Prospects: Wednesday, 30 January, 2008
- 30 Jan 08, 12:36 PM
Today's programme producer is Carol Rubra - here is her early email to the team.
Good morning,
Stop and Search
David Cameron has given an interview to The Sun in which he calls for the Stop and Search laws to be loosened saying you can't solve 2008 problems with 1980's eyes. Meanwhile Jackie Smith briefed the cabinet yesterday on Ronnie Flanagan's review of Stop and Search arrangements. Are they right that the rules need revising to prevent gun and knife crime or will it rekindle the kind of racial tension we saw in the 1980s? I'm also interested in looking at what the statistics tell us about who is committing gun and knife crime? Who would you like to hear from in a discussion?
Giuliani - may announce he's withdrawing from the Republican race today.
Winograd Commission on the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It's expected to be critical of strategic mistakes made by the Head of the Army and possibly Olmert. We have an interview with the Ambassador.
Italy - We have a film from Christian Fraser on the political chaos in Italy and the state of rubbish collection in Naples and corruption.
Speaker - David is preparing a film about the Speaker of the House of Commons and whether he has the trust of MPs
Economy - various economy stories today - FBI fraud investigations, Fed meeting on interest rates, Soc Gen board meeting.
PMQs
Any other stories you feel we should be covering instead of the above?
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PMQs was awful today but i think the issue of the stop and search warrants further discussion.
Titan jails? The subject drew a very short response from Brown today.
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PMQs was awful today but i think the issue of the stop and search warrants further discussion.
Titan jails? The subject drew a very short response from Brown today.
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On The Daily Politics both Caroline Flint and Camila Batmanghelidjh spoke regarding Stop and Search.
Both on message but what different messages! There is the real problem.
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On The Daily Politics both Caroline Flint and Camila Batmanghelidjh spoke regarding Stop and Search.
Both "on message" but what different messages! One in the Halls of Power one in the mean streets; THERE is the real problem.
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It isn't 'Titan jails' that's newsworthy, it's the reorganisation of HMPS/Probation/NOMS....and more..
Maybe you could ask David Ramsbotham on (over the next couple of days) to explain why? A lot has been going on in this area over recent times. Much of it opaque.
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SCATTERGUN POSTING
Apologies bloggers - mostly the vagaries of the IT but a little bit me.
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