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This is a special relationship, the
relationship between America and | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
Britain and we are going to keep it
that way. The special relationship | 0:00:15 | 0:00:20 | |
is important. I'm grateful for the
opportunity to reaffirm the | 0:00:20 | 0:00:26 | |
importance of the special
relationship. The special | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
relationship will be stronger. As
part of our relationship... And and | 0:00:28 | 0:00:33 | |
this is not another only a special
relationship, to me it is essential. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:42 | |
That was then - this is now. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
Where now for the
special relationship? | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
The fact that we work together does
not mean that we're afraid to say | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
when we think the United States have
got it wrong and be very clear | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
with them. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:52 | |
And I'm very clear that re-tweeting
from Britain First was | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
the wrong thing to do. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:56 | |
After an extraordinary 24 hours
of tweets and tiffs, | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
we'll examine the future
for London's relationship | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
with Washington and Trump. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:07 | |
Also tonight, are the Brexit talks
threatening Theresa May's | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
alliance with the DUP? | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
Last night I reported on the UK
Government's ideas for solving | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
the Irish border question. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:18 | |
Today their Northern Ireland
partners were in Downing Street. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
And... | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
She is, at home, a typical teenager. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
But then when she leaves the house,
everything changes. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
The anxiety disorder so severe it
renders many children speechless. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
We have access to a therapy camp
for sufferers of selective | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
mutism in New York. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
It was phrase coined
by Winston Churchill in 1946 - | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
but 71 years later is there really
a "special relationship" | 0:01:50 | 0:01:55 | |
between America and Britain and,
if there is, how does a President | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
promoting far-right videos
and questioning the British | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
Prime Minister on Twitter affect it? | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
This is now a very 21st century
diplomatic conflict - | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
with British government ministers
taking to social media to attack | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
Donald Trump and the President
responding in kind. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
Today Theresa May resisted calls
to cancel a state visit to Britain | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
planned for Mr Trump and -
choosing her words carefully - | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
said that the President's retweets
yesterday of Britain First | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
material was wrong. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
But can the UK really do anything
to stay close to the world's | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
economic and political super-power? | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
And should it want to stay
so close whatever emanates | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
from the White House? | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
Here's our political
editor Nick Watt. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:48 | |
Three very different prime
ministers, but they all had one | 0:02:48 | 0:02:52 | |
memorable moment in common. Each had
a run-in with a US president, and | 0:02:52 | 0:02:58 | |
yes, that did include the iron Lady.
Has Theresa May joined the ranks of | 0:02:58 | 0:03:04 | |
those past Number Ten troublemakers,
following her very public | 0:03:04 | 0:03:10 | |
disagreement with Donald Trump?
President Trump igniting a | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
firestorm. A series of tweets today.
What is happening and what you think | 0:03:12 | 0:03:18 | |
the consequences are? Over here,
there was powerful condemnation of | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
the President in Parliament.
Offensive to all decent British | 0:03:22 | 0:03:28 | |
people. Donald Trump is actively
sowing seeds of hate in our country. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
The president of the United States
and talks about fake news, actually | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
re-tweeted fake news. In Jordan,
Theresa May made no secret of her | 0:03:36 | 0:03:43 | |
irritation. Britain First is a
hateful organisation. It seeks to | 0:03:43 | 0:03:48 | |
spread division and mistrust among
our communities. I'm very clear that | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
re-tweeting from Britain First was
the wrong thing to do. This row is | 0:03:52 | 0:03:59 | |
all a far cry from the warm days of
Theresa May's first visit to the | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
White House, when she followed the
rule book of recent predecessors who | 0:04:03 | 0:04:08 | |
have helped US President's close.
This Prime Minister moved that | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
particular speed, because she had
hoped the harness President Trump's | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
and used as for Brexit to accelerate
a new trade deal for the US. That | 0:04:16 | 0:04:22 | |
new era in the Anglo-American
special relationship was meant to | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
begin here with the opening of the
new US embassy by the River Thames. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:32 | |
He was supposed to perform the
ceremony? That would be Donald | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
Trump. But his visit across the pond
is being delayed and delayed and | 0:04:35 | 0:04:40 | |
delayed. This might all seem
surprisingly bumpy but we have been | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
here before. The building this one
is replacing over the Thames in | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
Grosvenor Square, came to symbolise
one of the most difficult periods of | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
that relationship in the 1960s.
Tempers flared at the height of the | 0:04:52 | 0:04:59 | |
Vietnam War, even though Harold
Wilson had refused a request by | 0:04:59 | 0:05:05 | |
President Johnson to send troops. At
the height of the Suez Canal | 0:05:05 | 0:05:10 | |
crisis... A decade earlier, Anthony
Eden had incurred the wrath of | 0:05:10 | 0:05:15 | |
Washington during the Suez crisis.
And then there was Margaret Thatcher | 0:05:15 | 0:05:20 | |
who did occasionally stand up to one
Drake and in private. So how has | 0:05:20 | 0:05:25 | |
Theresa May handled her own row?
Give anybody credit for speaking up | 0:05:25 | 0:05:30 | |
when it's required. And I think of
for her for doing that. I'm being | 0:05:30 | 0:05:35 | |
careful about not criticising my
president and favouring another over | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
him, but, you know, I say good for
her. I wish more Republicans in | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
America would stand up against a
tweet like that from the president. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
I would not expect the Prime
Minister to respond in the kind of | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
chaotic Twitter way that the
president of the United States has | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
attacked her, I think that would be
completely inappropriate. But I | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
would expect her to have an
extremely firm behind the scenes | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
response, because this is completely
unacceptable from the president | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
about what should be our greatest
ally. And he also needs to be urged | 0:06:06 | 0:06:11 | |
to take the tweets down, and also to
understand why it is so damaging to | 0:06:11 | 0:06:17 | |
be promoting a far right extremist
group like that, and I am concerned | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
that really there has not been a
clear sense from the government | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
about what action they have taken
from the White House on this. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:30 | |
Battered and bruised or living to
fight another day? Where does this | 0:06:30 | 0:06:35 | |
row leave the special relationship?
I think it is bigger than any one | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
day or anyone fight. It has endured
through however many prime ministers | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
and presidents on both sides, and I
think it still will. It is really | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
built in our connections with each
other as people and the country and | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
values that we share. Over so many
years, our two countries together | 0:06:52 | 0:06:58 | |
have stood firm against both far
right extremism and jihadi extremism | 0:06:58 | 0:07:03 | |
and will continue to do so, but we
have to continue that special | 0:07:03 | 0:07:08 | |
relationship through our
institutions, throughout Corporation | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
and not think it means actually
pandering at the individual level to | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
a president who is behaving in a way
that is really damaging to our | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
communities. With its commanding
views over London, a new US embassy | 0:07:21 | 0:07:25 | |
should be the perfect base to usher
in a new era in the Anglo-American | 0:07:25 | 0:07:31 | |
special relationship. First of all,
there's Riverside diplomats may have | 0:07:31 | 0:07:38 | |
to work on a basic repair job. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
Nick Watt there. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:42 | |
And this story is unsurprisingly
dominating most of | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
the papers tomorrow. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
A couple here for you. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
The Telegraph has a story which Nick
mentioned in his piece, there - | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
they're reporting that
Donald Trump's 'working visit' | 0:07:50 | 0:07:51 | |
in January has been cancelled. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:52 | |
It says the president had been due
to make a scaled-down trip to meet | 0:07:52 | 0:08:01 | |
Theresa May but that it's now been
kicked into the longer grass. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
The Mirror has a striking front page
- a full banner with an image | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
of Mr Trump. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:08 | |
'Unwanted' is their headline. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:09 | |
Our diplomatic editor
Mark Urban is with me now. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:13 | |
Mark, it is quite remarkable, you
have been covering diplomatic spats | 0:08:13 | 0:08:17 | |
and rows and conflicts over many
years. Now this row over 240 | 0:08:17 | 0:08:23 | |
characters on Twitter, have you ever
seen anything like this, and what is | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
the challenge for the British
government when they are looking at | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
how the president is behaving? You
could argue if you're being | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
Machiavellian that sometimes a bit
of friction is quite useful. A lot | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
of people in the Foreign Office,
when you are covering at prime | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
ministerial visit to the White
House, they | 0:08:41 | 0:08:53 | |
literally roll their eyes when the
press start asking questions about | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
the special relationship, they
regard it as a media of session. A | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
lot gets debated between a special
relationship and the special | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
relationship which is the phrase
Churchill used. Abel would recognise | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
that it is a special relation ship,
the connections of the anglers fear, | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
comment economics and other things,
but it is not the special | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
relationship as it was at the end of
the war. I think the real bastions | 0:09:11 | 0:09:18 | |
of it is still in the areas where
there are things which may deals can | 0:09:18 | 0:09:24 | |
do with the UK. GCHQ signals
intelligence, the Trident nuclear | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
submarine deterrent, those are areas
where it has a real beating heart | 0:09:29 | 0:09:35 | |
and it is Internet at cooperation,
but so many others, this type of | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
thing can be helpful in undermining
the poodle perception which people | 0:09:40 | 0:09:45 | |
were so worried about under Tony
Blair. Is there more diplomatic | 0:09:45 | 0:09:52 | |
risk. Is Donald Trump cooled to
Britain and signalling his anger | 0:09:52 | 0:10:00 | |
almost about Theresa May and the way
Britain behaves on certain issues? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
Is this simply badinage and does not
matter much or is there something | 0:10:04 | 0:10:10 | |
more significant underlying? He is
trying to say to the Prime Minister | 0:10:10 | 0:10:16 | |
did school me, focus on your
problem, as he would see it of | 0:10:16 | 0:10:21 | |
Islamic militancy, rather than
having a go at me. In that sense it | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
is a bad-tempered early-morning
typical trump tweet. But I can | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
remember when President Obama came,
the feeling was because of his | 0:10:29 | 0:10:34 | |
memoir about his father, his
experiences in Kenya, he had an | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
ambivalent attitude towards Britain
and British power and he would be a | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
difficult customer. I think in some
ways, President Trump's instincts | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
are more instinctively pro-British.
But in terms of it being a special | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
relationship rather than the special
relationship, the Americans regard | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
Germans as being economic and
political partners of choice in | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
European matters. The French, in
many of those military situations, | 0:11:00 | 0:11:07 | |
for example I was talking about
special forces cooperating in Mali, | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
thus Hell, Iraq and Syria, our
special forces are uneasy about the | 0:11:11 | 0:11:15 | |
degree to which those are being
cemented because ever since Britain | 0:11:15 | 0:11:20 | |
bailed early in southern Iraq, the
Americans have had an ambivalent | 0:11:20 | 0:11:26 | |
attitude towards the UK. And there
is the issue about the visit to the | 0:11:26 | 0:11:37 | |
UK. And the Bastille day with
resident Macron. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
Joining me now in the studio
is Baroness Neville Jones, | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
who was Minister of Security
from 2010-2011, | 0:11:45 | 0:11:46 | |
when Theresa May was Home Secretary. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
In Washington DC we are joined
by Mica Mosbacher who was | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
a national surrogate
for the Trump presidential campaign. | 0:11:50 | 0:12:00 | |
Baroness Neville Jones, can we start
with you, do you feel Theresa May | 0:12:02 | 0:12:09 | |
has handled the situation well?
Should she have been more direct? | 0:12:09 | 0:12:14 | |
Sajid Javid, the Communities
Secretary, was very clear about what | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
he described Britain First as being
a vile hate field organisation, very | 0:12:18 | 0:12:27 | |
aggressive on Donald Trump usher a
vile hate filled organisation. She | 0:12:27 | 0:12:35 | |
was right, she is the Prime
Minister. Sajid Javid said he was | 0:12:35 | 0:12:46 | |
attacking people like him. Theresa
May made her point effectively and I | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
would advise that it as it as far as
she's concerned. I don't think she | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
should engage in a slanging match or
demean herself by having a further | 0:12:54 | 0:13:01 | |
round of an pleasant exchange. There
is too much at stake, apart from | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
anything else, and I think that what
we witnessed with Trump, is that | 0:13:04 | 0:13:14 | |
part of his reaction has to do with
the fact that this kind of tweet and | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
this kind of comment has to do with
sustaining his political base at | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
home. I don't think it has much to
do with foreign policy at all. I | 0:13:22 | 0:13:26 | |
don't think he particularly cares
about the effect on the outside | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
world. That is not a luxury that is
open to us here. I think that it is | 0:13:29 | 0:13:34 | |
another reason for innocence
discounting it. I think get on with | 0:13:34 | 0:13:40 | |
foreign policy. What Mark said about
the special relationship is | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
absolutely right. It is an iceberg.
There is something that is visible | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
on top, and normally it is a good
relationship between the president | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
and the Prime Minister with two
heads of government, and you have | 0:13:51 | 0:13:56 | |
this great enormous activity which
goes on which is largely unseen. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
That goes on now anyway. Could it,
if we had a long prolonged period of | 0:14:00 | 0:14:06 | |
really frosty relations at the top,
would that affect the relationship | 0:14:06 | 0:14:11 | |
down below? Yes, I think it would. I
don't think that is the situation we | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
are in but we need to be careful. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:21 | |
Is it correct that despite the
controversy that President Trump is | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
creating by retweeting be Britain
First video, true or not, as his | 0:14:26 | 0:14:30 | |
spokeswoman said, should he be
extended the courtesy still other | 0:14:30 | 0:14:36 | |
State visit here? Is that really the
right approach? The public might not | 0:14:36 | 0:14:45 | |
understand the politicking about
this, the man will ride on the coach | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
down the Mall. The invitation has
been extended. It might be a bit of | 0:14:49 | 0:14:56 | |
an albatross but it has been
extended. I think that it is a very | 0:14:56 | 0:15:02 | |
serious act to remove it. That is an
act of state and very personal. I | 0:15:02 | 0:15:09 | |
think you don't. That is something
you don't go. I think it might give | 0:15:09 | 0:15:15 | |
us a really nice catharsis but it is
not a sensible act of state. The | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
question of, when and how he comes
and in what circumstances... It does | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
come up in the context of Prince
Harry's wedding. This is an issue | 0:15:24 | 0:15:30 | |
anyway, even if the Prime Minister
had not invited him. Thank you. Can | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
I bring you in, can you understand
how the shock here, the President of | 0:15:35 | 0:15:45 | |
the United States has retweeted a
far right organisation, the White | 0:15:45 | 0:15:50 | |
House official spokeswoman has said
it is not the point whether these | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
videos are true or not, can you
understand that on the side of the | 0:15:53 | 0:15:58 | |
Atlantic is total shock and a high
degree of anger and, frankly, | 0:15:58 | 0:16:02 | |
discussed about what the President
has tweeted? The President's tweeds | 0:16:02 | 0:16:08 | |
are strategic and what he is saying
is that Theresa May, you have a | 0:16:08 | 0:16:13 | |
problem. According to the 2011
census we have over 2,660,000 | 0:16:13 | 0:16:19 | |
Muslims in the UK, you have had
unprecedented levels of terror | 0:16:19 | 0:16:24 | |
attacks under Theresa May's watch.
One of the leading terrorist experts | 0:16:24 | 0:16:31 | |
are stated that over 47,000 Muslim
extremists have been identified. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:37 | |
What the President is trying to do
is elevate this problem to an | 0:16:37 | 0:16:44 | |
international discussion. Theresa
May and the UK are like family, what | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
is happening in a way is a sort of
sibling rivalry. It has succeeded in | 0:16:46 | 0:16:55 | |
elevating an international
conversation and we are America | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
first but not America alone. Those
numbers will be disputed and some of | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
the points about Muslim communities
here but whatever the arguments | 0:17:02 | 0:17:09 | |
about that, is Twitter really the
right way to communicate Follies | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
delegate and serious issues? Could
the President not simply have spoken | 0:17:13 | 0:17:18 | |
to the Prime Minister on the phone
about his concerns, rather than this | 0:17:18 | 0:17:24 | |
approach that critics have said is
so incendiary? He is not politically | 0:17:24 | 0:17:29 | |
correct and he is a businessman. And
here's to come from a position of | 0:17:29 | 0:17:34 | |
strength to protect American
borders, especially in the fact that | 0:17:34 | 0:17:40 | |
we cannot that certain individuals
coming from five countries that are | 0:17:40 | 0:17:46 | |
hotbeds for terrorism and that
simply is a problem in the UK, from | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
what I understand you are bringing
in Syrian refugees seeking asylum | 0:17:50 | 0:17:54 | |
and they cannot possibly have been
vetted thoroughly. The problem that | 0:17:54 | 0:17:58 | |
is originating in the UK with
terrorism is something that does | 0:17:58 | 0:18:04 | |
concern the United States,
especially in terms of protecting | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
Americans. That is why he is
including Americans in this | 0:18:08 | 0:18:12 | |
conversation and the general public
worldwide, instead of appeasing | 0:18:12 | 0:18:19 | |
enemies or not getting into any
discussion, he welcomes... You | 0:18:19 | 0:18:26 | |
referenced Churchill earlier.
Remember President Obama stored the | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
bust of Churchill in some dark
closet and the first thing President | 0:18:30 | 0:18:36 | |
Trump did was to bring this boss
died. That is actually disputed. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:41 | |
Thank you very much. -- bring this
bust out. Thank you both for your | 0:18:41 | 0:18:47 | |
time. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
This week's movements in Brexit can
be summed up in two words - | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
"money" and "Ireland". | 0:18:54 | 0:18:55 | |
The cash, it seems,
for now is sorted - | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
with Britain's negotiators
reportedly agreeing at least | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
the outline of a divorce
bill with Brussels. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
The future for the Irish
question is less clear. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
Newsnight reported from Dublin
yesterday about the tricky questions | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
which persist over customs
and border arrangements | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
between Northern Ireland
and the Republic once Britain | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
leaves the EU. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
Today there were reports
of a potential breakthrough, | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
but not, it seems, on terms which
might meet the approval of the DUP. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:26 | |
They are partners of
Mrs May's Conservatives | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
in government, remember -
and they responded by hinting that | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
if they didn't like what they heard
then they might pull the plug | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
on the deal. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:36 | |
Nick Watt is here. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:43 | |
Tell us a bit about what the
reaction has been to the initial | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
idea that there was new progress on
this idea of the Irish border and | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
Northern Ireland could have a
slightly different relationship with | 0:19:53 | 0:19:54 | |
the Republic and the UK could still
be in float of outside the customs | 0:19:54 | 0:20:03 | |
and single union? Last night I was
hoping the government would use the | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
principles of the Good Friday
Agreement who try to unlock the | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
deadlock in this issue and they were
talking about taking those elements | 0:20:10 | 0:20:15 | |
of cross-border co-operation and
embedding them into the agreement | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
with the EU so animal health, into
the area of agriculture and the | 0:20:18 | 0:20:23 | |
single energy market on the island
of Ireland. All fine. The Times | 0:20:23 | 0:20:27 | |
reported some of that but they went
further and said there was growing | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
confidence in Dublin that there
would be an avoidance of regulation | 0:20:30 | 0:20:37 | |
array divergence between Northern
Ireland and the Irish Republic. The | 0:20:37 | 0:20:42 | |
DUP not amused, I spoke to Ian
Paisley this evening and he said | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
that idea in Dublin is largely
blarney and a DUP delegation went | 0:20:45 | 0:20:50 | |
into Downing Street to see the Chief
of Staff and they got an assurance | 0:20:50 | 0:20:55 | |
that the UK government will ensure
that Northern Ireland does not | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
remain in the Customs Union and in
the single market, it will go out | 0:20:58 | 0:21:03 | |
with the EU with the rest of the UK.
The point is, the UK government was | 0:21:03 | 0:21:08 | |
never going to do that so it is a
strawman, there is a very close | 0:21:08 | 0:21:13 | |
relationship between the
Conservative whips and the DUP | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
whips, they are keeping the DUP
informed so in that element I think | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
it was a bit of a confected anger.
When the DUP be angry even at the | 0:21:20 | 0:21:26 | |
notion of energy and agriculture
links? Is that not the thin end of | 0:21:26 | 0:21:32 | |
the wedge? The UK government view is
this can be sold to the DUP because | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
earlier this year they wouldn't
government with Sinn Fein dealing | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
with those cross-border issues.
Animal health, you have to be | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
careful, the DUP would say, on how
far you go on agriculture because | 0:21:44 | 0:21:49 | |
there canopy complete compliance.
Thank you. -- there cannot be. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:56 | |
The Chancellor insisted
in the Budget last week | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
that he was giving more money
to the NHS in England - | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
and plenty of it. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:02 | |
But the £1.6 billion he offered fell
short of the £4 billion | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
the NHS' Chief Executive, | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
Simon Stevens, had asked for. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:07 | |
Today Mr Stevens said the shortfall
meant the health service | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
could neither fund nor
meet its waiting times next year. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
For the first time, the NHS
will also ignore new best | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
practice guidelines issued
by the National Institute for Health | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
and Care Excellence unless funding
has been agreed in advance. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
The Health Secretary,
Jeremy Hunt, hit back, | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
saying the NHS has enough funds
to meet its obligations. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:29 | |
A major fight is building. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
Here's Chris Cook. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:33 | |
The NHS had some clear demands
for last week's Budget. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
£4 billion next year,
just to begin with. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
But they didn't get
what they wanted. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
We also recognise that the NHS
is under pressure right now. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:47 | |
I am therefore, exceptionally
and outside the spending review | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
process, making an additional
commitment of resource | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
funding of £2.8 billion
to the NHS in England. | 0:22:54 | 0:23:00 | |
So why does the NHS seem
to need so much money? | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
NHS demand is a tide that comes
in and never goes out. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
Since 2010, the number of people
going to English A&E | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
departments has risen steadily. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
We have an ageing and growing
society which requires an ever | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
rising quantity of care. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
Since just 2010, we have 250,000
more people going to A&Es | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
every single month. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
Today, the NHS England board says it
thinks it can't keep up with this | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
demand on this Budget. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
The additional funding
is obviously helpful, | 0:23:35 | 0:23:36 | |
given the very significant financial
and operational pressures | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
that we face next year. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
But even with some pretty ambitious
assumptions around efficiency, | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
our assessment is that it
won't enable the NHS to deliver | 0:23:45 | 0:23:49 | |
all of the expectations
which are placed upon it | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
while living within its means. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
This will be a running battle as NHS
England re-negotiates its so-called | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
mandate for next year. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:01 | |
It is given money on the basis
that it hits its targets, | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
but it's really hard to see how
the NHS will do that | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
again in the near term. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
Let's look at the Accident
and Emergency target. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
This graph shows how
many patients are dealt | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
with within four hours of arriving. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:16 | |
The target is 95% of them. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
So, here's 2011-12. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
The graph starts at left,
in the summer, moves through a drop | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
in performance in the winter
and then, at the right-hand | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
side, it bounces back
in the spring of the next year. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
Here's a few years on. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:31 | |
2014-15. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
It's the same rough annual shape. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
But look... | 0:24:36 | 0:24:37 | |
We start off lower down
and the dip is much bigger. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
Here, though, is 2015-16. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
A dip in the winter
and then no recovery. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
That is how we got
to where we are today. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
Heading into the winter a long way
behind where we want to be. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:55 | |
Today, urgent care was listed
as the top priority. | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
First and foremost, people look
to the NHS to provide safe | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
and responsive urgent
and emergency care services. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
So we've got to make sure
those are funded properly | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
going into next year. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
A&E, though, isn't the only target. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
92% of people should be dealt
with by a consultant | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
within 18 weeks of referral. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
Now, let's look at how
quickly the top 92% | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
of patients are actually seen. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
This is the so-called
92nd percentile. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
If the line is below that
dotted 18 week mark, | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
we are meeting the target. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
At the moment, though,
we are above it, by about two weeks. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
Two weeks of 18 is a big miss. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
Jeremy Hunt this afternoon
said that he expected | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
the targets to stay in place. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:44 | |
We will see. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
NHS England was founded in 2013
as an entity independent | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
from central government,
to take the politics out of hell. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:57 | |
-- out of hell. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
Instead, it's turned NHS England
into a political force that can | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
inflict damage as well as heal it. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
Chris Cook. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
Selective mutism is an anxiety
disorder which can deprive children | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
of the ability to speak
when they want. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
For the young people affected,
and their parents, | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
it can cause emotional heartbreak -
leading to isolation | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
and hindering development. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
Finding ways to help the children
can be controversial. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
A clinic in New York organises some
an intensive therapy camps | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
for teenage and older children
who are sufferers, | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
run over five days. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
Critics say that puts too much
pressure on those taking part | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
and instead they should be helped
and supported in a more gentle way. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:41 | |
A BBC Our World team was allowed
inside to hear from parents, | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
and their children, about living
with the condition and to see | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
the progress they can
make in a short time. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:52 | |
Is it easier to talk
to your mom or at school? | 0:26:52 | 0:27:02 | |
Or it's the same? | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
You see this fear overcome her. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
She is not talking
to anybody in school. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
It's affected her whole life. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
It's very, very difficult. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
Welcome to We Speak! | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
CHEERING. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
All of you guys are here
because in one way or another, | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
anxiety is impacting your life. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:41 | |
Selective mutism is an anxiety
disorder where kids have difficulty | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
talking in certain situations,
so they look like normal kids | 0:27:45 | 0:27:51 | |
at home and when they are in a state
of anxiety, then they just kind | 0:27:51 | 0:27:56 | |
of shut down and freeze. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
For kids with SM, the longer
that they go without talking, then | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
the harder it is to start talking. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:08 | |
We've got to work for our prizes... | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
Annalisa is very funny. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:12 | |
I wish people could
see that, you know? | 0:28:12 | 0:28:16 | |
She is, at home, a typical teenager. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
But then, when she leaves the house,
everything changes. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
Is your name Annalisa,
Lexi or Shelley? | 0:28:24 | 0:28:29 | |
Diagnosed at the age of five. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
I went home and googled it. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
And then cried. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:37 | |
Because... | 0:28:37 | 0:28:38 | |
Sorry. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:40 | |
Because I realised she was different
and it wasn't just shyness. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:48 | |
And it's affected her whole life. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:53 | |
I'm hoping that she'll be able
to lead a normal life. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
Get married, have children,
have a job, go to college. | 0:28:56 | 0:29:01 | |
But a lot of that hangs
in the balance over will | 0:29:01 | 0:29:04 | |
she be able to talk? | 0:29:04 | 0:29:06 | |
Do we conquer anxiety by doing
the thing that makes us anxious? | 0:29:06 | 0:29:10 | |
The cause of selective mutism
is kind of a combination | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
of environment and genetics. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
And parents, they will kind of jump
in and either answer | 0:29:16 | 0:29:20 | |
for the child or they might say,
it's OK, honey, you | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
don't need to answer. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
So through that process,
the child is actually learning | 0:29:26 | 0:29:30 | |
to avoid the situations that
make them anxious. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:36 | |
So, on video games, you can
tell your parents, excuse me, | 0:29:51 | 0:29:53 | |
I'm just trying to learn
problem-solving skills here. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:58 | |
James talks to me and his dad
and his brother and my parents. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
And that's really it. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
Nobody at school. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:09 | |
Let's jump out! | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
It's very hard. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
At points you feel angry
because you don't know how | 0:30:14 | 0:30:16 | |
to help him and when there is no
help out there and no one knows | 0:30:16 | 0:30:26 | |
what to do and the teachers think
he is just defiant and just doesn't | 0:30:28 | 0:30:32 | |
want to speak and you
know it's not true. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
I feel like this week
is make or break it. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
I don't want to say our last chance
because I would hate to say that. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:41 | |
But I really do think we need this
right now and we need | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
it to be successful. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:45 | |
Chelsea is going to ask
you the question as yes or no. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:48 | |
Does that make sense to you? | 0:30:48 | 0:30:51 | |
Hand down. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:52 | |
Yes, beautiful. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
So, for Annalisa, I can
feed her a line of, | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
you could ask me this,
and then she will ask me back. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
But no spontaneous
utterances thus far. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:12 | |
You can ask the question here. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:15 | |
Where is the jalapenos?
In the produce aisle, awesome. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
Great job asking, that was
so awesome and clear. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:22 | |
Did it feel a little
scary or really scary? | 0:31:22 | 0:31:29 | |
You don't know. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
What I said was either sit down... | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
Sometimes I advise parents to write
letters to their kids. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
Because they don't have to do
the interpersonal stuff, | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
they can read it and reread it. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:42 | |
People say, what's the researcher
evidence for this? | 0:31:42 | 0:31:46 | |
We're not quite there to be able
to say, you can take it to the bank, | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
this is going to work. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:51 | |
But we are confident about tweaking
the programme to make it work. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:58 | |
This afternoon, our group
is going to Battery Park, | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
so all of the kids will be
communicating with each other | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
and with someone else
out in the community. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
So this should be exciting! | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
So just say, let's ask. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
Just start it off. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
You're watching this child
who I know can talk and I know | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
he wants to talk and he just can't
get it out. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
I've asked him before,
where are your words? | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
Why can't you get your words out? | 0:32:24 | 0:32:26 | |
And he will say, they're
stuck in my head. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
I can't get it out. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
When his words get stuck
in his head, my anxiety level really | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
does increase and I feel
like I want to grab him and hug him | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
and make it all better. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
Three. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
Great job! | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
We need them to actually experience
the anxiety in these situations | 0:32:43 | 0:32:46 | |
and get through it for them to see
that they can. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:50 | |
What is it? | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
Statue of Liberty, yeah! | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
We would love for James to have just
a friend to talk to. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
I can't imagine going through life
and not having a friend. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:06 | |
Annalisa blows me away. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:10 | |
She was up there in front
of an entire class. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:15 | |
Did you guys go to the museum
with your parents or | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
without your parents? | 0:33:18 | 0:33:20 | |
Without. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:21 | |
Without your parents. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
Did you guys talk in the museum
or were you silent? | 0:33:24 | 0:33:28 | |
We talked about the flavours
on the High Line. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:32 | |
We then talked about
what flavours we love. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:37 | |
Everyone could hear her and she
answered everyone's questions. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:42 | |
APPLAUSE. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:48 | |
Annalisa. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
APPLAUSE. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:51 | |
I'm so lucky to get
to hang out with her. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
We made a million
bracelets together! | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
If she is able to start
the new school year able | 0:33:55 | 0:33:58 | |
to raise her hand and say here,
then the kids in the class | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
know that she can talk. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
That would be the first time
the kids in the class | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
ever hear her voice. | 0:34:05 | 0:34:06 | |
That is massive progress. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:11 | |
I have to say, when I saw her little
presentation, it almost | 0:34:11 | 0:34:14 | |
brought tears to my eyes. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:15 | |
I was very happy. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
Amazing! | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
We were being fully engaged
and playing Monopoly. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:25 | |
I never thought that James would be
able to stand up at the end. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:29 | |
Just even standing in front
of 20 parents and getting | 0:34:29 | 0:34:31 | |
a certificate, not speaking. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:32 | |
I mean, that was impressive. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
I was concerned that he might not
speak to his one mentor. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
It does look like they are tiny
steps, but in reality | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
for James, they are huge,
enormous, great leaps. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
This is not a cure for these kids. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:44 | |
This is the start of their journey
to overcome and challenge their SM. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:55 | |
That film by producer Harriet
Shawcross. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
And you can see a longer version
of that film about selective mutism | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
on Our World on the BBC News Channel
next Saturday and Sunday | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
evenings at 9.30pm and,
of course, on BBC iPlayer. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
Increasing social mobility
is a policy challenge that | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
all governments tell us
they want to tackle - | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
yet we know that there are huge
variations across the country | 0:35:32 | 0:35:34 | |
in outcomes for the
most disadvantaged. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
The television presenter
June Sarpong went back to her school | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
in East London to see what they did
there to help her get ahead. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:48 | |
When Theresa May spoke at the
Conservative Party conference of | 0:35:52 | 0:35:56 | |
reigniting the British dream, my
hope was that her talk would lead to | 0:35:56 | 0:36:01 | |
urgent action. Research by the
London School of Economics reveals | 0:36:01 | 0:36:06 | |
diversity and social mobility has
ground to a halt. Only 4% of | 0:36:06 | 0:36:12 | |
doctors, 6% of barristers, 11% of
journalists and 12% of solicitors | 0:36:12 | 0:36:17 | |
and from working-class backgrounds.
These are all my contemporaries. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
Here I am! My journey and my
experiences have given me the | 0:36:21 | 0:36:28 | |
opportunity to take a 360 degrees
view on this issue. Sadly, my story | 0:36:28 | 0:36:33 | |
is far from the norm, but I believe
we can all be beneficiaries, if we | 0:36:33 | 0:36:39 | |
do diversify. Recently, the
government released its race | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
disparity audit, and as welcome as
that was, and we know the problems, | 0:36:43 | 0:36:47 | |
the things I found depressing was
that there were not any solutions | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
offered. I have come back to East
London where I grew up, to | 0:36:51 | 0:37:04 | |
show how I feel my story represent
social mobility when it is done | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
right. I'm here at my school which
is Connaught School for Girls, which | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
is an ordinary state school, but
what it did have was aspiration. Our | 0:37:10 | 0:37:13 | |
schools should be a microcosm of
society. At Connacht will came from | 0:37:13 | 0:37:15 | |
diverse backgrounds but we knew the
best was expected from us and we | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
strove to achieve it. Good to see
you! He did not do GCSE textiles. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:26 | |
You were good in the lower school.
Connaught's progress levels are | 0:37:26 | 0:37:37 | |
above the national average. The
Allan Nyom include Asha Philip 's in | 0:37:37 | 0:37:44 | |
athletics. This is all from the
school where they descent of pupils | 0:37:44 | 0:37:51 | |
receive free school meals. Sally
Walker taught at the school and | 0:37:51 | 0:37:54 | |
returned three years ago a head
teacher. How do you feel in terms of | 0:37:54 | 0:37:59 | |
social mobility? Schools like this
are the first stop. It is here that | 0:37:59 | 0:38:03 | |
someone's mind is possibilities then
their background wouldn't ordinarily | 0:38:03 | 0:38:09 | |
allow. Really throughout curriculum,
our pastoral work and our assembly | 0:38:09 | 0:38:16 | |
programme, by talking to girls in
the school and the playground, we | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
make them believe they can succeed
through hard work. You do have to | 0:38:19 | 0:38:23 | |
work with them but your world is
your oyster and you can go out there | 0:38:23 | 0:38:27 | |
and do something for yourself. I
believe creating a diverse upwardly | 0:38:27 | 0:38:34 | |
mobile workforce begins in the
classroom. When you look at the | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
outcomes that have been able to
happen in this very small community, | 0:38:37 | 0:38:41 | |
these are the sort of example is the
government should be looking to | 0:38:41 | 0:38:44 | |
replicate and scale throughout the
country. You walk along the | 0:38:44 | 0:38:56 | |
corridors and half of them have got
no lights. Paula is not alone in the | 0:38:56 | 0:39:02 | |
squalor of this estate, a relic of
the 1960s. It is not just education. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:08 | |
How we live is a key factor in
social mobility. I was raised in the | 0:39:08 | 0:39:15 | |
80s on this housing estate, at a
time when people like us felt | 0:39:15 | 0:39:18 | |
neglected and forgotten by the
state. Paradoxically the scheme to | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
patch up the estate is only £30
million less than knocking it down | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
and starting again. Despite the
decision blocking that, residents | 0:39:26 | 0:39:31 | |
and councillors say they will
continue their uniquely close | 0:39:31 | 0:39:34 | |
relationship and fight on. This is
the former site of the Cathall | 0:39:34 | 0:39:45 | |
state. When I grew up here it was
one of the roughest housing estates | 0:39:45 | 0:39:50 | |
in East London. It was torn down in
the early 2000 and replaced with | 0:39:50 | 0:39:54 | |
what you see now. An example of
social mobility done right when you | 0:39:54 | 0:39:58 | |
raise living standards. The
close-knit and diverse community I | 0:39:58 | 0:40:05 | |
experienced as a child in
Walthamstow helped shape my sense of | 0:40:05 | 0:40:09 | |
belonging and also provided a
support network. When I was growing | 0:40:09 | 0:40:14 | |
up, this was the hub of the
community. The market stall holders | 0:40:14 | 0:40:20 | |
were mainly white working-class
survivors of the Second World War. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:24 | |
They were community minded and they
welcomed diversity and families like | 0:40:24 | 0:40:29 | |
mine. Walthamstow has changed
considerably over the last 30 years. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:34 | |
Globalisation and gentrification
have meant the incomes that these | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
markets stallholders once learned
are no longer what they were. And | 0:40:37 | 0:40:44 | |
unfortunately, the Community
Cohesion Minister I experienced | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
growing up no longer exists either.
Do you think people still mix like | 0:40:46 | 0:40:52 | |
David before?... Know, before it was
English, yes, and you have no space | 0:40:52 | 0:40:57 | |
even to walk the street. But now, I
think no English people in the | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
market. Or Asian, Turkish, Indian.
No English. Why do you think there | 0:41:01 | 0:41:09 | |
is no English? It is the main thing
because the house prices are going | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
up. They sell their property and
they go to a different town. My | 0:41:12 | 0:41:18 | |
friends were nearby, there must have
been 20 of them here but they have | 0:41:18 | 0:41:27 | |
all gone because they can't make
ends meet. It is tough, very tough. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:29 | |
They have all gone. People come up
and they ask how much it is and | 0:41:29 | 0:41:32 | |
unfortunately you have to do sign
language, because they can't speak | 0:41:32 | 0:41:34 | |
English. Social inequality needs to
be tackled by our institutions with | 0:41:34 | 0:41:41 | |
the same vigour that segregation and
races were in the latter decades of | 0:41:41 | 0:41:46 | |
the 20th century. We need to charge
the arms of our government machinery | 0:41:46 | 0:41:50 | |
to work together and more
effectively for the common good. And | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
I firmly believe we need an
education system that provides a | 0:41:53 | 0:41:59 | |
clear pathway unemployment, social
mobility and financial stability for | 0:41:59 | 0:42:03 | |
everyone. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
June Sarpong there. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
And that's all we have
time for tonight. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
Emily is here tomorrow - goodnight. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 |