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for labour, the olympics minister, and as ever on state opening day, we have the bbc political editor. this is a great event to be a part of. i am going to pick up david cameron spot. he made a very strong political statement about content. a waste of time? >> that will be the insistence of the opposition throughout the day. we get to see what the party have inserted the odd phrase into the majesty speak. i can put it with some confidence that she will not say, my mom or 10 members of the housing,, my government's priority is to be reelected. but let's say this on behalf of the ministers, of course they believe that giving guarantees to school children and to their parents will make a difference in people's lives. it is a good thing to regulate the financial sector. there are a series of things that will be in this great queen's speech. the possibility of a flood of water management bills, which can be described as a lectionary. but what the opposition will say is that there is hardly any time left. they're just big gestures designed to say that we will have the deficit but not how. w

the cabinet minister, the olympics minister, and of course as ever on state opening day, we have the bbc's political editor. thank you all for coming in. it is a great event to be part of. we are going to enjoy the event, but i am going to pick up on david cameron's thought because he is making a very strong political statement, saying it is a waves of time. >> that will be the oppositions statement. we get to see whether the party's spin doctors have inserted their phrase into her majesty's speech. i think i can predict with some confidence that my lords and members of the house of commons, the big priority is to get them re-elected. let's say this on behalf of ministers. of course they believe that giving guarantees to school children and their parents will make a difference to people's lives, that it is a good thing to regulate the financial sector. there are a series of things that we won't talk about, but will be in the queen's speech, such as a flooded water management bill. what the opposition will be able to say is there is hardly any time left and a loft these things are -- and a

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>> i am from the bbc.hell encouraged were you about the fight against corruption. -- how encouraged or you about the fight against corruption? >> corruption is an enormously complicated issue. it is easy to put the word in the headline but when you get down to it, what does it mean and what is the difference between traditional corruption? these are complicated issues let me be very, very clear on this. we are deeply concerned about corruption. secretary clinton did not hesitate to discuss this. the international community has such a large footprint in afghanistan and a lot of the targets of opportunity for corruption come from the international community. we have a legitimate concern from that score. that is what the gao and the social inspector general of the afghanistan reconstruction focus on. because we have american troops and our allies on the line, risking their lives, we have a legitimate reason to ask for better performance on corruption. president carter site in his inaugural speech addressed th

i was telling bbc or "new york times" or "time" magazine what to do.d you're a media spy because "you sell information to foreigners and you get money for it like a spy does." >> simon: when they threatened to execute you, how did they threaten you? what did they say? >> bahari: my interrogator told me that, "one day, we wake you up at 4:00 in the morning"-- that's the time when they carry out the executions in iran-- "and you see the noose in front of you." >> simon: and you had every reason to believe it. >> bahari: yes. i mean, i was scared. when you're in that situation, when you have your blindfold on, when your life is in their hands, and when they've done these things to other people before you, you believe that. >> simon: the threat of execution forced bahari to apologize to the supreme leader and to admit that he was behind what they called "a revolution of color," aimed at overthrowing the regime peacefully, as had been done in some east european countries. so they forced you to confess on television. >> bahari: they did, yes. >> simon: lets

i urge you to read the bbc which does. there are demonstrations almost daily and lots of cities in iran by students against the regime. hi mimi sufficiently weakened having never faced an sufficiently weakened that when the trials of the students and dissidents from june were about to start having been couched by ahmadinejad and others like people who were the dupes of a foreign agitators. they were working on behalf of a foreign agitators. no less a person of the supreme leader ali khan maney of intervention behind the student demonstrations, undermining trying to shore up his political position. and now they're reports by ron experts that say it looks that jeff ari is becoming the dictator of iran. let me wrap up. patrickgame theory is a transpat form of logic, that with data can help to predict the future, not a pie in the sky claim. it's been done, i've been doing it, others have been doing it for 30 years. it works. not everything is predict bull, but an awful lot is predict the ball. i at least can predict markets be

yet if you are from alaska or texas or someplace else, i saw this with the bbc when i did an interview in scotland once. the people in london on the line were saying, kinky, what are you doing up there in the wilderness up there? i mean, not only is scotland a very cultural place which gave the world sherlock holmes -- robert louis stevenson, and -- >> the kilt. >> the scottish people were very insulted by the london attitude of the bbc toward -- >> the elitism of it. >> that's all it is. some of that. >> david brooks is an elite in the republican party, like the intellectual type of -- charles krauthammer and those guys. >> they don't like her. >> they don't like her. >> wait a minute, charles krauthammer doesn't like her? >> only bill kristol likes -- >> bill kristol likes her. >> you're absolutely, right, though. it's a difference between the elites of the republican party and the grassroots of the republican base. so david -- i'm just not sure david is right that these republican primary voters wouldn't vote for a talk show host if that talk show host had their values and that's th

i saw this with the bbc when i did an interview in scotland once. the people in london on the line were saying, kinky, what are you doing up there in the wilderness up there? i mean, not only is scotland a very cultural place which gave the world sherlock holmes -- >> the kilt. >> the scottish people were very insulted by the london attitude of the bbc toward -- >> the elitism of it. >> that's all it is. some of that. >> david brooks is an elite in the republican party, like the intellectual type of -- charles krauthammer and those guys. >> they don't like her. >> they don't like her. >> wait a minute, charles krauthammer doesn't like her? >> only bill kristol likes -- >> bill kristol likes her. >> you're absolutely, right, though. it's a difference between the elites of the republican party and the grassroots of the republican base. so david -- i'm just not sure david is right that these republican primary voters wouldn't vote for a talk show host if that talk show host had their values and that's the most important thing. any voter does, that's wh

we have the pleasure of also being aired on bbc on sundays. good morning, gordon, from the u.k. caller: hello. i would like to comment on the man who said that in britain we pay 50%. that is total nonsense. when you are employed you pay about 15%. if you are unemployed, and you cannot pay, but normally you get a contribution free. if your self-employed they pay a set fee. but 50% is rubbish. host: so, you pay 15% as long as you are employed, and what you get in return to access services? can you see a doctor right away? caller: yes, absolutely. if you are not employed anywhere you go to see a doctor. if you go to see a doctor and you get another from your employer and you get sick pay out of the fund. the national insurance that was set up in earlier years has been revised since. host: how many in your family are eligible for health care? all the members of your family? caller: yes. host: how many members, sir? caller: i am on my own at the moment. i have a son is an adult, a daughter as well, and my parents -- before i began work our was also covered. everyone is covered. host:

. >> i'm from the bbc. how reassured were you by what you were hearing about the fight against corruption? and can i ask you what is it that concerns you? corruption can cover a whole host of different activities. >> corruption is enormously complicated issue. it's easy just to put the word in the headlines, but when you get down 20 it -- down to it, what does it mean? when -- what is the difference between traditional baksheesh and real corruption, these are complicated issues. let me be very, very clear on this. we are deeply concerned about corruption. secretary clinton did not hesitate to discuss this. we have -- because the international community led by the united states has such a large footprint in afghanistan, and a lot of the targets of opportunity for corruption come from the international community. and so we have a legitimate concern on that score, and that's what the g.a.o. and the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction focus on. and because we have american troops and our allies

>> the bbc. how reassured were you by what you were hearing about the fight against corruption? and can i ask you what is it that concerns you? corruption can cover a whole host of different activities. >> corruption is enormously complicated issue. it's easy just to put the word in a headline. but when you really get down to it, what does it mean, what's the difference between traditional and big corruption? these are very complicated issues. let me be very, very clear on this. we are deeply concerned about corruption. and secretary clinton did not hesitate to discuss this. because the international community led by the united states has such a large footprint in afghanistan. and a lot of the targets of opportunity for corruption come from the international community. so we have a legitimate concern on that score. and that's what the g.a.o. and sea guard, special inspector general for afghan reconstruction focused on. and because we have american troops and our allies on the line risking their lives, we have a legitimate reason to ask for per performance on corruption. -- for b

he was a consultant on a death in iran, a documentary for the bbc and front line, that aired earlierthis month. barbara is one of the most experience diplomatic correspondence and editors in washington. currently assistant managing editor of the "washington times," she is responsible for world and national security coverage. she previously served as a senior diplomat reporter for "usa today" and has also written for "newsday," "the new york times," "newsweek," and "the economist." she's the author of "bitter friends, but some enemies: iran, the u.s., and twisted past two confrontation." i want to take some time to tell you about the pulitzer center and how we became involved with this project. the pulitzer center is a non- profit journalism organization founded almost four years ago, and we are in the business of filling gaps in coverage of systemic crises around the world, and we collaborate with major news media outlets across the country and in europe and around the world in print, broadcast, radio as well as television, and we also have a very active presence on the web and in ou