jacques brel? jacques brel is a fantastic musician. my goodness. have you got any to play now?s, if you like. or quote french poetry. quote some french poetry? there are lots of politicians who have sung on this podcast. there are. well, i could try. i could try some. ok, well... here we go. it's a bit melancholy, but it's a beautiful poem by paul verlaine. il pleure dans mon coeur, comme il pleut sur la ville. quelle est cette langueur qui penatre mon coeur? o bruit doux de la pluie, par terre et sur les toits. pour un coeur qui s�*ennuie, ole chant de la pluie! now there'll be some who know that. the first line in english, it rains.... "it rains in my heart like it rains in the town." "what is this pain that penetrates my heart? suella braverman, home secretary, thank you forjoining me on political thinking. thank you, nick. there will be, i'm sure, critics of the home secretary who find it hard to believe that her own father had to flee to this country from persecution, from africa. they'll find it hard to understand how she can empathise so much that she teared up when i re