gordon brown and the beef.e were going out, yvette and i, for christmas, flying out, and my mum said the beef in italy is not as good as you can get in an english butcher, can you bring out a sirloinjoint? so i buy one and we are staying with yvette�*s mum and dad, drove up from hampshire to heathrow and as we are driving into heathrow, yvette�*s dad driving, me and yvette with the beef, my phone rings and it's gordon brown on his mobile phone and he said... "ed," he said, "peter mandelson has resigned," and this is when peter mandelson was exposed for the geoffrey robinson loan, and after a couple of days in 1998, this would be... so for people of a certain age, gordon brown is the new chancellor. and peter mandelson is very close to gordon brown and tony blair at the time, in theory at least. and a cabinet minister, dti secretary. but he had taken a loan that he had not declared, from geoffrey robinson, and after 48 hours... back in those days people resigned and he resigned quickly. so he rings me and as he

gordon brown and the beef.— because it's very christmas. gordon brown and the beef. living out here _ brown and the beef. my mum and dad were living out here in _ brown and the beef. my mum and dad were living out here in italy _ brown and the beef. my mum and dad were living out here in italy and - were living out here in italy and we were living out here in italy and we were going out that night for christmas flying out and my mum said the beef in italy is not as good as you can get in an english butcher, can you bring out a sirloin? so i buy one and we are staying with my mum and dad and drove up from hampshire at te heathrow and as we are driving into heathrow events, my phone rings and it's gordon brown on his mobile phone and he said he said peter has resigned and this is when peter has resigned and this is when peter madison was exposed for the geoffrey robinson known after a couple of days in 1998. so geoffrey robinson known after a couple of days in 1998.— couple of days in 1998. so for treole couple of days in 1998. so for people of— couple of days in 1998.

a wonderful tribute from gordon brown.w by the rt reverend christopher chessun, bishop of southwark. archbishop desmond tutu had strong ties with the diocese of southwark. had strong ties with good had strong ties with to see you. we have been hearing good to see you. we have been hearing about the global legacy of desmond tutu from gordon brown. but tell us about his association with southwark. in tell us about his association with southwark— tell us about his association with southwark. " ~:: , ., :: , southwark. in the 1960s and 70s he was here. when _ southwark. in the 1960s and 70s he was here. when he _ southwark. in the 1960s and 70s he was here. when he was _ southwark. in the 1960s and 70s he was here. when he was studying . southwark. in the 1960s and 70s he was here. when he was studying hej was here. when he was studying he was here. when he was studying he was attached to a parish in surrey and in the 1970s when he was back with the theological fund based in bromley, the world council of churches, the developm

gordon brown is spoken about— perspective? gordon brown is spoken about this _ perspective? on the issue saying this is ridiculous. — leading on the issue saying this is ridiculous, is not only morally wrong — ridiculous, is not only morally wrong but _ ridiculous, is not only morally wrong but is practically wrong. the global— wrong but is practically wrong. the global leaders like boris johnson arent— global leaders like boris johnson aren't delivering on a global vaccination programme, we are not getting _ vaccination programme, we are not getting get over this virus if we don't _ getting get over this virus if we don't tackle that.— getting get over this virus if we don't tackle that. let's say it with the times and _ don't tackle that. let's say it with the times and move _ don't tackle that. let's say it with the times and move onto - don't tackle that. let's say it with the times and move onto a - don't tackle that. let's say it with i the times and move onto a different story stolen from page. emmanuel macron dismisses pm as clown and knucklehead. tom newton done, ho

earlier, i spoke with former uk prime minister gordon brown, who gave me his reaction to the death ofhe was one of the greatest people i've ever met. he and nelson mandela are the two leaders who ended apartheid. but, you know, he was a teacher, he was a moral leader, he was a campaigner. when he walked into the room he radiated joy and light, and yet he was one of the most modest and humble and unassuming people you could also meet. so he leaves behind a legacy, one of the last of the generation of people who told us that apartheid was wrong and stood up for human rights everywhere, and he never stopped doing that right throughout his life. he went into retirement in 2010 and then i know he came out of retirement to fight for human rights issues. he will never be forgotten as one of the great leaders of our time. he was hugely passionate about education as well. tell us about some of the experiences you had working with him around issues of education. when he retired as archbishop and moved out of formal campaigning on the issues about the truth and reconciliation commission and the

a wonderful tribute from gordon brown.riend and one of the most impressive people he had known. new covid restrictions have come into force in scotland, wales and northern ireland to try to halt the surge in infections of the omicron variant. curbs have been introduced on the hospitality and leisure industry including social distancing rules and limits on the size of gatherings. boris johnson hasn't announced any further restrictions in england. tomas morgan has this report. another winter and another set of restrictions. social life will be curtailed yet again in wales, scotland, and northern ireland as the devolved governments have brought restrictions in again as an attempt to slow the spread of the omicron variant, to ease pressure on the nhs and to give more people the opportunity to be boosted at mass vaccination centres. having only reopened less then six months ago, nightclubs will have to turn their lights off once again in both wales and northern ireland from today. some industry bosses feel like they're being ma

a fact the former prime minister gordon brown thinks should shame us all.al soul because we've had a surplus of vaccines created in one part of the world and indeed stockpiling. and we've got a severe shortage in the other part of the world where only 3% have been vaccinated in low income countries. and it affects us all because i think people are starting to realise that if we allow the disease to spread in poor countries and then mutate, it comes back and it haunts even the fully vaccinated. it was at this g7 summer summit in st ives when world leaders pledged a billion vaccines would be distributed worldwide by next year. but campaigners say the donations have been erratic and often included doses which are near to their expiry dates. the uk has so far delivered a quarter of what it promised by mid—2022. getting the vaccines to those who need them most in all countries must be a priority for every single government, notjust some. we need to also be able to use tools to drive transmission down because if we don't, we will continue to see the virus change

gordon brown, thank you very much for talking to us. some breaking news.e in possession of a crossbow has been detained under the mental health act. the man entered the grounds but was not able to get into any buildings due to security. the 19—year—old man from southampton was arrested on suspicion of breach or trespass of a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon. the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness. she was best known as a presenter on radio 1, radio 2, top of the pops and most recently on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day surrounded by her family. the bbc�*s director general said she was a stellar presenter who was loved and respected across the industry. many tributes being paid to her today. joining me now is ian mcnabb — band member of the icicle works and good friend ofjanice. we are sending you our condolences on what must be such a sad christmas for you, on what must be such a sad christmas foryou, learning on what must be such a sad christmas for you, learning of the death of

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and reach. 82% interest rate and we have had the ever since the back of england was invented by gordon brownppening across the pond in the financial times tells us that the financial times tells us that the us federal reserve is being hawkish and is expected to raise interest rates three times the next year because inflation is increasing over there and america sneezes and we catch the cold as the old adage says. tomorrow the bank of england monetary policy committee will get together and decide what the position will be in the big question is whether they really will go for interest right now or signal one early next year given the pressures in the supply chains and given the increase in inflation and given the increase in inflation and given the increase in inflation and given the increase in commodities and petrol prices and what we are spending at the markets. i think there will be cautious especially given what's on the horizon with omicron. {laser cautious especially given what's on the horizon with omicron.- the horizon with omicron. over to ou. the horizon with omicron. over to yom i

former british prime minister gordon brown says the failure to distribute coronavirus vaccines to poorerinated next year. naomi grimley reports. at a clinic in kenya, they're doing their bit for the biggest vaccination campaign in human history. 2021 was the year more than 8 billion covid vaccines were administered across the world, but the vast majority have been given in richer countries. this chart shows the huge disparity between the percentage who've been double—vaccinated in developed nations compared to poorer countries. nigeria, the most populous country in africa, has particularly low coverage. and, so far, only one in four african health care workers have been vaccinated — a fact the former prime minister gordon brown thinks should shame us all. it's really a stain on our global soul, because we've had a surplus of vaccines created in one part of the world — and, indeed, stockpiling — and we've got a severe shortage in the other part of the world where only 3% have been vaccinated in low—income countries. and it affects us all because i think people are starting to realise that

we heard gordon brown in the last few days say that actually there are 500 1000000 available day st doses around the world, some of which my actually expire. go out of date. he's called for an air lift to get them to the people who need them to health work is. this isn't an issue about supply, it's an issue about sharing and it takes is back again to ah, health leaders to deliver actions, actions, investment to support health care workers. not just the continuing words and applause is where i saw you reacting to some of what howard was saying there. did you want to jump in? now basically, we look at the own too much of iniquity. on one hand, they can do like canada, usa, european union, australia wired to go 4 times one number of actually the required for the population. and they're allowing it to expire because of accidents. l. a really short expiry, but they're not going to bring in a very large numbers to africa. rebuild initially started doing but they're after they're the u. s. guy in india and they said that typically we don't have action or can you do it? but now we are done up, yo

demands for apology, for saying sorry, then we've seen political leaders from david cameron to gordon brownm in the uk, shy away from that. i thought we were going to say sorry when the centenary ofjallianwala bagh, the massacre in india in 1919, happened. and it never happened. we never apologised. i think the only british politician who has is sadiq khan. i'm actuallyjust looking at a quote here from cameron about that very apology which didn't happen. he said, "in the end..." i think this was in 2013. "..i do not think the right thing to do is reach back into history and seek out things that we should apologise for." the thing is we have apologised for certain things. we apologised for the great potato famine as part of the good friday agreement. we apologised when the mau mau in kenya sued the british government and won. so, we are capable of it. and also, i think in both of those cases, it led to healing, and i think the same can happen for indian history and african history. you say it leads to healing. what if it leads to resentment? i'm very taken with something that's just happened

former uk prime minister gordon brown says the failure to distribute coronavirus vaccines to poorer countriespeople were realising the virus would come back to haunt every country, without a push to get the whole world vaccinated next year. so far, eight billion covid vaccines have been administered worldwide, but the vast majority have been given in high and middle—income countries. naomi grimley reports. 2021 was the year 8 billion vaccines were administered across the world but the vast majority have been given richer countries, only one in four african healthcare workers have been vaccinated, for example and a former british prime minister says that should change. it minister says that should chance. , . , minister says that should chance. , ., , ., ., change. it is really a stain on our global— change. it is really a stain on our global salt. _ change. it is really a stain on our global salt. we _ change. it is really a stain on our global salt. we had - change. it is really a stain on our global salt. we had a - our global salt. we had a surplus of vaccine in one part of the world, inde

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gordon brown has been talking about the global covid vaccine roll—out to poorer nations and saying it is an ethical issue here when you look for example at only one in every four health care workers in africa has a vaccine, that wealthy nations like the uk should be looking at a fourth vaccination for people? i should be looking at a fourth vaccination for people? i think the uk has been _ vaccination for people? i think the uk has been leading _ vaccination for people? i think the uk has been leading in _ vaccination for people? i think the uk has been leading in the - vaccination for people? i think the uk has been leading in the way i vaccination for people? i think the uk has been leading in the way of| uk has been leading in the way of the vaccination roll—out and supporting other countries around the world but also in the treatment of covid and so the secretary of state has announced this week around the access to antivirals and so it is just as important to look at those treatments is one of the vaccination programme and that helps every country. if we are able with our science

it has made the mistake, of course, that gordon brown made when he was chancellor. he almost 20 years ago when he opt pencils by somebody for a daisy seventy's expense or but still we're living in the u. k with the was pensions in europe. are all independent countries and about us take for instance from scotland. iceland, ireland, norway, an arc of prosperity if you will, surrounding scotland have higher pensions. this cuts through definitely, but it cuts through in various different ways and each facet. it gets it on time to be highlighted. the liaison committee. this is like a almost unprecedented opportunity for a bike bench and i'll be a senior lamp back banjo. but sheila, for committee and if you get the prime minister in front of you all that up all the time, unlike primers. those questions when they obviously you can swap you away, you've gone and you're very much and you're cross. yes. yeah, we get 6 minutes and just a bit and then ended up to 6 minutes by the, by the gym and occasionally come in when the prime minister is waffling when you try and come to t

the former british prime minister gordon brown has described the failure to distribute covid vaccinest everyone will suffer without a push to get the whole world immunised next year. so far, 8 billion covid vaccines have been administered worldwide — but the vast majority have been given in high— and middle—income countries. let's talk to amelia christie, the head of advocacy at unicef uk. amelia, welcome and thank you very much forjoining us. what do you believe the global vaccine strategy should be? the believe the global vaccine strategy should be? . . ., ., should be? the crucial thing about the ulobal should be? the crucial thing about the global vaccine _ should be? the crucial thing about the global vaccine strategy - should be? the crucial thing about the global vaccine strategy is - should be? the crucial thing about the global vaccine strategy is that l the global vaccine strategy is that we cannot do it country by country. what this virus has made incredible clear is that we need to take a transnational, truly global approach so we can end this pandemic for everyone, everyw

i can imagine from the prime minister gordon brown screaming that will happen endemic if we vaccinateessing story. - the squeeze. this is a very depressing story. this - the squeeze. this is a very depressing story. this is i the squeeze. this is a very depressing story. this is a | the squeeze. this is a very - depressing story. this is a piece of research _ depressing story. this is a piece of research by— depressing story. this is a piece of research by the resolution foundation looking at the hit to households and next year. there's a number _ households and next year. there's a number of _ households and next year. there's a number of factors all coming together so wages stalling despite all the _ together so wages stalling despite all the promises we've had that were going _ all the promises we've had that were going to _ all the promises we've had that were going to get for the baha'i wage economy. — going to get for the baha'i wage economy, rising taxes next year. the new social _ economy, rising taxes next year. the new social care levy, national insurance _ new social care l

in october this year, former british prime minister gordon brown predicted just this, he said we in the west may feel safe and blessed at the moment because we have had the vaccines but we may find a new variant that comes out of africa or asia, where people have not been vaccinated and are not protected and it obviously isn't susceptible to the vaccines that we have at the moment. the solution was also utterly obvious, to vaccine the rest of the world and fast but that never happened. and the resulting disparities are stunning. close to 70% of the european union and about 60% of the united states have been fully vaccinated. and yet only about 8% of people in the world's poorest countries have received even one dose. earlier this year, this failure could be attributed to a problem of production and supply. but the world is now producing 1.5 billion doses of vaccine monthly. the problem has been one of distribution, or to put it bluntly, of the rich world hoarding vaccines at the expense of the poor. according to the health analytics company air finerty, by the end of march 2022, the g7

as we heard from gordon brown, we are talking about 3% or 4% of people in low—income countries who areble to produce it and distribute it themselves, ratherthan produce it and distribute it themselves, rather than having to receive doses?— themselves, rather than having to receive doses? ., . , , receive doses? producing themselves to something — receive doses? producing themselves to something over— receive doses? producing themselves to something over the _ receive doses? producing themselves to something over the medium - receive doses? producing themselves to something over the medium and i to something over the medium and long term we need to scale up, because we need to scale up production for doses, especially if we will need boosters around the world so that is a key priority, sharing the know—how and the intellectual property so that we can improve regional vaccine manufacturing in africa and asia and across the world. but that is a medium term prospect. in the short term, it is really sharing those doses and providing the money. and this is absolutely critical. next year, the

gordon brown, british politician would think is tremendous, is now the u.n. envoy for education, i just think education is the thing that universally heals. whether or not it's like combating radicalization in france and the uk or whether dating education and training to young entrepreneurs in gaza, or whether it is educating christians anorak or syria so they could start small industries and sustain themselves and live there. we have to support and build up these communities. it's not enough to put a band aid on it. it's really having deep rooted sustainable policies that will last for generations, otherwise in 100 years with social sciences in the region to him is these people will not exist. so the ancient land, the land of jesus christ for christians, ancestral land, they will be gone. and a homogenized -- a middle of these is basically lacking these diverse communities is a middle east we don't want. you want the diversity, the rich fabric, that they bring to society. >> wow, thank you so much and please join me in thanking jeanene digiovanni. [applause]

gordon brown, the british politician who i think is tremendous is now the un envoy for education, and i just think education is the thing that universally heals, whether or not it's combatting radicalization in france and the u.k. or whether it's, you know, giving education and training to young entrepreneurs in gaza, or whether it is, you know, educating christians in iraq or syria so they can start small industries and sustain themselves and live there. you know, we have to kind of support and build up these communities. it's not enough to put a band-aid on it. it's really having deep rooted sustainable policies that will last for generations. otherwise, you know, in 100 years, what social scientists in the region tell me is these people will not exist. so the ancient land, the land of jesus christ for christian, their ancestral land, they will be gone, and a homogenized middle east that is basically lacking these diverse communities, is a middle east we don't want. we want, you know, the diversity, the rich fabric that they bring to society. >> wow, thank you so much, and please jo

first elected in 1982, harriet harman served in tony blair�*s and gordon brown�*s cabinet and was a formerve and that consumes my thoughts. when the taliban took kabul, i knew a new war was going to be declared on women. i knew that into their sights would come the women who dared to sit injudgment on men, that women who had taken on public roles would live in mortal danger. women who were refusing to be subordinate to men. colleagues who worked in the judiciary are trying to leave. it feels like every waking moment we are waiting for our death. maybe tomorrow it will be my turn. former supermodel and refugee halima aden has shared letters with afghan university tutor aliya kazimy. aliya has told halima how it feels to no longer be able to express yourself through the clothes she wears. just imagine for a moment that you do not have the right to choose the length or the colour of your outfit, how would you feel? you wouldn�*t feel independent. i love the hijab but i�*m against being forced to wear one. it is unthinkable that anyone should be deprived of colour and sentenced to blackjust be

we heard gordon brown, the former british prime minister, say the other day that part of the reason the is because not enough people have been vaccinated in africa. do you agree with that?— you agree with that? yes, i think, ou you agree with that? yes, i think, you know. — you agree with that? yes, i think, you know. we _ you agree with that? yes, i think, you know, we have _ you agree with that? yes, i think, you know, we have heard - you agree with that? yes, i think, you know, we have heard rich - you agree with that? yes, i think, - you know, we have heard rich country governments saying again and again, since the beginning of this crisis, that no one is safe until everyone is safe. but the reality is they've ignored that mantra and, in large part, have turned their backs on this huge problem of vaccine scarcity across africa, across developing countries, that has allowed these mutations to emerge and keep us all at risk. this new variant is not a surprise. it was predicted. at the people's vaccine alliance we surveyed leading epidemiologists across the world earlier this year who

she was first elected in 1982 and served as interim labour party leader on two occasions when gordon brownf the bbc�*s 100 women season, afghan women have exchanged letters with high profile women who share their interests, to explain how their lives have changed over the last few months. sodaba haidare has more. female leaders from around the world have exchanged letters with women in afghanistan who share their passions for bbc 100 women. high—profile women, including youngest ever nobel peace prize laureate malala yousafzai and footballer megan rapinoe, have shared letters with afghan women to deepen their understanding of how life for women in afghanistan has changed since the taliban took over. "masouma", not her real name, was a public prosecutor in afghanistan. she has written to one of britain�*s most distinguished lawyers, baroness helena kennedy qc, who worked with the international bar association to rescue female judges from the country as the taliban took over. i�*m proud to be a woman public prosecutor who worked in thejudiciary. i always strived to serve my people but now i

this is general james ewell brown stuart, and many of you heard gordon ray's presentation which included a lot of information about stuart, so we'll do the quick overview this morning. stuart also has been to west point. he graduates in the class of 1854. so he misses being there with pelham by just two years. he's off fighting in the west. he takes part in stopping john brown's raid at harper's ferry and stuart is a favorite with general robert e. lee, and known for his flair, charisma and he has lots of legends that he actively wants to cultivate and he tries out new tactics. and i think that is something that sometimes we forget about stuart. he has an incredible spy network that he's using throughout virginia and he also innovates with artillery. so stuart has this idea, could he have horse artillery. it is something that they used on napoleonic battlefields and it is moving artillery rapidly from point to point. stuart gets the confederate military organizers down in richmond to buy off on this idea of horse artillery but he has trouble finding a commander. first he thinks it is joh

brown stewart. and many of you probably heard gordon rayes presentation last night, and that overview about stewart, so i will do a quick overview. he graduates in the class of 1854, and he misses being there with pelham by just two years. he's all fighting in the west, takes part in stopping john brown's rate at harpers ferry. he's a favorite of robert e. lee. known for his flair, charisma, has lots of legends that he actively loves to cultivate and he tries out new tactics and i think that that is something that we forget about stewart. he has an incredible spy network that he's using throughout virginia. he also innovates with artillery. stewart has this idea, could he have horse artillery? it's something they used on napoleon battlefields and it's moving moving rapidly from point to point. stewart gets the confederate military organizers down enrichment to buy off on this idea. but he has some trouble finding a commander. first, he thinks it's going to be john cook. cook, though, has spent half his time in richmond that does not have interest in forming in artillery unit. then he puts forward hi

gordon wood is a university professor and professor of history at brown recipient of the pulitzer prize, his book is been the creation of the american republic and benjamin franklin trained ported a field in the book that we will talk about tonight is power in liberty constitutionalism in the american revolution. it is so wonderful that he's join by another towering american history and in a great friend of the constitution center edward larson. he holds the chair in law and the university professor of history at pepperdine also a recipient to the pulitzer prize in history in the author of's approved books from the return of george washington to most recently including washington, the founding partnership in which we discussed not too long ago on the way to people podcast, it was a great discussion. we are joined remotely i'm so glad to see you, the monitors are working and you look great. this is her first hybrid program. i hope you can see us as well as we can see you, it is so great to welcome to the constitution center lucas morel the professor politics in washington, he is the auth