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country for past and on a full scale invasion and golf, we'll have more world news at the top of the alastair spanish, a has continuing the coverage up and released in just a month i'm good the there's no, i'm just john can have his time just to make the right decision to dw news, instagram follow.

rally -- alastair crowley and there is something dangerous happening. i got really scared when i was writing that, that i was touching energy that i should not. it was really hard to do and to tell that story as reality with history, while also getting into these characters and trying to distinguish in a responsible way. that was the most harrowing experience i had. caller: thank you very much, gentlemen. this is a fascinating conversation. i'm interested in your role about research. how much of the research and writing? do they overlap each other? also, your role with agents. thank you very much. douglas: with life, i like to have all the research done before i start writing. i will do a little bit of research to get to the stage, and the proposal is usually something that turns into a version of the introduction to the book. we would call it the research question. where did the corporation come from? how did they become the religion of our society? what can we do about it? i have done enough research to know. i was going to figure it out, but i do not

listen alastair strathern there, a l listen alastair strathern there, a lot of focus on decency and servicee tory party is quite — uniting. right, i mean, the tory party is quite good _ uniting. right, i mean, the tory party is quite good at _ uniting. right, i mean, the tory party is quite good at coming i party is quite good at coming together when the focus is a general election. and people are thinking about their seats. and it may seem selfish, but it is one of the driving motivators for members of parliament. is there a sense that people might pull together? or is it going to be in the way thatjohn described it — particularly over the next few months when the autumn statement is standing? the next few months when the autumn statement is standing?— statement is standing? the tories like to win and _ statement is standing? the tories like to win and mps _ statement is standing? the tories like to win and mps want - statement is standing? the tories like to win and mps want to - statement is standing? the tories like to win and mps want to keep l like to win and mp5 want to keep their_ l

i will go down fighting for alastair campbell. >> okay.tunately , unfortunately, unfortunately, unfortunately, quite people , quite a few quite a few people, quite a few people middle east went people in the middle east went down fighting for mr campbell and also, you did highlight dominic cummings, the man who said he drove up the a1 to test his eyesight . his eyesight. >> well, you know, we've all been there. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah. >> yeah, exactly. >> but1. >> yeah, exactly. >> but you know what? that's not the we're not the point because we're not asking to marry asking anybody here to marry these , have children with these people, have children with them. did they accomplish them. it's did they accomplish what they set out to do? and they did . so it's defined. who they did. so it's defined. who can accomplish that, have that kind of success with the situation that it is now? >> you've managed to sell it, spin it as a watershed moment where from we can build where from here we can build back better. i like now, b

and -- about the real but in my case somewhat fictionalized a cold war between alastair crowley andhistory at the end of world warr ii. adolf at the end of world war ii. the 31st artist to her hard work on theti book. they all had major life catastrophes like illness in suicides in really things. i was starting to get scared and you know ride about somebody like alastair crowley and their something dangerous happening. i got really scared when i was riding that that i was touching energies thatt i shouldn't and then it was just really hard to do, to be really faithful to the actual world war ii story and to tell that story as reality and history while also getting into these characters and the part that wasn't real and trying to distinguish between the two in a responsible way. that was the most harrowing riding experience i've had. thank five minutes left with douglas rushkoff. sid i'm interested in your robe with research particularly the life, ink. that you talked about. how much do you need to do before you start writing and also your world with agents rethink you very much. >>

and alastair test drives the brain scanning tech that may improve the performance of racing drivers. we have seen something just about average, - just above average. i've got a very average brain! over half of the uk's transport emissions come from cars, so to help reach climate targets, the government had banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 — although that has now been pushed back to 2035. even with a few extra years added, this is still a huge change for car owners and makers. some manufacturers embraced electric early but bentley was not one of them, so how are things going now at its hq? luxury leather interiors and all the wooden dashboard and trim from the exact same tree to make sure it matches. it takes around 130 hours to craft one of these cars. although bentleys are generally bought for their owners to drive themselves around, for anyone that has a chauffeur, this one also has screens in the back. when you think bentley, well, you are probably more likely to think about this kind of finery than you are where the nearest electric charger is — well, that

and alastair cook's retired.w >> let me ask you, how many how many class runs do you many first class runs do you think he's amassed? >> oh, idea. >> oh, no idea. >> oh, no idea. >> what 26,074 test. >> 26,000. what 26,074 test. hundreds he is a stellar competitor at england level. remember kids? when remember when we were kids? when we were kids? england. australia always england. always used to thrash england. well, turn when well, it began to turn when alastair cook came into his own. he into the england he got he got into the england scene around about 2006 after the first ashes triumph for 20 odd think was 18 odd years, or i think it was 18 years but he retires years in total. but he retires at the age of 38. he retired from test cricket in 2018 and he retires from all forms of retires now from all forms of the he's made a he was the game. he's made a he was made a knight of the realm a couple of years ago, wasn't he? and walks away from from the and he walks away from from the cricket arena, having left an

meanwhile, alastair to labour.alastair strathearn claimed mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5% swing, marking the largest labour win in a by—election since 1945. labour leader sir keir starmer says his party is back in the service of working people . israel is appearing to people. israel is appearing to be getting closer to a full scale invasion of the gaza strip. its tanks have been seen near the gaza border this morning. israeli defence minister yoav galant told troops yesterday they would soon see the palestinian enclave from inside side . meanwhile, rishi inside side. meanwhile, rishi sunakis inside side. meanwhile, rishi sunak is travelling to egypt to prevent further expansion of the israel—hamas conflict. the prime minister has already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabia's crown prince in the talks today. he's also expected to stress the importance of preventing further loss of civilian life, at least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing since the attack by hamas on october th

torn by civil war, says the nature of backed uprising created to rival administrations after the alastair and killing of mamma, get dauphine with 11 lawlessness and the decline of investment have led to crumbling infrastructure due to the lack of a centralized government in libya, hydrologist up to one of these. i shaw says it's the weather contributed to the catastrophe, but the one day to launch the games. libya crippled the country and created the conditions for the plot. a manual, one of the early days of the revolution in libya. everyone celebrated in nato intervention and some people rose against a good doctor's name and demanded his removal. however, later we discovered that the country was engulfed by chaos. were still suffering from the consequences of that to this day. their intervention was of the mon from politicians suppose that the good doctor regime. however, after this intervention they were unable to bring the country to a status to billy, were still unable to write a constitution that were hold elections for which we have been waiting for 13 years . now there is a weak l

meanwhile alastair strathern claimed mid beds beardshear with a 20.5% swing, marking the largest labourtion win since 1945. he says he's delighted people voted for change. >> and we have been really humbled by how seriously people have taken this election, this opportunity to do something different , this to make different, this chance to make sure finally have an mp in sure we finally have an mp in parliament who's going to be on our side. and i think it's fair to after today, to say that after today, no one is going to be taking us for granted here in bedfordshire ever granted here in bedfordshire evewell, conservative party >> well, conservative party chairman says chairman greg hands says labour's wins not so labour's wins are not so significant. labour's wins are not so sig|labour . labour's wins are not so sig|labour hardly improved their >> labour hardly improved their vote at and in fact went vote at all and in fact went down in mid bedfordshire slightly . but i don't think that slightly. but i don't think that will have an impact on the general election. clearly we need to reco

meanwhile alastair strathern claimed mid—bedfordshire . with a claimed mid—bedfordshire.bour win in a by—election since 1945. a second person has died during storm babet in scotland after a falling tree hit a van near forfar in angus. the met office has issued a new 24 hour red weather warning in central and north—east scotland as further heavy rainfall is expected. 400 people have been evacuated from their homes in brecon after flood defences were breached. a 57 year old woman lost her life in glenesk after being swept into a river yesterday. amber warnings for wind and rain have also been issued for parts of northern england, the midlands and northern wales as those are the headlines, you can, of course get more on all of those stories. just visit our website gb news.com stories. just visit our website gbnews.com . with me, michael portillo gb news britain's news . channel news britain's news. channel >> welcome back to the live desk . let's take you straight live to scotland with some extraordinary scenes there as the flooding not only extends but deepens with a warnin

but he is alastair campbell, but he is saying us some policy.at know, flashes your got or what do stand got do you stand for? we got conference coming sunday in conference coming on sunday in liverpool and mandelson is here is i don't think keir is saying i don't think keir starmer is ready government. is saying i don't think keir sta yeahis ready government. is saying i don't think keir sta yeah i ready government. is saying i don't think keir sta yeah i wast government. is saying i don't think keir sta yeah i was going government. is saying i don't think keir sta yeah i was going govsay,1ent. >> yeah i was going to say, there's two things that really leapt at me. first all, leapt out at me. first of all, mandelson saying is not mandelson saying storm is not ready which that mandelson saying storm is not reada which that mandelson saying storm is not reada really which that mandelson saying storm is not reada really big which that mandelson saying storm is not reada really big ticket which that mandelson saying storm is not reada really big tic

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i am wondering whether or not as you move from one professional team to another team, alastair tampa bay and so on, the teams -- from tampa bay and so on, did you feel like you were discriminated against because of your sexuality? that you may have been able to hang with some of those teams if you had not -- if there had not been an indication that you might have been bisexual? r.k.: i can say that i am not sure about that experience, i was not out at the time, and there were multitudes of reasons why teams turned me down that will also make sense to me, even being the pro football player i am, understand that. after coming out, i was getting calls prior to after coming out, i do not receive any more calls from leagues. i can also say that i think that there is only one out active player right now in the league is evidence not of discrimination, but there is not enough being had to make layers feel comfortable and included. i talked about in this book which is about the choices in my life dr. chase conspiracy or wonder about the things that could have or should have for me, because m

"worldwide exchange" is covering all these stories with alastair in jerusalem and eunice yoon in beijing. we begin with eunice yoon in beijing. >> reporter: thank you, frank. president putin is here on a rare overseas trip for the russian leader. he is here on the invitation of president xi jinping, his dear friend, and man behind the belt and road infrastructure building program. as part of the show of support, president putin will take part in the belt and road forum. he will start with the opening reception which is hosted by president xi. he will speak as an honored guest after xi delivers a keynote speech at the leadership meeting which takes place on wednesday. he will then hold a one-on-one with president xi. this delegation is the heads of oil and gas giants as well as g gasprem. the two leaders are also presenting a united front and trying to draw contrast between what beijing has described as chaos and conflict led by the u.s. as well as its allies. this belt and road forum is offering peace and cooperation and opposed to beijing and moscow say that they are providing. frank. >

when speaker mccarthy was ousted i don't think that the folks who led the alastair really consider they effects of this. let's be very committed to the fact that we need to speaker so we cannot only support countries like israel. >> house republicans meet tonight for the first time since mccarthy was ousted to decide what is next. they hope to vote internally on a candidate wednesday but they will not go to the floor until they have a candidate who can win. that could take days. neil: something is changed from when kevin mccarthy indicated that he was not interested in the speakership to now leaving it open to his fellow republicans to decide. and you like to remind the change in the mass, two more members there now who were not there last week. i am wondering how you think that all goes down. >> kevin mccarthy gave an interesting answer when he was asked at the end of the press conference on tuesday the day he was ousted he said will you be leaving and he said i will have to think about that. on friday report that he was going to resign he made a point of talking to the press saying h

be the next speaker of the house and can republicans come together after kevin mccarthy historic alastair to tonight sneaking breaking news, chairma of the powerful house oversight committee and texas congressman chip roi. good to see you both, chip, we've been talking about you, tonight it is frustrating to me i stayed in touch with you through the whole process, you, byron donald, scott perry, you had two great alternatives you put forward for a continuing resolution that would have bought time, cut spending, secured the borders, protected our vets in our defense department and those two proposals got rejected by the conservatives here. what went on? >> great to be on an great to hear from my former boss and good friend from texas, ted cruz . the fact of the matter is the democratic party has no interes in working with us to solve any of the problems the american people are facing. they don't want to solve the problem of crime in the nation' capital that led to democrat being carjacked nine blocks fro here. they don't want to do at the borders or the fennel pouring into texas they don't

headlines now and after a 20—year career that included more test runs for england than anyone else, alastair is the right time for this part of my life to come to an end." dina asher smith has spent nearly two decades with the same coach, but announced today she's splitting withjohn blackie. the 2019 200—metre world champion isjoining up with the american edrick floreal ahead of next summer's olympics. newcastle thunder have pulled out of the 2024 club rugby union season and say it is "not feasible to continue" after their relegation from the championship. they were due to play in league one next season. well, the new premiership season is shortly upon us. the opening game tonight is the 2022 champions leicester travelling to bristol. there are just ten teams in the competition this year after the financial demise of both worcester and wasps last season. you can follow the game tonight on the bbc sport website. meanwhile, a completely new women's international rugby tournament has begun today. scotla nd scotland began their wxv campaign with an impressive win. they beat south africa. meanwhi

former england test captain alastair cook has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.mmended five new sports to be part of the los angeles olympics in 2028, which will now go to a vote. they include flag football, baseball and softball, squash, lacrosse and cricket — the last of which ioc president thomas bach says can help the olympics reach a new audience. it's a great opportunity to engage with a new athlete and fan community. we see the growing popularity of cricket, and in particular the t20 format. and now the world cup, huge success already, so we are looking forward to welcoming the world's best players in cricket to perform in the us. dina asher—smith has spent nearly two decades with the same coach, but announced today she's splitting withjohn blackie. the 200—metre world champion from four years ago, is joining up with the american edrick floreal ahead of next summer's 0lympics. that's just about it from us for now, you can get all the latest on the bbc sport website. but we will see you a bit later on. hello there, good evening. well, friday was another day

yep, it was tony blair, alastair campbell and peter mandelson who decided that they would rub the nosese right in diversity mass immigration, diversity for the sake of it, and actually peter mandelson was the newspapers over the course of the weekend he's going to be doing a big new podcast for the times newspaper. how to win an election. well, maybe . peter mandelson, what we maybe. peter mandelson, what we should be asking you is how to ruin a country , because the ruin a country, because the whole point and those of us that were sceptical about immigration on this scale is if you have that large a number of people that large a number of people that come actually, it becomes impossible to integrate into society something. but the way that we had done better, i think than all the other european countries until blair came to power . now one person in power. now one person in government who did speak out and she does this on quite a regular basis is our home secretary suella braverman, who talking about those marches, those signs , as much of what was being chanted on saturday as on prev

in mid bedfordshire, alastair strathearn took the seat with a majority of 1192 over his tory rival .in, he rival. and following his win, he told reporters he was ready to get to work. just so humbled and grateful because this has been such a big campaign for me. >> i grew up around here. this area means so much to me and to see people across these towns and placing their faith and villages placing their faith in me today has just been so exhilarating. i'm going to in me today has just been so exiworking|. i'm going to in me today has just been so exiworking incredibly going to in me today has just been so exiworking incredibly hard] to in me today has just been so exiworking incredibly hard from be working incredibly hard from tomorrow they made tomorrow to show them they made the right choice. >> meanwhile, in tamworth, labour's defeated labour's sarah edwards defeated tory andrew cooper by a majority of 1316. speaking after the declaration, edwards said the pubuc declaration, edwards said the public has had enough of cuts to pubuc public has had enough of cuts to public services .

yep, it was tony blair, alastair campbell and peter mandelson who decided that they would rub the nosese right in diversity mass immigration, diversity for the sake of it, and actually peter mandelson was the newspapers over the course of the weekend he's going to be doing a big new podcast for the times newspaper. how to win an election. well, maybe . peter mandelson, what we maybe. peter mandelson, what we should be asking you is how to ruin a country , because the ruin a country, because the whole point and those of us that were sceptical about immigration on this scale is if you have that large a number of people that large a number of people that come actually, it becomes impossible to integrate into society something. but the way that we had done better, i think than all the other european countries until blair came to power . now one person in power. now one person in government who did speak out and she does this on quite a regular basis is our home secretary suella braverman, who talking about those marches, those signs , as much of what was being chanted on saturday as on prev

meanwhile alastair straffen took mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5% swing.he largest labour by—election win since 1945. keir starmer says it's history in the making . making. >> but these are huge victories. these are either of these results would have been extraordinary. both together, they are historic . these are they are historic. these are seats that we've never won before or rarely won before , and before or rarely won before, and we've had swings of over 20% and we've had swings of over 20% and we've now had four by elections with swings of over 20. if you take selby and rutherglen as well. so, you know , that is a well. so, you know, that is a very, very important investing of confidence and trust in a changed labour party . changed labour party. >> west mercia police says a man in his 60s has died after getting caught in fast flowing floodwater in shropshire. he's believed to be the third fatality as storm babet continues to cause severe weather conditions. this afternoon . a passenger plane afternoon. a passenger plane came off the runway at leeds

happened, it's partly , of course, you know, partly, of course, you know, peter mandelson , then alastair, who said they wanted to rub the noses of they wanted to rub the noses of the right in diversity. well well done, chaps. well done. absolutely marvellous. but it's also partly conservative cowardice that has allowed us to get to this. when i listened to suella, i think. well, yeah, that's good. you're brave , that's good. you're brave, you're speaking out. but does she represent what the conservative party is actually going to do , or is she there going to do, or is she there just as lee anderson is there as a deputy chairman in to say, it's okay, folks, you can vote for us. we're all right. really without really actually ever meaning it. so look, you know, suella says all the right things. priti patel before her says all the right things. and yet things get worse and worse and worse. and i thought, i must say, i thought that the mass is lamic call to prayer in whitehall next to the cenotaph opposite downing street. that took place on saturday night, said so much about how far we've s

meanwhile, alastair streatham took mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5% swing.hat's the largest labour by—election win since . 1945. by—election win since. 1945. storm babet continues to cause major problems across the united kingdom . in suffolk, only kingdom. in suffolk, only essential travel is advised and children have been forced to shelter in schools following severe flooding . this afternoon, severe flooding. this afternoon, a passenger plane came off the runway at leeds bradford airport while landing. emergency services responded as passengers were evacuated. however, there were evacuated. however, there were no reported injuries in scotland , some roads and small scotland, some roads and small bndges scotland, some roads and small bridges have collapsed and three people have died as a result of the storm. most recently , a man the storm. most recently, a man in his 60s who was swept away in shropshire. and in bread hill in derbyshire. there are also flooded streets, homes and businesses . firefighters have businesses. firefighters have been tackling a h

meanwhile, alastair straffen took mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5% swing.hat's the largest labour by—election win since 1945. sir keir says it's history in the making, but these are huge victories. >> these are either of these results would have been extraordinary . both together, extraordinary. both together, they are historic . look, these they are historic. look, these are seats that we've never won before or rarely won before. and we've had swings of over 20. and we've had swings of over 20. and we've now had four by elections with swings of over 20. if you take selby and rutherglen as well . so, you know, that is a well. so, you know, that is a very , very important in vesting very, very important in vesting of confidence and trust in a changed labour party . changed labour party. >> well, conservative party chairman greg hands is less impressed. he says labour's wins are not that significant . are not that significant. >> labour hardly improved their vote at all and in fact went down in mid bedfordshire slightly . but i don't think that slightly. but

meanwhile, alastair straffen took mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5% swing.hat's the largest labour by—election win since 1945. sir keir says it's history in the making, but these are huge victories. >> these are either of these results would have been extraordinary . both together, extraordinary. both together, they are historic . look, these they are historic. look, these are seats that we've never won before or rarely won before. and we've had swings of over 20. and we've had swings of over 20. and we've now had four by elections with swings of over 20. if you take selby and rutherglen as well . so, you know, that is a well. so, you know, that is a very , very important in vesting very, very important in vesting of confidence and trust in a changed labour party . changed labour party. >> well, conservative party chairman greg hands is less impressed. he says labour's wins are not that significant . are not that significant. >> labour hardly improved their vote at all and in fact went down in mid bedfordshire slightly . but i don't think that slightly. but

for many years, particularly dunng for many years, particularly during the tony blair years under alastairbecame a very pr orientated machine. it was about being very pc, very polite. you know, it wasn't actually addressing the real issues that people face. and, you know , being able to and, you know, being able to just articulate it directly i think is something that the country wants. you saw that in america. you've seen that through donald trump. that's why he was able to cut through because it it because he just said it how it is. i think, you know, we're is. and i think, you know, we're seeing like suella seeing politicians like suella braverman you're seeing braverman and you're seeing canny kemi badenoch. you know, they're directly to they're talking very directly to they're talking very directly to the electorate. they're talking very about issues very clearly about the issues that face, identifying very clearly about the issues that priorities, identifying very clearly about the issues that priorities, knowing|g very clearly about the issues that priorities, knowing what their pri

and alastair says, for decades, governments have printed money and called it quantitative easing, pretendingeasing, pretending itwouldn't inflationary. it wouldn't be inflationary. we're price. we're now paying the price. look, that cold. i think look, after that cold. i think it sneeze rather it was just one sneeze rather than cold. but you're kind anyway. the great revelation of the de—banking scandal was the extent to which the sinister phenomenon of environmental social and governance, esg has infiltrated many of our powerful, unelected institutions . once again, it is the virtue signalling green blob and the banks who are determining public policy not you, the voter. well, i'm afraid there's a new chapter in this story. and yes, you guessed it, it involves natwest , whose largest shareholder is you, natwest under pressure from the regulators , has decided not the regulators, has decided not to do what the prime minister announced a few weeks ago when he said the costly housing policy that would have mandated mortgage lenders ensure that properties on their loan books all energy performa

in mid bedfordshire, alastair strathern took the seat over his tory rival.this mean for the prime minister? is he marching his party towards a 1997 style wipe—out or worse? well joining me now is former conservative member of the european parliament, david campbell bannerman. good afternoon to you , david. thanks afternoon to you, david. thanks for talking to me this afternoon . soon, you'll remember that year very well, 1997 landslide. do you think you're in danger of that happening again next year? >> i'm afraid, yes. at the moment . i >> i'm afraid, yes. at the moment. i mean, >> i'm afraid, yes. at the moment . i mean, the polling >> i'm afraid, yes. at the moment. i mean, the polling is terrible and these by—election losses are terrible. i fought in 97. i fought in 2001. and, you know, we were out of power. the conservatives for 13 years. and think the message, though, is what's happened is conservative voters haven't turned up in masses. you know, 20,000 missing. and all of these seats like tamworth, mid beds . and the like tamworth, mid beds. and the

meanwhile alastair straffen took mid beds ayrshire with a 20.5% swing. that's the largest labour by—election win since 1945. he says he's delighted people voted for change and we have been really humbled by how seriously people have taken this election, this opportunity to do something different, this chance to make sure we finally have an mp in parliament who's going to be on our side and think it's fair our side and i think it's fair to that after today, no one to say that after today, no one is going to be taking us for granted here bedfordshire granted here in bedfordshire ever party ever again. conservative party chairman less chairman greg hands is less impressed . he says labour's wins impressed. he says labour's wins are not that significant. labour hardly improved their vote at all and in fact went down in mid bedfordshire slightly . bedfordshire slightly. >> but i don't think that will have an impact on the general election. clearly we need to recognise is that a large number of our conservative voters did not come out yesterday amid bedfordshi

campbell , who, likes of alastair campbell, who, you know, they were so bold. they suggesting that, you know, the weapons mass destruction the weapons of mass destruction , that keir , are they suggesting that keir starmer, who is forensic, is a barrister , actually does barrister, actually does something that dramatic ? i mean, something that dramatic? i mean, are they saying you should be more tony blair? i mean, because there are a lot of people on the outskirts who are saying, well, actually, tony blair's going to be pulling the strings. in any case, should labour be elected? and neither tony blair nor sir case, should labour be elected? and starmertony blair nor sir case, should labour be elected? and starmer seem lair nor sir case, should labour be elected? and starmer seem tor nor sir case, should labour be elected? and starmer seem tor nor denied keir starmer seem to have denied that's the case. >> interesting this >> it's interesting how this feeds what rishi sunak feeds into what rishi sunak was saying weekend. rishi saying over the weekend. rishi sun

. >> alastair has said hi bev and andrew. great show. thank you, alastair.arted in north project started in the north heading south, would it have been cancelled? heading south, would it have beevery1celled? heading south, would it have beevery1celle point. >> very good point. >> very good point. >> still don't understand >> and i still don't understand why launched it from london why they launched it from london to it was all to birmingham when it was all about it should have about yeah, it should have started in leeds or manchester. gone gone down, said. gone and gone down, john said. >> government has a drive to >> the government has a drive to stop smoking, stop people smoking, but it ignores far greater problem ignores the far greater problem the ever increasing drug addiction. sunak addiction. and paula said sunak speech was he didn't speech was awful. he didn't mention cost of living once mention the cost of living once and he spent over half of his speech talking about hs2. good point. sometimes these speeches are you are more interesting when you co

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