:16:39. > :16:46.Your lessons are interrupted if you are out playing in the playground.
:16:47. > :16:51.She wasn't at all bothered by the news. David Grossman is not deaf. He
:16:52. > :16:55.sometimes acts like that. He didn't seem to notice a plane going over?
:16:56. > :16:59.You will always get a mix of opinion. I have surveyed my
:17:00. > :17:03.residents they have said they are against it. It's noise, safety and
:17:04. > :17:07.congestion. I don't know if you have recently gone out on the M4 to
:17:08. > :17:11.Heathrow. It gets congested, that is without further expansion. The
:17:12. > :17:17.expansion we are talking about is huge expansion from 480 flights to
:17:18. > :17:22.740,000 flights. It's a huge expansion. There is support for
:17:23. > :17:30.Heathrow locally, there is opposition. Actually back in
:17:31. > :17:38.November we carried out 7,000, a poll of 7,000. Of those, 48% were in
:17:39. > :17:43.favour of expansion, 12% against. When we asked specifically the
:17:44. > :17:57.question, would you be more likely to vet for an MP if he support it.
:17:58. > :18:02.It's not politically easy. It's a question of political principle. Zac
:18:03. > :18:09.Goldsmith say it's an off the scale betrayal. He will resign and create
:18:10. > :18:15.at by-election? Absolutely. You principles? I think you have to stay
:18:16. > :18:19.and fight. It I will do it differently to Zac. I will try and
:18:20. > :18:22.put forward the case for other solutions in London because I think
:18:23. > :18:25.what people want generally across the country is for us to do
:18:26. > :18:29.something sooner rather than later. We do need to solve this issue about
:18:30. > :18:34.capacity. Let us find something where we can get a consensus Not in
:18:35. > :18:38.your backyard. I don't think Heathrow is the place to do it. I
:18:39. > :18:43.like Heathrow where it is. They do lots in the local area. Do you think
:18:44. > :18:49.you would hold your seat it went ahead? I would potentially struggle
:18:50. > :18:54.to hold my seat. I think it's ridiculous to build more runway
:18:55. > :18:57.capacity in west of London where you are affecting a million people when
:18:58. > :19:02.you could be building an extra runway at Gatwick, Stansted or doing
:19:03. > :19:07.something about building a new airport. Spread the pain a bit. And
:19:08. > :19:12.still as long as we are getting the capacity we need, does it really
:19:13. > :19:17.matter whether it is at Heathrow, Gatwick or elsewhere? It's
:19:18. > :19:21.noticeable there is nothing imminent about this being acted upon, is it?
:19:22. > :19:26.Do you think it will happen within the next 10 years? I think the case
:19:27. > :19:30.for it to happen is really strong. That wasn't my question? I'm not
:19:31. > :19:34.just talking about the airport. For the country as a whole. That surely
:19:35. > :19:38.is why we have the commission set up to take an independent, rigorous
:19:39. > :19:42.look at. It of course you would expect me to argue Heathrow's case.
:19:43. > :19:46.That is what we are doing. It is not us making the recommendations today.
:19:47. > :19:50.We should let the commission get to the end. We would like a quicker
:19:51. > :19:53.decision if possible, practically speaking that's not going to happen.
:19:54. > :19:59.I think this is the best shot we've got at taking a decision which is
:20:00. > :20:02.important for the country, coolie, calmly, rigorously and not leaving
:20:03. > :20:07.it in the position of being a political football which is... Has
:20:08. > :20:19.us turning left and then right. A decision which doesn't stick is
:20:20. > :20:25.worthless. Both very much. Now, This is the star waiter in this
:20:26. > :20:31.restaurant just outside Tokyo. A monkey just served me, only in
:20:32. > :20:35.Japan. Now, two British citizens are dead in Syria, one of them a doctor
:20:36. > :20:40.was, according to the Syrian regime, found hanged inside a Syrian state
:20:41. > :20:43.prison, the British government says he was effectively murdered by the
:20:44. > :20:47.regime there. The second man had travelled to Syria to fight with an
:20:48. > :20:52.organisation linked to Al-Qaeda, he told us a few weeks ago he didn't
:20:53. > :20:57.expect to return to Britain. Now his family say he never will. Richard
:20:58. > :21:04.Watson is here. Let us talk first about the doctor. We are talking
:21:05. > :21:07.about Dr Abbas Khan who was held for more than a year by the Syrian
:21:08. > :21:11.authorities having travelled to Turkey and Syria with medical
:21:12. > :21:15.equipment late last year. He was held in custody, allegedly tortured,
:21:16. > :21:20.lost a lot of his body weight. I spoke to his family today they had
:21:21. > :21:24.high hopes that he was due to be released this Friday. Of course, his
:21:25. > :21:28.brother came on Newsnight last month to press the British government to
:21:29. > :21:35.do more to intervene in this awful situation. His mother, who is in
:21:36. > :21:39.Damascus was told he was due to be released this Friday. The family
:21:40. > :21:43.lost contact with him, he was moved from his civilian prison last
:21:44. > :21:50.Friday, yesterday his mother was told that rather being released he
:21:51. > :21:55.died in custody. The regime of Assad said he hung himself. The family
:21:56. > :22:00.reject that saying it's a complete yovsh cover-up. Another one of his
:22:01. > :22:04.brothers spoke to the BBC today. I believe the British government have
:22:05. > :22:10.failed my brother, they have abandoned him, forsaken him. Other
:22:11. > :22:14.governments, such as the Germans in particular, were very quick to get
:22:15. > :22:20.their citizens out. The British Government didn't do anything. I'm,
:22:21. > :22:25.to this day, unaware of any single act that the British Government or
:22:26. > :22:29.the Foreign Office enacted that led to any change on the ground.
:22:30. > :22:38.Everything that happened was thanks to my mother. You know, the brave
:22:39. > :22:43.efforts of a housewife. That's what the entire intelligence with the
:22:44. > :22:47.Foreign Office, all those dons from Oxford and Cambridge did nothing for
:22:48. > :22:52.my brother, nothing at all. The other case is very different. The
:22:53. > :22:57.young jihadi you interviewed recently. Tell me about that? That
:22:58. > :23:02.was two weeks ago. I interviewed a young British jihadi via a Skype
:23:03. > :23:06.line. He was in Syria. One of the interesting things about it was he
:23:07. > :23:10.was quite open in admitting that he was fighting with a group linked to
:23:11. > :23:16.Al-Qaeda. I spoke to his brother who is still in the country in
:23:17. > :23:24.Portsmouth at the same time. The family today confirmed that he was
:23:25. > :23:30.killed fighting in Syria with the organisation. They said he was
:23:31. > :23:43.killed in battle against the Assad forces. This is what they told me a
:23:44. > :23:48.couple of weeks ago. Something has gone wrong there. He confirmed he
:23:49. > :23:52.was fighting with the group, he said he was prepared to die for his
:23:53. > :23:59.cause. He was not a threat to national security and had no plans
:24:00. > :24:03.to come back at all. Quite remarkable testimony two weeks ago.
:24:04. > :24:10.Now we know from the family he has actually died. Else did they say?
:24:11. > :24:15.His brother in Portsmouth was saying that, look, he had done this
:24:16. > :24:22.research on the internet and in his words consulted proper sources and
:24:23. > :24:26.looked at fatwas from Saudi Arabia and had come to the conclusion that
:24:27. > :24:32.Shia Muslims were not Muslims. I suggested it was a radical point of
:24:33. > :24:36.view. He was pretty unhappy about my interpretation of it being a radical
:24:37. > :24:40.view, I stand by that. If you consult proper sources saying that
:24:41. > :24:44.Shia Muslims are not Muslims is pretty radical by most people's
:24:45. > :24:49.books. Thank you. There can't be many jobs in Britain that will pay
:24:50. > :24:54.you ?300 to do nothing, if you get yourself a seat at the House of
:24:55. > :25:07.Lords, that is precriesly what is on offer -- precieslely on offer. Mitt
:25:08. > :25:15.it We have been hanging around
:25:16. > :25:36.parliament to see if he was right. Hello, sir. Will you have done a
:25:37. > :25:42.full days work in the Lords today. Will you claim for a full days work
:25:43. > :25:49.in the Lords today? No. Will be doing a full days work in the Lords
:25:50. > :25:53.today? I was here at 11.00 am. Yes. I went out for another meeting. Will
:25:54. > :25:59.you claim for a full day today? I will see. It's outrageous that a
:26:00. > :26:07.peer, a convicted peer can stroll out of a prison gates in the morning
:26:08. > :26:12.and into this place after lunch. The Lord Ashdown will you do a full days
:26:13. > :26:18.work today? I do a full days work every day. I have amendments on the
:26:19. > :26:25.Children and Families Bill I will leave at 8. 45pm, I will do a 12
:26:26. > :26:29.hour day. What do you make of what lord Hanningfield has been doing? He
:26:30. > :26:35.makes me very cross. I won't repeat what I think. Will you claim for a
:26:36. > :26:41.full days work today in the Lords? I suspect so. Will you have worked a
:26:42. > :26:45.whole day? (Inaudible. Do you think there is a problem in the House?
:26:46. > :26:50.There Isn't a problem. There is no salary. The remuneration is very
:26:51. > :26:55.modest. What other professional person are you going to get to work
:26:56. > :27:02.for ?300 a day? Can I ask how many hours will you have worked in the
:27:03. > :27:05.Lords today? I'm arriving now. I never claim at all. Hard luck, you
:27:06. > :27:18.have no story. How about some good news for
:27:19. > :27:22.Parliament? Admittedly, it's not often you hear that, but even the
:27:23. > :27:28.most jaundiced onlooker wuf to admit in the last few years, it or parts
:27:29. > :27:35.of it seem to have had a dose of CPR. The Times this morning, Rachel
:27:36. > :27:39.Sylvester says it's more challenged from both within and outside their
:27:40. > :27:44.parties. How the poor things must yearn for the days when people said
:27:45. > :27:48.the average backbencher was either a lap dog or a mangy toothless smelly
:27:49. > :27:52.old has been waiting for an invitation to sit up and beg. Let's
:27:53. > :28:01.have a look at some of the highs and lows that Parliament's provided in
:28:02. > :28:06.recent history. You come to us with absolutely no information. What is
:28:07. > :28:11.your job? Director of Policy for Amazon across Europe. Be
:28:12. > :28:15.We are going to have to order somebody to come to give us answers
:28:16. > :28:18.to the questions. We'll order somebody to appear before us because
:28:19. > :28:22.it's not just acceptable. I strongly believe in the need for a tough
:28:23. > :28:27.response to the use of chemical weapons, but I also believe in
:28:28. > :28:30.respecting the will of this House. It's very clear tonight that while
:28:31. > :28:34.the House has not passed a motion, it's clear to me that the British
:28:35. > :28:38.Parliament reflecting the views of the British people does not want to
:28:39. > :28:42.see British military action. I get that and the Government will act
:28:43. > :28:53.accordingly. Mr Speaker, hard working businessmen
:28:54. > :28:56.facing tough decisions, desensed Trade Unionists and newspapers,
:28:57. > :29:10.including the Daily Mirror, will have been appalled by the so-called
:29:11. > :29:13.leverage tactics of uniting the Grangemouth dispute. Will my right
:29:14. > :29:18.honourable friend take steps to ensure that families and children
:29:19. > :29:24.are protected from a minority of militants?
:29:25. > :29:27.Mr Murdoch, you must be the first Mafia boss in history who didn't
:29:28. > :29:32.know he was running a criminal enterprise? Mr Watson, please. I
:29:33. > :29:36.think that's inappropriate. Margaret Hodge, the fearsome lady
:29:37. > :29:40.who chairs the Commons Public Accounts Committee who we saw there
:29:41. > :29:44.and the Conservative backbencher Douglas Carswell are here. Is there
:29:45. > :29:46.any environmental things first, is it partly this change in
:29:47. > :29:49.relationship to do with this Government having a much smaller
:29:50. > :29:54.majority than previous Governments have been used to? I put it down to
:29:55. > :29:57.a number of things. We are elected now as chairs of the Select
:29:58. > :30:01.Committee. We'll come to all this in a minute or two. I wanted the
:30:02. > :30:05.broader point. Is it to do with the size of the Government majority? I
:30:06. > :30:08.think I was going to come on to that, but I think it's the do with
:30:09. > :30:12.the fact that we have a coalition Government. What's happened with the
:30:13. > :30:18.coalition Government is that party loyalties have become less intense,
:30:19. > :30:22.people, you know, are much more willing therefore to express their
:30:23. > :30:26.own views and defend their own values. The coalition certainly
:30:27. > :30:30.helped create the space for Parliament to disagree with the
:30:31. > :30:36.Government. But I think some credit has to go to Speaker Bercow who's
:30:37. > :30:43.been doing the job of the speaker for the first time in a generation.
:30:44. > :30:47.A loft of changes are irreversible. The Internet is making individual
:30:48. > :30:51.MPs personally accountable so they have to answer, not to whips but to
:30:52. > :30:56.the voters. There is transformative. That's an interesting argument. Are
:30:57. > :30:59.MPs also slightly different? More independent minded? I think the
:31:00. > :31:02.technology requires this emto be more independent minded. If you are
:31:03. > :31:05.trying to Tweet and stick to the party line, you look like a complete
:31:06. > :31:09.clot. You have to say what it is that you think. The Internet
:31:10. > :31:13.permanentising political communication. The lines of take
:31:14. > :31:16.have to be your lines and beliefs. Do you think MPs are slightly
:31:17. > :31:20.different? I certainly think that if we want to reconnect with our voters
:31:21. > :31:24.and try and re reestablish credibility in politics, you have to
:31:25. > :31:29.do your politics in a different way. I think that the days of taking the
:31:30. > :31:34.line are gone. If you look at those MPs that are popular or those
:31:35. > :31:39.politicians that get some resonance with the public, it's those that
:31:40. > :31:43.stand outside the box and who're showing their individuality and
:31:44. > :31:49.authenticity. I think authenticity's really important and I think this -
:31:50. > :31:52.I mean I get endless texts - I'm sure Douglas does every day too,
:31:53. > :31:58.telling me what to think and what to do. I knock them off my phone
:31:59. > :32:01.immediately. I really do try to think for most and represent the
:32:02. > :32:04.taxpayers and constituents. What about the point that you were
:32:05. > :32:10.mentioning Earl dwroer do with the increasing strength of things to do
:32:11. > :32:18.with the Select Committees -- mentioning earlier to do with the
:32:19. > :32:22.increasing Select Committees? I'm now elected, and Douglas had a vote
:32:23. > :32:25.to decide whether or not I should chair my committee and I think that
:32:26. > :32:29.creates an independence and authority which we didn't have in
:32:30. > :32:33.the past. Select Committees like the speaker owe their position now to a
:32:34. > :32:40.vote freely given of the whole house. Their fell fairious that
:32:41. > :32:44.level innocence has been talked out. They are full of people like
:32:45. > :32:48.Margaret, John whiting dale, who do the job of the Select Committee,
:32:49. > :32:53.which is to hold the ministers to the fire. You have been on both
:32:54. > :32:58.sides of the fence. You were a minister. I bet you were pulled
:32:59. > :33:06.before the committee? I was. Were you scared? I don't think I was.
:33:07. > :33:11.Apprehensive? No. I don't think so. Would you be more worried now? I
:33:12. > :33:16.think we are quite tough, but I think we have to... In an odd way,
:33:17. > :33:20.if you are not tough and you don't actually try to get to the truth,
:33:21. > :33:23.you are not really representing the taxpayers or the constituents
:33:24. > :33:26.properly. I think where we have managed to connect in my committee,
:33:27. > :33:32.whether it's on the issues of tax avoidance or the big issues like
:33:33. > :33:37.that, or whether it's on the smaller issues of should 0845 numbers be
:33:38. > :33:42.used, it's because we really toughly strive. Let me say something, if we
:33:43. > :33:46.didn't do that, if we didn't really pursue our arguments strongly, I bet
:33:47. > :33:52.people like you wouldn't be watching it. So in a way, we have to have
:33:53. > :33:56.this slight exaggeration. A point of view one feels - I don't know what
:33:57. > :33:59.you feel Douglas - what happens when you get people in front of the
:34:00. > :34:02.committees is that the politicians start making speeches at them
:34:03. > :34:06.instead of cross-examining? This is why we need to look seriously at one
:34:07. > :34:10.particular change. At the moment, if you are trying to cross-examine a
:34:11. > :34:12.witness, it's difficult to develop an intelligent, rational line of
:34:13. > :34:16.questioning because the moment you are in the process of doing so,
:34:17. > :34:22.someone else will come in with a question. We need to look seriously
:34:23. > :34:27.at allowing them to employ legal counsel. Not more work for lawyers?
:34:28. > :34:33.It would allow the committee to get to the heart. The one area I
:34:34. > :34:39.probably disagree with you on. The one reason Select Committees can
:34:40. > :34:43.work well is that we are not surrounded by lawyers. It would work
:34:44. > :34:46.well. We work as a team, we are a cross party committee and the
:34:47. > :34:51.Conservatives and Lib Dems work as well. But you don't want to
:34:52. > :34:55.introduce that courtroom environment into the Select Committee process. I
:34:56. > :35:00.think people would be inhibited, we'd get far less towards the truth
:35:01. > :35:07.than we do now. If you work as a team, I always say we work best in
:35:08. > :35:15.my committee when we do it as a team. We prepare before to ensure on
:35:16. > :35:19.the hearings on the BBC or on tax. I agree, but I wonder if you sometimes
:35:20. > :35:25.worry, looking at it from the other side, that Governments have to be
:35:26. > :35:28.able to govern? Yes. Where do we get the Yahoo!ed that we should arrange
:35:29. > :35:34.the furniture for the political class. A backbench MP like me could
:35:35. > :35:38.take amendments, until the 70s, the Government decided responsibilities.
:35:39. > :35:42.If a minister was asked to join the Government until 1918, they would
:35:43. > :35:50.have to resign their seat. The idea we arrange Westminster for the
:35:51. > :35:54.convenience of them is not right. We are governing better. It's not that
:35:55. > :35:56.we are opposing Government. We want to oppose our authority to get
:35:57. > :36:01.better governance for the people. Thank you both very much. It's a
:36:02. > :36:05.year this week since Japan chose Shinzo Abe as its Conservative Prime
:36:06. > :36:10.Minister. He took over the world's third largest economy after it spent
:36:11. > :36:16.years as dynamic as a congealing rice pudding. He came in with plans
:36:17. > :36:21.and promises, inevitably dubbed Abenomics. Has it worked? Is there
:36:22. > :36:30.anything we could learn from it? The BBC's chief correspondent, Linda
:36:31. > :36:35.Yueh, reports now from Tokyo. Echoes of strength from a dominant
:36:36. > :36:42.past. 20 years ago, Japan's economy
:36:43. > :36:48.rivalled America 's until it was felled by a debt bubble. Since then,
:36:49. > :36:53.it has been stagnant with prices folding as deflation set in and
:36:54. > :37:01.losing out to China as the world's second largest economy.
:37:02. > :37:05.I'm at a sumo wrestling practice. Two removal objects trying to shift
:37:06. > :37:12.each other using force. It's like Japan is trying to reverse the way
:37:13. > :37:17.its economy has worked for decades. Undaunted, Japan's Prime Minister,
:37:18. > :37:22.Shinzo Abe, has pushed forward with ambitious reforms since being
:37:23. > :37:27.elected one year ago. Dubbed Abenomics, his plan is bold.
:37:28. > :37:31.Bolder than anything that Thatcher or Reagan ever did.
:37:32. > :37:38.How do you think the reforms of automobile able are working so far?
:37:39. > :37:41.So far so good I think. The Prime Minister has been showing
:37:42. > :37:46.very strong leadership. Since the strong leadership by the Prime
:37:47. > :37:53.Minister's office, it continues and we are optimistic. At the same time,
:37:54. > :37:57.I expect some more effort from the bureaucrats.
:37:58. > :38:02.Patience, precision and perseverance. Traits that are needed
:38:03. > :38:09.in archery and also to achieve economic transformation.
:38:10. > :38:17.But time is a luxury the Japanese government doesn't have. My master
:38:18. > :38:24.taught me the art of using a bow in my own crash course and shared his
:38:25. > :38:27.thoughts on Abe's efforts at rapid change. Do you think that Prime
:38:28. > :38:34.Minister Abe and his arrows will help the country?
:38:35. > :38:40.I hope so. Do you think that with Abe's new plan, he'll be able to
:38:41. > :38:49.help Japan grow again? It's very difficult questions.
:38:50. > :38:52.Shinzo Abe has three parts, or, as they're particularly called here,
:38:53. > :38:57.arrows, the first targeting deflation was fired immediately with
:38:58. > :39:01.aggressive cash injections. The second arrow, government spending to
:39:02. > :39:07.support growth, came soon after. But, a sales tax hike means that it
:39:08. > :39:12.hasn't quite hit its mark. The third, and perhaps the most
:39:13. > :39:20.important, the deep structural reforms to change how Japan works.
:39:21. > :39:25.Well, those haven't been fired yet. Of the three arrows, the Nikkei is
:39:26. > :39:33.up, the Yen is down but there are many more targets to hit.
:39:34. > :39:40.Clearly, it's not so easy. His plan so far has had some initial
:39:41. > :39:47.success. Now, inflation. Still one year on, growth remains slow.
:39:48. > :39:53.So, the critics remain to be convinced.
:39:54. > :39:56.On a beautiful autumn day, this Professor was happy to take a walk
:39:57. > :40:01.with me. He's not so happy though with the Abe government.
:40:02. > :40:10.Well, the Japanese government is saying everything is going to be all
:40:11. > :40:17.right. Yes. But don't be deceived by that message. The real economy is
:40:18. > :40:19.not working very well. So please be careful and observe what is
:40:20. > :40:32.happening in the Japanese economy. To observe the famous fish auction,
:40:33. > :40:37.you have to get up early. Selling to the highest bidder is the purest
:40:38. > :40:44.form of competition. This is more of what Japan needs to
:40:45. > :40:48.shape up the existing system. Forcing firms to compete for
:40:49. > :40:56.customers and to invest to improve their wares are prime exam examples
:40:57. > :41:00.of Abenomics's proposals. But maybe the problem is more fundamental.
:41:01. > :41:06.Japan is the oldest country in the world with a quarter of its
:41:07. > :41:11.population aged over 65. This man is 64 years old and has
:41:12. > :41:15.been making sushi for 40 of them. He says it takes longer to warm his
:41:16. > :41:19.hands up in the morning than when he was young.
:41:20. > :41:28.But, he won't retire. When do you think you will retire?
:41:29. > :41:33.Long time. Never? Never. In my final moments, he tells me, I'll be
:41:34. > :41:41.preparing in the kitchen, like in judo, I'll collapse on the mat. You
:41:42. > :41:46.have to be determined like that. This is the heart of the challenge.
:41:47. > :41:51.Can a country with an ageing population grow well without
:41:52. > :41:55.debt-fuelled consumption? After taking two decades to repay debt,
:41:56. > :42:02.the Japanese are reluctant to boar re. In that case, how strongly can
:42:03. > :42:06.an economy grow? Despite all that you see around me,
:42:07. > :42:09.consumer demand is low. That's what happens when there's a shrinking
:42:10. > :42:14.population. Besides, how many more things can
:42:15. > :42:18.people in a rich country buy after decades of prosperity?
:42:19. > :42:24.This is what the West worries about - lower demand and permanently
:42:25. > :42:30.slower growth. If Japan can reverse its stagnation, there's hope for the
:42:31. > :42:34.UK and US who're facing tepid recoveries five years after their
:42:35. > :42:39.banking crises. If Japan can't, then it's a glimpse of the future for
:42:40. > :42:49.other rich countries who have the same ageing population but are just
:42:50. > :42:54.a few years behind Japan. Now this probably isn't the answer.
:42:55. > :42:57.This is the star waiter at this restaurant, just outside Tokyo. O.-
:42:58. > :43:15.brings towels, beers and even food. A monkey just served me some food.
:43:16. > :43:18.None Japan! If there aren't more human workers being added, existing
:43:19. > :43:22.workers have to produce more and be paid more to get the economy going
:43:23. > :43:27.again. So it's a problem that wages in
:43:28. > :43:32.general aren't going up. This man's brought his staff here, but Shinzo
:43:33. > :43:37.Abe wants bosses like him to reward staff with pay rises, not just
:43:38. > :43:42.dinners. TRANSLATION: Our industry deals with
:43:43. > :43:47.raw materials. We have We haven't felt the positive impacts from
:43:48. > :43:51.Shinzo Abe yet so we can't raise wages at this stage. At the end of a
:43:52. > :43:54.long day, there's still the clearing up to do.
:43:55. > :43:59.It seems a monkey's work is never done.
:44:00. > :44:05.To earn a pay rise, more needs to be squeezed out of each worker.
:44:06. > :44:11.More a rich country, it becomes harder and harder to do. If Abe does
:44:12. > :44:16.tackle Japan's long list of economic problem problems and succeeds, this
:44:17. > :44:21.country could be the first to grow well with an ageing population.
:44:22. > :44:29.And, we might all rest a little easier.
:44:30. > :44:34.Now, tomorrow morning's front-pages. The Independent goes with the story
:44:35. > :44:38.of the Doctor Who was apparently found dead, according to the Syrian
:44:39. > :44:45.regime, inside his cell - the question why would he kill himself.
:44:46. > :44:49.Lord fraud faces police probe, the former Essex Cowan councillor done
:44:50. > :44:53.over by the Mirror for checking in and claiming ?3010 from the House of
:44:54. > :44:57.Lords and checking himself out within half an hour. -- ?300.
:44:58. > :45:03.Fracking could be planned for half of Britain. The Guardian says David
:45:04. > :45:06.Cameron is cracking down on access to benefits from Romania and
:45:07. > :45:11.Bulgaria. The Sun has a demand that Cameron draw a red line on
:45:12. > :45:16.immigration or else it says. The Daily Mail has news that older
:45:17. > :45:22.ladies are drinking a great deal more than younger ones. And that's
:45:23. > :45:27.about it for now. Right, the Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford
:45:28. > :45:32.has had an eventful 2013 plagued by drug and sex scandals throughout the
:45:33. > :45:35.year. One might think he'd keep a low profile throughout the Christmas
:45:36. > :45:39.party season. Far from it. In keeping with his recent behaviour,
:45:40. > :45:45.he didn't do things by halves. Good night.
:45:46. > :45:52.# Come on, everybody. Merry Christmas
:45:53. > :45:55.# Merry Christmas to you # Merry Christmas
:45:56. > :46:00.# Merry, merry Christmas to you # It's the time of the year
:46:01. > :46:06.# Let's all celebrate # Well, merry Christmas
:46:07. > :46:13.# Merry Christmas to you # Merry Christmas
:46:14. > :46:15.# Merry, merry Christmas to you # Whoa, it's the time of year
:46:16. > :46:27.# Let's all celebrate... # After a quiet day today, it will be
:46:28. > :46:29.wet and windy