02/03/2014 Sunday Politics South West

he's listening. Fears that Ukraine could

he's listening. Hunt has started spelling out

In the South West: Labour's

In the South West: The rail experts who say the chance of a second line

is very slim. And the plan to end

changes. And tightening household finances.

changes. And tightening household government in Kiev has put the

Ukrainian military on full combat government in Kiev has put the

Russian troops seem already to be in control

Russian troops seem already to be in where Russia has

Russian troops seem already to be in taking no notice. This is

Russian troops seem already to be in way to Kiev

Russian troops seem already to be in correspondent David Stern, he's in

Kiev. correspondent David Stern, he's in

taking up various positions, also at correspondent David Stern, he's in

should also be control because there are other

groups, control because there are other

least at the moment tacitly resisting.

least at the moment tacitly showing Russian troops digging in on

the border an even larger incursion into Crimea

or elsewhere, for that matter. They also

or elsewhere, for that matter. They go next? They have Crimea to all

or elsewhere, for that matter. They already been

or elsewhere, for that matter. They some unrest in the eastern part of

demonstrations and clashes. More ominously, there have been noises

from the Kremlin they ominously, there have been noises

illegitimate and fascist. It contain risks. They will have to

deal with contain risks. They will have to

Intelligence Committee in the House of Commons. What should

Intelligence Committee in the House going to

Intelligence Committee in the House They need to CEOP sit numbers and

also the Budapest Memorandum of almost 20

years ago the Budapest Memorandum of almost 20

events proved this, the Budapest Memorandum of almost 20

military action without a parliamentary

military action without a required from the executive or,

military action without a suspect, there will be very little

military action without a which it is clear we haven't the

military action without a decisions to the whims of

parliamentary approval. That may or decisions to the whims of

It requires an engagement from the EU

and will be smarting from the failure within a matter of hours

and will be smarting from the the east, takes over

and will be smarting from the place, our Government, you say,

and will be smarting from the some military action in Ukraine the

sense some military action in Ukraine the

be move to have sanctions against some military action in Ukraine the

looking at our internal affairs and reform,

looking at our internal affairs and Germany at the centre of

looking at our internal affairs and whole appetite for

looking at our internal affairs and longer term implications. Mark

Field, thank you. longer term implications. Mark

Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban. longer term implications. Mark

there any prospect of longer term implications. Mark

moment, it is nil. The longer term implications. Mark

our future limits be? longer term implications. Mark

think a couple of steps down longer term implications. Mark

energy supplies to longer term implications. Mark

about. It is quite clear we longer term implications. Mark

Ukraine is longer term implications. Mark

exchange crisis. Within literally a longer term implications. Mark

money. All of these longer term implications. Mark

Mr Putin do next? He has lots longer term implications. Mark

deployment suggests the one bite at longer term implications. Mark

Ukrainian Government. Of course so longer term implications. Mark

far, there hasn't longer term implications. Mark

response. The longer term implications. Mark

about recent months, longer term implications. Mark

other side of the equation. longer term implications. Mark

have the other side, if longer term implications. Mark

whether Ukraine longer term implications. Mark

continue posing very serious longer term implications. Mark

Ukraine is longer term implications. Mark

would perversely be a net loss for Russia.

would perversely be a net loss for they will look at Putin's behaviour

would perversely be a net loss for in the big eastern cities in Ukraine

yesterday. in the big eastern cities in Ukraine

response from Ukrainian armed in the big eastern cities in Ukraine

them deploying from barracks. There are

not going to let them split away. I would

not going to let them split away. I Paddy Ashdown was saying sent Angela

Merkel because Paddy Ashdown was saying sent Angela

find that response worrying. We need for the West so we go to economic

find that response worrying. We need sanctions. Doesn't Vladimir Putin

find that response worrying. We need have turned off the gas tap. Yes,

find that response worrying. We need are being held,

find that response worrying. We need is changing schools, like this one.

The changes is changing schools, like this one.

toughening exams and making them the core of the

toughening exams and making them the in place. But

toughening exams and making them the change it all

been taken about fine tuning previous direct

been taken about fine tuning teachers into classrooms. Full

policy teachers into classrooms. Full

the sting at the back, teachers into classrooms. Full

feeling that there is current Government on types of

schools current Government on types of

and honest about the shared agenda between

and honest about the shared agenda really interested in. The art of

Government, really interested in. The art of

competing pictures of policy, draws its own visions of a shared

agenda, it draws its own visions of a shared

idea with teaching draws its own visions of a shared

tone of change that the draws its own visions of a shared

had sketched draws its own visions of a shared

really what ways on teachers every single day. Actually they would look

at restoring going to move back from the free

schools and going to move back from the free

all still to play for. can understand clearly. I don't

think that Tristram can understand clearly. I don't

before the election. I think we will can understand clearly. I don't

those for the sake of it. can understand clearly. I don't

having a focus can understand clearly. I don't

that the forgotten 15% is properly can understand clearly. I don't

schools, all the rest of can understand clearly. I don't

it is the quality of leadership of can understand clearly. I don't

like you might not repeal anything. can understand clearly. I don't

go in a different direction, with country. You have said there will be

no more free schools, which means free schools by a different

name. means free schools by a different

Thursday and plans for a big new school,

We want schools to work together in a network of

We want schools to work together in challenge, rather than this

We want schools to work together in You say that, but your

We want schools to work together in and that was always the

We want schools to work together in have an insertion

We want schools to work together in Children only have one chance at

education. What about Children only have one chance at

school? Our focus is on the leadership of the

school? Our focus is on the it should be easier for parents

school? Our focus is on the they are dissatisfied with existing

schools, they schools and you are reneging on

that. schools and you are reneging on

new schools schools and you are reneging on

Making sure we turned them around, just

Making sure we turned them around, Bradford, and as we saw in the

Making sure we turned them around, schools in Suffolk,

Making sure we turned them around, the moment get the best

Making sure we turned them around, education. Except that in your own

backyard, education. Except that in your own

good or outstanding school. 148 out of 150 of the worst

good or outstanding school. 148 out should not have

good or outstanding school. 148 out We face challenges,

good or outstanding school. 148 out Wolverhampton does and

good or outstanding school. 148 out large parts of

good or outstanding school. 148 out share excellence

schools and making sure we have quality

schools and making sure we have of structure but of leadership. It

is of structure but of leadership. It

responsibilities. I understand that but you

Where we have seen the sett ing up of Derby, Suffolk, we

Where we have seen the sett ing up leadership. I was in Birmingham

Where we have seen the sett ing up are queueing round the block to get

into are queueing round the block to get

passionate and are queueing round the block to get

this Government would set up are queueing round the block to get

school around and now people walking two jobs in the potteries,

the steel industry, walking two jobs in the potteries,

Rover, JCB, walking two jobs in the potteries,

teacher? He He never taught walking two jobs in the potteries,

sector are qualified. They walking two jobs in the potteries,

Teachers who unqualified teachers. Your parents

paid unqualified teachers. Your parents

teachers. Why did you make unqualified teachers. Your parents

education systems which unqualified teachers. Your parents

having the most unqualified teachers. Your parents

that anyone can simply turn unqualified teachers. Your parents

teaching in the classroom. We want unqualified teachers. Your parents

deepest subject knowledge, for the passion in learning

deepest subject knowledge, for the the 147th to the 18 18th best

private unqualified teachers. People were

running that unqualified teachers. People were

to run a school. We have an issue about discipline

to run a school. We have an issue not good enough to have your initial

teacher trainingaged work through your career

deal with digital technology. Refresh

deal with digital technology. Not in charge of a subject

deal with digital technology. blame you. It is uplifting. Would

deal with digital technology. you sack all unqualified teachers?

deal with digital technology. status. What if they say no? If

deal with digital technology. are not interested in

skills and deepening their knowledge they should not

skills and deepening their knowledge If a free school or academy hired a

teach If a free school or academy hired a

then forced by you they will be in breach of the law.

They they will be in breach of the law.

pathway to making sure they are qualified.

pathway to making sure they are don't want to do this, will

pathway to making sure they are them? It is not an

pathway to making sure they are teacher of Brighton college finds

incredibly inspeechational teachers teacher of Brighton college finds

teaching qualifications. It is teaches 20 or 30 quids with

challenging circumstances, teaches 20 or 30 quids with

ability. Being teaches 20 or 30 quids with

college is an easy gig teaches 20 or 30 quids with

think Ed is teaches 20 or 30 quids with

I love the teaches 20 or 30 quids with

everybody from teaches 20 or 30 quids with

We are a big, broad happy family on our way to Government. Thank you

We are a big, broad happy family on We say goodbye to

We are a big, broad happy family on Scotland who leave us for Sunday

Hello, I'm Lucie Fisher, coming up politics

Hello, I'm Lucie Fisher, coming up on

National Park's villages. And for

Councillors across the region have been busy setting their budgets this

week put up council tax for the first

time in recent years. In Cornwall they voted for a rise of almost 2%,

whilst approving cuts of and confirming plans to close two

respite centres for disabled children. It is

have extreme budget pressures. We have extreme budget pressures. We

to look at doing things differently. No one

centres. Stephen, this is terrible timing,

cutting services for disabled children while at the same time

putting up council tax. These services are going to be

choices facing councillors in real communities. ``

of ?40 million in services. That ?40 million is almost exactly the amount

share. We are not at the moment, that is

Labour is responsible for these cuts. Do you think the public is now

ready wary of us all, and I think we have

to demonstrate that we have increase, they understand that that

is necessary. But they want to spending their money wisely. That

means facilities for disabled moment, are taking the biggest hit

of all. It is so unfair. vulnerability of the Dawlish line

this week. The Network Rail boss experts say the prospects of a

second line remain as slim as ever. We'll hear from one of them after

The storm in early February left this rail line at Dawlish hanging by

a thread. The same could be by council leaders. We are talking

about, in Plymouth, four into the region. It is important

that could be a challenge. We are going

to have a lot of competition, a big hurdle to overcome, to convince the

government that we spending in the South West is ?212

per head of ?337 is spent in the North West and

the figure for London is ?774. The historically low transport

investment in the region is linked to the relatively low number of rail

which is to benefit from electrification of the

routes is handed out using some strict criteria designed to protect

taxpayers' money from rash decisions, but there might be some

wriggle room. Transport economists, transport politicians,

determining factor in transport decision`making is an economic

analysis, working complicated, it could be done to a

powerful lobbying group where the Prime Minister goes on

holiday. In that respect, we are laughing. Should the PM want to fly

to the region he won't be landing future would mean you would have to

extend and wide the runway, would be ?40 million before you even

have to go and buy houses and businesses that would be affected by

that. up against. Easing overcrowding on

commuter trains in the South East will always be a vote winner.

Dawlish have the government's attention

That's when politicians and council leaders will have to

man responsible for setting up the model which was used when deciding

It might be possible if that route really

to build it than to maintain the existing route through Dawlish

that route to ensure that it remains broadly open for the rest

going to be cheaper? They are talking hundreds of millions of

railways are very expensive, new land would have to be bought.

is highly unlikely there would be any money for an alternative? Safety

is always paramount. The railway felt would be unsafe. Stephen, this

is the man who provided the funding that we now work on.

say we're going to vote against HS2 unless you bring money, he is saying

this could potentially have no effect at all? There are costs of

this annual repair at Dawlish, costs to businesses because people are not

able to come into the region. Whilst the storm in terms of weather may

political storm has passed. It is political storm has passed. It is

cut off from real connectivity with London. All three parties in the

region will be strongly pressing the government

that the Secretary of State has already acted to order a feasibility

study. We need to see the but we also have to bear in mind

there is cost at the moment of relying on a piece of rail link that

is showing itself to be unreliable. We heard Ben Bradshaw, coming

together perhaps not to vote for HS2.

opposite of what you want, the message is for people to stay away?

does have to go out loud and clear, but Cornwall

absolutely vital for local businesses. It is completely

England is a routinely cut off. Kate, you are a bit

sympathetic towards Devon and Cornwall the

situation, isn't it? If you don't have the services, customers cannot

use them. a point here, that perhaps your

funding formula works on paper but doesn't

world? I think it probably does work. We know that when we put on

extra of the trips on HS2 are going to be

trips that transfer from the or 20 years' time. There are people

down here who commute to work, who job. Do they not count? In

Inverness, job. Do they not count? In

needs to be built, it will need to get across it.

those additional costs are and how big that cost saving would be by

building a better railway, which was never subject to such...

Cameron likes to come down here on holiday? I hope it does help, it is

depressing that we have to rely on that. Four two 5 million a day in

beautiful the landscape, the more difficult it often becomes.

is now considering allowing new open`market houses to

reports. Dartmoor, one of the region's most

desirable harder to get off the ground because

of government funding cuts. This is a 100% affordable housing scheme, we

are incidences where you have to have an

element of market cost subsidy understand why it is going to be

challenging for housing associations. At the moment, only

100% affordable housing schemes like park's villagers. It has been in

place since 2008. In that target of 250. The park's authority

is looking at allowing open market housing to be built. The developers

and housing associations would have to be very rigorous in the way in

which they showed that there is no other way in which it could

an open market cross subsidy element. It is not something that we

want to entertain, we are document. It is something that we

are keeping an open mind on, shall we say. The consultation on this

draft policy ended this week. The authority will vote on it in spring.

that they must protect land, I understand that. But

the main settlements to allow more affordable housing, but I really

cannot see that happening. The park authority says

very difficult thing. National parks and conservation areas, there is a

settings, they go through the normal planning procedures. One of the

problems we have had in the past residential use. Stephen, why are

these clauses provided? You have to put that question to the National

that Dartmoor is a working community, we have families

facing the same kind of housing pressures that I see in my

constituency. To say that we're going

up in. We do have to look at these rules closely. Nobody, least of all

me, who comes from competing over our countryside. What

do you make of this, Kate? Have we reached a point with

crisis where we need to develop market `` open market housing in

sensitive areas? We who, on the whole, or very low

wages. That is what people ending up, if the bubble goes

up, house prices What is an affordable home at the

end of day? Would you agree with that? To some extent.

We have got a problem with population increase. Down in the

Southampton, South Dartmoor, you are talking under

villagers, ex`council houses, even the restriction, they have to be

lived in by people having worked or affordable homes than when we

arrived. The Labour government sold off 400,000 affordable

and I have argued very plainly, we need more homes, a broader spectrum.

Who properly rented accommodation? Which

government was that? policies out of it? We have got this

lack of housing stock, to three years. The process is

cumbersome and bureaucratic and takes too long. We also

accept the need income in these four more homes. `` in communities for

more homes. We do need Dorset, there are areas with

planning within a timescale, then you have to

forfeit forfeit that. We have so many

plots... I have to on flood defences. And a new idea

for solving the Somerset problem. You could actually penned the

Broads. Ministers said they want to limit

toll increases on the Tamar Bridge, the Torpoint ferry and the Dartmouth

to angered by plans for more

Conservation Zones at sea. The fish don't

And a Mid Devon Councillor was described as a brazen and convincing

liar after he was convicted of benefit fraud,

the council? I think it's amazing that people convicted or charged

with things remain on a council. At the very least, they should absent

but not be suspended as to resign is extraordinary.

But quite clearly what you are saying is my view as well. He

This week grant Shap said he wanted both for being here. Andrew,

This week grant Shap said he wanted to rebrand the Tories

This week grant Shap said he wanted Conservative Party MP said

This week grant Shap said he wanted boring old logo. We asked him

This week grant Shap said he wanted financial crash was caused by too

little regulation not too much. We elephant in the room, the lack of

women on the elephant in the room, the lack of

blue. Our would elephant in the room, the lack of

coalition cage but elephant in the room, the lack of

that soon. Why does it elephant in the room, the lack of

want it to fly to the left. I hope elephant in the room, the lack of

the Robert Hall pin one. being serious. The others were fun.

It is income. Rebranding is not enough.

The one income. Rebranding is not enough.

thing we know as the income. Rebranding is not enough.

beginning to think it isn't. If you income. Rebranding is not enough.

look at all public opinion research, there are

look at all public opinion research, They won't vote Tory or contemplate

the They won't vote Tory or contemplate

means new name, new logo. It will mean new people

means new name, new logo. It will strivers in the people

means new name, new logo. It will party so

means new name, new logo. It will through, the struggles we've had.

How many of the six drawing through, the struggles we've had.

manifesto have had ever a mortgage. through, the struggles we've had.

schoolboy! It is through, the struggles we've had.

was funny you mentioned an elephant. through, the struggles we've had.

Don't think of an elephant of touch. I think it is interesting,

they have of touch. I think it is interesting,

are won or lost by this particular of touch. I think it is interesting,

those sort of voters. There of touch. I think it is interesting,

their manifesto. David Cameron sir of touch. I think it is interesting,

great. He decides and has his own. of touch. I think it is interesting,

ways the Conservatives of touch. I think it is interesting,

broaden their appeal of touch. I think it is interesting,

line on immigration. We learned net immigration is

line on immigration. We learned net rkable whether it is --

unrecognisable. Whether rkable whether it is --

Others will say, this is getting... It

Others will say, this is getting... shares a flat with

Others will say, this is getting... nobody knows

Others will say, this is getting... How bad, by the Tories own

Others will say, this is getting... the fear of

Others will say, this is getting... administrative record in

Others will say, this is getting... you. This is where

be potent. He said it is not about numbers.

be potent. He said it is not about communities change. And in the

be potent. He said it is not about isn't a dog whistle, a it is a meaty

bone for isn't a dog whistle, a it is a meaty

is we know why isn't a dog whistle, a it is a meaty

EU figures are going up. From Italy isn't a dog whistle, a it is a meaty

and Spain as their economies tanked, people came here. If he hadn't made

such a people came here. If he hadn't made

all over Europe are voting with their feet to

all over Europe are voting with best in the abstract for the

economy, people best in the abstract for the

life. I best in the abstract for the

sixties and seventies. Now we are than any of the other major

economies than any of the other major

Today she is saying maybe people from

come in until their economies grow. That's future accession

come in until their economies grow. That's Turkey in ten years'

come in until their economies grow. coalition. She's

come in until their economies grow. was a policy he was happy for the

come in until their economies grow. the EU citizens. Have you

come in until their economies grow. down on ace strayian, Chinese or

American graduates. They down on ace strayian, Chinese or

gone for the down on ace strayian, Chinese or

numbers just Farran said in the European election

either Farran said in the European election

UKIP. He turned that to Farran said in the European election

come up with a way to spin Farran said in the European election

He's not joined but Back comes David Owen. Not historic?

money. He's not going Back comes David Owen. Not historic?

that? The fact it has Back comes David Owen. Not historic?

Grant Shapps is not Back comes David Owen. Not historic?

described as an historic moment Back comes David Owen. Not historic?

incremental of what Back comes David Owen. Not historic?

a long time ago. They Back comes David Owen. Not historic?

gone. It is a reform from 20 years ago. Welcome

gone. It is a reform from 20 years Miliband's stored up trouble.

gone. It is a reform from 20 years McCluskey wants a million new homes

and McCluskey wants a million new homes

reduction strategy. In McCluskey wants a million new homes

time if there is a Labour Government it becomes very difficult. We should

keep it becomes very difficult. We should

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