[000:00:00;00] ah welcome to the alex. i was to add a very happy new year to you. oh yes, happy new year, but before we bid a final fun farewell to 2021, we thought we'd take a look at some of the short highlights from a turbulent ear cove. it still dominates it in 2021, and they still feel that the leading international expertise help on the fund. and we'll see this pandemic for 100 years. they're protecting young people from something with a risk profile, the sorts of the same frequency as the side effects of the vaccine. but the wider protection isn't being taken into account. so i think it's a difficult decision. i can see why they've made it, but i would personally have supported encouraging anyone who's talking about getting a job,

because i think it will contribute to our ability long term to control the virus. she working element of the n h s in scotland has been very, very powerful over the past years. it's important that we continue, that kind of approach. ready as we, as we. ready do i actually she and a lot of, i mean i'm hearing stories of people being told to so we are used. ready by seen rather than find somebody to get to, you know, to get it to someone who's not here or whatever but it's not. we need. ready we need to trust program staff to, to do the right thing with it. and for sexual state, for health and social kind of side. you johnny to lay a lot of singular singular emphasis on boosters. boost is boosters, is a smokescreen. the important way of managing case numbers will be as follows. it is multi layer. it has to be multi layer. so you have to immunize people who have not

yet been immunized. you have to give the boosters to the wonderful people. and furthermore, you have to also address other issues. the other issues are equally important. the other issues being where your mouth, where you properly, where you can crowd of places where you don't buses, tubes trains, and crowded supermarket. furthermore, the big elephant in the room that we're not addressing, and this is extremely serious, is the seasonal influenza vaccines. we need to suppress influenza very much so this year. so it's a multi pronged approach multiple layers, as well as please attend to seasonal influenza immunization urgently. so what's the, our score card? our score card is we have been able to prove that 10, or actually 13 vaccines are safe and cases by different regulatory standards by enlarge that's the answer. so that was relatively simple. we did it in record time

starting from scratch in january 2020 getting to that seems approved by november of 2020. great. the bigger questions though aren't around vaccine research and development. but really, around can we make enough of this vaccine in order to vaccinate 8000000000 people around the world? and then can we distribute the vaccine? do we have the logistical system in place that will be able to put jobs into the arms of those 8000000000 people? and those are going to be far more pressing questions this year. and next we know what struck me about at least scientist doctors that we had on excellent communicators, the become literally really explain things that were the ones we had on explain things very well. and at the end of the day, the public are always after much detailed information as you can get to help them oversee the voice crisis that the all of us have seen in our lifetime. so i think there's a general appreciation of having people on for a period of time to explain the situation important. but colon dominated the

headlines. international power politics was also bought with a vengeance from 2021. a new president was faced in game, an afghan to stop the most inglorious ignominious american foreign policy retreat since vietnam come along is wilkinson was the late general colon post chief of staff. he described for us how america entered the 20 year long war and tara, while i'm for colleges, professor wade davidson professor as well. um, and explained what the flight from can bill tells us about the future. the moment we selected the war instrument, we elevated al qaeda and it's why 2 warriors status. we even had extraordinary difficulty coming out with a term to describe them. so the geneva conventions and other things wouldn't apply to them. we loss, and we understandably loss. i think because president bush himself told a group of,

of angelica was visiting the white house. my rage is up. please help me, help me restraining my rage. i think that was the most telling comment. the then young neophyte inexperience president made. it was all about revenge, and secondarily about preventing a 2nd attack, we thought if we went after the head of the snake, we would prevent a 2nd attack better. but it was an informed decision to decide to use military power. we now are bathed in the matt assoni and morning of when you give the executive unlimited more powers, you are on a dangerous track, a very dangerous track, and we're paying for it. and i've kind of sounded just one of the debts we owe. obviously somebody had to pull a plug on that on that the, that, that war couldn't go on forever. but sake, on the other hand, you know, the famous, sane by harry truman. the buck stops here and whether he likes it or not,

those images from come to light, the image is in 1975 in saigon, which, incidentally, it was interesting how the administration immediately went to those images with this incredible. and, you know, methinks to man protests is too much refusal to draw any kind of parallels to what happened in saigon in 1975. but any one of the eyes to see could see on the video cameras. and i mean on the, on the television monitor that it was exactly like saigon in 1975. i mean, it was utterly parallel. you know, we, we left in 1975 nixon having spent billions of dollars to arm the south vietnamese . army was called the via the victimization of the american vietnam war. whole idea that nixon's can, you know, strategy was to get the american boys out of the coffins and back home. and, and we could, we could just use money and power and arms to equip an army that in the end had no

will whatsoever to fight. and had had just rampant corruption from the level of the field up into the presidential palace will surely that's exactly what we saw in afghanistan. but i also pointed out that menu units on dead bodies in a understand all flush the put on down the toilet. that is going to upset not only that i live on, but almost since and then to create problems. people didn't pick that up. and recently a professor noam chomsky was considered now one of the leading about the leading american public intellectual. again, top of that is and then the end of june and said this, that this is the book that should be read. now after the fall of college because me make the same mistakes again and again. i don't like how the human side. and i just found it better. we can save on. wrigley, i wouldn't once held captive by the taliban icicle, his tiny afghan refugee has gone to great success in the u. k. don't

walk away the last time you walked away. you isolated the time on the international stage and understand became a playground for every one of beach hockey. so don't walk away, it won't work. however, if you going to come back on me all of this time with a, with practical help with socialist motivation. i'm not sure the west can do that. but you know, that country needs to know the teachers. they have just kind of brain drain. they, they need doctors, professionals who can help rebuild the country on the west. this time can try nation building without weapons. because i feel like i've got women are so oppressed and they're painted as these. i mean, they're not, they're just the humanize, you know, lives the getting lost left right,

and center children and women and girls with what's happening right now. they're just in the, in the scene as numbers, as these blue goes with the brokers. that's all afghan women are known as a in the world. so i just wanted to show the world that know we're, we're also capable. we're just as good as anyone else. it is so lovely to see how my so wonderful success story. i, for the crunchy, a young women of color who stands to well after coming over from, from such difficult tendons. it was interesting though, the 2 women quite different. but whose lives were touched by mascot started with both of compelling stores. absolutely. in 2021. the political conference season was back, who better to survey the political landscape than the dwyer and the political commentary, professor of john curtis and 2 experienced political hands who disagree just about everything. former label m b, chris williamson and farmer told the minister adrena cunning. the father breaths,

it's still strapped shoes. how people are going to buy so much to the concerns and right and suitable advantage in contrast don't remain vote. they're still divided between labor to some degree than it would have a cause. i didn't know if the board or the s and p server legacy of breakfast bridge will be it is not in the headlines. you still very have a restructuring party choice. i'm because on the remain side, the 1st part mentally, on the leave side, it's relatively concentrated, thus giving the consumers and ballast. that means it's proven very, very difficult for labor to get the conservative blood 40 percent of what the lot of people are right now. it seems to me to speak their mind a sickness, thomas labor party. and, you know, we're seeing the, you know, the propaganda building on the on t, china propaganda building up and we should be seeing the opposition speaking out about and, and opposing what we should be ongoing for is

a huge investment in our public services. we have our own sovereign currency, money is no object in this country with loss of spare capacity. the only kind of inflationary pressures that are generated is when use when the government spends beyond or any entity in the economy for that much of the, on the capacity to absorb it. and to see this latest nonsuch a so called deal between australia, the u. k. and the u. s. is just another example, it seems to me of how acts of touch are political leaders all but not dealing with the real issues, the real problems that are confronting everyday people. so it's only 5 years since david cabin was falling over themselves. the condo up to the, the chinese, of course, hensley point, a massive investment and chinese nuclear technology for a civil taylor lea exporting nuclear technology to, to a strayer, with china as the, as the target. what was going on?

and when the cut, oh, french were very, very upset about it, not these because they had the kids, they really didn't let me think about it. and i feel a bit sorry for them because they've lost this huge project, this enormous order for many billions of years worth of diesel powered engines. the french, the traditional enemy and we're orcus is going to do is enable them to have what lots of other countries including prompts have, which is nuclear power submarines. you know, it has a, it would have been fantastic if we'd be able to have up here in the still to get. we could have a place that i received or thing right here for the city. i was interested in the, one of the new female voices in the house of lords baron, esquire fox. if anyone can upset musty convention then clear fox is certainly can. well, the irony is i think that coban is im, did have

a base. i might not have agreed with it. i might have thought its base was limited, but it gave a certain enthusiasm to a particular group of people around you know, what passes for life when politics. i mean, i'd be very critical of it. i think a lot it was a and a dining superficial, but i understood it includes people, you know, we did have big rallies. that's true. care stormy. what does he offer? you know, he supported the corbin project. what was a bit lackluster? he was very much associated with the remain camp, which as i say is not going to play well. and then he comes in and it's not clay. what he stands for is that not being colby, they could have found a way of being a different party, but they didn't. and i, i think it's gone that. so the main thing i'm saying is if labor is finished in scotland, and i think that the lesson is the labor when i used to have mason, scotland spend every summer that the labor party where the dominant party, i could never imagine in those days that would anything other than labor domination

and now look at them. and i think that the lesson is, is that was that slippery slope starts in quite as dramatic away. then i can't see how they can recover. it was interesting about clear false off and then through she comes across as quite combative of it, but not $1.00 to $1.00 interview. warm personality, a mass local script, political think of in the bottom of ideas festival has been partly her idea. i said to soften, were discussing before the heat that, you know, when you discovered that you say, consider a minute for a sign base quite difficult to get your personality cross. at the end of the day, people do want to understand what politicians are all about. but join us after the break, when we look at some of the show business highlights. so my 2021 shows you seating ah you know,

we recorded this episode in the past and this was our future when we recorded it and now are going to predict what's gonna happen in 2022. so it's a real time war. well, i can only accept the pines and it will occupy tech specs for many years to come. but all of us a living experience, we look for explanation from one of their well to the other from professor daniel. i don't care that i think there is a genuine issue for the countries that allow the virus to become more endemic. that even if the mortality right is falling because the vaccination rates are taking off, we should be very mindful of the fact that there's more than one way to create an economic costs from the pandemic and chronic illness. if that's the bill of facing

and stopping people from living, the normal lives working the normal jobs, etc. that's actually a very costly thing. and so if we think about the i will economic cost of the pandemic, we can think about the human cost of life and the g. p impacts of whatever measure we put in place to try and stop the virus from speeding. but we do need to be very mindful, sorry, of these other enduring possible health consequences. i think it's other people are worried, especially be young. i mean, the united states in the states, this is a b, y, we, a tory lane, we got back in the back. and we've never seen anything like that. so, there we have it from the united states, all the way down to new zealand. but of course, alex here then economist, you must have a view on the, on the long term impact of course it globally. well, it does last for good friend, a very,

very prominent economist. but daughter should be the i've never met before, but really interesting work on the long term impact, as you say, of long covert men kim. so john miller, kanes, when served in the long run. but all dead famously, well, hopefully, long term we're going to be dead from corporate. but nonetheless, the long term economic effects are going to be with us for many years ago. it wasn't just economics and business, but sure. business. which came back into life in 2021. what else did you online shows which prosper drilling. lot bone was a wonder bumps on a warm summer day. these were the types we took a trip to their chronic pinewood studios to find out why courtesy women are thought good that recognizing each other as a perfect example in front of us and appreciating each other. what you have to offer, do you get the same from remaining, your business, di, i mean, your, your mom and dad, of course,

the creases of the right on the things who got the fee amount to the old. oh, my dad. definitely. my mother was actually the creative entity. she was the one who came up with all the story lines that she built, the characters. she created all the characters and she wrote most of the scripts. and yet my father actually got all the credit, which isn't fair, is it? so it, so now you know, people do say to me about, oh, it's great. you know, that to meet your dads into, to know your dad. but actually it was my mom who did ever thing. and in those days it was always the guy got his name about the title and it still, it hasn't changed that much really. and it said, people like yourself, alex, who, you know, you really support women, of course tass goes without saying, but you know, it has been difficult for us and i think we should do more to get, you know, women center stage in the industry. it was so lovely to see deputy and linda in

person because obviously we've done online entities with 72 of them before and lenders has finished a great pantomime run, i think case enjoyed being a record back to not. and of course d as you know, as, as busy trying to get justice for a mom. so yeah. who to quiet recognition as women in show business should get following. she did on the enterprise fitness. wonderful to have such great women as well. fun to to meet them at pinewood? sure. user colleague pain with the phone dollar the bottom full because we want us sean connery. yes. there instead of no thank god play so so no one to birth is a new online. sure. but the biggest blockbuster on tv now is succession starting density born. brian cooks as a profane taciturn pitt, jack dungy, born looking roy, he spoke to alex about acting life and politics. you know, i'm a socialist, i believe in a gala terry newsome. i believe that we're all, as i said, scott, we're all john thompson's been and we only got equal opportunity. unfortunately,

some people are more equal than others. and that's what's happened. edge happened in the theater and i think it's really sad. i dunno, alex i love success and it's still enjoying watching it, but rises. i really important here like job thompson's bearing for me as a, as a next phase presence of women of color. i know how much it means to people who need scott in the home, whatever it is comfortable to have that phase attributed to my old job. thompson's fantasy is a lovely face that the bronze a deep political finkel. but that i thought that the folly of story he told us was because look at roy's famously explicit delete of for to everybody that people come up to brighten mac because it's such a simple summer asking for sophie's and wanting bride to swing them. us look and roy m as good as image of, of mine to of people rushing up the bright corks and asking to be sport. i've been going, brian of a probably does it goes, hadn't, are there any way that i was a good heart? i'm sure. absolutely, the future of scotland is on

a bathing interest to the show. in 2021, we come to history and historical fiction for insight into whether scotland stands when it well in late him, in, in a. edinburgh is a fascinating chapter in history and it's not taught in schools enough. i don't think when i went to school, we did the industrial revolution to me. that was a bit. yeah. was kind of boring to me. old of a farming implement innovations in agriculture. we should have learned about the scottish enlightenment were fascinating chapter in history that was actually alex you to made me one of these characters. and i mean that in a, an, an aisd way because it came of love visionaries, progressive thinkers, attainment, even the judges and their lawyers were philosophers and personally concerned with justice. i think as you yourself said, when you are 1st minister, that would be fantastic to have thomas from europe and the other radicals,

which would mean the radicals of 18 twenty's as well written on to the curriculum of the press time, the peaceful time, largely the very fact that northern ireland itself is being used as a political football means that with them as well as the scottish nation must. the proof of english incompetence dance is actually much more valuable than shall we say a nationalist street which kept on talking about grievances and how badly people are treated with simple statement that the union is no longer fit for purpose. that seems to be the case as far as britain is concerned, or fascinating stuff. and i have to take this opportunity to thank and in the close way, i'm representing a beautiful necklace. we have one on issue and i will definitely wait again for thanks famous. well, that's going to contrast with these guys. we did a historical fiction historian also that the eating 20 rises of what we can say is

a history in one way or another. the scotland is alive. well, in that way i, scotland was in the news in november as cop 26th decided this feature of the planet . and indeed whether there will be one we want to top scientists. the fallacy. alex sharma, a chair, is the cult you take care of the carpet laid out for things before people assembled in glasgow. one was to come with better pledges to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from different countries that was not a success. and so that is a problem, a major problem for the world in that before the top the world was heading for about 3 and a half degrees of global warming by the end of the century. and we're still now heading for $2.00 degrees of global warming. so there was some progress, but nothing like enough. so that's got to improve in the next caught in the cop after that. well, let's just say you are in glasgow next week. where would you rather be, would you want to be outside the conference, whole giving these well leaders

a piece of mind? or alternatively, you like to be say, a few solutions? well, i'm going to be there and i'm going to be outside because that i think is where things are going to happen inside. it's very important that we have this political process, this, this legislative process getting things right. but then what follows on from that is we've got to act on the commitments or we forecast for the new year . let this issue of carbon capture the ability to pick carbon dose it back and store it in the ceiling aquifers of the north sea or otherwise. that's going to be a big issue in this coming. you know that something we're going to have to teach again on the show as well. there will be plenty location funding this year as well . my favorite, i just hate broadcast was from wembley. we previewing the heward. i put in england and scotland and the you to a champion who knows, with 14 is going well and qualification. perhaps. so be

a replay at this year's catallo cup. behind the tournament. here, racism and sport was never, far from this year's headlines. for an important reflection on the subject, alex tends to england. legend to join binds very easy to point the finger at a final throws up on on the feel or who abuses you on twitter. however, real is that real racism, as i like to call it, is of the majority. you can see it's obvious the overt racism the bananas under under twitter. but of course, when you look at the fact that there are 30 percent black footballers and they are probably less than 2 percent black managers, as much as black managers not being racially abused, the factors that have not been given opportunities. so why don't we speak about that? and that's, that for me is a big problem. it is very disappointing to think that there is a, a, still a lot of problems with that, as you said over racism. don't get me wrong. i do believe denise come. i would

become slightly symbolic. it's fantastic that not only your teammates, but your opponents, are being empathetic with your situation. and so for, i think now it's time to maybe do a bit more action if you like, and do things as a, make sure it doesn't keep happening as i've been for many years. it was really good to hear from both john and mike with some real life stories of what faces sports people. and indeed many in society at the sharp end of, of racism. and i, i hope that their knowledge, wisdom at no standing will allow them to, to demonstrate why things must get better. although enormous stars of the 1980s. and it's worth remembering that both these players in scotland and england faced bananas being thrown at them regularly on the purchase extort. but when you think about that, they could talk about her and such an intelligent ways. from mark extent, john bombs, i should say, was mileage and celtic for a brief period, but she was pleading to point out to me, statistically, at least

a very successful what of course you've got interest and felt it being a high supported and do have, you know, it's alex said that was a year that was and now as tentative date are christmas t and to what's coming up next year. alex i spoke call. it will be over with us across atlantic. well, the question is, can buy them how to skate the political was or are really vulnerable to come? people come back and at home will a challenge from scott on. finally, a merge to cause ballast johnson. some sleep was afternoon, i suspect so. well, what else? by 2020 or it's from all about your issue. our crew whole team would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year as, as we say in scotland, have and get new year,

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