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I'm Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the programme.

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Our top story today - some of the ugliest exchanges

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ever seen in an American presidential debate -

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as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton trade accusations.

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I apologised to my family, I apologised to the American people.

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He has said that the video doesn't represent who he is.

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But I think it is clear to anyone who heard it that it

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I was so surprised to see him sign on with the devil.

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But when you talk about apology, I think the one that you should

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really be apologising for, the thing that you should be

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apologising for, are the 33,000 e-mails.

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Is just awfully good that someone with the temperament

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of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in this country.

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More reaction to come throughout the programme.

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Also this morning - three former heads of

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the British Army slam a long-running investigation into allegations

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We began to see, in my time, that it was growing as a many headed Hydra.

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We need to wind these investigations as soon as possible. It is not good

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for individuals, not fair on individuals and it is harmful to

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operational forces. Obviously, I wish to see soldiers that are

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innocent of any such behaviour, the burden lifted from them.

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More on that exclusive story to come.

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Conservative MP and former army captain Johnny Mercer has made

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a film for this programme on the issue - we'll bring it

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dog-piling and virtual mobbing, you could be prosecuted.

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They're all forms of abuse on social media - we'll bring you the details.

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We will bring you the breaking news and developing stories. Later, we

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will bring you a interview with Ed Miliband, calling for a Commons vote

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on Brexit. Do get in touch on all the stories

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we're talking about this morning - If you text, you will be charged

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at the standard network rate. Our top story today,

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Donald Trump has used the second US Presidential debate to dismiss

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a tape in which he made obscene remarks about women

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as locker-room talk. Mr Trump accused the former

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President Bill Clinton He suggested it was wrong to focus

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on the tape when there were so many Our Washington correspondent

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Gary O'Donoghue has more. Another night when the stakes

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for Hillary Clinton were high, Donald Trump again facing questions

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about his treatment of women and his seeming willingness

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to force himself upon them. Before even a word was

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spoken the tone was set. You brag that you have

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sexually assaulted women. I don't think you

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understood what was said. I apologised to my family,

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I apologised to the American people. And he has said that the video

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doesn't represent who he is. But I think it's clear to anyone

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who heard it that it represents If you look at Bill

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Clinton, far worse. What he has done to women,

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there has never been anyone in the history of politics in this

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nation that has been Repeatedly, Donald Trump called

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Hillary Clinton a liar, Their lives have been destroyed

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for doing one fifth of what you've done and it is a disgrace and you

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ought be ashamed of yourself. He promised to get a special

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prosecutor to investigate her e-mails if he won

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the White House. It is just awfully good that someone

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with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of

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the law in our country. At the end, a surreal moment

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when they were both asked to name His children are incredibly able

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and devoted and I think that says I will say this about

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Hillary, she doesn't quit, This was the most petulant

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and bad-tempered debate there has been since they started

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doing these 50 years ago. The sheer visceral hatred these two

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have for one another was plain But despite all his problems,

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Donald Trump did deliver a better It just might not be enough to erase

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the damage he has already done. Let's get more now with our

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Washington Correspondent, Despite those lewd comments, Donald

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Trump is still in this? Yes, he is, a huge achievement in itself. He

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came into this debate with a very low bar, he was backed into a corner

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over this tape, haemorrhaging support from Republican lawmakers

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and officials. Dozens had to distance themselves from him. He

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really had to rescue that. He did, he forced himself out of that

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corner. He did apologise for the tape, at the same time he did not

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show very much contrition. He tried to divert attention by highlighting

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the sex scandals of former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton's

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husband. He went on personal attacks, called her a liar, he said

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she had hatred in her heart, he called her the devil, that he would

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jail her if he could over her e-mail problems. He went for broke, in the

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midst of that, he put in a more disciplined and more feisty

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performance than he had in the first debate, all of which means that he

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has probably stopped the bleeding in his campaign somewhat. You might not

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see more defections, at least not immediately, although Republican

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lawmakers will still be on the watch from day-to-day. It is not clear

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that he actually managed to deal with the larger issue, which is

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trying to repair the damage with women voters that has been building,

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but came to a head with the release of this sex boasting tape. And what

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did the snap polls say about Hugh They said different things, more of

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them said Hilary Clinton won and put in a calmer performance. She was

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better at arguing policy, to be expected, that is her specialty. She

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had the moral high ground because of this video that shocked not only

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Democrats and voters in general, but Republicans, very lewd comments

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about women, suggesting that he could sexually assault them. It was

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thought she might be able to deliver a knockout blow. Her approach was to

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say, they go low, you go higher. Answer the questions, present her

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case and let him hang himself, that is what happened in the previous

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debate. She was able to bait him on various things and getting to make

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self damaging acknowledgements and lose his temper. In this case, he

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came out of the gate fighting and went after her in such a strong way

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that although she may have won the debate on policy issues, he made a

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dent and at least appeals to his base, at least made the Republicans

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say he is still in the race. Joanna Gosling is in the BBC

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Newsroom with a summary Three former heads of

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the British Army have criticised the mechanism set up to investigate

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allegations of historic abuse by UK The Iraq Historic Allegations Team

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was set-up to examine claims of abuse by British forces in Iraq

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dating back to 2003. It's been repeatedly criticised

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for its investigative methods and for pursuing claims

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against soldiers who've already been And Victoria will have more on that

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exclusive story at 9.15am. In the past few minutes the RMT

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union has said that Southern Rail is to take legal action to try

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and stop a series of strikes The union is planning 14 days of

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strikes until December. It is in protest at changes to the role of

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conductors. The Company insists moving them to new posts of on-board

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supervisor will not affect jobs or safety.

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People who publish personal information about someone

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on the internet or encourage online harassment could be

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The guidelines come into force today in England and Wales.

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The CPS says it will exercise considerable caution before charging

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those who post "grossly offensive" material online,

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Police in Germany say they've captured a Syrian refugee who's

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suspected of planning an Islamist bomb attack.

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Jaber Albakr - who's believed to have links with the Islamic State

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group - was detained in Leipzig after a two-day search

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That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30.

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A couple of comments on the story we are bringing you, three former heads

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of the British Army criticised the long-running investigation into

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British soldiers accused of abuse in Iraq. One on Facebook, leave service

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personnel alone, they just follow orders, go after the colonel in

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chief who decides where they go. Another, do not punish servicemen

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and women for doing their duty, did not take the word of the men they

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were fighting over our men. Another, it is disgusting that Iraqi and

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Afghanistan bomb makers can claim anything. One day we will wake up

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and need our own ease Armed Forces, they will say, stuff you, stupid

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civilians. We need to look after our own.

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Let's get the sport now with John, we'll start with football and Wales,

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Why might they not be particularly happy with the performance? They

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drew 1-1 with Georgia. You might think that Wales, still undefeated

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in their qualifying campaign, bidding to reach the first World Cup

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since 1958, that would be a good thing. But they were playing 18 127

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places below them in the rankings. They made a good start, Gareth Bale

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opening the scoring. They were pegged back and it finished 1-1 in

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Cardiff. Yes, they are undefeated with five points, but they are third

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in their qualifying group. They still have plenty more matches to

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come, but their failure to beat one of the more lowly nations will be a

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disappointment to Chris Coleman. If they finished third, it will not be

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enough to reach the World Cup in Russia.

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Well, Andy Murray's still building on his successful year,

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and the world number one position could be in his sights too.

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Absolutely, a very real possibility that Andy Murray could finish as

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world number one. How is he going to get there? He won the China open,

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giving him 500 ranking points and his fifth title this year. More

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importantly, it sets him up to potentially surpass Novak Djokovic

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as the world number one, a rather small trophy, as you can see, that

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he got his hands on. There are still 1000 ranking points available for

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each Masters title he can win. There are two masters titles available.

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Here's 3500 points behind Novak Djokovic.

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The end of season finals are coming and he can win points there as well.

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Novak Djokovic, it has to be said, needs to drop points as well. But it

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is feasible for Murray to go on and become world number one. If he

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doesn't do it this year, there is a strong chance he could do it next

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year. And finally, England's cricket tour

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of Bangladesh was controversial before they flew out,

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and why are the England players unhappy during

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the one-day series too? I think there were handbags, you

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could call it. An altercation between the captain at the moment,

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Jos Buttler, when he was dismissed. I think the reason it got a bit

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heated, before they went out, there were concerns over security, players

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but did not travel. The players themselves have placed real

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importance of winning because of all of the controversy about going out

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there. Eoin Morgan, the current captain, didn't go. He wants to win

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and he was disappointed because his wicket was a crucial one. There were

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staging a fightback. England were 26-4. They only needed to reach 239,

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a realistic target. I think he knew, when he trudged off, the chances of

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winning went with his dismissal. Ben Stokes got involved. He said, what I

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will not stand for is a player going in with a shoulder for handshakes.

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It seems there were making something of nothing, but I think the players

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realised it was unimportant travelled to Bangladesh, they want

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to win, the series is level and it goes down to the final match on

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Wednesday. Much more reaction to the US

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Presidential debate to come. But first, three former heads

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of the British Army have told this programme about their concerns over

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the way investigations into allegations of abuse by UK

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troops in the Iraq War The Iraq Historic Allegations Team

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was set-up in 2010 to examine claims of abuse by British forces in Iraq

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dating back to 2003. It's been repeatedly criticised

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for its investigative methods and for pursuing claims

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against soldiers who've already been acquitted of any crime -

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claims that have been described Many of those claims have been

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bought because war zones and battle fields still have to follow rules

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set out in the European Convention Last week Prime Minister Theresa May

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announced plans to scrap that for future conflicts -

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but, crucially, it won't affect past Johnny Mercer is a Conservative MP

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and former army captain he's been looking into the issue for us

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in an exclusive film which features the first televised interviews

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with those facing some My name's Johnny Mercer and I'm

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a Conservative Member of Parliament I served 13 years in the army,

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conducting multiple combat operations in Afghanistan

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at the height of the One of the reasons I came

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to Parliament is because I'm passionate about this nation's

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relationship with her military, our obligation towards those

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who keep us safe, who we send to fight and sometimes to die

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on our behalf. But I'm worried that in recent years

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we have breached that obligation and now we are facing one

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of the most serious injustices I remember thinking this

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can't be real. The untold cruelties of this process

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have destroyed my life. It's broken me and the army just

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do not seem to care. I think we need to wind these

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investigations up as We also need to think

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about the victims of the crimes. It was worse than any

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war I've ever fought. This story concerns allegations

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of abuse by British troops To date, literally thousands

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of allegations have been made against our troops and in 2010

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the Government set up IHAT, the Iraq Historic Allegations Team,

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to investigate a mountain of alleged More recently, Operation Northmoor

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has been established to investigate There are currently 1,492 cases

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of alleged abuse under investigation to date just in Iraq, including 235

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cases of unlawful killing. There are more than 600 cases under

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investigation in Afghanistan. If even half of these

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allegations are true, that would suggest a catastrophic

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breakdown in law and order Many of us who served find this

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ridiculous and offensive. I've seen our servicemen

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being dragged through the courts for years,

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being cleared of wrongdoing, only to face repeat allegations,

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endless questioning and harassment, and living under the constant threat

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of being tried for war crimes. This is not the way

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the British Army does things. We do not treat our

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people like this. For me this comes down

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to two clear issues. Firstly, the fundamental

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misunderstanding involved in trying to apply European human rights law

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to war fighting operations and secondly, how we actually look

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after those who are subject I'm trying to use being a member

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of this place to expose what's I'm chairing an inquiry looking

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into how we look after those who are facing allegations

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of wrongdoing. The Ministry of Defence has refused

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permission for soldiers to come and talk to my committee

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about their experiences of going through this process

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but these people's voices So two soldiers have agreed to speak

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to me about their ordeal but only Their names have been changed

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and one of their voices This is John, a soldier who has been

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repeatedly investigated despite being cleared of wrongdoing

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by court-martial in 2006. He told me about the original

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incident that led to the accusation. We were accused of a lad

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who drowned to death and the other three

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people who were there, the other three Iraqis,

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they accused us of beating them It was in the immediate aftermath

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of the invasion, right? It was chaos.

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I'm not going to lie. It was something I've

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never seen in my life. I don't think I could ever

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contemplate how bad it was going What was the first you heard that it

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was going to be investigated? I come home, done a tour

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of Northern Ireland, and then after that a couple

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of gentlemen came into my room and they said my name and they said,

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"I'm arresting you on suspicion They interrogated me

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for hours and hours. When I came home that day

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I thought this can't be real. I used to be gutted every

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time my eyes opened of a morning. At night I tried

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to take my own life. That place I went to that

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time was worse than any It became clear that this harassment

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going back over ten years has had an incredibly disruptive effect

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on his life. They took about eight hours

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deliberating. They came down and

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found us not guilty. It wasn't until after the trial that

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I got worse. It was the drinking

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and the sleepless nights So after 2008, when did you first

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hear that this was The first time I heard

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about it was from the press They said how do you feel

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about being investigated? I remember just sitting

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on the couch shaking. I just sat there thinking to myself,

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"You're going to go through this and drag it all back up again

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and you're going to leave me again Chris, not his real name, was

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accused of a similar crime to John. He has been injured

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repeatedly in operations. I've been investigated between 2003

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and 2006 and cleared. I had been named or the case had

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been named in 2008 in the Aitken Report but again no

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discipline or charges were ever There was a civil case

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in 2011 and in 2015, after 12 years, IHAT decided

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it was then necessary to arrest me on something that had been

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thoroughly scrutinised in the past. I can accept that in 2004 they had

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a lawful duty to investigate the allegation however

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it was investigated for two years and they abandoned the case

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because they had Right now I'm facing a maximum

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sentence of life imprisonment. Chris explained some of the bizarre

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investigative methods They asked my former girlfriend

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about scars on my body. They asked if I was abusive to her,

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if I shouted at her, if I was abusive to my soldiers,

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if I had a temper or anger They asked her if I had

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an alcohol issue. They asked her if I was a racist

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or if I held any particularly strong political views

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and they asked her other things about our relationship which I don't

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wish to speak about now but obviously had no relation

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to an event that happened in 2003. I am to understand that they have

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interviewed people I have never served with in operations and again

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they are asking "Is he violent? Does he have some sort

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of little man syndrome?" So when I directly asked

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the minister in January, I had heard of this case

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and a number of others, that people were looked

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after and they were informed and drawn through the

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process by the army. Nobody was approached

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by IHAT out of the blue. The untold cruelties of this process

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have destroyed my life. It has broken me and the army just

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do not seem to care. I find what these guys had

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to say heartbreaking. I'm ashamed of how this process

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is being conducted and those I wanted to understand how we have

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let this happen so I decided to go right to the top to try and get some

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answers about what's I was head of the armed forces

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between 2010 to 2013. Chief Of General Staff from early

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2003 to the late summer of 2006. Johnny, as you remember,

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I was Chief Of The General Staff Yes, when I was a very

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young and inexperienced Well, I am first of all very sorry

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that actually we didn't identify As I said, to begin with,

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in 2010-2011, it didn't It was just a thing someone had said

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they would introduce. It was only subsequently

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we began to see, in my time, that it was growing as a many-headed

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Hydra. What is really disappointing is

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that the authorities, if you like, whether it is the Ministry

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of Defence or the chain of command, has been so nervous of the negative

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potential consequences of investigations being carried out

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and allegations being proven, that they have veered too much

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on behalf of those who are making the allegations and not

:25:35.:25:39.

supporting the soldier. I think this comes out of this

:25:40.:25:44.

instinct somewhere in Whitehall, within the establishment,

:25:45.:25:48.

that basically soldiers aren't good and freedom fighters,

:25:49.:25:55.

we call them terrorists, who kill 3,000 people in one go,

:25:56.:26:00.

but in the minds of some of these people can be somehow quite good

:26:01.:26:06.

and we are nasty and we have got Nobody has the guts

:26:07.:26:09.

to say that's rubbish. We have come to a pretty pass

:26:10.:26:14.

where this has come about. And we have our absolute standards

:26:15.:26:16.

and they must be pursued. That does not include soldiers

:26:17.:26:26.

who find themselves subject to an investigation on the basis

:26:27.:26:32.

of cooked-up allegations. If I have failed to make these

:26:33.:26:41.

points strongly enough, I can only The idea that we've got

:26:42.:26:44.

hundreds if not thousands Anyone who knows any army,

:26:45.:26:53.

let alone the British Army, So there was a fundamental

:26:54.:26:57.

flaw in its inception. We need to wind these investigations

:26:58.:27:02.

up as quickly as possible. It's not fair on individuals

:27:03.:27:05.

and it's definitely harmful Obviously I would wish to see

:27:06.:27:09.

soldiers who are innocent of any such behaviour,

:27:10.:27:16.

the burden lifted from them Many of the allegations have been

:27:17.:27:18.

brought by one firm representing Iraqis,

:27:19.:27:30.

Public Interest Lawyers run by Phil We are seeing the systematic use

:27:31.:27:32.

of coercive interrogation techniques by British forces in Iraq

:27:33.:27:38.

and apparently nobody But questions have been raised

:27:39.:27:40.

about their practices In fact they've recently been closed

:27:41.:27:49.

after being stripped of public funding after it was ruled

:27:50.:27:53.

they breached their contractual I went to see lawyer

:27:54.:27:55.

Hillary Meredith who represents some of the soldiers who have been

:27:56.:27:59.

accused to get some answers There appears to be two

:28:00.:28:01.

law firms involved. One was called Public

:28:02.:28:06.

Interest Lawyers. They closed their doors

:28:07.:28:08.

in August this year. From what I understand,

:28:09.:28:10.

they had an agent on the ground in Iraq who was looking for families

:28:11.:28:16.

who had suffered either what they said was an unlawful

:28:17.:28:22.

killing or injury at the hands of the British Army

:28:23.:28:25.

and they were taking statements and sending them back to the UK

:28:26.:28:28.

and then the abuse cases Public Interest Lawyers,

:28:29.:28:31.

I understand, had Under a Legal Aid contract

:28:32.:28:38.

you are paid whether you win the case

:28:39.:28:49.

or you lose the case. Have there been any criminal

:28:50.:28:51.

convictions at all? As far as I am aware there have been

:28:52.:28:54.

no criminal convictions Neither Phil Shiner nor

:28:55.:28:57.

Public Interest Lawyers responded to our request for an interview

:28:58.:29:00.

about any of these allegations but in the past they have

:29:01.:29:03.

denied any wrongdoing and say they are the victim

:29:04.:29:05.

of a political witchhunt. I wanted to know how this process

:29:06.:29:09.

could be defended so I went to meet Carla Ferstman at the human

:29:10.:29:13.

rights charity Redress. We also need to think

:29:14.:29:15.

about the victims of the crimes. They deserve to know what happened

:29:16.:29:18.

and they deserve to have some The allegations had not

:29:19.:29:21.

been fully investigated. That was the view that was taken,

:29:22.:29:31.

so it was felt that there was a need to get to the bottom of all these

:29:32.:29:35.

allegations to determine whether individuals could or should

:29:36.:29:37.

face prosecution for them. It's interesting because we spoke

:29:38.:29:40.

to a couple of the soldiers yesterday and they say,

:29:41.:29:48.

yes, somebody died here. And now they are hounded

:29:49.:29:50.

for it 12 years later. Is that in the principles

:29:51.:30:00.

of justice? Ideally you would have had

:30:01.:30:03.

a full and effective The fact that you haven't

:30:04.:30:06.

doesn't mean that there There needs to be one,

:30:07.:30:13.

it is as simple as that. The Iraq Historic Allegations Team

:30:14.:30:20.

told us: But that was far from

:30:21.:30:36.

the experience that John Since I started making this film,

:30:37.:30:39.

there have been some The Prime Minister has announced

:30:40.:30:45.

that there will be better legal protection in future conflicts

:30:46.:30:49.

for those who serve and it looks like the army is beginning

:30:50.:30:56.

to take this seriously. but there remains a serious failure

:30:57.:31:01.

in this country when it comes to looking after those who serve

:31:02.:31:04.

that I'm afraid the The Prime Minister needs

:31:05.:31:17.

to understand that how we look after this Afghan-Iraqi generation

:31:18.:31:24.

of war veterans will define this nation's relationship with its

:31:25.:31:27.

military for the next 50 years. A treaty says soldiers are human,

:31:28.:31:35.

the situations they find themselves in are beyond human imagination and

:31:36.:31:38.

yet they are accountable. Being a soldier in the war zone is not like

:31:39.:31:41.

walking the streets of Britain, you are in a constant state of fear and

:31:42.:31:44.

your mental state becomes one of survival for yourself and your

:31:45.:31:48.

comrades. This will cause a rational behaviour. People who have never

:31:49.:31:53.

been in combat will never understand that. Maria says it is disgusting

:31:54.:31:57.

headhunting soldiers for carrying out orders in a war zone. If anybody

:31:58.:32:02.

is to blame, it is the Government, our boys should not be out there in

:32:03.:32:04.

the first place. We asked to speak to

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the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

:32:06.:32:07.

and someone from the Iraq Historic A spokesperson for the Iraq Historic

:32:08.:32:09.

Allegations Team told us, "We are making significant

:32:10.:32:14.

progress with IHAT. It is likely that the caseload

:32:15.:32:16.

will be around 250 by early January 2017, to less than 100 within a year

:32:17.:32:19.

and that the IHAT will have completed its work

:32:20.:32:23.

by the end of 2019." A Ministry of Defence spokesperson

:32:24.:32:30.

told us, "We understand the strain that being involved in such

:32:31.:32:32.

proceedings can place on service personnel, and we are doing

:32:33.:32:35.

all we can to mitigate that impact to the greatest extent possible,

:32:36.:32:38.

whilst also recognising that legal scrutiny of the actions

:32:39.:32:40.

of the Armed Forces is a crucial part of the democracy and rule

:32:41.:32:43.

of law that they serve to protect." After 10am we'll hear in depth

:32:44.:32:55.

from a soldier who's being investigated over

:32:56.:32:57.

alleged war crimes. Still to come: Hard Brexit

:32:58.:33:01.

or soft Brexit and what do The Former Labour leader Ed Miliband

:33:02.:33:03.

says there should be a vote in the Commons about how

:33:04.:33:08.

we leave the EU. We speak to him about

:33:09.:33:12.

it just after 10am. As of today, internet trolls

:33:13.:33:16.

who post humiliating photoshopped images or harrass people online

:33:17.:33:18.

could face prosecution under We speak to the head

:33:19.:33:21.

of the Crown Prosecution Service Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom

:33:22.:33:29.

with a summary of today's news. Bitter words have been exchanged

:33:30.:33:41.

between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during their second

:33:42.:33:43.

US presidential debate. Mrs Clinton said the Republican

:33:44.:33:47.

candidate's remarks about groping women showed he wasn't

:33:48.:33:49.

fit to be president. Mr Trump repeatedly called his

:33:50.:33:53.

Democratic opponent a liar and accused her husband

:33:54.:33:55.

of abusing women. Three former heads of

:33:56.:34:01.

the British Army have criticised the mechanism set up to investigate

:34:02.:34:03.

allegations of historic abuse by UK The Iraq Historic Allegations Team

:34:04.:34:06.

was set-up to examine claims of abuse by British forces in Iraq

:34:07.:34:12.

dating back to 2003. It's been repeatedly criticised

:34:13.:34:16.

for its investigative methods and for pursuing claims

:34:17.:34:18.

against soldiers who've already been The RMT union says that

:34:19.:34:21.

Southern Rail is to take legal action to try and stop a series

:34:22.:34:29.

of strikes due to start tomorrow. The union is planning 14 days

:34:30.:34:33.

of strikes until December in protest at changes

:34:34.:34:35.

to the role of conductors. The company insists that moving

:34:36.:34:37.

conductors to new posts of on-board supervisor will not

:34:38.:34:40.

affect jobs or safety. Secondary school teachers in England

:34:41.:34:45.

work longer than those in most developed countries,

:34:46.:34:48.

with one in five putting A report by the Education Policy

:34:49.:34:49.

Institute suggests that leaves little time for career development,

:34:50.:34:56.

and is part of the reason many Police in Germany say they've

:34:57.:34:59.

captured a Syrian refugee who's suspected of planning

:35:00.:35:05.

an Islamist bomb attack. Jaber Al Bakr, who is believed

:35:06.:35:11.

to have links with the Islamic State group, was detained in Leipzig

:35:12.:35:15.

after a two-day search. People who publish personal

:35:16.:35:17.

information about someone on the internet or encourage online

:35:18.:35:19.

harassment could be The guidelines come into force today

:35:20.:35:21.

in England and Wales. The CPS says it will exercise

:35:22.:35:25.

considerable caution before charging those who post "grossly

:35:26.:35:27.

offensive" material online, That's a summary of

:35:28.:35:29.

the latest BBC News. Wales drew with Georgia last night

:35:30.:35:50.

in World Cup qualifying. They might remain undefeated, but it will feel

:35:51.:35:54.

like an opportunity missed, as they failed to beat a nation ranked 127

:35:55.:35:59.

places below them in the Fifa rankings. They are third in a group,

:36:00.:36:03.

which would not be enough to see them qualify. Andy Murray won the

:36:04.:36:07.

China open and it means he could finish the year as world number one.

:36:08.:36:10.

He trails Novak Djokovic in the rankings at the moment, but with

:36:11.:36:15.

more points up for grabs with more tournaments to come, showed Novak

:36:16.:36:18.

Djokovic slip-up and fail to defend his title is, Murray could overtake

:36:19.:36:23.

him. Johanna Konta is up to eighth in the women's rankings after

:36:24.:36:27.

finishing runner-up. She is the first British woman into the top ten

:36:28.:36:31.

in over 30 years. She is on course to compete at the season-ending

:36:32.:36:36.

finals. It got heated as England lost to

:36:37.:36:40.

Bangladesh in the second one-day international. Jos Buttler was

:36:41.:36:44.

unhappy at the way the hosts summer ready. Ben Stokes got involved at

:36:45.:36:48.

the end. England's hopes of wrapping up the series went as he trudged

:36:49.:36:51.

off, as they lost the match. It all goes down to the final one-day match

:36:52.:36:53.

on Wednesday. Well, it promised to be heated -

:36:54.:37:01.

and it certainly was. It also threatened to end

:37:02.:37:03.

Donald Trump's hope of being the next US President,

:37:04.:37:06.

and it probably didn't do that. Instead, the Republican billionaire

:37:07.:37:08.

used the second Presidential debate to defend vulgar remarks he made

:37:09.:37:10.

about women and insist alleged abuse of women

:37:11.:37:13.

by Hillary Clinton's husband, the former US President Bill

:37:14.:37:15.

Clinton, was actually far worse If you slept through the debate,

:37:16.:37:17.

here is 90 minutes boiled down Ladies and gentlemen,

:37:18.:37:25.

the Republican nominee for President, Donald J Trump,

:37:26.:37:30.

the Democratic nominee You described kissing women

:37:31.:37:33.

without their consent, You brag that you have

:37:34.:37:43.

sexually assaulted women. I don't think you understood

:37:44.:37:49.

what was said. I apologised to my family,

:37:50.:37:54.

I apologised to the American people. He has said that the video doesn't

:37:55.:38:00.

represent who he is. But I think it is clear to anyone

:38:01.:38:09.

who heard it that it If you look at Bill

:38:10.:38:12.

Clinton, far worse. I'd like to know, why aren't

:38:13.:38:19.

you bringing up the e-mails? The thing you should be apologising

:38:20.:38:25.

for the 33,000 e-mails The two boxes of e-mails and other

:38:26.:38:32.

things last week that were taken I'll tell you what, I didn't

:38:33.:38:43.

think I would say this, but I'm going to say it,

:38:44.:38:49.

and I hate to say it, if I win, I am going to instruct my

:38:50.:38:53.

Attorney General to get a special prosecutor to look into your

:38:54.:38:56.

situation, because there has never been so many lies,

:38:57.:38:58.

so much deception. There has never been

:38:59.:39:06.

anything like it. We are going to have a special

:39:07.:39:08.

prosecutor. When I speak, I go out

:39:09.:39:10.

and speak, the people of this In my opinion, the people that

:39:11.:39:13.

are long-term workers There has never been anything

:39:14.:39:18.

like this, where e-mails, and you get a subpoena,

:39:19.:39:24.

you get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena,

:39:25.:39:27.

you delete 33,000 e-mails. Then you acid wash them,

:39:28.:39:31.

or bleach them, as you would say. We are going to get a special

:39:32.:39:43.

prosecutor and we are going to look into it. You know what, people have

:39:44.:39:46.

been... Their lives have been destroyed for doing one fifth of

:39:47.:39:51.

what you have done. It is a disgrace. Honestly, you ought to be

:39:52.:39:56.

ashamed of yourself. I take response ability for using a personal e-mail

:39:57.:39:59.

account. Obviously if I were to do it over again, I would not. I'm not

:40:00.:40:05.

making any excuses. It was a mistake and I am very sorry about that. It

:40:06.:40:10.

is just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump

:40:11.:40:14.

is not in charge of the law in our country. Because you'd be in jail.

:40:15.:40:24.

She complains that Donald Trump took advantage of the tax code. Well why

:40:25.:40:28.

didn't you change it when US senator? It is hard sometimes to get

:40:29.:40:32.

Congress to do what you want to do. You have to keep working at it. Yes,

:40:33.:40:37.

President Lincoln was trying to convince some people, he used some

:40:38.:40:41.

arguments, convincing other people, he used other arguments. WikiLeaks,

:40:42.:40:49.

that just came out, she lied. Now she is blaming the lie on the late,

:40:50.:40:59.

great Abraham Lincoln. Honest Abe never lied. That is the difference

:41:00.:41:02.

between Abraham Lincoln and you. A big difference. The United States of

:41:03.:41:10.

America should be prepared to use military force to strike the

:41:11.:41:19.

military targets of the Saddam -- the Assad regime. I disagree, we

:41:20.:41:24.

have two knockout Isis. We have never been an eight situation where

:41:25.:41:29.

an adversary, a foreign power, is working so hard to influence the

:41:30.:41:33.

outcome of the election. Believe me, they are not doing it to get me

:41:34.:41:38.

elected. They are doing it to try to influence the election for Donald

:41:39.:41:42.

Trump. Maybe because he has praised Vladimir Putin, maybe because he

:41:43.:41:45.

says he agrees with a lot of what he wants to do, maybe because he wants

:41:46.:41:49.

to do business in Moscow, I don't know the reasons. But we deserve

:41:50.:41:53.

answers. And we should demand that Donald release all of his tax

:41:54.:41:59.

returns. I don't know Vladimir Putin. I think it would be great if

:42:00.:42:02.

we got along with Russia because we could fight Isis together. But I

:42:03.:42:06.

notice any time anything wrong happens, they like to say the

:42:07.:42:10.

Russians, the Russians, she doesn't know if it is Russians doing the

:42:11.:42:13.

hacking. Maybe there is no hacking. They always blame Russia because

:42:14.:42:16.

they think they are trying to tarnish me with Russia. I know

:42:17.:42:20.

nothing about Russia. I know about Russia, but I know nothing about the

:42:21.:42:24.

inner workings of Russia, I don't deal there, I have no businesses, no

:42:25.:42:29.

loans from Russia. The New York Times published three pages of tax

:42:30.:42:34.

returns, showing you claimed a $930 million loss, meaning you could

:42:35.:42:36.

avoid paying federal income taxes for years. A lot of my right of was

:42:37.:42:43.

depreciation and things that Hillary as a Senator allow. She will always

:42:44.:42:46.

allow it, because the people that give her money wanted. I understand

:42:47.:42:49.

the tax code better than anybody that has run for President. It is

:42:50.:42:54.

extremely complex. Hillary Clinton has friends that want all of these

:42:55.:42:59.

provisions, including the provision which is very important to Wall

:43:00.:43:02.

Street people. Here we go again. I've been in favour of getting rid

:43:03.:43:06.

of carried interest for years. Starting when I was a senator from

:43:07.:43:10.

New York. But that is not the point. Why didn't you do it? Because I was

:43:11.:43:15.

a senator with a Republican President. I will be President. If

:43:16.:43:20.

you were an effective senator, you could have done it. You were not

:43:21.:43:27.

effective. Please allow her to respond, she didn't interrupt you.

:43:28.:43:32.

Under the Constitution, presidents have something called veto power.

:43:33.:43:36.

Take a look at WikiLeaks and see what they said about Bernie Sanders,

:43:37.:43:41.

what Deborah Schulte had in mind. Between super delegates and her, he

:43:42.:43:47.

never had a chance. I was so surprised to see him sign on with

:43:48.:43:51.

the devil. Would either of you name one positive thing that you respect

:43:52.:43:54.

in one another? I respect his children. His children

:43:55.:44:09.

are incredibly able and devoted, and I think that says a lot about

:44:10.:44:14.

Donald. She does fight hard and she does not quit, she does not give up.

:44:15.:44:18.

I consider that to be a very good trait. 90 minutes into seven

:44:19.:44:24.

minutes. If you want to watch more, the BBC News Channel will show it

:44:25.:44:26.

again at 11am. Let's talk now to some political

:44:27.:44:28.

commentators from both the Trump Dr Jan Halper-Hayes

:44:29.:44:30.

is the vice-president Charlie Wolf is a Republican

:44:31.:44:33.

commentator. Ursula Lauriston is a Democrat

:44:34.:44:38.

and editor in chief Quinia Fulton is a Democrat

:44:39.:44:41.

political commentator. Donald Trump is very much still in

:44:42.:45:01.

this despite the furore of the gross comments which came out on Friday.

:45:02.:45:09.

Absolutely. I think las night Hillary Clinton definitely won new

:45:10.:45:12.

votes, but Donald Trump got the spotlight back which is exactly what

:45:13.:45:15.

he wanted. How did he manage to do that? Well, I think he finally stood

:45:16.:45:20.

up for himself. He did the prep he needed to do and he stayed on

:45:21.:45:23.

message, but he did fight back. He was not going to let Hillary pull

:45:24.:45:29.

the same act of rehearsed lines of the sort of condescending smile and

:45:30.:45:32.

the roll of the eyes and I thought that key moment was when he was

:45:33.:45:36.

talking about, you have done this, the 33,000 e-mails, you should be

:45:37.:45:39.

ashamed of yourself and you know, he was on the side of the people, I'm

:45:40.:45:42.

going to get a special prosecutor and I'm going to look into what

:45:43.:45:46.

you've done. You notice he had, I think, of all the applause, the

:45:47.:45:50.

three or four times it happened, I think three out of four were for

:45:51.:45:55.

Donald Trump. How did you think Hillary Clinton did, the woman you

:45:56.:45:58.

support, compared to how Donald Trump did in this second TV debate?

:45:59.:46:02.

I think Hillary Clinton had a very good night. She stuck on message.

:46:03.:46:08.

She had a few hiccups and there, the Lincoln comment was quite confusing

:46:09.:46:12.

to me, but she had a very good night, I think she stuck to her

:46:13.:46:16.

points and I think she tried to keep it a clean debate without it getting

:46:17.:46:20.

too nasty as the US election has been. As far as Donald Trump I think

:46:21.:46:24.

he did what he needed to do for Republicans to stick by his side,

:46:25.:46:27.

considering the controversial that's been going on with the Trump tape

:46:28.:46:31.

recently and the other comments he made about women. I think he still

:46:32.:46:36.

had a decent night. Hillary Clinton didn't really land a

:46:37.:46:43.

blow on him though, did she? I think that it is all about answering

:46:44.:46:49.

actual questions and I always listen to hear Donald Trump answer an

:46:50.:46:52.

actual question and that never ever happens and I don't think it ever,

:46:53.:46:57.

ever will and the last debate that's what he tried to do and that was his

:46:58.:47:02.

down fall and once again he went back to his prior strategy and

:47:03.:47:05.

didn't answer a single question and Hillary Clinton did. Hillary Clinton

:47:06.:47:10.

has shown grace and real leadership, what leadership actually means and

:47:11.:47:14.

that's gact r exactly the blow that was needed for voters that were

:47:15.:47:18.

maybe on the fence. They saw a child and they saw an actual leader who

:47:19.:47:24.

can lead this country into continued greatness and success... Actually

:47:25.:47:29.

last night was the first time we have seen a very good adult Donald.

:47:30.:47:36.

He didn't take the bait. He was very clear on his positions. He had one

:47:37.:47:41.

liners and a little bit of humour and I can tell you that I am very

:47:42.:47:48.

glad he apologised once again because that man has never said I'm

:47:49.:47:55.

sorry and it was 11 years ago and I know the argument is, but he's

:47:56.:48:00.

running for president. Can we give a little consideration to the fact

:48:01.:48:04.

that he knew nothing about running a campaign and look what he has

:48:05.:48:08.

achieved? And can we give a little bit of credit to the fact that he

:48:09.:48:13.

has been dealing with people and might have developed some awareness

:48:14.:48:21.

and really is contrite in some ways. He has been disgusting... You come

:48:22.:48:25.

back The thing about Donald Trump is not childish, he apologised, that's

:48:26.:48:29.

not true. Donald Trump has said things about women. Last night he

:48:30.:48:32.

barely apologised for the things that he said about women on that

:48:33.:48:40.

tape. He is a human being and when he apologises, he apologises as if

:48:41.:48:44.

he doesn't really want to apologise, he is being forced to apologise for

:48:45.:48:51.

talking about touching women in an inappropriate way and calling them

:48:52.:48:54.

fat figures, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, they have baggage.

:48:55.:49:02.

Funny enough her response on the e-mails and the server reminds me of

:49:03.:49:07.

my 11-year-old. Every time he says, "I'm sorry." "I was wrong with the

:49:08.:49:12.

server and I should have known better and I'm sorry and I

:49:13.:49:15.

apologise." It doesn't work like that. This shows bad judgement to

:49:16.:49:20.

put Government e-mails on a private server and to come up with the

:49:21.:49:24.

excuse well, the machine was never hacked. Isn't it the same when he

:49:25.:49:29.

says, "I'm sorry for making those gross comments. That's not who I

:49:30.:49:37.

am." No, it is actions versus words. Infidelity, he doesn't apologise

:49:38.:49:40.

for, not paying people, that he doesn't apologise for. He had words,

:49:41.:49:46.

he had actions... He has apologised for that. He is not a leader. What

:49:47.:49:52.

sort of a leader was Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton is not running for

:49:53.:49:57.

president. We put a stain on the office of president and she was

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there as his wife and First Lady and he was be back there if she is

:50:03.:50:05.

elected and will be running the economy in her words and will be

:50:06.:50:08.

advising her. Is that the sort of person we want back in the White

:50:09.:50:15.

House? I wanted to say on his comment about. Polling shows when

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you have been bring up the sexual harassment of Bill Clinton or the

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adultery, women don't want to hear that because they don't appreciate

:50:26.:50:29.

Donald Trump and her camp trying to pin that on Hillary Clinton. She is

:50:30.:50:34.

a victim herself with her husband having committed adultery multiple

:50:35.:50:39.

times and that happened in the 1990s and we've exhausted that argument.

:50:40.:50:46.

He was impeached by the House. He wasn't impeached by the Senate.

:50:47.:50:53.

Donald made comments in a private capacity in 11 years ago so that's

:50:54.:50:58.

in the past as well. I think all this women stuff and this was said

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and everything else, let's look at really important issues. Seven out

:51:03.:51:05.

of ten Americans think we're headed in the wrong direction. Hillary

:51:06.:51:11.

Clinton wants to be the third term of president Obama. Well, why does

:51:12.:51:15.

she want to ride his coat tails and why did she ride Bill's coat tails

:51:16.:51:18.

and she wants Bill to take care of the economy if we have a woman

:51:19.:51:23.

president, I would much prefer to know what legacy she wants to

:51:24.:51:27.

create. You know what, the voters don't really care about some of the

:51:28.:51:31.

stuff we were just quibbling about. They care about jobsment they care

:51:32.:51:35.

about economy. They care about national security. And even though

:51:36.:51:40.

Trump started with immigration, that is the foundation because that, they

:51:41.:51:43.

think, is the source of the problem, that has taken jobs, has hurt our

:51:44.:51:47.

economy, and threatens our national security.

:51:48.:51:52.

Ursula, let's talk about policies? I don't understand how you can say

:51:53.:51:58.

that Hillary Clinton is riding on anyone's coat tails... Policy. She

:51:59.:52:07.

had the policy of raising taxes for the rich. Raising taxes? For the

:52:08.:52:13.

rich to help the middle-class. Because the middle-class was being

:52:14.:52:16.

stifled by the rich always getting everything. All the time. The top

:52:17.:52:23.

12% pay half of all the income taxes in the United States. At least Mr

:52:24.:52:26.

Trump is talking about growing the economy. We have something like $2.5

:52:27.:52:33.

trillion that is off-shore right now, companies won't bring back

:52:34.:52:36.

because it is too expensive. He wants to drop the corporate rate. We

:52:37.:52:39.

have the highest corporate rate in the world. Drop it. Bring the money

:52:40.:52:43.

in and grow the economy and get people into jobs.

:52:44.:52:51.

Mr Trump claims he is all about America, and make America great, but

:52:52.:52:55.

a lot of his jobs are in other countries. How do you explain that?

:52:56.:52:59.

How are we supposed to trust a man who takes advantage of the tax

:53:00.:53:05.

system? You're wrong again. To put losses against future earns or

:53:06.:53:09.

future profits is done constantly - hold on. It is done by everybody. It

:53:10.:53:14.

is ethical. It is common place. I have talked to my accountant and

:53:15.:53:20.

accountants and businessmen in the States, you want entrepreneurs like

:53:21.:53:23.

Dyson or Richard Branson to take risks and when they lose money you

:53:24.:53:27.

want to make it easier for them to still invest. They will always have

:53:28.:53:31.

losses and always mess up until they find the right thing and that's what

:53:32.:53:38.

happened with Trump. ? In 2014, Hillary Clinton used the same law to

:53:39.:53:45.

take $700,000 off her taxes. The New York Times really committed

:53:46.:53:53.

malfeasance in saying 18 years. The law requires you show a profit one

:53:54.:53:57.

out of every five years. They used it when they had pre-tax profits of

:53:58.:54:03.

$29.3 million. They used the tax laws and instead of paying, they got

:54:04.:54:07.

$4 million back from the Government, but then they create this ridiculous

:54:08.:54:18.

misleading 18 years he has not paid. He hasn't paid taxes in 18 years and

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he bragged about it on the debates, not once, but twice. Ursula? I don't

:54:24.:54:29.

understand how it is OK for a billionaire to do these things and

:54:30.:54:35.

to use these laws, but then someone else can't obey the law... I've used

:54:36.:54:42.

it. I've used it. In criticising Trump because Trump wants to save

:54:43.:54:45.

people money, he doesn't want the Government to cost as much, but I

:54:46.:54:49.

ran a consulting business for 20 years, it is the cost of doing

:54:50.:54:54.

business, it is deappreciation, it is paying salaries, and there are

:54:55.:54:57.

some years you make some money and there are some years that you just

:54:58.:55:01.

might not and you have to tap into your savings.

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OK, tell that to the middle-classment You can't even

:55:08.:55:11.

stand on anything that he says. You can actually see through from

:55:12.:55:17.

someone who handed in their tax return like every other presidential

:55:18.:55:24.

candidate has done. Can you tell me something good about Hillary? The

:55:25.:55:30.

policy seems to be let's critique Trump. She has given women a

:55:31.:55:34.

platform and negotiated peace treaties wheel she was US senator

:55:35.:55:42.

and as Secretary of State, so she had years and years where she has

:55:43.:55:47.

created policies and been there for working families and when you're in

:55:48.:55:50.

the public eye for so long, you're not perfect, but at the same time,

:55:51.:55:54.

you're creating real change. Doing business... What change? Let's ask

:55:55.:56:00.

the question. Let's ask the question back. What change? When you look

:56:01.:56:05.

what happened especially to black families in America, the increase in

:56:06.:56:10.

food stamps, we have had growth of less than 2% over the last eight

:56:11.:56:16.

years. Final, final word to you Charlie, the qualities of Donald

:56:17.:56:23.

Trump as Ursula talked about He is a businessman. He knows how to get

:56:24.:56:26.

people around a table and use his judgement to make decisions. Hillary

:56:27.:56:30.

Clinton has a lot of experience and have very smooth and has a lot of

:56:31.:56:37.

lines, what she lacks is taking the wisdom in how to present the facts

:56:38.:56:41.

that are presented to her. Thank you.

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We have got comments from you about the report that Conservative MP

:56:50.:56:53.

Johnny Mercer brought to you this morning. He spoke to three former

:56:54.:56:58.

heads of the British Army who believe that this historic

:56:59.:57:02.

investigation into British soldiers really has gone on for too long and

:57:03.:57:06.

should be wound-up. David, "To the critics of our armed force, if you

:57:07.:57:10.

can't stand behind our armed forces and support them, feel free to stand

:57:11.:57:14.

in front of them." Sally tweets this, "A fair legal process presumes

:57:15.:57:19.

innocence and doesn't violate the rights of the accused to fabricate

:57:20.:57:29.

cases without foundation. End IHAT." Phil says, "Are they mad? Soldiers

:57:30.:57:34.

prosecuted for doing their jobs. It is a national scandal." Ian says, "I

:57:35.:57:39.

am an ex-soldier, I served my Queen and country. I never heard of any

:57:40.:57:45.

abuses." Stewart says, "My brother witnessed the abuse when he was

:57:46.:57:49.

serving in the Prince of Wales regiment in Iraq in 2003. He

:57:50.:57:54.

complained to top brass about the treatment of Iraqi prisoners and the

:57:55.:57:58.

response of the Army was to place him in military jail for two weeks

:57:59.:58:02.

and threaten his family and discharge him. There are many

:58:03.:58:04.

questions that need answering and the top brass of the military should

:58:05.:58:07.

be forced to answer them." Keep them coming in and we will talk

:58:08.:58:09.

more about the issue after 10am. Coming up, should Parliament get

:58:10.:58:14.

a say over the Government's The former Labour leader

:58:15.:58:16.

Ed Miliband thinks so. We'll be talking to him about it

:58:17.:58:19.

just after 10am. Let's get the latest

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weather update with Carol. Good morning, wasn't it cold this

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morning, Victoria, did you notice? I didn't. My head was elsewhere!

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We have had the coldest night of the autumn. Now, what we have as we go

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through the next couple of days is sunny spells, rather like today,

:58:45.:58:47.

we've got some showers in the east rather like today, but it is going

:58:48.:58:51.

to turn colder. Last week some of us had temperatures up to 20 Celsius.

:58:52.:58:56.

This week, we're not expecting those dizzy heights. We have this great

:58:57.:59:02.

big blocking area of high pressure across across Scandinavia.

:59:03.:59:08.

It is dragging in some showers from the North Sea and that is the case

:59:09.:59:12.

today. We've got the showers coming in. Some of them are heavy. Don't be

:59:13.:59:17.

surprised if there is the odd rumble of thunder. Through the day some of

:59:18.:59:21.

them will move across the Pennines, into the Midlands and the London

:59:22.:59:25.

area, but drift further west and we're under brighter skies and

:59:26.:59:28.

sunshine. So this afternoon, you can see we have a plethora of showers

:59:29.:59:32.

around. In between, there will be some sunny spells or bright spells

:59:33.:59:36.

at worst. That continues into south-west England, heading into

:59:37.:59:39.

Wales, you could catch the odd shower in Wales. We have had showers

:59:40.:59:42.

across north-west England this morning, but most of them will fade

:59:43.:59:46.

and we carry on with a few showers in Eastern Scotland, but a lot of

:59:47.:59:49.

dry weather in Scotland and after showers, and a cloudy start in

:59:50.:59:53.

Northern Ireland, things brightening up and also drying up. Now through

:59:54.:59:56.

the course of this evening and overnight, we will have showers for

:59:57.:00:00.

a time. Most of them fading back to the east and around the channel

:00:01.:00:04.

coastline. Still a breezy night. Some clear skies, so under the clear

:00:05.:00:09.

skies that's where we will have the lowest temperatures, generally in

:00:10.:00:11.

towns and cities between seven and ten Celsius, but in the countryside

:00:12.:00:15.

lower, so again, in prone areas tonight, we are likely to see a

:00:16.:00:18.

touch of frost. So tomorrow morning, we start off

:00:19.:00:21.

with clear skies, meaning a lovely sparkly start to the day with

:00:22.:00:25.

sunshine. But there will be more showers around tomorrow. Some of

:00:26.:00:28.

them could merge and the other thing about tomorrow is, there will be a

:00:29.:00:32.

brisker breeze and it is coming from the cold east to north easterly

:00:33.:00:36.

direction. So despite the fact that we've got temperatures between 11

:00:37.:00:40.

and 16 Celsius, up a touch on today, it will actually feel colder. But

:00:41.:00:44.

once again, if you're out in the west, that's where we're going to

:00:45.:00:47.

see the best of the sunshine, not too bad in southern areas either.

:00:48.:00:50.

For Wednesday, it is more of the same again. Still this keen easterly

:00:51.:00:55.

breeze, blowing in the showers. Brighter skies out towards the west.

:00:56.:00:58.

That's where we'll have the sunshine. And temperature values

:00:59.:01:02.

well in the breeze, feeling cooler, we're looking at 11 Celsius to 15

:01:03.:01:05.

Celsius. Just a quick look ahead, you can see low pressure moving

:01:06.:01:09.

across the Bay of Biscay in across parts of France, high pressure to

:01:10.:01:13.

the north of us, look at that squeeze, that tells you it will turn

:01:14.:01:14.

windier by the end of this week. It's Monday, 10 o'clock,

:01:15.:01:18.

I'm Victoria Derbyshire. Welcome to the programme,

:01:19.:01:23.

if you've just joined us. Donald Trump threatens

:01:24.:01:25.

Hillary Clinton with jail in what's being called the worst-tempered

:01:26.:01:27.

Presidential debate in US history. I apologised to my family,

:01:28.:01:32.

I apologised to the American people. He has said that the video doesn't

:01:33.:01:40.

represent who he is. But I think it is clear to anyone

:01:41.:01:45.

who heard it that it I was so surprised to see him

:01:46.:01:48.

sign on with the devil. But when you talk about apology,

:01:49.:01:56.

I think the one that you should really be apologising for,

:01:57.:02:00.

the thing that you should be apologising for, are

:02:01.:02:02.

the 33,000 e-mails. Is just awfully good that someone

:02:03.:02:07.

with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge

:02:08.:02:09.

of the law in this country. We're facing one of the most

:02:10.:02:13.

serious injustices in British military history -

:02:14.:02:20.

the words of one former soldier, now a Tory MP,

:02:21.:02:22.

who in an investigation for this programme says the way

:02:23.:02:25.

we investigate allegations of abuse by soldiers in Iraq is destroying

:02:26.:02:27.

the lives of some of our I couldn't sleep that night, I was

:02:28.:02:44.

crying. I was sick. Most nights I didn't want to wake up. I would be

:02:45.:02:49.

gutted every time my eyes opened. That night, I tried to take my own

:02:50.:02:55.

life. It was worse than any war I have ever fought.

:02:56.:02:57.

We'll hear more of his story and ask whether the system is broken

:02:58.:03:00.

Also in the programme - why former Labour leader Ed Miliband

:03:01.:03:05.

is trying to force a vote in Parliament over Brexit.

:03:06.:03:07.

We speak to him live in just a moment.

:03:08.:03:14.

Here's Joanna Gosling in the BBC Newsroom

:03:15.:03:16.

Bitter words have been exchanged between Hillary Clinton

:03:17.:03:19.

and Donald Trump during their second US presidential debate.

:03:20.:03:23.

Mrs Clinton said the Republican candidate's remarks about groping

:03:24.:03:25.

women showed he wasn't fit to be president.

:03:26.:03:30.

Mr Trump repeatedly called his Democratic opponent a liar

:03:31.:03:32.

and accused her husband of abusing women.

:03:33.:03:37.

Three former heads of the British Army have criticised

:03:38.:03:39.

the mechanism set up to investigate allegations of historic abuse by UK

:03:40.:03:42.

The Iraq Historic Allegations Team was set-up to examine claims

:03:43.:03:48.

of abuse by British forces in Iraq dating back to 2003.

:03:49.:03:53.

It's been repeatedly criticised for its investigative methods

:03:54.:03:55.

and for pursuing claims against soldiers who've already been

:03:56.:03:57.

In my time, we began to see that it was growing as a many headed Hydra.

:03:58.:04:16.

We need was growing as a many headed Hydra.

:04:17.:04:17.

We need to wind these investigations up as quickly as possible. It's not

:04:18.:04:17.

on, not good for individuals, not fair for individuals and it is

:04:18.:04:19.

definitely harmful for operational effectiveness. Obviously I would

:04:20.:04:25.

like to see soldiers that are innocent of any such behaviour, the

:04:26.:04:29.

burden lifted from them. The RMT union says that

:04:30.:04:31.

Southern Rail is to take legal action to try and stop a series

:04:32.:04:34.

of strikes due to start tomorrow. The union is planning 14 days

:04:35.:04:37.

of strikes until December in protest at changes to the role

:04:38.:04:40.

of conductors. The company insists that moving

:04:41.:04:43.

conductors to new posts of on-board supervisor will not affect

:04:44.:04:46.

jobs or safety. Police in Germany say they've

:04:47.:04:48.

captured a Syrian refugee who's suspected of planning

:04:49.:04:51.

an Islamist bomb attack. Jaber al-Bakr - who's believed

:04:52.:04:53.

to have links with the Islamic State group - was detained in Leipzig

:04:54.:04:56.

after a two-day search. People who publish personal

:04:57.:05:08.

information about someone on the internet or encourage online

:05:09.:05:10.

harassment could be The guidelines come into force today

:05:11.:05:12.

in England and Wales. The CPS says it will exercise

:05:13.:05:18.

considerable caution before charging those who post "grossly

:05:19.:05:20.

offensive" material online, That's a summary of the latest BBC

:05:21.:05:22.

News - more at 10.30. The former Labour leader

:05:23.:05:31.

Ed Milliband is calling for a vote in Parliament on the Government's

:05:32.:05:34.

plans for Brexit. If you're getting in touch, use the

:05:35.:05:47.

hashtag. Time for the sport. There semifinalist at the European

:05:48.:05:51.

Championships, Wales have not hit those heights in the World Cup

:05:52.:05:57.

qualifying. They have an two draws against Lithuania and last night at

:05:58.:06:00.

home to Georgia. Wales were clear favourites against a team over 100

:06:01.:06:04.

places below them in the rankings and opened the scoring through

:06:05.:06:08.

Gareth Bale. The goal came after ten minutes. They lost control of the

:06:09.:06:11.

match in the second half and Georgia were able to equalise, and had

:06:12.:06:19.

chances to win late on. They sit third in the group. Andy Murray is

:06:20.:06:27.

building up to summer. He won his fifth title at the China open and

:06:28.:06:32.

has set his sights on becoming world number one. He won in straight sets

:06:33.:06:37.

to narrow the gap on Novak Djokovic. With high-scoring events in Shanghai

:06:38.:06:40.

and Paris to come, both of which could see a struggling Novak

:06:41.:06:44.

Djokovic dropping points if he fails to defend his titles, Murray is

:06:45.:06:48.

waiting in the wings with a large trophy to capitalise. I never

:06:49.:06:53.

expected to win that many tournaments. When I first came onto,

:06:54.:06:59.

you don't expect to win one. As you get older, and experience winning,

:07:00.:07:03.

you want to continue doing that. I'm glad I managed to get to 40. It has

:07:04.:07:09.

been the best year of my career. The next target is trying to get to 50,

:07:10.:07:14.

which is going to be hard. Johanna Konta is on the rise, despite losing

:07:15.:07:20.

in the women's final in China to Agnieszka Radwanska. She was beaten

:07:21.:07:23.

in straight sets, but the run to the final means she is now in the top

:07:24.:07:29.

ten and also in qualifying session for the lucrative world tour finals,

:07:30.:07:33.

where the best eight players go head-to-head in Singapore at the end

:07:34.:07:34.

of the month. And it all got a little heated

:07:35.:07:40.

as England lost to Bangladesh Stand in captain Jos Butler unhappy

:07:41.:07:43.

at the way the hosts England's hopes of wrapping up

:07:44.:07:47.

the series went as he trudged off. Ben Stokes later tweeted,

:07:48.:07:51.

"Congrats to Bangladesh on the win tonight,outplayed us,what

:07:52.:07:53.

I won't stand for is someone putting a shoulder to my teammate

:07:54.:07:56.

at handshakes". Emotions running high after

:07:57.:07:57.

questions about whether the tour should have gone ahead,

:07:58.:07:59.

it all comes down now The former Labour leader

:08:00.:08:02.

Ed Milliband is calling for a vote in Parliament on the Government's

:08:03.:08:17.

plans for Brexit. And Ed Miliband, who voted

:08:18.:08:20.

for the UK to remain in the EU, Good morning. What exactly is it

:08:21.:08:31.

that you want? First thing to say is that I accept the result of this

:08:32.:08:34.

referendum. The British people voted to leave the European Union. We need

:08:35.:08:39.

to honour that vote. This is not about trying to reverse the result

:08:40.:08:42.

through Parliament. But what they did not vote for was a particular

:08:43.:08:47.

type of Brexit. There are lots of decisions to be made about

:08:48.:08:50.

immigration, the economy and the single market. My point is

:08:51.:08:55.

Parliament has got to take a view on that, if like, to give the

:08:56.:08:59.

government a mandate for the negotiations. We now know that

:09:00.:09:03.

Theresa May is going to be triggering Article 50 to start

:09:04.:09:08.

leaving the European Union. The Government can't do these

:09:09.:09:11.

negotiations without getting the consent of Parliament for the way

:09:12.:09:14.

they are going to go about the negotiations and what they are going

:09:15.:09:16.

to be arguing for the British people. Ultimately, that is the

:09:17.:09:19.

point. If this is about sovereignty, the sovereignty of the people, which

:09:20.:09:24.

lots of people that wanted to leave the European Union said it was, then

:09:25.:09:29.

Parliament, representative of the people, they have to take a view and

:09:30.:09:32.

the people have to be consulted. People have to have laid before them

:09:33.:09:36.

the choices on strategy of the government. The British public voted

:09:37.:09:41.

to leave the EU, they did not vote to leave the EU subject to a vote by

:09:42.:09:45.

you and your colleagues in Parliament? Exactly, which is why I

:09:46.:09:50.

am not saying to reverse the result. Some people said it is an advisory

:09:51.:09:54.

referendum, we should not go through with this, I am not saying that. I

:09:55.:09:58.

am saying we are going to believe in European Union, that is what the

:09:59.:10:01.

British people voted for. But we've got to get the negotiations right.

:10:02.:10:05.

Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, said last week that the British people

:10:06.:10:07.

didn't vote to make themselves poorer. He is right about that. What

:10:08.:10:12.

worried me about some of what we heard at the Conservative conference

:10:13.:10:16.

was that I understand the concerns about immigration, I see them in my

:10:17.:10:21.

own constituency, but what I felt was our whole economy was in danger

:10:22.:10:25.

of being thrown off cliff. The biggest trading relationship, in the

:10:26.:10:29.

single market, in a cavalier fashion. The way we have to go about

:10:30.:10:33.

the negotiations is careful, considered and consultative way,

:10:34.:10:38.

with Parliament and the people. The Government has the authority to

:10:39.:10:41.

deliver the will of the people without having to go back to

:10:42.:10:45.

Parliament to check with MPs the terms of Brexit? I think that is an

:10:46.:10:52.

open question. In principle, politically, for the good of the

:10:53.:10:56.

country, I don't really think the Government has a right. If they had

:10:57.:11:01.

begun the negotiations without consulting Parliament, after less

:11:02.:11:03.

than two years they will come to Parliament and say yes or no. I

:11:04.:11:07.

assume they will try to get the final negotiation through

:11:08.:11:10.

Parliament. It will be too late by then. We need to be knowing now what

:11:11.:11:15.

the Government is going to be negotiating for. I believe they need

:11:16.:11:18.

to get the consent of MPs. There is no other mandate here. The

:11:19.:11:22.

Conservative manifesto said the Conservative Party was determined to

:11:23.:11:26.

stay in the single market. It sounded from what Theresa May and

:11:27.:11:37.

some of her ministers were saying that we were going to leave the

:11:38.:11:40.

single market, contrary to the manifesto. There is no mandate for

:11:41.:11:42.

hard Brexit, a huge separation from the single market, I don't believe.

:11:43.:11:45.

That is why I think Parliament has to be consulted. What is the process

:11:46.:11:48.

of how MPs would get a vote? It is for the government EU to think about

:11:49.:11:51.

this, my suggestion would be they put forward a negotiating strategy

:11:52.:11:53.

and a white or green paper, and Parliament votes on that. Why would

:11:54.:11:58.

they show their hand to the EU leaders? The reality is that these

:11:59.:12:02.

negotiations will be pretty public, pretty quickly. Very little secret

:12:03.:12:13.

in today's world. Once they go into these negotiations, it will be

:12:14.:12:16.

pretty clear. It should be done by a series of half briefings and leaks.

:12:17.:12:18.

The Government should set out the opening position. Maybe not it's

:12:19.:12:20.

totally final position, but the opening position come in a white or

:12:21.:12:24.

green paper. But it to Parliament and that will force them to consult

:12:25.:12:29.

MPs of all parties. It is not just Labour MP saying it, Tory MPs, it is

:12:30.:12:33.

not just remainers saying for it, people that voted for Leave. I was

:12:34.:12:37.

talking to Stephen Phillips and he is concerned about this. He is a

:12:38.:12:41.

Conservative MP supporting Leave. It is not about rerunning the

:12:42.:12:45.

referendum, it is about getting the right outcome for the country. If

:12:46.:12:49.

you got that vote and Parliament voted against the Government, would

:12:50.:12:54.

that mean that Britain remained in the European Union? No, it would

:12:55.:12:56.

mean the Government would have to come back with a different

:12:57.:12:59.

negotiating strategy because they would not have got the consent of

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Parliament. These negotiations don't just matter for two or three years,

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they will matter for the next 20, 30, 40 years, our place in the

:13:08.:13:10.

world, the economy, jobs and livelihoods. These are too important

:13:11.:13:17.

to be done in closed-door discussions in Government, when

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there is no mandate for the negotiations the government is

:13:20.:13:28.

involved in. You say it is not about rerunning the referendum, but there

:13:29.:13:30.

will still be people watching you now that will suspect as a remainer,

:13:31.:13:34.

you are trying to deny the outcome of the referendum with a vote in

:13:35.:13:38.

Parliament? I'm not. One of the reasons I am not as my own

:13:39.:13:42.

constituency. Doncaster voted 69% to leave the European Union. I have

:13:43.:13:47.

heard the mandate. But I owe it, as somebody that was elected by my

:13:48.:13:50.

constituents, to seek the best outcome for them, given what they

:13:51.:13:56.

voted for. People did not vote for a particular type of Brexit. That was

:13:57.:13:59.

part of the problem of the campaign, it was not clear what we were voting

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for. I think a lot of people will be thinking, whether they voted Remain

:14:05.:14:08.

Leave, the right thing to do is to get the best outcome for the

:14:09.:14:11.

country. Of course there has to be parliamentary consent. The sovereign

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body is Parliament, the people are sovereign, this was supposed to be

:14:18.:14:21.

returning sovereignty. How can you bypass the sovereign body of the

:14:22.:14:28.

people, Parliament? Of the mood music was for soft Brexit, still

:14:29.:14:31.

being a member of the single market with less control on immigration,

:14:32.:14:36.

would you still be arguing for this? If the mood music from government

:14:37.:14:40.

was? I am more alarmed by the hard Brexit position the Government is

:14:41.:14:44.

taking. I will be honest, it is not just me that is alarmed, the CBI is

:14:45.:14:48.

extremely alarmed. I am worried about the direction it is going. But

:14:49.:14:53.

I think the principle is right. The principle of Parliament being

:14:54.:15:00.

consulted is the right one. I want to move on to a couple of other

:15:01.:15:04.

issues. I would like to play a clip of Theresa May's speech from the

:15:05.:15:08.

Conservative Party conference last week, which I am sure you heard bits

:15:09.:15:15.

of. To stand for the week and to stand up to strong. He may be strong

:15:16.:15:27.

standing up to the weak, but he is always weak when it comes to

:15:28.:15:30.

standing up against the strong. Where markets are dysfunctional, we

:15:31.:15:33.

should be prepared to intervene. Some people will blame the

:15:34.:15:36.

companies. Ultimately, I don't think that is where the blame lies. It

:15:37.:15:40.

lies with government. I think it lies with government for not having

:15:41.:15:44.

had the strength to take this on. Not having stood up. Stood up to the

:15:45.:15:46.

powerful interests. Wet within our society today we see

:15:47.:15:56.

division and unfairness all around, between a more prosperous older

:15:57.:15:59.

generation and a struggling younger generation. Between the wealth of

:16:00.:16:03.

London and the rest of the country. But perhaps most of all, between the

:16:04.:16:08.

rich, the successful and the powerful and their fellow citizens.

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Are you satisfied with the country which shuts out the voices of

:16:13.:16:15.

millions of ordinary people and licence only to the powerful? Are

:16:16.:16:20.

you satisfied with a country standing apart as two nations? Well,

:16:21.:16:25.

I'm not satisfied. We're Britain. We're better than this.

:16:26.:16:32.

Well... Look, it is true. I helped Theresa May write the speech!

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LAUGHTER When you were watching her, what was

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your actual reaction? Gosh. It sounds familiar. Look, let me give

:16:42.:16:46.

her a bit of credit for a second because I think what she did

:16:47.:16:49.

recognise in her conference speech and before was that this referendum,

:16:50.:16:52.

this Brexit vote, wasn't just about Europe. Of course, it was about

:16:53.:16:55.

Europe and immigration and so on, but it was about a deeper

:16:56.:16:58.

dissatisfaction with the direction of the countriment now, look, the

:16:59.:17:03.

question for is can she deliver? Can she deliver on the things she is

:17:04.:17:06.

planning, she will cut tax credits which is bad for the people she is

:17:07.:17:09.

talking about. I think hard Brexit will be bad fort people that she's

:17:10.:17:14.

talking about. She was famously I think having dinner with Rupert

:17:15.:17:19.

Murdoch, I don't think he agrees with the policies she is talking

:17:20.:17:23.

about. Where is the policy on non-doms? Let's judge her. I'll

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judge her on her actions. I want to ask you about the US Presidential

:17:29.:17:33.

debate last night? Yes. A you are a keen follower of US politics? I

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didn't stay up for it. You followed the news this morning, there is a

:17:38.:17:40.

comparison between Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn, but in the fact that

:17:41.:17:43.

they attract those people who are anti-politics, do you think that's

:17:44.:17:47.

fair? I think it is different, but the similarities are these which is

:17:48.:17:53.

that all around the world people are tapping into deep discontent with

:17:54.:17:56.

the way the country is going. I think Jeremy Corbyn has totally

:17:57.:17:58.

different solutions from Donald Trump as I think both of them would

:17:59.:18:04.

say as well. I think it is very troubling the Donald Trump

:18:05.:18:07.

candidacy, whatever the outcome, it is troubling because millions and

:18:08.:18:09.

millions of Americans will vote for him and I think it is a real sign

:18:10.:18:15.

that the sort of capital system, the kind of system that America and

:18:16.:18:19.

indeed Britain is putting forward is in real disrepute with people and if

:18:20.:18:24.

people are willing to ignore that terrible tape, anies racism, it

:18:25.:18:29.

tells you something about how deep the dissatisfaction is. Do you

:18:30.:18:32.

believe Labour can win a general election under Jeremy Corbyn?

:18:33.:18:36.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Look, he got re-elected by our party. We've got

:18:37.:18:41.

more members than I think we've in in 40 or 50 years. He has mobilised

:18:42.:18:45.

party members and people who weren't party members in a way that even I

:18:46.:18:49.

didn't do so. Now the task is for all of us to take this out to the

:18:50.:18:53.

country and convince the country and you know think there has been a

:18:54.:18:57.

change in terms of attitude and will among the Parliamentary party since

:18:58.:19:02.

Jeremy's re-election of the there is an acceptance that he won. An

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acceptance that people have got to work with him and support him. It

:19:06.:19:08.

doesn't mean there won't be disagreements and there won't be,

:19:09.:19:11.

you know, constant peace, but it does mean there is a sense that

:19:12.:19:15.

we've got to focus on the country and not the party. How will you

:19:16.:19:19.

measure his success as we head towards a general election? What are

:19:20.:19:22.

you looking for in term of the wider electorate? As a former leader, I

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never liked it when other leaders commentated and marked me out of

:19:29.:19:31.

continue. So I'm not going to mark him out of ten. I think this Brexit

:19:32.:19:35.

thing is really important. It is one of the things I'm concentrating on,

:19:36.:19:38.

but I'm going to support him. The party made its choice and I think we

:19:39.:19:42.

should accept it. His latest top team appointments came last week,

:19:43.:19:45.

were you invited to be a member of it? I wasn't invited formally.

:19:46.:19:51.

Informally? I made clear for sometime that I thought my role was

:19:52.:19:55.

best served on the back benches because I have been on the frontline

:19:56.:19:58.

for a long time. I wanted a break from the frontline. I thought there

:19:59.:20:04.

was other things I wanted to do from the back benches. So that means you

:20:05.:20:07.

wouldn't serve on the frontbench under Jeremy Corbyn? It doesn't mean

:20:08.:20:11.

that, no. At the moment I'm happy doing what I'm doing. OK. A word

:20:12.:20:15.

about the reshuffle. Two Labour whips, whips people responsible for

:20:16.:20:19.

party discipline resigned overnight in protest at the sacking of the

:20:20.:20:23.

Chief Whip Rosie Winterton, do you think that was a brutal sacking?

:20:24.:20:27.

Well, Rosie is a really good friend of mine and I appointed here as

:20:28.:20:31.

Chief Whip. She is a brilliant person and she was always the first

:20:32.:20:35.

name on my team sheet as I would always say to her, but leaders have

:20:36.:20:41.

to make their decisions and like' not going to commentate on his

:20:42.:20:46.

performance or reshuffle. He won the leadership election and he is

:20:47.:20:52.

entitled to do that. Do former Labour leaders comment on former

:20:53.:20:55.

Labour colleagues being on Strictly Come Dancing? He's brilliant. You

:20:56.:20:58.

know, he has got better and better, hasn't he? There he is!

:20:59.:21:02.

Do you think he has got better and better? What are you basing that on?

:21:03.:21:07.

Didn't he do better last week than he did the week before He has thrown

:21:08.:21:12.

himself into it. A national treasure. I'm not going to paint my

:21:13.:21:17.

face green any time soon, but it suits him let me say! Thank you very

:21:18.:21:18.

much for talking to us, Ed Miliband. A Twitter hashtag "not "OK"

:21:19.:21:23.

is being used by women to talk about their personal experiences

:21:24.:21:34.

of sexual assaults after Donald Trump made those remarks

:21:35.:21:36.

about groping women. We'll be talking to two women

:21:37.:21:38.

who have shared their stories. This morning soldiers have been

:21:39.:21:39.

telling this programme their lives are being ruined by investigations

:21:40.:21:42.

into allegations of And three former heads

:21:43.:21:43.

of the British Army have broken rank to tell us about their concerns over

:21:44.:21:49.

the way it's being handled. The Iraq Historic Allegations team

:21:50.:21:52.

was set-up in 2010 to examine claims of abuse by British forces in Iraq

:21:53.:21:55.

dating back to 2003. It's been repeatedly criticised

:21:56.:22:00.

for its investigative methods and for pursuing claims

:22:01.:22:04.

against soldiers who've already been acquitted of any crime,

:22:05.:22:08.

claims that have been described The Conservative MP Johnny Mercer,

:22:09.:22:10.

a former army captain, has been He spoke to "John" -

:22:11.:22:20.

not his real name - who described going through

:22:21.:22:27.

the process of being investigated for alleged abuses whilst

:22:28.:22:29.

on operations, and the affect We were accused, we were accused of

:22:30.:22:31.

a lad who drowned to death. And, you know, the other three

:22:32.:22:40.

people who were there, the other three Iraqis,

:22:41.:22:43.

they accused us of beating So, in the immediate

:22:44.:22:45.

aftermath of Yeah, it was chaos,

:22:46.:22:51.

I'm not going to lie. It was something I'd never seen

:22:52.:23:00.

in my life, and I don't think I could ever contemplate how bad

:23:01.:23:03.

it was going to be before It didn't last long,

:23:04.:23:06.

but it was tough because we lost a couple of colleagues,

:23:07.:23:11.

and two or three others were shot. I remember being in a room,

:23:12.:23:14.

it was pitch black, I remember sitting, thinking

:23:15.:23:21.

to myself, I'm not coming home. What is the first you heard that it

:23:22.:23:25.

was going to be investigated? I'd come home, went on a tour

:23:26.:23:33.

of Northern Ireland. After that, I came in and a couple

:23:34.:23:36.

gentleman came into my They said, I'm arresting

:23:37.:23:39.

you on suspicion of You know, it was the proudest day

:23:40.:23:48.

of my life and I became a soldier. It became my worst

:23:49.:24:00.

mistake overnight. They interrogated me

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for hours and hours. When I came home that day,

:24:04.:24:09.

I thought, it can't be real, There's no way this

:24:10.:24:19.

has happened to me. I came home from a

:24:20.:24:22.

soldier's life a hero, And most days I didn't

:24:23.:24:26.

even want to wake up. I used to be gutted every

:24:27.:24:49.

time my eyes opened in the morning. Why couldn't I just fall

:24:50.:24:52.

asleep and not wake up? And I shouldn't have

:24:53.:24:56.

had to feel that way. I shouldn't have had to come down

:24:57.:24:58.

that road of... And then that night,

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I tried to take my own life. And them saying to me,

:25:01.:25:03.

"you're not well". I wouldn't take it,

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I was saying, I'm OK. No one knew how to deal

:25:12.:25:18.

with me, you know? The place that I went to that time,

:25:19.:25:27.

it's worse than anyone It became clear that this

:25:28.:25:30.

harassment, going back over ten years, has had an incredibly

:25:31.:25:33.

destructive effect on his life. What would you say to those

:25:34.:25:36.

who would say to you, the end of the day, this young lad

:25:37.:25:38.

is dead, we want to Do think it is fair

:25:39.:25:41.

to investigate that? Yeah, somebody has died,

:25:42.:25:46.

I understand investigating it. It was a tragic accident and I am

:25:47.:25:49.

truly sorry for the lad If I could save someone's

:25:50.:25:52.

life, I would. I can certainly tell you it didn't

:25:53.:26:04.

happen the way they painted it. So, since then, did

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the trial collapse? They took about eight

:26:08.:26:10.

hours deliberating. They came down and

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found us not guilty. To be honest, I had so many tears

:26:15.:26:16.

that just burst out my eyes, It felt like the world

:26:17.:26:25.

was lifted off my shoulders. But it wasn't until after

:26:26.:26:31.

the trial that it got worse. It was the drinking,

:26:32.:26:33.

the sleepless nights, No one came forward and looked

:26:34.:26:35.

after you in that I went into the Army

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as a man and left broken. So, after 2008, when did you first

:26:47.:26:53.

hear that this was coming The first time I heard

:26:54.:27:00.

about it was from the press. They said, "how do you feel

:27:01.:27:08.

about being investigated?" I said, "I'm sorry, you've

:27:09.:27:17.

got the wrong number." They gave me a number to ring

:27:18.:27:19.

for the investigation team. I rang it up and he said, "yes,

:27:20.:27:27.

sorry, we are investigating it." I remember just sitting

:27:28.:27:30.

on the couch, shaking. When we were found not guilty,

:27:31.:27:36.

it was a massive weight But then to hear that they were

:27:37.:27:38.

reinvestigating me again, I went through all the emotions

:27:39.:27:43.

of sitting there, shaking. And that wasn't even the war,

:27:44.:27:49.

that is just what was done And I just sat there,

:27:50.:27:57.

thinking to myself... You're going to go through this,

:27:58.:28:06.

you're going to drag it all back up again,

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and you're going to leave me again, So when I started hearing

:28:10.:28:11.

about these things, I asked the minister

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in Parliament about whether you guys She said to me that everybody

:28:20.:28:21.

was getting looked after, Yeah, there was no

:28:22.:28:27.

one looking after us. Whether we were one of the first,

:28:28.:28:35.

I don't know, but there was no So why is it thought so important

:28:36.:28:38.

to get to the bottom Nicholas Mercer was

:28:39.:28:52.

the British Army's chief legal I spoke to him earlier and asked

:28:53.:28:55.

whether he saw evidence I was the first person to raise

:28:56.:28:59.

the alarm over abuses, having walked into an interrogation

:29:00.:29:09.

centre by accident, as it happened, I was going down to the prisoner of

:29:10.:29:13.

war camp to deal with another issue, and I came across prisoners

:29:14.:29:17.

being subjected to what are called So when people say these

:29:18.:29:19.

allegations are spurious, I think one of the main issues

:29:20.:29:26.

is that British soldiers have been investigated and then cleared,

:29:27.:29:33.

and find themselves, several years later,

:29:34.:29:35.

being rearrested and reinvestigated. I think in answer to that, one

:29:36.:29:37.

of the criticisms of the Baha Moussa trial was that the witnesses

:29:38.:29:57.

closed ranks and the judge expressed his frustration

:29:58.:30:00.

that he was never able to get up the truth

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because of this rank closing. So, Baha Moussa, we never

:30:03.:30:04.

got to the bottom of It would seem inequitable,

:30:05.:30:06.

indeed it would be wrong, if fresh evidence came to light not

:30:07.:30:10.

to reopen that investigation. It is the closing of ranks,

:30:11.:30:12.

in many cases, that has Baha Moussa, for those that don't

:30:13.:30:15.

know, was beaten to death There were dozens and dozens

:30:16.:30:21.

of injuries found on his body. I take into account the fact

:30:22.:30:27.

that you say apparently It does not get away from the fact

:30:28.:30:33.

that people who have been cleared, soldiers who have been cleared

:30:34.:30:39.

after a three or four year investigation, find themselves,

:30:40.:30:42.

a decade later, investigated for the same offences

:30:43.:30:47.

for which they have been cleared? Well, I hear what you say,

:30:48.:30:54.

but I go back to my original point. Some of these allegations

:30:55.:30:57.

are very serious. In the case of Baha Mousa,

:30:58.:31:01.

it is a murder investigation. In the case of Kareem Ali,

:31:02.:31:04.

who drowned in the Shatt Al Basra Canal, this

:31:05.:31:07.

is a manslaughter investigation. If evidence didn't come

:31:08.:31:14.

out or was suppressed, it would be inequitable not

:31:15.:31:16.

to reopen those cases. But we don't know that

:31:17.:31:19.

evidence didn't come Well, we do, because we know

:31:20.:31:21.

from the Baha Moussa trial, by way of example, that the judge

:31:22.:31:28.

expressed his frustration that he could not get

:31:29.:31:30.

the evidence from the soldiers. So, why does that make you think

:31:31.:31:35.

that evidence would be more Well, I think in time people might

:31:36.:31:38.

break, people might say something, further evidence might

:31:39.:31:47.

come to light. It's very hard to generalise because

:31:48.:31:49.

each case turns on its own facts. You would have to be quite heavily

:31:50.:31:54.

involved in each case to make All I can say is a case

:31:55.:31:57.

in which I have been involved, in which I followed closely,

:31:58.:32:04.

because I was a witness, that has been criticism

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from the judge. In those circumstances,

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it is entirely reasonable, indeed you would not

:32:09.:32:19.

want to be otherwise. I want to give you another example,

:32:20.:32:20.

a British soldier investigated over Last he was investigated again

:32:21.:32:23.

by the Iraq Historic They have since questioned

:32:24.:32:27.

his ex-girlfriend about whether he was racist or abusive,

:32:28.:32:29.

or was a drinker. They have questioned

:32:30.:32:32.

people who he never served That just doesn't seem

:32:33.:32:34.

logical or right. I think you're straying into very

:32:35.:32:42.

dangerous territory here. You are not a policeman,

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you are not an investigator. I was a military prosecutor

:32:49.:32:55.

for 20-odd years and the police make inquiries, there can be all sorts

:32:56.:32:57.

of evidential lines of inquiry It is very dangerous for the public

:32:58.:33:00.

now to be stepping in and telling They do this all the time,

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they have done it all their lives. Nicholas Mercer, the chief legal

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adviser for the British Army in Iraq in 2003.

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We can speak now to Johnny Mercer, the Conservative MP and former

:33:22.:33:24.

soldier who presented that film for us earlier and Carla Ferstman

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who is a director of the human rights charity Redress.

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Hello to both of you. First, let's put the point is that Nicholas

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Mercer made, a fresh evidence emerges or there is a chance to get

:33:36.:33:38.

to the bottom of a murder or manslaughter case, why would you not

:33:39.:33:44.

want to do that? Absolutely, I agree with that. It's really important to

:33:45.:33:47.

say that where there is evidence, clear evidence that something has

:33:48.:33:51.

broken the law, not uphold the standards we worked so hard to

:33:52.:33:54.

uphold operations, they should feel the full force of the law. But that

:33:55.:33:58.

evidence has not been forthcoming. The quality of this new evidence

:33:59.:34:02.

going on, the very concept of doing an operation and then going around

:34:03.:34:05.

in that country six or seven years later and saying, has anybody got

:34:06.:34:08.

any problems, maybe we can get you some money, that is a flawed

:34:09.:34:13.

process. Any evidence that comes out of that process is... I don't

:34:14.:34:17.

understand how it will hold up in court and neither do the judges. Do

:34:18.:34:22.

you accept that? I do think that we have to take as a starting point the

:34:23.:34:27.

seriousness of the allegations. Can you answer the question, is that

:34:28.:34:32.

flawed as a way of getting fresh evidence? To offer money? The

:34:33.:34:39.

criminal investigations, the team is not about money, it is about

:34:40.:34:43.

criminal investigations. I think it is really important to focus on the

:34:44.:34:51.

job of the IHAT investigators, finding out the truth about what

:34:52.:34:56.

happened, not about financial gain. With respect to the investigations

:34:57.:34:59.

themselves, it is very difficult to stop in the middle of them and say

:35:00.:35:03.

there is not any evidence that has come out, if an investigation is

:35:04.:35:08.

taken from beginning to end and there is no evidence which emerges

:35:09.:35:13.

after that investigation has been conclusively finished, then

:35:14.:35:15.

certainly, nothing should come out of it. That is where we are at. We

:35:16.:35:21.

are in the middle of ongoing investigations. We clearly disagree

:35:22.:35:27.

on this. I think once you have have that investigation, these people

:35:28.:35:30.

have been brought through trials and they are found not guilty, by a

:35:31.:35:33.

judge who knows what he's doing, assessing the quality of the

:35:34.:35:37.

evidence, I do not think the principle of them being able to

:35:38.:35:40.

throw mud for the rest of their lives in hope that some and Nicholas

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Mercer made the point, maybe someday we'll break, but we don't treat

:35:47.:35:50.

people like that. We present the evidence, they are guilty or not

:35:51.:35:53.

guilty. If they are not, you move on. People are misunderstanding the

:35:54.:35:58.

characteristics. If somebody invaded Plymouth and then a lawyer came six

:35:59.:36:03.

years later and said as anything happened you are not happy with, I

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will be at the front of the queue. It does not work like that. We are

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hanging people out to dry. Not a single prosecution. With any

:36:16.:36:20.

criminal investigation, domestic or otherwise, if new evidence comes to

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light, it is common practice to restart the investigation.

:36:26.:36:29.

Certainly, in some of the IHAT investigations, new evidence has

:36:30.:36:31.

come to light. It is a question about where they are in that

:36:32.:36:35.

investigation. Certainly, one would hope that those investigations can

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be concluded as soon as possible. Nobody wants this hanging over

:36:41.:36:47.

soldiers, if the evidence is not there. The job of the IHAT is to

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carry out an infective investigation and to determine one way or another

:36:53.:36:56.

whether these matters should go to trial or not. I respectfully

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suggest, this was established in 2010, it cost ?22 million, 270

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people working every day on this. At the evidence was there, it would

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probably have come out by now. 240 allegations of unlawful killing

:37:16.:37:17.

represents a complete breakdown of law and order in the British Army in

:37:18.:37:21.

Iraq. Do you really think that happened? It is for investigators to

:37:22.:37:26.

determine whether there is any credible evidence associated with

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that. We know that there has been torture, we know that Baha Mousa

:37:32.:37:37.

died after time in British custody, as a result of 93 injuries on his

:37:38.:37:42.

body. Those are not spurious allegations. They have been dealt

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with. It is important that we separate the truth from fiction and

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focus on the investigations which merit criminal prosecution. I agree

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with that. But this is not about that, it is about a process that has

:38:03.:38:06.

systematically destroyed soldier was Mark lives without a single

:38:07.:38:10.

prosecution. A single one. Baha Moussa, the whole of that,

:38:11.:38:23.

absolutely indefensible, but this is about judicial process, it is not

:38:24.:38:29.

difficult to do and it is not the way we treat people who go out to

:38:30.:38:38.

keep us safe. Let me read some comments from people watching around

:38:39.:38:42.

the country. An e-mail from Stewart, please excuse my anger, but as an

:38:43.:38:46.

ex-serviceman myself these are cowards who send our men into

:38:47.:38:50.

entirely impossible situations without a thought of the

:38:51.:38:53.

consequences. Maria, disgraceful we are putting brave soldiers through

:38:54.:38:59.

this. Terry says it is completely disgusting that soldiers find out

:39:00.:39:02.

about a serious investigation against them from the media. Nigel,

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as the founder of Uk Veterans One Voice we have been putting pressure

:39:09.:39:15.

on the Government to stop IHAT, to prosecute troops now is madness. Do

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you get any sense from the MOD or higher that what IHAT is doing is

:39:20.:39:25.

going to be wound up early, or will they be allowed to continue looking

:39:26.:39:29.

at the hundreds of cases they are looking at? I have run a campaign

:39:30.:39:33.

over the last two three weeks and we have seen an increase pressure and

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have seen statements from the Prime Minister. That is about future

:39:37.:39:43.

conflicts? You are right, the pressure is building. Hopefully will

:39:44.:39:49.

get into a stage where we are looking after these people. There is

:39:50.:39:52.

a fundamental problem in this country between the political

:39:53.:39:54.

masters of the military the military. Nothing crystallised at

:39:55.:39:59.

more than trying to apply the European human rights laws to the

:40:00.:40:03.

battlefield. I think we are in a really important time. How do we

:40:04.:40:09.

look after this Afghanistan and Iraq generation. How we do it now really

:40:10.:40:13.

matters. It will define the relationship with the military for

:40:14.:40:17.

the next 50 years. I want to see us getting that right. We are a proud

:40:18.:40:20.

military nation, we look after our people, not getting it right. The

:40:21.:40:24.

military covenant has not addressed that. We need to look at it again.

:40:25.:40:28.

It is not a choice, it is not a fiscal policy, something we do if we

:40:29.:40:33.

have got time, it is a duty to these people we have asked to look after

:40:34.:40:36.

us and fight wars that we often don't want to know about. The least

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we do when they come home is look after them. Thank you both. If you

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want to watch or share the full film you can find it on the website.

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We asked to speak to the Ministry of Defence,

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the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and someone from the Iraq

:40:55.:40:57.

A spokesperson for the Iraq Historic Allegations Team told us:

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A Ministry of Defence spokesperson told us:

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Donald Trump has defended his lewd comments against women and suggested

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that Bill Clinton's behaviour was worse.

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You described kissing women without their consent,

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You brag that you have sexually assaulted women.

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I don't think you understood what was said.

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I apologised to my family, I apologised to the American people.

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He has said that the video doesn't represent who he is.

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But I think it is clear to anyone who heard it that it

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Since Donald Trump's lewd comments were made public,

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millions of women have been sharing their personal

:43:01.:43:02.

It all started when a Canadian author, Kelly Oxford,

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shared her own account of five different sexual assaults and asked

:43:10.:43:13.

others to talk about their own under the hashtag #notOK.

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We can hear from two women now who've been sexually assaulted

:43:20.:43:22.

on multiple occasions and shared their stories

:43:23.:43:24.

Amanda Junay, who lives in New Jersey.

:43:25.:43:27.

They've waived their right to anonymity to talk to us.

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Thank you very much for speaking to our British audience. Nicole, you

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tweeted about a number of sexual assaults. I know you are comfortable

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in talking to the audience a bit about them? Yes. The first assault I

:43:46.:43:52.

can remember, the most chilling thing about this hashtag and

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responding to it is that a lot of women, me included, had to really

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think about how many there were and list them out. There wasn't just one

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incident. There have been multiple over the course of my life. The

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first several took place when I was only about eight at the bus stop,

:44:09.:44:13.

where there was a boy who thought it was funny to chase me around, grab

:44:14.:44:20.

my breasts, my chest area, I mean, I was only eight, grabbed my crotch

:44:21.:44:23.

and laugh every time he would catch me, laugh with his friends. I never

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told anyone because I just assumed that people would think it was my

:44:28.:44:35.

fault, that I was gross or dirty and that is why he was doing it. That

:44:36.:44:40.

was the first of several for me. When I was 14, a friend, well, not a

:44:41.:44:45.

friend, a friend's boyfriend that I went to school with, offered to

:44:46.:44:49.

drive me home. He drove me down a dark road and attacked me, put my

:44:50.:44:56.

hand on his crotch and tries to kiss me. I managed to find -- send him

:44:57.:45:05.

off, I assumed people would blame me for it. There was a lot of shame and

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embarrassment attached to the incidents. Amanda, you have spoken

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about an incident that happened with a man in a cab and you have not

:45:20.:45:23.

spoken about it before? No, I have not. Do you want me to

:45:24.:45:36.

explain what happened? This happened four years ago. I was commuting home

:45:37.:45:41.

from a job in Manhattan and we had train trouble. It was at 11pm at

:45:42.:45:45.

night. I had no money for a cab and this older gentleman, he was

:45:46.:45:49.

probably 65. He said he was drunk and he said he would pay for my cab

:45:50.:45:55.

would I like to share a ride? Sure. Another passenger jumped in because

:45:56.:45:58.

he was going to the same train station so now you have the driver,

:45:59.:46:04.

a male passenger, the older gentleman passenger and myself and

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I'm in the back with the older man and for the ten tire 45 MinION taxi

:46:08.:46:13.

drive this man just, his greedy hands are going all over me and I'm

:46:14.:46:19.

very vocal about stop touching me. I'm engaged. Do you have a wife? Do

:46:20.:46:23.

you have children? And he's telling me about his daughters and his wife

:46:24.:46:29.

while he's grabbing me and touching me, the passenger and the driver

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aren't doing anything about this. Nothing.

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They just let it go on for 45 MinIONs and when I get to my car I

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just exit the taxi and get to my car. I got home and I didn't even

:46:43.:46:47.

tell my fiancee it happened until yesterday morning and he was

:46:48.:46:50.

shocked. I'm not surprised. Talking about it now, what difference has

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that made to you? You see, I had just finished graduate school and I

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was getting my degree in creative writing nonfiction and I was working

:47:06.:47:09.

on a memoir on me being raped and the sexual assault that I lived

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through and just giving women a voice to speak about this because

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there is so much shame attached and there shouldn't be and our culture

:47:19.:47:24.

exactly how Donald Trump said it, that this is locker-room banter.

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That's what our culture says it is. Like we have to feel shame because

:47:28.:47:33.

men excuse this behaviour every single day. OK. Nicole, let me ask

:47:34.:47:42.

you what you made of the explanation slash justification of Donald Trump

:47:43.:47:47.

saying, "Look, it is just locker-room banter." There is a rape

:47:48.:47:51.

culture throughout the world. I think that video is a perfect

:47:52.:47:57.

example of it and not just Trump's disgusting vile talk, but also, you

:47:58.:48:03.

know, giggling and laughing in response to the gross things that

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Trump was saying about women and the things he does to women routinely

:48:08.:48:11.

because he's rich and he is a man with power. And I think that the

:48:12.:48:17.

silence is one of the thing that perpetuates the rape culture and I

:48:18.:48:20.

understand why so many victims don't say anything. I mean, I didn't say

:48:21.:48:26.

anything for a really long time and because there is so much shame

:48:27.:48:30.

attached to it, but silence is one of the things that perpetuates this

:48:31.:48:34.

and allows it to continue and the more women who speak out about it,

:48:35.:48:40.

the more men speak out about it, hopefully we can shine a light into

:48:41.:48:44.

that dark corner and go a long way towards eliminating that. Friends of

:48:45.:48:48.

mine have contacted me since I posted about this and four of them

:48:49.:48:52.

have girls and they say, "We need to talk to our girls." You need to talk

:48:53.:48:56.

to your boys too. It is not just up to women to avoid being victims of

:48:57.:49:00.

sexual assault, it is up to men to not be perpetrators of sexual

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assault. I'm really grateful that you have

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spoken to our audience. Thank you very much for coming on the

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programme. I really appreciate it. People who post derogatory hashtags

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or humiliating photoshopped images could be prosecuted under new legal

:49:19.:49:20.

guidance which aims to tackle practises known as doxxing,

:49:21.:49:23.

"dog-piling" and "virtual mobbing": There are going to be new guidelines

:49:24.:49:41.

about what you can or can't It is an attempt to clampdown

:49:42.:49:44.

further on the offensive and potentially illegal things that

:49:45.:49:47.

people do on social media to stop So what behaviour

:49:48.:49:50.

are we talking about? That's when users publish private

:49:51.:50:03.

information about others For example, if someone posts

:50:04.:50:06.

something that you don't like and you find out their home

:50:07.:50:09.

address and publish it online, that could now

:50:10.:50:12.

lead to a prosecution. It is when you see a post you don't

:50:13.:50:14.

like and then encourage others to send that user abuse or encourage

:50:15.:50:20.

others to harass them. If you use an offensive hashtag

:50:21.:50:22.

or you repost a message where someone else has used

:50:23.:50:32.

an offensive hashtag that There will be new guidelines to look

:50:33.:50:34.

at baiting or flaming. That's when you send abuse it

:50:35.:50:39.

other people online. The guide will be widened

:50:40.:50:41.

so if you post fake pictures of your victim, you could also

:50:42.:50:44.

face the law. If there is someone you don't

:50:45.:50:46.

like and you cut and paste their head on to a porn image

:50:47.:50:49.

and share it, that And finally, there will be more

:50:50.:50:51.

guidance on sectioning. And finally, there will be more

:50:52.:50:59.

guidance on sexting. That's when you send sexually

:51:00.:51:01.

explicit messages to someone else. The now guidelines will focus

:51:02.:51:04.

on sectioning between people If people say they're

:51:05.:51:06.

in a relationship and do it and they're under 18,

:51:07.:51:09.

that may now be OK. However, if one person is older

:51:10.:51:12.

when secxting occurs, that may now be considered grooming

:51:13.:51:21.

and sexually eploitative. They say the rules are to clamp down

:51:22.:51:33.

on abuse. If you wouldn't do it or say it in real life, you probably

:51:34.:51:37.

shouldn't do it or say it on the internet.

:51:38.:51:44.

Alison Saunders explained what online trolls need to do, if they

:51:45.:51:50.

won't z don't want to be prosecuted? Stop committing offences online.

:51:51.:51:54.

People may not think they are committing offences online, but they

:51:55.:52:00.

are so. For example, harassing somebody online, doing, being

:52:01.:52:04.

abusive and ainsulting online, you can't do, as long as it is grossly

:52:05.:52:10.

offensive. Coercive controlling behaviour online, anything that is

:52:11.:52:14.

an offence, you can't do it online. I think sometimes people think it is

:52:15.:52:19.

a bit of anonymous space and somehow it is a free space, but it is not.

:52:20.:52:23.

The guidelines make it very clear that online offending will be

:52:24.:52:27.

prosecuted if we have the evidence and it is in the public interest to

:52:28.:52:29.

do so. I'm not sure it is that clear, you

:52:30.:52:34.

know. Are you allowed to be generally abusive or offensive in

:52:35.:52:40.

your tweets for example? If you have an opinion about an X Factor

:52:41.:52:43.

contestant or a particular politician? Are you allowed to tweet

:52:44.:52:48.

those kind of offensive comments about an individual? Yes, I mean,

:52:49.:52:53.

we're not about stifling free speech and it is very important that people

:52:54.:52:56.

are allowed to express their opinions. If you commit an offence

:52:57.:53:01.

because you're harassing someone that's very different. If you send

:53:02.:53:04.

that tweet to that individual for example, that might be considered as

:53:05.:53:08.

offence? We would have to really consider carefully what it was. So

:53:09.:53:15.

just saying, "I don't like you." Or being offensive, "You can't sing."

:53:16.:53:20.

Isn't going to be an offence. If you're grossly offensive, so if it

:53:21.:53:25.

is a high level, if you're grossly offensive we maybe able to prosecute

:53:26.:53:28.

you under the malicious communications Act. You can't be

:53:29.:53:32.

mean, you know, be mean or be nasty is fine in the same way as being

:53:33.:53:38.

mean and nasty in off line is, but it is being grossly offensive or if

:53:39.:53:42.

it gets into a harassment type situation.

:53:43.:53:48.

What about inciting people online to get in touch with someone who sent

:53:49.:53:53.

you an offensive tweet? Well, if the tweet is grossly offensive and he

:53:54.:54:01.

encourage people to retweet it then you maybe guilty of on offence of

:54:02.:54:09.

encouraging or assisting, if want to publish an indecent photograph or

:54:10.:54:12.

something like that and you encourage others to do so that may

:54:13.:54:16.

well be an offence of encouraging and assisting. If the same way if

:54:17.:54:22.

you were off line and you encouraged people to commit burglary or

:54:23.:54:25.

assault, you would be guilty of an offence. There are a number of

:54:26.:54:29.

female politicians, a number of high-profile people in the media,

:54:30.:54:34.

who quote tweet or republish an offensive tweet they've received to

:54:35.:54:38.

their followers to let them know the kind of abuse they're getting

:54:39.:54:42.

online? I think that's where the context comes in and it is very

:54:43.:54:45.

important that we consider the context and what it is about. So

:54:46.:54:50.

Looking at why are people actually asking others to retweet or to adopt

:54:51.:54:57.

an offensive hashtag for example and that's the important thing that the

:54:58.:54:59.

guidance makes clear which is looking at the context of the

:55:00.:55:03.

offending and looking perhaps if you're looking at indecent images,

:55:04.:55:07.

looking at the age of the offenders of the so if you're under 18, your

:55:08.:55:12.

children and you're of a similar age we would look at things very

:55:13.:55:16.

differently to an adult doing that to a child. I want to ask you about

:55:17.:55:24.

what might be considered an offence when it comes to offensive hashtags.

:55:25.:55:31.

Hashtag if my daughter brings home a black man. Would that be something

:55:32.:55:36.

that you would consider prosecuting? I think that maybe. Again, it

:55:37.:55:41.

depends very much. Just of itself you wouldn't necessarily think that

:55:42.:55:44.

is, but some people, you know, again if it is directed at an individual,

:55:45.:55:51.

it maybe that that's a hate crime. So inciting sort of, looking at

:55:52.:55:57.

whether or not it is an aggravated offence because of the racial

:55:58.:56:00.

element to it, but again, it is very much looking at, we would need to

:56:01.:56:05.

know far more about the context of the offending and who it has gone to

:56:06.:56:09.

and how widely it has gone? And that's the difficulty with the

:56:10.:56:13.

internet, it goes out so quickly and to so many more people. Exactly. So

:56:14.:56:17.

would you be looking at prosecuting thousands of people or the

:56:18.:56:21.

originator of the hashtag? It would be very much looking at the major

:56:22.:56:26.

harm which is around the originator of the hashtag and the person who

:56:27.:56:30.

encouraged and assisted and obviously it would be a matter for

:56:31.:56:33.

the police to investigate, but that's where the harm will be as

:56:34.:56:37.

opposed to all those who retweet, but again, it would depend on the

:56:38.:56:40.

circumstances. Alison Saunders who is the Director

:56:41.:56:43.

of Public Prosecutions. Let's talk now to Kevin Healey

:56:44.:56:46.

who has who has suffered at the hands of online

:56:47.:56:49.

abusers for five years around autism awareness,

:56:50.:56:51.

and not one of the perpetrators has What do you think? On paper it looks

:56:52.:57:01.

good. I have had five years of abuse and not one troll has been

:57:02.:57:04.

prosecuted or jailed. Even though you made complaints? Even though I

:57:05.:57:09.

made complaints, made complaints to Twitter and made complaints to the

:57:10.:57:13.

police, CID, and not even one troll has been jailed. I just find it

:57:14.:57:18.

unbelievable really. OK, I wonder what else the

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authorities, people like Alison Saunders could do then? Well, I

:57:22.:57:29.

don't know, you know, around the legislation around social media it

:57:30.:57:32.

is quite big and it is quite vast. Also, you know, with the laws in the

:57:33.:57:38.

UK, if somebody is trolling you from outside, my last batch of trolls

:57:39.:57:42.

were from the US, the police said, "Kevin, we can't do anything because

:57:43.:57:46.

the trolls reside in the UK." Not only does the legislation need to

:57:47.:57:50.

change in the UK, it needs to change internationally. There needs to be

:57:51.:57:53.

international laws around social media. OK.

:57:54.:57:59.

Very briefly, Kevin, the impact on you of this kind of online abuse? It

:58:00.:58:04.

has been a nightmare. It has been horrific. It affected me. It has

:58:05.:58:10.

just been horrendous. And you know, it doesn't go away with you, it

:58:11.:58:15.

stays with you 24/#, there is no escape interest it. Kevin, thank you

:58:16.:58:19.

for coming on the programme. Thank you. Thank you for your company

:58:20.:58:25.

today. We're back tomorrow at 9am. See you then. Have a good day.

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