:00:00. > :00:00.At the Conservative party conference, the new Chancellor
:00:07. > :00:08.sets his own course for the UK economy, through the
:00:09. > :00:33.Phillip Hammond tells delegates he's committed to tackling the deficit,
:00:34. > :00:35.but drops his predecessor's target for getting Britain back
:00:36. > :00:41.In Hungary, government calls to reject EU
:00:42. > :00:45.but with too low a turnout to be valid.
:00:46. > :00:49.And we find out what Scotland is doing to help
:00:50. > :01:02.There was a sense of down with the old regime
:01:03. > :01:05.Philip Hammond certainly has a different style to George Osborne,
:01:06. > :01:08.but it seems he's intent on junking a fair bit of his
:01:09. > :01:14.The new Chancellor will axe plans to balance the books by 2020
:01:15. > :01:18.to help guard Britain against Brexit turbulence.
:01:19. > :01:21.And he said that it was common sense to invest
:01:22. > :01:28.But he nonetheless emphasised that the deficit is still too large
:01:29. > :01:36.and will need to be tackled. Graham Stewart reports.
:01:37. > :01:45.Fixing a roof when the sun is shining, reducing the deficit, that
:01:46. > :01:48.is how you deliver lasting economic security for working people.
:01:49. > :01:56.Long-term economic plan on course to prosperity. You can look get George
:01:57. > :02:02.Osborne's greatest hits? The catchphrases well worn the hard hat.
:02:03. > :02:07.A familiar sight on those photocalls at the nearest building site. The
:02:08. > :02:11.talk was of balancing books and administering a good dose of
:02:12. > :02:17.austerity. In the light of Brexit, a new Chancellor with a new song. The
:02:18. > :02:21.fiscal policies that your jawbone set out with a rate once for that
:02:22. > :02:28.time, but when times change, we must change with them. We will no longer
:02:29. > :02:34.target a surplus at the end of this Parliament, but make no mistake, the
:02:35. > :02:38.past of fiscal consolidation must continue. The Chancellor's Priory
:02:39. > :02:43.dessert invest in new homes and transport. Trying to balance the
:02:44. > :02:50.books he says can wait. Opposition parties have been calling for this
:02:51. > :02:53.in the financial crash. Housing and transport are devolved issues, but
:02:54. > :02:55.some believe it could present the Scottish Government with an
:02:56. > :03:01.opportunity. They may well get more to spend on investment projects, but
:03:02. > :03:05.it is likely there will be consequential is coming about as a
:03:06. > :03:09.result of increased spending on housing. They may have to borrow
:03:10. > :03:14.less themselves. That was their intention, to build up Scotland's
:03:15. > :03:20.infrastructure. It may be qualified good news. The Chancellor sought to
:03:21. > :03:23.reassure businesses with plans were pragmatic and measured. This MP said
:03:24. > :03:29.that in the later Brexit, the Chancellor was set preside over an
:03:30. > :03:32.act of economic vandalism. One of the UK Government's most committed
:03:33. > :03:38.Brexiteer is told the conference that Britain can more than prosper
:03:39. > :03:43.on its own. We have a skilled workforce, low levels of industrial
:03:44. > :03:48.disc at the back destruction, some of the best universities, we speak
:03:49. > :03:51.English, a strong research base, the right time zone for a global
:03:52. > :03:57.trading. Why would anyone not want invest in this country?
:03:58. > :04:02.APPLAUSE Delegates elected in the upbeat
:04:03. > :04:05.message, but its success of the Government's new economic strategy
:04:06. > :04:07.fringes on the Thames Britain byes exit from the European Union. We are
:04:08. > :04:08.still waiting France's on that. We are still waiting
:04:09. > :04:10.France's on that. Well, yesterday was dominated
:04:11. > :04:13.by a row over Scotland's role in the UK's negotiations
:04:14. > :04:15.to leave the EU. The Scottish Government's Brexit
:04:16. > :04:17.minister, Mike Russell, suggested the Scottish Parliament
:04:18. > :04:19.might reject the bill designed to repatriate laws
:04:20. > :04:21.from the EU to the UK. And he questioned the Prime
:04:22. > :04:23.Minister's commitment to involving the devolved nations,
:04:24. > :04:25.after she referred to divisive Our Westminster correspondent
:04:26. > :04:28.Nick Eardley has been asking the Scottish Secretary David Mundell
:04:29. > :04:47.how big a role each government The UK Government is going to
:04:48. > :04:50.establish the position that we take into those negotiations and
:04:51. > :04:58.obviously were going to take forward the views, the issues, the concerns
:04:59. > :05:02.of Scotland in relation to issues like agriculture, like fisheries,
:05:03. > :05:05.but across the hall read of other issues, like business requirements
:05:06. > :05:11.and may need to contribute to trade with the European market by example.
:05:12. > :05:14.We want to make absolutely sure that we have a constructive and good
:05:15. > :05:19.relationship with the Scottish Government. In fact, behind the
:05:20. > :05:23.scenes, behind the politics, I think that is happening. At the number of
:05:24. > :05:26.good meetings with Mike Russell who has met with David Davis. Officials
:05:27. > :05:32.are in daily contact info patient and developing these are gauche
:05:33. > :05:36.Asians. I want to be any constructive relationship. I'm not
:05:37. > :05:40.looking for issues and problems at every stage. I want us to come
:05:41. > :05:44.together in a team UK approach to get the best possible deal for
:05:45. > :05:48.Scotland and the whole of the UK. You mentioned Mike Russell, he
:05:49. > :05:52.thinks that the Scottish parliament will have to give legislative
:05:53. > :05:58.consent for your great repeal act, because it will impact on areas of
:05:59. > :06:01.demolition. Is he right? We have did see the terms of the act as
:06:02. > :06:08.published. I don't think is automatically the case that it would
:06:09. > :06:11.have to be required on Scottish parliament, but the war come forward
:06:12. > :06:15.with level of detail on that. I think what Mike Russell and others
:06:16. > :06:23.accept is that the Scottish parliament doesn't the UK weaving
:06:24. > :06:27.the EU. Obviously we have a say, debates and votes, too. We do not
:06:28. > :06:31.have a veto on the process. I want them to be fully engaged and that's
:06:32. > :06:34.why I'm going to appear before the Scottish parliament. We want to
:06:35. > :06:38.proceed on the basis of partnership. We are looking to work together, we
:06:39. > :06:45.are not looking for confrontation or unnecessary arguments are rows stop
:06:46. > :06:49.do you still think that Scotland should remain a member of the single
:06:50. > :06:53.market? I think what's important is that Scottish businesses should be
:06:54. > :06:57.able to trade in the EU without barriers are tariffs. I don't think
:06:58. > :07:02.that as we go forward, it's a good thing of the Prime Minister said, to
:07:03. > :07:06.get bogged down in definitions that have been bandied about in the past.
:07:07. > :07:13.Britain is going to have a unique deal. It's not going to be the
:07:14. > :07:18.normally deal, the Canada deal, reversed Greenlands, reverse Brexit
:07:19. > :07:21.are hard Brexit. It's going to be a unique deal and the important thing
:07:22. > :07:25.for Scotland and its businesses is that they have access to the EU
:07:26. > :07:27.market and there are no targets are barriers against their businesses.
:07:28. > :07:30.Well, it wouldn't be a party conference without its press pack
:07:31. > :07:33.and I've been speaking to two of its members - the political
:07:34. > :07:35.editor of the Courier, Kieran Andrews and the editor
:07:36. > :07:48.This was a first party conference speech from a new Chancellor Philip
:07:49. > :07:54.Hammond. Kevin Schofield, what did you think today about the clarity of
:07:55. > :08:01.his economic plan? It's interesting that this time last year, before the
:08:02. > :08:05.last election, where the Conservatives won on a platform of
:08:06. > :08:08.having a long-term economic plan. We heard that repeatedly during the
:08:09. > :08:11.election campaign and then won the Tories won it it seemed to do the
:08:12. > :08:18.trick for them. That long-term economic plan seems to have been
:08:19. > :08:25.quite short term. It has now been ripped up. George Osborne's aim of
:08:26. > :08:30.eradicating the deficit by 2020 has been ripped up by Philip Hammond,
:08:31. > :08:33.and is now acknowledging the hardest public spending that George Osborne
:08:34. > :08:37.wanted to pursue is counter-productive. He wants to give
:08:38. > :08:42.the economy a bit more leeway with Government spending, borrowing to
:08:43. > :08:47.invest. On the back of the Brexit result, Brexit really has changed
:08:48. > :08:52.the whole political landscape. Is this in any way a slight to George
:08:53. > :08:58.Osborne? Or is he just be more practical and taking pressure off
:08:59. > :09:08.himself and this new Government? Yes, he did mention that it's a job
:09:09. > :09:12.back for the Government to, every month when the borrowing figures
:09:13. > :09:15.come out, if there are not good, he wants to give himself leeway so that
:09:16. > :09:21.when those figures come out he can say he isn't borrowing up or down.
:09:22. > :09:24.Everything isn't measured against this target of eradicating the
:09:25. > :09:28.deficit. What is interesting is that how everything in the Conservative
:09:29. > :09:34.Party has changed. The Cameron project has now gone. David Cameron
:09:35. > :09:39.has departed and George Osborne has been sacked. The waters have been
:09:40. > :09:43.closed of the Cameron project. Michael Gove lives another David
:09:44. > :09:48.Cameron ally is no longer any power. It's remarkable how things have
:09:49. > :09:51.shifted so quickly. Keirin Andrews, how comfortable were the people in
:09:52. > :09:57.the whole do you think that this change of direction today? It was
:09:58. > :10:01.interesting that yesterday, before Theresa May two to the stage, there
:10:02. > :10:05.is a fool video praising David Cameron talking up everything that
:10:06. > :10:13.he had done for the Conservative Party. As Kevin says, they are now
:10:14. > :10:17.new series. They are comfortable with that. The atmosphere in the
:10:18. > :10:23.call is a bit like May herself. It is quite reserved and cam. I'm not
:10:24. > :10:26.sure it's entirely knows what it's doing, but it certainly gives the
:10:27. > :10:33.impression that it does to the outside world. In terms of the plan
:10:34. > :10:40.the mentioned in terms of investing in housing and transport, there
:10:41. > :10:44.wasn't much more specific detail, was, Ciaran? No, there wasn't. It
:10:45. > :10:51.was a speech that was light on detail, but big the vision. Again,
:10:52. > :10:56.that big, brutal break from George Osborne and his priorities. You just
:10:57. > :11:02.get the feeling that with Brexit, with the new Government, there is a
:11:03. > :11:05.bit of making it up as they go along from the Conservatives are right
:11:06. > :11:10.now. It is understandable to a good degree, but that can only carry on
:11:11. > :11:15.for a short period of time, before they start getting called out if an
:11:16. > :11:20.official decides to present itself at Westminster. We heard from Liam
:11:21. > :11:26.Fox today for the second time in a week documentary post Brexit, but
:11:27. > :11:33.again not much detail. No, it's almost as if number ten had ordered
:11:34. > :11:39.the Cabinet ministers, don't create news. There is not a great deal of
:11:40. > :11:43.news stories. Journalists want to news stories to get their teeth into
:11:44. > :11:48.in each speech. The urbane light on the detail. Everything is gearing up
:11:49. > :11:52.for Theresa May's speech on Wednesday. That is going to be the
:11:53. > :11:57.big news event as far as this conference is concerned. Everything
:11:58. > :12:00.is geared towards that. You are a race, the Liam Fox speech was
:12:01. > :12:06.low-key. What was noticeable was that the hall itself was have to
:12:07. > :12:11.empty for a Liam Fox. He was pitched as the hero of the right, the man
:12:12. > :12:17.who helped bring about Brexit. It was quite a pride thing. I am sure
:12:18. > :12:22.that he did not like it very much himself coming back to you, Theresa
:12:23. > :12:28.May has now given a indication of the timeline for Brexit four minus
:12:29. > :12:34.17. The financial markets today, the pound was down once again to a role
:12:35. > :12:38.matching up to its till July low. Is the concern within the Conservative
:12:39. > :12:45.ranks about the lack of future direction and clarity that they
:12:46. > :12:49.have? Anything that comes back in a big way to the Chancellor's pitch
:12:50. > :12:52.today and one of the reasons Phil Hammond, as I am looking to take a
:12:53. > :12:56.difficult political direction to George Osborne for ideological
:12:57. > :13:01.reasons, there is a big practical reason there and that is, you know,
:13:02. > :13:07.we are in financially uncertain waters. The pound has been all over
:13:08. > :13:09.the place, mainly dipping. For the Conservative Party, they want to
:13:10. > :13:14.give themselves as much breathing space as possible in the economy, so
:13:15. > :13:16.that they can try and figure out what is going on. You get the
:13:17. > :13:22.impression that they will think they have the nub of something there, but
:13:23. > :13:26.who knows how that is going to play out. Again, just those bits of
:13:27. > :13:31.detail, how those trade arrangements will work. There was nothing from
:13:32. > :13:38.Liam Fox on that today. It feels that there is a step to go and I
:13:39. > :13:41.think people are acknowledging that. Just quickly, how did you assess the
:13:42. > :13:49.mood today generally exist yet been there at the conference? It is quite
:13:50. > :13:53.a marked departure from last week. We were both in Liverpool for the
:13:54. > :13:58.Labour conference and it was pretty chaotic. There is a lot of
:13:59. > :14:02.infighting. Labour is at war with itself. This was a conservative by
:14:03. > :14:08.contrast, a fairly united party. They got what they wanted in terms
:14:09. > :14:16.of Brexit. Marriage is about how it plays out and what things are going
:14:17. > :14:19.to look like. To May is fond of saying, Brexit means Brexit. It is a
:14:20. > :14:24.much more united and professional party this week. It is in marked
:14:25. > :14:27.contrast from the Labour conference. Thank you both.
:14:28. > :14:30.In Hungary, a referendum has been held on whether to take part
:14:31. > :14:33.in the EU scheme to relocate refugees who have already
:14:34. > :14:36.The Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, declared victory today -
:14:37. > :14:39.after 98% of those who took part supported his call
:14:40. > :14:48.But only 43% of the electorate voted,
:14:49. > :14:51.less than the 50% needed for the vote to be valid.
:14:52. > :14:53.Mr Orban said he would change Hungary's constitution to make
:14:54. > :14:57.I've been speaking to Edward Lucas - who is a senior editor
:14:58. > :15:06.at The Economist and an expert on Eastern European politics.
:15:07. > :15:16.It is the real setback for Victor Orban who has had a charmed life
:15:17. > :15:25.since he won the Hungarian election. He has had no opposition and has
:15:26. > :15:37.been popular. This time he has tripped up because only 43% of the
:15:38. > :15:41.votes were valid. -- 43% voted. The Hungarian public is no longer
:15:42. > :15:46.prepared to be marched onto the stage. There does seem to be the
:15:47. > :15:52.division in that those who were against it were willing to turn out
:15:53. > :15:56.and vote and the plan that would see only 1300 asylum seekers go to
:15:57. > :16:00.Hungary is not a large amount but obviously something that people feel
:16:01. > :16:08.strongly against. He has put this up. And the even more right-wing
:16:09. > :16:14.party, Jobbik, they have made it into being bossed around by
:16:15. > :16:18.Brussels, but it is a small number and the overwhelming majority of
:16:19. > :16:21.migrants do not want to move to Hungary because the language is
:16:22. > :16:25.difficult and living standards are low. They want to move to the richer
:16:26. > :16:31.countries of Western and northern Europe. He is maybe using that as a
:16:32. > :16:35.bogeyman to scare the public and the result of the referendum shows that
:16:36. > :16:39.did not work. As he and the voters who voted to dry to send that
:16:40. > :16:43.message to Brussels? He was to send a message to Brussels that he does
:16:44. > :16:48.not want to be bossed around because there are other things that he wants
:16:49. > :16:52.to do on the economy and politics which run up against European laws
:16:53. > :16:57.and values and so on. I think he thought this was a good opportunity
:16:58. > :17:02.to stick up for national sovereignty in a Brexit we although he does not
:17:03. > :17:08.want Hungary to leave the EU. That was the plan, the migrant issue was
:17:09. > :17:11.just an excuse to have a bit of a scrap with Brussels, and now he has
:17:12. > :17:16.fallen flat on his face. Hungary is not alone in this. The Slovak and
:17:17. > :17:23.Czech leaders have both expressed concern about this. They want more
:17:24. > :17:26.robust borders and also the anti-immigration party in Germany
:17:27. > :17:32.doing well last month in elections. Is this a bubbling problem? There is
:17:33. > :17:35.certainly a lot of concern amongst the public all over Europe about the
:17:36. > :17:40.idea of uncontrolled migration and the idea that the EU does not have a
:17:41. > :17:47.proper border. What we are seeing is that the Visa free passport free
:17:48. > :17:50.zone in Europe is turning into a type of country. That is going to
:17:51. > :17:56.survive with three travel within that Sony has got to do a better job
:17:57. > :18:01.of policing and protecting border. That is a new country taking ship
:18:02. > :18:05.before our eyes. There is a huge push for that from Germany, not
:18:06. > :18:08.least, and what the Czechs and Slovaks think is neither here nor
:18:09. > :18:11.there. There is something quite repellent about countries that have
:18:12. > :18:17.had such a dramatic history themselves being invaded and
:18:18. > :18:20.occupied, having Soviet troops coming in and crushing the
:18:21. > :18:24.democratic experiments, and they have fled in their tens of thousands
:18:25. > :18:29.on repeated occasions to Western Europe, and were received with open
:18:30. > :18:31.arms, so they know what it is like for civilians and other people who
:18:32. > :18:35.are fleeing these terrible things, so I think it is deplorable that
:18:36. > :18:39.they do not show more solidarity with them. How much is this about
:18:40. > :18:43.xenophobia given that you mention Hungary has tended to be more of a
:18:44. > :18:47.transit state for migrants rather than somewhere where they would want
:18:48. > :18:54.to settle? There is a myth in these countries that they are ethnically
:18:55. > :18:57.homogenous countries with no tradition of having any sort of
:18:58. > :19:02.foreigners therefore it is a terrible shock to them in a way that
:19:03. > :19:06.a multicultural society like Germany or France is quite different, it can
:19:07. > :19:11.absorb lots of migrants. That is rubbish. There are large ethnic
:19:12. > :19:14.minorities in Hungary and Slovakia and also the fact that they have
:19:15. > :19:26.fewer ethnic minorities than they did as the result of Hitler and
:19:27. > :19:35.Stalin. Stalin killing all the Jews, -- Hitler killing all the Jews. The
:19:36. > :19:38.idea that these are temples of ethnic purity that had to be
:19:39. > :19:44.preserved from foreigners is a myth that is just conjured up by cynical
:19:45. > :19:47.opportunistic nationalistic politicians. Thank you.
:19:48. > :19:49.Parts of southern and eastern Africa are experiencing their worst famine
:19:50. > :19:54.It's been estimated that more than 30 million people will be
:19:55. > :19:58.short of food by the end of the year.
:19:59. > :20:00.Already in Malawi, almost half of under-five-year-olds are
:20:01. > :20:07.If they survive, and that's a big if, the after effects
:20:08. > :20:10.Aid agencies have launched emergency appeals.
:20:11. > :20:15.And the Scottish Government has re-committed itself to help
:20:16. > :20:17.with development funding - offering more money
:20:18. > :20:32.Drought is baiting in Zimbabwe and in Ethiopia. Oxfam Scotland are in
:20:33. > :20:37.Malawi to see for themselves the situation. 6.5 million people here
:20:38. > :20:52.are facing food insecurity. And in recent years Malawi has faced
:20:53. > :20:53.floods followed by drought which both presumably are equally
:20:54. > :21:23.devastating. Malawi is one of four countries the
:21:24. > :21:27.Scottish Government is committed to support but why isn't Scotland's job
:21:28. > :21:29.to fund international development? There has been a long-standing
:21:30. > :21:34.belief that Scotland should do the right thing and in a modestly have
:21:35. > :21:38.projects in the developing world. It is part of our long tradition that
:21:39. > :21:42.goes back 150 years to missionary and other work that Scotland has
:21:43. > :21:46.supported and it is right to be do that in the future. Aid agencies
:21:47. > :21:47.have been encouraging the Scottish Government to continue development
:21:48. > :22:09.funding, even a time of hostility. We cannot
:22:10. > :22:12.ignore the people in our midst, but at the same time the levels of
:22:13. > :22:14.poverty, the type of poverty we see in the countries where we are
:22:15. > :22:17.working is really very different. We are talking about governments that
:22:18. > :22:19.are not able to cope with that poverty or response to those people
:22:20. > :22:22.in any way that we would recognise as being a sufficient level. We do
:22:23. > :22:24.have to look after people and balance that with global
:22:25. > :22:26.responsibility. Money from Scotland meet immediate needs and builds up
:22:27. > :22:28.capacity to cope with future shocks. This builds the resilience of the
:22:29. > :22:46.people. What difference does it make to have
:22:47. > :23:06.support from Oxfam Scotland and also from the Scottish Government?
:23:07. > :23:44.Oxfam Scotland say the rate aid could make a real difference.
:23:45. > :23:50.The rains are due to start any time soon. How much Falls could be more
:23:51. > :23:58.crucial this year than for the past 30 years.
:23:59. > :24:04.Now joining me to discuss the day's big stories
:24:05. > :24:07.from The Herald and Zara Kitson who's an activist with the Scottish
:24:08. > :24:16.We are going to talk about Philip Hammond's warning to the
:24:17. > :24:19.Conservative Party conference. He was talking about a post-Brexit
:24:20. > :24:24.roller-coaster for the economy and the idea of ending the aim of
:24:25. > :24:29.cutting the deficit by 2020. Did this give us a good setup ahead of
:24:30. > :24:34.his Autumn Statement in November? I think he left are great deal, it is
:24:35. > :24:37.all waiting for the Autumn Statement, Innocenti did not tell us
:24:38. > :24:42.a great deal about how we will tackle the problems he outlined. He
:24:43. > :24:46.made it clear that the clear economic water since the Brexit will
:24:47. > :24:49.is not likely to continue but he also talked about problems like
:24:50. > :24:53.productivity and inequality, although he was talking about
:24:54. > :24:57.regional inequality, without any prescription for who he is going to
:24:58. > :25:07.approach any of these things. Did you get any sense of a slowing down
:25:08. > :25:12.of hostility? It was an attempt to appear to be in control of the
:25:13. > :25:16.situation at the moment. The uncertainty that we are facing with
:25:17. > :25:28.the economy, with the triggering of Article 50, facing Brexit, that is a
:25:29. > :25:34.situation that it was an attempt to look like he was in control and he
:25:35. > :25:39.knows what he is doing and to try to reassure people, but I think some of
:25:40. > :25:43.that reassures us too little too late especially when the impact of
:25:44. > :25:50.hostility has been deeply felt across the UK and Scotland. He said
:25:51. > :25:54.more investment in housing and in transport but what does that mean in
:25:55. > :25:58.real terms? What does that mean here in Scotland when they are both
:25:59. > :26:02.devolved issues as well? That uncertainty still remains. We do not
:26:03. > :26:06.know what it means for the budget setting process. We are still in the
:26:07. > :26:09.same situation in Scotland where it is pushing our budget process back
:26:10. > :26:14.to the point where it will make scrutiny very difficult. That is
:26:15. > :26:18.something that we have been pushing on, Patrick Harvie has tables to the
:26:19. > :26:21.Scottish Parliament to ask the Scottish Parliament to at least put
:26:22. > :26:25.forward some scenario planning because we need some of that robust
:26:26. > :26:30.scrutiny to enable equalities groups and others to hold governments to
:26:31. > :26:37.account for that Scottish and national Government level. We need
:26:38. > :26:43.to see more coming in uncertain times. Moving to Hungarian politics.
:26:44. > :26:49.We were talking about it a few minutes ago. This vote there about
:26:50. > :26:54.the EU migrant quarters. It was a low turnout, below 50%, not actually
:26:55. > :27:03.valid, but the huge support to Fort against. What can be read into that?
:27:04. > :27:07.A depressingly high vote against the EU migrant quarters. I say
:27:08. > :27:11.depressingly high because plainly he campaigned very hard for this. One
:27:12. > :27:14.in four of billboards in Hungary were carrying this message about
:27:15. > :27:21.voting no. It an extraordinary campaign. What we seem to lack in
:27:22. > :27:26.Europe, real leadership from politicians and others in the sense
:27:27. > :27:34.that we do not have a politician of the calibre of Gandhi or Martin
:27:35. > :27:37.Luther King or Nelson Mandela, who is explaining the case for accepting
:27:38. > :27:44.people who are fleeing from desperate circumstances, the common
:27:45. > :27:47.humanity. We seem to have conceded the point that these people are
:27:48. > :27:51.deeds human eyes and they are a problem and needs to shut our
:27:52. > :27:55.borders and we need some leadership. Do you think there is a sense of
:27:56. > :28:01.intolerance growing and extremism? We also had the big protests in
:28:02. > :28:06.Poland today about the very strict abortion rules which they are trying
:28:07. > :28:11.to bring in. Yes, so there was the protests which loads of women were
:28:12. > :28:16.on strike in Poland, thousands of women, to stand up against plans to
:28:17. > :28:20.bring an outright ban to abortion, which would criminalise women and
:28:21. > :28:25.criminalise abortion, including abortion in the case of rape or
:28:26. > :28:30.incest. It is unfathomable that that type of human rights violation is
:28:31. > :28:33.happening but it is heartening and we are seeing these trends across
:28:34. > :28:39.Europe and it is very disturbing. We are seeing it in our own country, an
:28:40. > :28:43.attack on disabled people rights through austerity, an attack on
:28:44. > :28:48.women's rights in Poland, an attack on humanitarian rights in terms of
:28:49. > :28:52.the asylum crisis and we are seeing continuous attack on workers' rights
:28:53. > :28:56.in terms of the challenges that we are facing in the economy and the
:28:57. > :29:00.lack of leadership that has been shown there. There is a lot of these
:29:01. > :29:04.worrying trends. What is most worrying is that this kind of right
:29:05. > :29:09.wing rhetoric seems to just have three room at the moment and the
:29:10. > :29:12.media is perpetrating it and the public are there and getting behind
:29:13. > :29:17.it and it is causing real concerns in terms of conflicts and tensions
:29:18. > :29:22.between ordinary people, who are just going with the mass media that
:29:23. > :29:25.is being fuelled by those extreme right-wing agendas and that is a
:29:26. > :29:31.huge concern and something that we need to be talking about more, the
:29:32. > :29:34.direct implications. That is why I was supporting the woman in Poland
:29:35. > :29:37.today by wearing black and taking a picture and support because I think
:29:38. > :29:41.in this country if there is a violation happening to any other
:29:42. > :29:48.woman or any other person or human it is our duty to stand up and fight
:29:49. > :29:52.to protect those rights. The survey about worklife balance today was
:29:53. > :29:56.interesting. There seems to be some unhappiness and Scotland according
:29:57. > :29:59.to this research from the family friendly working Scotland campaign.
:30:00. > :30:09.Game on the back of a childcare debate last week. I wrote about this
:30:10. > :30:12.I interviewed the SNP MSP who was reprimanded for having her children
:30:13. > :30:19.in a committee meeting in Westminster and she said employers
:30:20. > :30:22.could do a lot more simply by telling people their shifts in
:30:23. > :30:26.advance or enabling people to swap shifts. We are that a low ebb in
:30:27. > :30:30.Britain in terms of employers looking out for the welfare of their
:30:31. > :30:32.workers. We see that with zero hours contracts and that kind of thing.
:30:33. > :30:38.There are simple things that could be done to improve people's worklife
:30:39. > :30:43.balance as the will was there. Very quickly. Yes, it's also points to a
:30:44. > :30:54.much wider problem. We have an economy that does not work
:30:55. > :30:59.for people and that does not care for people in that economy. That is
:31:00. > :31:01.a huge problem. Human beings are the most valuable resource we will ever
:31:02. > :31:02.have. Bringing up children is the most