:01:20. > :01:23.disgraced MPs, since then, nothing, the West Country. Farmers lobby the
:01:23. > :01:33.politicians at the Bath and West Show, but do they have too much
:01:33. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :42:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 2448 seconds
:42:22. > :42:28.just for us here in the West. Coming up call on how farmers are looking
:42:28. > :42:32.to the coalition government to make their lives better. With an imminent
:42:32. > :42:38.col of badgers and promises to start dredging rivers, are farmers getting
:42:38. > :42:47.too much of their own way? We are joined by the conservative for
:42:47. > :42:57.Swindon and the live then. Duncan, you are a close colleague of Nick
:42:57. > :43:05.Clegg, what is life like at the top? It is pretty hectic. There is
:43:05. > :43:12.always alive issue. He gets involved in things right at the top of and.
:43:12. > :43:20.There is always something to be sorted out. How does he deal with
:43:20. > :43:30.the pressure? He makes sure he has a team of ministers he can rely on to
:43:30. > :43:37.take care of business in the departments. One of the main themes
:43:37. > :43:47.in this programme is about leadership, does David Cameron and
:43:47. > :43:49.
:43:49. > :43:55.have two chicken with Nick Clegg all of the time? -- to check in. David
:43:55. > :44:04.Cameron was the first conservative to win an election since 1982. It is
:44:04. > :44:10.all to play for, he has the attention to be a great leader. --
:44:10. > :44:16.potential. Was it right for him to be photographed in the sunshine in
:44:16. > :44:26.Spain with everything going on? is a family man. He should not look
:44:26. > :44:28.
:44:28. > :44:35.shattered. He has two have some normal life. Now rule up he bailed
:44:35. > :44:45.for a story about normal country folk. Farmers have been gathering at
:44:45. > :44:48.
:44:48. > :44:56.the Bass and West show. What is the relationship between farmers and
:44:56. > :45:04.government? Have a look at this. A rally to tell farmers they have got
:45:04. > :45:13.it wrong and the countryside. A ban on hunting with hounds still stands.
:45:13. > :45:16.Money that farmers get for reducing milk still continues. Bovine to back
:45:16. > :45:24.scissors another thing for farmers to complain about when they get
:45:24. > :45:30.together. This is one of the premier agricultural shows. It demonstrates
:45:30. > :45:40.our strong attachment to farming. 70% of written's land is used for
:45:40. > :45:43.
:45:43. > :45:51.agriculture. -- Britain's land is used for agriculture. A deputy
:45:51. > :45:59.minister met lease and discussed the badger cull, that has boasted
:45:59. > :46:04.interest in the coalition among the NFU. We argued with the previous
:46:04. > :46:07.government about the importance of culling badgers and they refused to
:46:07. > :46:17.do that. At least now we have the determination from the coalition
:46:17. > :46:18.
:46:19. > :46:27.government to do that. Neither is a bit more understanding. Farmers are
:46:27. > :46:33.typically unsure of politicians, could that have changed? It are some
:46:33. > :46:39.promising signs coming from government. Compared to the previous
:46:39. > :46:47.government they are an enormous help. We have got younger MPs and
:46:47. > :46:52.countrymen who are prepared to listen and talk. It is better
:46:52. > :47:01.because they actually listen, they just do not do anything, the last
:47:01. > :47:04.government did not listen at all! Farmers say there would be less
:47:04. > :47:13.flooding if local rivers were dredged. Last week we got the
:47:13. > :47:18.greatest tent that money would be found. I was keen to impress on him
:47:18. > :47:26.that we need to do something about maintaining the waterways. Make sure
:47:26. > :47:36.that they are Rob Lee maintained and dredged so that the real increase in
:47:36. > :47:36.
:47:36. > :47:40.capacity and get what week worker. -- properly maintained. Government
:47:40. > :47:50.policy in the countryside will be severely tested in the weeks and
:47:50. > :47:50.
:47:50. > :47:57.months ahead. Positive results might take longer to be heard. Let us pick
:47:57. > :48:06.up on a couple of those points. Conservative MPs are sometimes seen
:48:06. > :48:11.as being in the pockets of farmers. Is that fair? I represent probably
:48:11. > :48:17.one of the most urban parts of the south-west. We saw last year when it
:48:17. > :48:21.was about the price of milk and many farmers possibly going out of this
:48:22. > :48:31.mess, consumers actually supported pricing creases. There is goodwill
:48:32. > :48:34.
:48:34. > :48:44.out there. Given that farming contributes less than 1% of the
:48:44. > :48:47.
:48:47. > :48:57.GDP, isn't it true that politicians listen more than that might suggest?
:48:57. > :49:05.The takeover 70% of the land so that is appropriate. What about the cull
:49:05. > :49:14.on badgers? This is an issue that is so important and we have to look at
:49:14. > :49:23.all the issues available. Do you follow the Conservatives doing what
:49:23. > :49:28.they want? I find that constituents who are not farmers want a healthy
:49:28. > :49:34.agricultural sect as part of the stronger economy. The proudest thing
:49:34. > :49:39.that government has done for farmers is an act of Parliament which will
:49:39. > :49:47.mean we have someone making sure small farmers are not taken
:49:47. > :49:54.advantage of by the very powerful supermarkets. You wanted but called
:49:54. > :50:00.to stop bullying of farmers, has that happened? There is an
:50:00. > :50:04.adjudicator who will be able to fine supermarkets if they are having an
:50:04. > :50:11.adverse effect on farmers. You will have to look hoarsely to see how it
:50:11. > :50:21.works over the next couple of years. Who else get that kind of
:50:21. > :50:26.protection? There was clearly a balance of power in food retail
:50:26. > :50:34.versus agriculture, it had clearly to very strongly in one direction
:50:34. > :50:38.and we needed something done about it. They might seek to a farmer we
:50:38. > :50:42.want you to completely grow apples and then halfway through the season
:50:42. > :50:50.see apples are not selling any more that is tough luck to you. In the
:50:51. > :50:58.day they could have gone through the courts. You listen to the NFU but
:50:58. > :51:02.not other unions quite so much. is all other trades people who sell
:51:03. > :51:12.their goods to supermarkets. It is important we have that balanced
:51:12. > :51:17.economy. People in this country want to see the brutal economy a strong.
:51:17. > :51:21.We will park our tractors and move on to account issue. The honeymoon
:51:21. > :51:29.period seems to be over for the Bristol mere over residents parking
:51:29. > :51:37.zones. The mere insists he is showing strong readership to tackle
:51:37. > :51:42.the clock on street but others say he is acting like a dictator.
:51:43. > :51:48.Gridlock on Driscoll was Mike Rhodes is an all too familiar sight. It is
:51:49. > :51:53.one of the longest in the country and there is illusion. There are
:51:53. > :52:00.plans to roll out restricted parking zones across the inner-city weather
:52:00. > :52:06.able want them or not. Businesses and residents will have two p for a
:52:06. > :52:13.permit while others have 2p and display. Small traders and
:52:13. > :52:19.shopkeeper is no fear for their livelihoods. I think it will affect
:52:19. > :52:25.all businesses. If the cost of permits remains the same it is a 5%
:52:25. > :52:35.increase on your rates. Now the there's another Jackson Merrett on
:52:35. > :52:40.
:52:40. > :52:47.parking. It is a taxation. It will be �48 to part one car, another 96
:52:47. > :52:56.for the second. Traders are allowed up to five permits for their
:52:56. > :53:03.customers at 500 pounds each. Some are now taking legal advice on
:53:03. > :53:08.withholding the business rates. we start with folding money, it does
:53:08. > :53:14.not mean not being money but it can go to a holding account administered
:53:14. > :53:22.by a solicitor with all our reference numbers on. If traders
:53:22. > :53:26.started doing that and got together it would be very interesting.
:53:26. > :53:34.streets away via a pilot system has been brought in traders with
:53:34. > :53:40.experience of parking outside the shops have a different view. It is
:53:40. > :53:47.far more easy to park around here than when commuters used to park for
:53:47. > :53:56.the duty should of the working day. On the streets the opinion is
:53:56. > :54:01.divided. I think it is an excellent idea. I lived in Newcastle and when
:54:01. > :54:05.residents parking Key meant it encouraged people to use buses.
:54:05. > :54:14.Residents could park outside their houses and it made for a more
:54:14. > :54:19.relaxed atmosphere. Bristol is poaching with cars. I have groups of
:54:19. > :54:23.students, up to eight at a time, they will not want to pay for
:54:23. > :54:32.parking and I think I will lose income. I think the way it is being
:54:32. > :54:40.gone around is it tweaked ordeal. have not been consulted which is why
:54:40. > :54:46.people feel frustrated. It is those claims of steamrollering through
:54:46. > :54:56.lands and being Dick tutorial really sting for Amir who wants to be seen
:54:56. > :54:57.
:54:57. > :55:07.to be listening. People regard our roads as unsafe and and fit for our
:55:07. > :55:08.
:55:08. > :55:11.health. That has got to be appeared to those who find that shop seeing
:55:11. > :55:18.customers cannot get to them because of the Lord's being clogged with
:55:18. > :55:26.commuter traffic. We need leadership. This city has suffered
:55:26. > :55:33.from not having that clear direction in the past. Asking thousands of
:55:33. > :55:36.April 2p for parking outside their homes is a contentious issue. It
:55:36. > :55:44.could not have happened under the previous government by counsel.
:55:44. > :55:54.Others have accused the mere of abusing the huge hours -- huge
:55:54. > :55:56.
:55:56. > :55:59.powers in his hands. I am joined by an adviser to David Cameron. The
:55:59. > :56:07.mere is determined district go through, is that good leadership or
:56:07. > :56:12.arrogance? The there's nothing wrong with being decisive as a leader. In
:56:12. > :56:18.good times poor leadership can be hidden but in bad times like we are
:56:18. > :56:24.in now it is a recipe for disaster. One of the key attributes to being
:56:24. > :56:31.an effective leader is the ability to listen. It seems in this instance
:56:31. > :56:35.the man might not have listened to the people. Some say he does not
:56:35. > :56:44.feel the pain of the people who will have two coming to town and the four
:56:44. > :56:49.parking, put an extra hour on the day. Maybe he is listening to the
:56:49. > :56:57.wrong people. I live right in the heart of pistol and a lot of people
:56:57. > :57:01.are going to be affected by this. I suspect he will make a lot of people
:57:01. > :57:07.in particular employers, unhappy by doing it. It is not the right way to
:57:07. > :57:13.go about it. Maybe he is rushing this through. Maybe a key strategy
:57:13. > :57:18.as a leader to be effective is to learn from mistakes. It is not a bad
:57:18. > :57:21.trait to take stock and say perhaps we are rushing this through and
:57:21. > :57:31.could go through more of a collaborative process to see if
:57:31. > :57:32.
:57:32. > :57:42.there might be an alternative. see if you can give him some advice.
:57:42. > :57:43.
:57:43. > :57:48.I would be -- they take stock of what people are telling you. He was
:57:48. > :57:55.not elected on a manifesto, if it was in his manifesto she might have
:57:55. > :58:01.a right to do this at it was not. I would slow down, take more advice
:58:01. > :58:10.from a wider section of the community. In this age with social
:58:10. > :58:16.media getting feedback is pretty easy. He is not short of feedback.
:58:16. > :58:23.He never had a manifesto but he had the CDs of visions. Let's bring in
:58:23. > :58:33.our other guests, any sympathy for the mere? He was elected as an
:58:33. > :58:35.
:58:35. > :58:40.independent. I am not judging. Ultimately he will be judged in the
:58:40. > :58:47.next election. In this case he is getting on and doing something,
:58:47. > :58:57.maybe that is why he was elected. am not sure if this is how John
:58:57. > :59:06.Rogers went about residents parking. He was allowed them. That's right.
:59:06. > :59:16.This is a risk of having figures responsible for all city easier. --
:59:16. > :59:18.
:59:18. > :59:22.he was a Liberal Democrat. You are working with a leader and if they
:59:22. > :59:26.see this will happen because I am a strong character and the drive
:59:26. > :59:32.something through the are criticised full top if they listen to people
:59:32. > :59:37.they are accused of being wishy-washy. That's true. You want
:59:37. > :59:40.to make the right decision which means if you want to do one thing in
:59:40. > :59:49.one media you have two do it differently in another to reflect
:59:49. > :59:58.the circumstances there, that is different. You help David Cameron
:59:58. > :00:03.with his happiness index, remind us what was discovered. At the time
:00:03. > :00:08.they read in the top quartile but recently the happiness in the UK
:00:08. > :00:14.generally has improved somewhat. We still have a little way to go to
:00:14. > :00:22.reach Australia which has imported the happiest nation on the planet
:00:22. > :00:31.for three years running. The happiness index based on a number of
:00:31. > :00:39.measures was six out of ten and has now gone up to 7.4. Does having a
:00:39. > :00:45.parking space make you happy? read somewhere that in London you
:00:45. > :00:49.can spend two hours looking for a parking space. I think one of the
:00:49. > :00:54.challenges for the mere is to come up with some workable alternatives.
:00:54. > :01:03.I think people would appreciate that. He doesn't have two rush into
:01:03. > :01:10.this. Congestion charges is an emotive subject. I think if we just
:01:10. > :01:18.slowed it down a bit. If he gets it wrong he will be dammed, take longer
:01:18. > :01:23.and get it right. Some would say it has going on for 30 years. Let's
:01:23. > :01:31.take a spin through the other political stories making the
:01:31. > :01:37.headlines in 60 seconds. A new anti-terrorism lease squad is being
:01:37. > :01:41.formed across the south-west. Five forces have signed a deal to tackle
:01:41. > :01:46.terrorism and also domestic extremism. The police and crying
:01:46. > :01:55.commissioners also decided to allow closer working and sheared frontline
:01:55. > :02:04.resources. Here is the Bristol mere doing his impression of Lord sugar
:02:04. > :02:14.looking for apprentices. I will see you here in nine months time in my
:02:14. > :02:20.
:02:20. > :02:27.boardroom, of Newport. -- off you go. He is going to employee 19 two
:02:27. > :02:34.21-year-olds. Some see the changes to the police forces could the
:02:34. > :02:40.privatisation through the back four. That was the week. How it flies
:02:40. > :02:50.past. Let's pick up on one story, the stability of these forces being
:02:50. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :02:59.sponsored for what they do. What is your gut reaction to that? I am not
:02:59. > :03:05.sure. My police Commissioner said zero 28, let us have someone else
:03:05. > :03:14.the the guinea pig. They will have two see someone else try and see if
:03:14. > :03:19.it makes a difference. You keep an eye on the numbers but is it so
:03:19. > :03:28.tight that is forces have to go out and get a DIY store or something to
:03:28. > :03:33.sponsor them? I fear that if we go down a route where some
:03:33. > :03:38.organisations have sponsored the police that it rings some distance
:03:38. > :03:41.between the lease and everyone else. They are there to serve all of us
:03:41. > :03:48.and I do not think they would want to give the impression that they
:03:48. > :03:55.have some kind of privileged access to a different group. I am sure
:03:55. > :04:04.there with the safeguards but Chief constables are facing cuts under
:04:04. > :04:07.your government of 20%. They are bringing down crying. I am sure they
:04:07. > :04:17.can make changes to the way they operate and that will be for the
:04:17. > :04:24.better. In Bristol they seem to resort very well without making
:04:25. > :04:32.alterations to the police service that are negative. What about big
:04:32. > :04:42.organisations being taxed and paying for the police service in that way?
:04:42. > :04:46.I am keen to see that. But take the Bristol fit all teams, the Jews took
:04:46. > :04:52.the four leasing and if they do not pay for that then the police choose
:04:52. > :05:00.not to do the policing and the game cannot go ahead. Let's see other