busby worried. and keep in mind the president in the stadium speech in january had carried a speech announcing he would not seek reelection. busby had written it at the time that the last month the president decided not to pull it, partly, , decided to pull i. busby worried this would be another repeat on the january state of the union. so he asked the president very earnestly, and he said, are you really serious about this? johnson response, i don't know whether i would live out another four-year term. i want out of this cage. busby knew that many people opposed the president not seeking reelection. one that is coming up now right on 16 years 16 used to the datn harry truman had made the same decision. but busby presses him and says everyone around you think you will do anything to hang onto power. this is, this impression has covered the whole public reaction to your presidency. and he continued, i personally feel that if you take this step it will help in the long-term people to see better all th

so i was a clerk for alan busby, who was a senator from west dallas and last republican elected out oft dallas but i learned a lot from him. i also learned how to be bipartisan and make compromises. he taught me a few things. he said, tommy, two things i will tell you. always read the bills and know what's in them more than anybody else, which i always did when i was in the assembly and governor. in the second thing, he said by stock and don't sell it. just put them if you ever get any money by stock and put them in the top drawer. he said i've done that and i never sell and i've done very well. he was quite wealthy. then after about six months about a year i was working in harry live band or was this marshal of arms. they had some extra money in the senate was going a little bit longer during the days so sometimes they had night sessions. so harry live band or asked john gable and another student and myself if we would take over the job of running the senate when he wasn't there from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and run errands and do things ministerial tasks for the senators. i jumped at t

enable us to have an independent trade policy, and i believe it is important that we do, whilst —— busbyr speaker, can i thank the prime minister for advanced sight of her statement? the prime minister comes before us today trying to sell us a deal that is already dead in the water. not even her own brexit secretary could stand over it. mr speaker, to lose one brexit secretary is one thing but toulouse two ina secretary is one thing but toulouse two in a matter of months underlines the chaotic nature of this tory government. the number ten front door has become a revolving one. the prime minister talks about taking back control. she can't even control her own cabinet. as i said yesterday, the prime minister is desperate, and is increasingly looking defeated. what is absolutely shocking is that scotland is not once mentioned in the document. not once, prime minister. not once have the unique characteristics of scotland's divorce settlement been worthy of mention. the leader of the scottish national party must be. and heard with courtesy. we are very grateful for your sedentary observation