliament's women's
:26:39. > :26:45.rights committee... No self-respecting businessman would
:26:46. > :26:54.employ a lady of child-bearing age. That is not politically correct but
:26:55. > :26:59.it is a fact of life. He said that women did not "clean behind the
:27:00. > :27:04.fridge enough". It made an effective Christmas card with his wife.
:27:05. > :27:10.Holding bongos is his allusion to his views on foreign aid. How we can
:27:11. > :27:16.be giving ?1 billion a month when we are in debt to Bongo Bongo Land...
:27:17. > :27:21.It is this off-the-cuff style that scuppered him with his own. In the
:27:22. > :27:25.midst of the biggest Conference the UKIP in years, on the back of the
:27:26. > :27:37.joke about a fridge, he also made a joke. I have never cleaned behind my
:27:38. > :27:41.fridge. He might have got away with it but in terms of handling a media
:27:42. > :27:47.problem later, this is probably not how you deal with it best. Was there
:27:48. > :27:57.a single woman in there who did not laugh at the joke, you sad little
:27:58. > :28:01.man? You have a Conference brochure with no black faces. What a racist
:28:02. > 0:21:06comment,