29/01/2017 Sunday Politics East Midlands

Donald Trump's travel ban on refugees and citizens of seven

A new strategy for industry, protests at several US airports.

but will it mean more jobs and prosperity here?

And as the cold weather bites, centres helping people with drink

Should she have spoken out more strongly?

We'll ask former Ukip leader and Trump confidant Nigel Farage

what he makes of the travel ban and the Prime Minister's

In London this week, the mayor, Sadiq Khan,

has been coming under pressure to explain his fares freeze

and why it doesn't apply to everybody.

And with me, the best and brightest political

panel in the business - Steve Richards, Julia

They'll be tweeting throughout the programme.

It was soon after Theresa May left the White House on Friday that

Donald Trump signed the executive order banning citizens from seven

President Trump's 90-day ban covers Iran, Iraq,

Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Syria, from

where refugees are banned from until further notice.

Donald Trump's executive order also imposes a complete ban

on all refugees coming to the US for the next 120 days.

Mr Trump said that the ban would keep radical Islamic terrorists out

But the ban has sparked protests across the US,

as people affected and already in the air were detained

US laws have begun legal action to challenge the ban, which many

At a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Theresa May was asked

about the refugee ban three times before giving this response...

Well, the United States is responsible for the United States'

The United Kingdom is responsible for the United Kingdom's policy

on refugees, and our policy on refugees is to have a number

of voluntary schemes to bring Syrian refugees into the country.

Downing Street later issued a statement saying:

This morning, the Treasury Minister, David Gauke, was asked why

Theresa May had refused to condemn the travel ban at yesterday's

The Prime Minister is not a shoot-from-the-hip

She wants to see the evidence, she wants

to understand precisely what the implications are.

She'd been in a series of very lengthy meetings with

President Erdogan, and she's someone who wants to see the briefing and

understand it, and then will respond to that.

I think there are times where, you know, there's always

pressure to respond within a news cycle and so on.

The important thing is, we are saying we disagree with it

We're joined now from North London by the Conservative

Should the Government in general and Theresa May in particular be more

vocal in their criticism of Donald Trump's travel bans? Well, as David

just said, it is obviously right that Theresa has now said this is an

appropriate and not something we agree with in our Government, but I

wish she had said something at the time, not least because it affects

our own citizens. One of our own MPs, Nadhim, for example, because it

is also a global crisis. She had clearly built an excellent with

Donald Trump -- she had built an excellent relationship with him, but

she could have been firmer. Mrs May hasn't said any word of criticism

about the travel bans. She refused to say anything three times in

Ankara, and it is merely an anonymous Downing Street

spokesperson that has issued the subsequent mild criticism. We have

not heard from the Prime Minister at all on this matter in terms of

criticism. No, but the spokesperson will be speaking with her blessing,

so it is clearly something she has acknowledged. As I said before, I

wish she had said something at the time. The global climate at the

moment is delicate and we need our leaders to work together to address

things like the refugee crisis. Potentially, this plays into the

hands of Daesh. It is absolutely not the right message. What would you

like the Prime Minister to say? As with any new relationship, it is

about testing the boundaries. They had clearly got on well, so she

should have felt braver to say something there and then. I would

have preferred her to say, for example, I need to talk to Donald

Trump about this. It is not something I support and I want to

understand why because I believe there is a better way to deal with

the terrorist threat. I would have liked her to suggest that she would

engage with him to do that. The president has instituted a 90 day

temporary ban on people coming from seven mainly Muslim majority

population countries. The seven were on President Obama's list of the

biggest terrorist threats to the United States. Mr Trump wants this

temporary ban until he puts tougher vetting procedures in place. What is

wrong with that? Because it appeared to me that it wasn't thought through

and it was affecting ordinary citizens and some British citizens.

It can't be right that a president in that position of power can

arbitrarily come up with executive powers like that. It has already

been challenged by his own courts. So it is not the considered approach

I want to see in a global leader. Who do you believe will be hurt by

this, given that there can be exceptions on a case-by-case basis?

I think potentially, our global reputation is going to be hurt by

this. I have been to the refugee camps in Europe myself. There are

desperate people trying to free persecution who will be hurt by

this. We are trying to heal the wounds in this country not only

because of Brexit. This is a time of coming together, not about saying it

is located discriminatory against race and religion in this way. Do

you believe that Mr Trump's state visit should go ahead? Well, he is

the leader of America, so it does need to go ahead and we need to work

with him. I believe Theresa has started in a positive manner was

that she just needs to continue in that vein. If he comes to our

country, he needs to respect the way we feel about things. But yes, he is

the president, so he does need to come to the UK. There is some debate

within Westminster as to where it is appropriate for him to speak to MPs,

but it is right that he comes. But if he does come on a state visit,

should he be granted what this country has always thought of as a

great honour, which is a joint address to both Houses of

Parliament? I haven't been an MP long enough to understand the

protocol of where is the right location for him to do that, but I

believe in the past, it has been the greatest leaders, when they have

achieved great things globally, it is Westminster Hall. But there are a

number of MPs saying that is not the most appropriate place and I am

inclined to agree. You don't think he should be accorded the privilege

of speaking to a joint session of Parliament? I think there are places

where he can do that, but Westminster Hall is not yet the

right place. Thank you for joining us.

Steve, within 24 hours, we have seen the difficulty of becoming Donald

Trump's best friend. On the one hand, it could have huge advantages,

particularly for a Brexit Britain. On the other hand, if you are going

to be his best friend, you don't have to give a running commentary on

every major thing he does. Yeah. We have learned a bit about Theresa

May, that when she has to produce a set piece speech which she has time

to prepare, she can get it totally right and sometimes more than right.

When she is faced with a fast-moving story, she is leaden footed and

can't think quickly on her feet. We know, did she regret not saying

more? Evidently she did, because we got a statement from the Downing

Street spokesperson saying more. So she can't think quickly. She's going

to have to think very quickly in response to some of the things he's

going to be doing, because she will be asked about it all the time. It

does highlight the wider danger that the assumption that the special

relationship is always a safe and fertile place to be has been proven

wrong before and I think it will be proven wrong big-time in this case.

You're shaking your head. I don't see why we are responsible for

American domestic policy. I am as appalled as the next person by what

Donald Trump has done. He said he was going to do this, which was why

I did not want Americans to vote for him. In fact, what he has

implemented is much less than what he said he would do when he was

campaigning. I have always felt that the campaigning Trump was the real

Trump. But what he has done is actually constitutional. He has the

executive power to issue this order. It is within the rules in terms of a

class of aliens deemed to be a risk to the United States. It is a 90 day

limited ban. The last president who did this was a Democrat president,

President Carter. He did it in the aftermath of the Iranian crisis.

Well, given the spate of terror attacks on American territory in

recent years, you could argue that he meant well. I don't agree with

Donald Trump. But have people from these countries that he has banned

been involved in terrorist attacks? That is the absurdity. He has not

included Egypt or Pakistan. But I don't remove everyone getting in

such a state about President Carter. The reality is that it is a legal

thing for him to do. I don't like it. But it is not my territory. It

is illegal, because they have been given a right to remain by a judge

in Brooklyn and another judging Alexandra. That is a different issue

for people who have already gone through the vetting. I don't agree

with this. However, I don't think it's reasonable to say that Theresa

May, because she wants to do a deal with Donald Trump, I don't give is

reasonable to say she have to agree with each of his policies. It is

nonsense. But the issue, Janan, is not whether she needs to agree with

him. The question is that she will be questioned about him all the time

now. And although these are matters of domestic policy, the refugee

policy is international. They speak to issues that affect Britain as

well, and I would suggest that she will not get away with this

anonymous statement from Downing Street. People will demand a she

says something on the record. She would get away with it indefinitely.

These situations will recur every time Donald Trump says or does

something contentious. She will be pressed to this associate her

administration from his. She will probably be in a better logistical

situation to do so. She has spent a big chunk of the past 72 hours in

the air. She flew from Washington to Ankara, than from Ankara to London.

We don't have Air Force One, we don't have those frictionless

communications with the ground. She would have been incommunicado for

large periods of time when this story was breaking. That doesn't

excuse the stiff response when she landed and issued a statement via

Downing Street. But during that delay, she did have a plausible

excuse. She has also got a much more tricky geopolitical situation than

many other world leaders. She has to strike a favourable trade deal with

the new US president. It is all very well people saying Justin Trudeau of

Canada was much more vociferous in his criticism of Donald Trump. He is

already in Nafta, he is not striking a new deal. For how long, we don't

know. Exactly, he's trying to stay in Nafta, but he is in a less tricky

situation than she is. Now, Theresa May's was the first

foreign leader to meet President Trump and the visit

was seen as quite a coup for the Prime Minister,

keen for a new trading relationship with the United States

in the wake of Brexit. The Prime Minister congratulated

the new US President for his "stunning election victory"

but might not have intended to be pictured walking

through the White House with him That picture of Donald Trump helping

Theresa May down the steps through the White House colonnade

will be the enduring image Mrs May said the President

told her he was "100% behind Nato". And for her part, the Prime Minister

said she would work hard to make sure other Nato countries

increased their defence spending It's been announced

that there will be a new trade negotiation agreement,

with high-level talks The hope is that this will lead

to a new trade deal between the two countries as soon as

Britain leaves the EU. Mr Trump said he believed "Brexit's

going to be a wonderful thing". On Russia, Theresa May made clear

to Donald Trump her continued

backing for sanctions. And following the controversy over

the President's support for torture, Mr Trump said he would defer

to his Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, who argues

that the practice doesn't work. And I'm joined now by the former

Ukip leader, Nigel Farage. Do you agree with Mr Trump's

decision to ban Syrian refugees indefinitely from entering the

United States? I agree with the concept of democracy, a point which

appears to be missed by almost all commentators including the BBC. He

was elected to get tough and say he would do everything in his power to

protect America from infiltration by ISIS terrorists. There are seven

countries on that list. He's entitled to do this. I didn't ask if

he was entitled, I asked if agree with it. I do, because if you just

look at what's happening in France and Germany, if you look at Angela

Merkel's policy which was to allow virtually anyone in from anywhere,

look what it led to. You said in 2013 there's a responsibility on all

of us in the free west to help some of those people fleeing Syria

literally in fear of their lives. That's the Christian community in

virtually all of those country, it is almost too late because many have

been wiped out but if you are looking for a genuine definition of

a refugee, going back to 1951, it is someone in direct fear of

persecution of their life because of their race, religion or beliefs. But

you didn't talk about only Christians, and in January 2014 you

said, I seem to recall it was Ukip who started the debate on allowing

Syrian refugees, you seem to be in favour of allowing proper refugees

into this country. If they can be defined. Mr Trump won't let any in.

He is running American policy, not British policy. Since I made those

comments, we have had the Angela Merkel madness and I think Trump's

policy in many ways has been shaped by what Angela Merkel did. He is

fully entitled to do this, and as far as we are concerned in this

country, I would like to see extreme vetting. Since 9/11 can you name any

terrorist event in the United States that has involved refugees that have

been allowed into the country? No, in fact the terrorist events have

been US citizens radicalised. When you have a problem already, why

would you wish to add to it? I would remind you that of the eight people

that committed those atrocities in Paris, five of them had got into

Europe posing as refugees so there is an issue here. But perhaps not

for America because it has the most rigorous and lengthy screening

process in the world, especially for Syrians. You have to register with

the UN agency for refugees, which then recommend certain names to

America, they then go through biometric screening, database

screening, intelligent screenings, including four separate intelligence

agencies screening you. How more rigorous would you want it to be? It

is much more rigorous than we are or the rest of Europe. This is why we

have elections, so voters can make choices and they voted for Donald

Trump to become president and he said he would put bans in place and

then move towards extreme vetting. As far as the Syrians are concerned

he's made that decision but that's what he was voted in fourth. Since

you know him, you have met him, you are confident of his, I'm testing

you on the logic of it. Not that he's democratically elected, I'm not

asking about that, I'm trying to get the case, particularly since if you

take the seven countries of which the ban applies for 19 days, again,

of these seven countries, its citizens have not been involved in

terrorist attacks in the United States. It would be a mistake to say

it is just Muslim countries because the biggest Muslim countries in the

world have not been included in this. The point is they have made

this assessment, they bought themselves 90 days to think about

the policy. This is exactly what Trump's voters would have wanted him

to do. You said the President's rhetoric on immigrants made even you

feel very uncomfortable. Because he started by saying there was a total

ban, then amended it to say there would be vetting. My guess is that

what he will do is try to genuinely help Syrian people and he will be

talking about the creation of some safe zones. Let's see. He hasn't. We

will see. I suspect something like that is coming down the trap. What

advice did you give to the president and his advisers ahead of Theresa

May's visit? That I wanted us to talk about trade and to give the

Prime Minister the impression that actually... When she has been

surrounded by her whole career by civil servants and politicians who

say that everything takes five years or seven years or ten years, to make

it clear to the Prime Minister that if there is will, these things can

be done quickly. Isn't there a danger of a British Prime Minister

who has to deal with the president of the United States, to Ally

herself so closely with such an unpredictable, controversial

president, banning Muslims in certain ways and refugees, building

a war with Mexico, threatening trade was with other countries, thinking

of ending sanctions against Russia? I missing something here, what is

controversial about defending the Mexican border? Bill Clinton spoke

in tough terms, George Bush built six miles of fence, and because it

is Donald Trump there is uproar. So you think there is no risk of the

British by Minister being the best friend of this type of president? I

think there is no risk in putting together a trade deal and no risk in

her being the bridge between America and the rest of Nato to say to Nato

members if you don't pay your 2% he is serious so on those things there

is no risk at all. It was clear from her Lancaster house speech that the

Brexiteers in the Government had won pretty much every argument in terms

of negotiations to come out. What you want from her? She was very good

as Home Secretary, Tory party conferences, the Tory press saying

this was the new Thatcher and she failed. She even failed to control

immigration from outside the European Union so yes, it was a good

speech and for many on the Eurosceptic side of the argument, I

could scarcely believe that a British Prime Minister was saying

things which I had been roundly abused and vilified for. But I have

a feeling we may be in for a very frustrating 2017. The mood as I can

see it in Brussels is that negotiating with Britain is not a

priority, they are far more worried about Dutch elections, French

elections, German elections and possibly even Italian elections. I

worry that by the end of this year we may not have made much progress

and that's why the Trump visit suddenly things brings into focus.

What if by the middle of June, for argument 's sake, the Americans say

OK we reached this position with the British, compromised on the tough

stuff, food standards and things like that, we are ready to sign a

deal now, and Theresa May is to say actually Mr Juncker says I cannot

sign this until we leave. What will they do? They cannot throw us out,

we are living anyway. But everybody agrees you can talk about the deal,

maybe even do the heads of agreement but you cannot sign a treaty until

we have left the EU. Let me predict that at the end of this year we will

find a European Union who frankly don't want to talk to us and

countries around the world that want to get on and do things and that

will be the big tension for Mrs May over the course of this year. If the

Prime Minister is giving you everything you want on Brexit, you

agree that she's trying to get from your point of view the right things.

If she delivers on that and get Brexit on the terms of which you

approve, what's the point of Ukip? You could argue that about any

political party. If we have achieved the goal that we set out to achieve,

there are right now out there 4 million people who are Ukip

loyalists. They are delighted that by voting Ukip we got a referendum,

they will be even happier if they seek us leave the European Union and

I think there is still a gap in British politics for a party that

says it as it sees it, is not afraid by political correctness and is seen

to be on the side of the little people, and that's why, with the

Labour Party is fundamentally split, and it really is totally split over

this European question, I think Ukip is in good shape. That proposition

will be put to test at the Stoke Central by-election, one of Ukip's

best prospects in the country. Some people call it the capital of

Brexit. Labour is in chaos over Article 50, is picked a candidate to

fight Stoke Central who has described Brexit is a pile of notes.

If your successor, Paul Nuttall, cannot win the Stoke by-election,

there's not much hope for you, is there? I think he will. I've always

been told don't make predictions but I think he will win. If you doesn't

it will be tough, we will still have our 4 million loyalists, but if it

does we can actually see Labour are beatable in their heartlands and

Ukip will be off to the second big stage. Nigel Farage, thank you for

being with us. It's just gone 11.25,

you're watching the Sunday Politics. We say goodbye to viewers

in Scotland, who leave us now Coming up here in 15 minutes, I'll

be talking to our political panel. but will it mean more jobs

and prosperity here? And as the cold weather bites,

centres helping people with drink But are we doing enough

to tackle problem-drinking? For most people, when they have got

to the point where they're sat in the street with a can,

they become alcohol dependent. So, they are physically

cannot stop drinking without causing health issues

to themselves, so they need to Hello, I'm Dominic Heale

with a slightly shortened show today But there are no cuts to the debate

and insight from our guests - Amanda Solloway is the Conservative

MP for Derby North and Jon Ashworth First, let's just get your reaction

to the debate coming up this week Amanda Solloway, you were undecided

about Brexit before the campaign, Well, I was undecided and then

I actually came out on the side But now, obviously, you know,

we had the referendum and we Absolutely, we are

doing the right thing. We are committed to it

and I think that's absolutely right

that we do that. Jon Ashworth, slightly less

straightforward for Labour. Leicester voted narrowly to remain,

will you be voting Well, I think we've had a national

referendum and people in that referendum have

expressed their desire I don't actually like that results,

but it is the result nonetheless. So, I think we have to get

on and negotiate the best I'm very, very worried about

what we've heard from Theresa May. I think she is pushing us towards a,

if you like, bargain basement deal. I want us to protect workers' rights

and I want us to protect the NHS. I want us to protect

jobs and livelihood, so there is a long way to go on this

renegotiation and that's what I'll be pressing

for in the debates in Parliament. Well, Brexit may have

stolen the headlines, but there was one other Government

announcement this week, which may turn out to have just as much

of an impact on our region. That was the proposals

for a new industrial strategy. The 132-page green paper

included a lot that could Among its suggestions - making sure

economic growth is spread It also contains a promise outline

a strategy for the Midlands engine, In addition, there will be

an emphasis on encouraging growth in sectors like a rule space

and the creative industries. There is ?14 million

for a research project between Rolls-Royce

and Loughborough University. Some of the help will come

in city deals, which we've benefited from already,

but also in devolution packages. An area where the East Midlands lags

behind, although it contains a promise to outline a strategy

for the Midlands Engine soon. There'll be an emphasis

on encouraging growth in sectors like aerospace and the creative

industries, areas in which the East Midlands

is traditionally strong - there's ?14 million for a research

project between Rolls Royce Ensuring more of the annual public

sector spend of ?268 billion a year goes to UK companies,

by taking wider factors like social and economic issues into account

when awarding contracts and may be a boost for Derby-based

Bombardier when it bids The Government says this

is a consultation and it wants to hear your views on how

to improve the economy. So, we've been asking people

in Nottingham for their ideas I would put out funding so people

could start up businesses. A big believer in

giving jobs back to I think definitely,

like, apprenticeships. For more people this age, who can

get into the job world, quicker. I think we've got to

look to the future. Some of the industries

are a bit in the past. We have lost players,

there are slowly going. The increase in car

manufacturing is helping the Well, that's a good point,

but apprenticeships, Amanda, is this an idea whose time has come

again, do I think it's one thing

very clearly that the I think there are a view

challenges that we I think we need to make sure we get

education right, but I think we need to then be going on and making

sure that we are supporting businesses and apprenticeships are

a really good way of getting people into work, skilled people into work

for the roles that we need. Are you happy,

Jon Ashworth, that the apprenticeships are good

quality apprenticeships? In other words, the people will be

able to leave them with Well, I think

apprenticeships are really I'm not going to

disagree with Amanda on We need to be investing more

in apprenticeships, but if we are talking about an industrial strategy

for the Midlands, I would welcome But part of that has got to be

the electrification of the Midland It keeps getting

delays and put back. That will bring jobs, it will bring

investment to the Midlands. It is absolutely key

to an industrial So, I am having the Government,

get on with the electrification of

the Midland mainline. My constituents needed,

constituents and Derby need it. I mean, that should have

been in the green paper, Well, one of the things

that is in the green paper, But for me, I agree

with what you're saying. We have all been campaigning

for the electrification. But actually, I think

we have a broader responsibility as East Midlands MPs

to make sure that this East Midlands And that is one thing

that I keep on saying need to be making sure

that we are looking after education, creating the rules and not letting

us get railroaded by, for example,

northern powerhouse. I take your point on that,

but in the paper it refers to the creation of the Midlands

engine soon. I mean, that's a wonderful

phrase, isn't it? I think we have a responsibility

to keep on saying we cannot let the Midlands fall behind,

specifically the East Midlands. The green paper

was very, very big on technology, on broadband

and the sort of stuff. But in our region, manufacturing

has been and still is Is there a danger that

that's been glossed over? I mean, manufacturing

in the East Midlands Indeed, I would argue

that the East Midlands biggest manufacturing

base in the country. The west Midlands would contest

that, but I think the statistics show that

the East Midlands is bigger. Traditionally, we have not

done very well in terms of getting the growth for money

in the last few years and, you know, Bombardier didn't get some contacts

a couple of years ago. So, it seems at times,

our manufacturing base has been neglected and that

cannot be right. We want a Midlands engine,

we want it quicker than soon, if you But if we are going to have

that, we need to be investing in manufacturing and we

need to be investing in things make Amanda, there is the suggestion

that attitudes are That whereas in the past,

we were not giving contracts to local firms to secure jobs, because

of the competition and so on. It seems that we are becoming more

interventionist now? Certainly what I'm seeing

is that there is a lot of excitement around Derby,

around the East Midlands. We need to be making sure

that the big contracts are going to this country

and also from our point Making sure that apprenticeships

are adding value. We've got the great investment

in stem at the moment with partnership of the University

of Derby and Rolls-Royce, We've got UTC, there's

all these things that we are doing that are really trying to make

apprenticeships add value, make Midlands engine for

growth and the skills. And will Brexit drive that

forage, Jon Ashworth? And will Brexit drive that

forward, Jon Ashworth? Do you think that when

we move the European Union, we can be more nakedly

interventionist and protect our own industry from competition

from abroad? Well, we'll have to see

where we get to with the I mean, I think we should be

intervening in the economy. I am pleased that our

Conservative friends are now converted to quote

By the way, only talk manufacturing in East

Midlands, it's not just building trains, don't forget food

Melton Mowbray pork pies, our Stilton cheeses.

These can be selling to the world and I

want to see Government ministers going across the world, really

banging the drum as well for the food and drink

And briefly, Amanda Solloway, what about

the quality of employment ayes there is talk

of zero-hours contract and

particularly, I have to say, within the food industry.

I mean, just on that, one of the things that we do

really well is we do apprenticeships like you're saying, on a broader

We just had a construction placed open, academy, which is

So, what we are doing is, we're trying to

broaden it out to not just manufacturing, but looking at all of

the industries and I've goes forward.

So, in terms of this green paper, can I summarise your response

as being guardedly optimistic or very optimistic in your case?

I know that I am on the base like committee as you

know and I know that the chair was saying what a good thing it is.

But we needed sooner, is that what you're

Let's see what action we get from the Government, but if they are

going to implement what they say in this paper, good.

But we actually need the action, not just the

The Government's announced plans for new action zones to tackle

problems caused by heavy drinking in towns and city centres,

including ones in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

It's a subject that's close to the heart for both of our guests.

They've both spoken publicly about the pain of growing up

But are we doing enough to tackle the issue of problem drinking?

A place out of the cold for street drinkers in Leicester.

Alex comes here because they help control his drinking.

It's just good to have a place like this where you can go and

Especially with the GP, they make contact with the staff

here, so they are both talking to each other,

needs and what they can do to help you even more.

There you are. Ta.

Our aim is to support people as the starting point

They don't always choose to be on the streets.

Most of them aren't choosing to be on the streets, it's

just part and parcel of their lifestyle.

The Anchor Centre is also a refuge in the day for the hidden homeless.

Better here than sitting on a park bench.

I'm hoping to be back in work by April.

I have promised myself to do that, but I don't know

If I can, that's an even bigger step, but I'm going to try.

They want to move from here to a better building

Where there's help on alcohol, health, housing advice.

They have the capital funding, but not the planning permission.

Because some would rather not see drinkers on their doorstep.

Jon Ashworth, has your personal experience, is that Ken of the way

that as Shadow Health Secretary you view alcoholism in terms

Well, I spoke out a few weeks ago about my own

upbringing with an alcoholic father and, look, I enjoy a drink in a

social setting, but I think we sometimes forget in society how

And one of the reasons I spoke out is,

because obviously as the Health Secretary,

it would be easy for me to come on programmes and have a go

at the Tory Government for this, that and the other, but I thought,

if I can speak about my personal experiences

growing up with an alcoholic father, and try and make a difference on

these matters, I think I will have achieved something in politics.

Amanda Solloway, that these must have

It is a complex problem and one of the ways that we can get more

people talking about it is by people like us speaking honestly and

personally, because often, particularly in my situation, the

impact of the alcoholic on the family is hidden.

You know, we didn't tell people about it and it's

So, the more we enable people to do that, the better I think.

Are we doing enough as a society on this

Because an amazing statistic, alcohol is 54% more affordable in

There is a role for Government, isn't in

I mean, minimum pricing is going through the courts in

Scotland, but don't even think it's on the table in England, is it?

Well, I think the UK Government have said

they were the what happens with

this court case in Scotland, because the Scottish Government tried to

introduce it and have been taken to court I think by one

So, I think the UK Government will look at

that, but alcoholism costs the UK economy literally billions of

It's not just the NHS who have to treat people with alcohol

problems, if the fact that people can't get into work, so it's heading

Isn't this where the ambivalence comes in, because the UK

economy makes billions from alcohol duty?

Well, it does make billions from alcohol duty, but it costs the UK

If the effect on crime, is the effect on domestic violence.

If he had an effect on children and what

they have to cope with growing up with an alcoholic parent, which is

what I spoke about in very personal terms a few weeks ago.

So, I do think that the Government needs to

put in place a really proper strategy for dealing with alcohol

In our film, we saw a centre where people could go and a lot

of people who were in that situation could be

driven by the cold weather into the centres.

Isn't that a golden opportunity to connect with those

And isn't that what we should be doing more of?

We have a centre that I went to a few weeks ago called.

The problem is, that dealing with alcoholics, people

The reason is that they are are very complex.

One of the situations that we have in Derby is that what we are

trying to do is encourage people not to be

giving money to people on the

streets, but trying to divert that money to a centre, three different

Because a way to help these people is, as you say, to

get them to the centres, to try and give support,

but actually, and Jon will say this, some of these cases

You can return to the need help? You're not on your own. Our website

and people to help you. I thought I was on my own as a child, but I

didn't realise there are literally up to 2 million people in the same

circumstances. Amanda? I think I picked up a wall and I was unable to

talk about it. I was embarrassed by it. What I would say is that there

is help out there and do talk to someone. Talk to somebody who you

trust and there are people, teachers, adults who can help. Thank

That's the Sunday Politics in the East Midlands.

Thanks to Amanda Solloway and Jon Ashworth.

Welcome back and let's get back to Donald Trump's travel ban

on refugees and citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries.

Earlier, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, told ITV that a state

visit by President Trump to the UK should not go ahead

I think it would be totally wrong for him to be coming here while that

situation is going on. He has to be challenged on this. So until the ban

is lifted, you don't think he should come? I am not happy about him

coming here until the ban is lifted. Look at what is happening with those

countries. What will be the long term effect of this on the rest of

the world? Is this state visit going to become a matter of huge political

debate in this country? It would be anyway, but it is a temporary ban,

so Jeremy Corbyn is on safe territory. It will be over by April

and he is not due to come until summer. But there are three bands.

There is the 90 day ban on people coming from the southern countries.

There is the 120 day ban on refugees from anywhere in the world, and

there is the indefinite ban on Syrian refugees. So there may still

be some bans in place. But bear in mind the number of Syrian refugees

and refugees from around the world that President Obama took over his

eight years. There were years when it was not even up to 50 Syrian

refugees that were taken since the civil war has started. This is an

ongoing American policy. 12,500 Syrian refugees have come in the

last year. Before that, it was a hundred and sometimes under 50. But

they are reasonable numbers now, although not something America

couldn't absorb. Donald Trump is discovering that being a president

is different from being a business man. And Jeremy Corbyn has to learn

the art of leadership, having been a backbench MP, and has struggled to

do it, as we are about to discuss with article 50. With this, you have

to dramatise the politics of this, and this is what he has done with

that statement. Most controversial ever state visit now? I would

imagine so. Even regardless of any opposition from the opposition to

trump's physical presence in the streets, the presence of

demonstrators will be an international new story. If trump's

demands for the details of the visit are quite as extreme and as picky as

some of the Sunday papers have suggested, that could also be the

source of controversy. What do you have in mind? Isn't he anxious that

only certain members of the Royal Family turn up? He doesn't want a

one-on-one with Prince Charles. Who would, though! Some people may be

sympathetic on that. It is the one subject where he is in line with

British opinion. Playing golf in front of the Queen may be a higher

priority. We have to be realistic. Given the other people from around

the world that the Queen has played host to, like the Chinese president

and Saudi kings and the like, we have had a lot worse come to visit

than Donald Trump. Brexit - how serious our neighbour's problems on

this? Very serious, but they often are with Europe. Labour were splits

when we joined in the 70s, and still won general elections, in 1974 and

1975. There were all over the place in terms of the single currency.

Blair said one thing one day and the opposite the next day. Brown did the

same. Brown usually set the opposite of

what Blair said! They won landslide because they have the political

skills to put all of the pressure on the major government, even though

their position on the single currency was the same as major's. It

is about with Europe the art of leadership. You have to be a

political conjuror, you have to dissemble authoritative leak when

you lead a divided party over Europe, and Jeremy Corbyn to his

personal credit cannot dissemble, but he's not an individual person on

this. He's leading a split party in danger of falling apart, and you

need the skills of a political conjurer. Clearly self-evidently

he's not displaying it because we are talking about the chaotic split

which will manifest itself in that vote on Article 50. Labour and the

SNP and the Lib Dems too I would have thought will all put amendments

down to the short Article 50 piece of legislation. Do they have any

chance of succeeding? No substantial world is changing amendments. I

don't think Theresa May has much to worry about actually. I think if

anything the reason she's pushed the legal appeal is that it helps her to

have a big chunk of the media and a big chunk of public opinion worrying

that the popular will of last year is in danger of being overturned and

so even if it was a completely hopeless legal appeal, it generated

headlines for a week that as an incumbent Prime Minister trying to

execute believe vote suits you politically. I think it is a much

bigger problem for Labour, we've already seen some Shadow Cabinet

issues in the previous week. You have got to remember it's not just a

majority of Labour MPs that want to stay in the European Union, but a

majority of Labour constituencies, and a majority of labour macro

voters wanted to stay as well so we have three lines of division. One

amendment that might get through if it was called, and it is in the

hands of the Deputy speaker who will be chairing these debates, and that

will be an amendment that said regardless of how the Europeans

treat our citizens in Europe, all EU citizens here will be afforded full

rights to remain. That might get through. It may indeed and lots of

backbench MPs would backpack. We all know there will not be mass

deportations, it is not legal, it won't happen, it is simply a

negotiating tactic. I agree with those who say you shouldn't be using

people as a negotiating tactic, but the reality as it is the EU leaders

that are doing that because it's already been offered. The remain as

should be attacking the EU governments for not offering that in

return. Article 50 is the easy bit for her. I agree with other members

of the panel that she will get it through and the court case almost

helps her by getting an easy journey through Parliament, then it gets

really difficult. All of this has been a preamble and once she begins

that nightmarish negotiation, there will be opportunities for a smart

opposition to make quite a lot of the turmoil to come. Whether Labour

are capable of that, let's wait and see. The divisions in Labour are

nightmarish for them but by no means unprecedented. Arguably it was much

more complicated in the early 1970s when you had Titans on either side,

big ex-cabinet ministers... Tony Benn... Michael Foot, they were all

at it. The fundamental issue of in or out, and they won two elections,

so you have got to be really clever. But also how money more Labour MPs

will resign. We shall find out this week.

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