o'sullivan: can everyone hear me? ok, good. well first of all, a few stories about how russell kirk came into my life. i visited america when i was a child, six, but i had not lived in america as an adult so i did not -- until i was about 30. i didn't really know a great deal about the american conservative movement. i did try to find out. i went into the u.s. embassy in london to the library and asked could i read a copy of national review. and the librarian was most snippy, saying they didn't carry that kind of publication, thank you very much. when i got my first job after college, it was as a junior tutor. it did a number of things, we used to hold conferences for interested conservatives. we used to hold training courses. my job was to arrange conferences. we had one great advantage, a very good library. so, i walked in one day and there was the conservative mind. and i picked it up and sat down and i must have read it for the next three or four hours. of course i returned to it much later. it was very revealing to me beca

the kind that john o'sullivan has described. it is not simply about politics although it does not exclude politics, either. some of my remarks tonight will emphasize the degree to which russell kirk was engaged in politics in ways that are easily overlooked. you will find that while too few people are unaware of russell kirk to begin with, some people who do have a sense of russell kirk think of him as some sort of fuddy-duddy. a cloistered intellectual who had maybe no friends or interaction with the outside world. andept politics at an arm's leg's length. someone who was disengaged from public life and lived in a swirl of the middle ages and antiquarianism. but he was a conservative at full. he had a great understanding of politics and public policy. in the highest sense, the somatic sense, the philosophical sense, with a deeper and wider historical understanding and philosophical understanding. one of the reasons russell kirk is a figure of such compelling interest right now is because conservatism has become a question mark.

o'sullivan: kirk hated the welfare state. he said early on in the 1950's, i don't know if it is in the conservative mind or one of the early books, that the federal school lunch program was an incipient totalitarianism. it is easy to look at the dispute between russell kirk and frank meyer. frank meyer as a libertarian gave kirk a negative book review for the conservative mind in 1955. a few years after the conservative mind was published. that poisoned the well forevermore. i think meyer was not aware of how much offense he was giving to kirk and kirk was wounded by it. interesting. you mentioned kirk, when kirk had strong libertarian leanings. he was a disciple of albert j. knock. he wrote his first book on an eccentric ultra jeffersonian who in many ways could be considered a libertarian hero. well, libertarian, conservative or however you want to label russell kirk, he was a staunch opponent of the welfare state. it was because he saw it as muscling out and taking the place of real civil society and families. and i think

john o'sullivan makes a case for free trade. other people today make the case for a degree of protectionism. russell kirk's advice to both parties would be not to ideology as things or turn anything into a simple doctrine to be imposed upon reality but to listen to reality and the citizens and look at the results of the policies you attempt to enact. russell kirk not only was an in america first conservatism. component ofock the conservatism that emerged in the postwar era. we see that in his contributions alsoe national review and he was a goldwater and taft conservative. he was a reagan conservative. he did integrate into his own degrees of political support in the candidates he took an interest in, a very broad range of the conservative movement. he personified that movement in the best senses. he was not someone who's consistent criticism of libertarianism and objectivism -- quite far from it. of the federalth leviathan as being a grave danger to the institutions of civil society and the habits of american life. are the bedr

still with us, sarah hunt and jim o'sullivan.ket demanding from these companies in terms of their capital allocation? sarah: right now you're getting rewarded for buying back your stock. the company's should be long-term doing this -- the company doing this long-term tend to be rewarded over time. the question of capital allocation, what struck me about that chart was 2007 to 2008 was a high bar, which looks like where we are going. when the market collapsed, people were not buying back their stock. people tend to buy back stock when times are good. that is telling you you do not have a lot of other things to do with their money. as a shareholder, you want some discussion about what the other possibilities are for the cash before buying back stock. i would agree the tax treatment should not be preferential relative to other things. david: the question is what else to do with that cash? democratic senators are saying we would like you to pay up to workers, and also saying it should be invested in capital investment. that is what t

o'sullivan made three breaks over 90 in the match.nd. both are recovering from injury and have been given the chance to play in what is a rest weekend in the six nations. england head coach eddiejones has named a 25 man training squad that meets today for a three day camp ahead next saturday's match with wales. that is all the sport for now. hello there. it feels like spring has sprung. the highest temperature we had on wednesday was actually here in the mali —— moray firth, eight average of 40 degrees. at the next two days though savages could get even higher. —— 14 degrees. it is high because the air is coming from a long way south, all the way from the canaries. mild by day, but the potential for some chilly nights, especially when we have clear skies. we have those across a good part of england and wales. a touch of frost in places, particularly around the chilterns. multiple scotland and northern ireland, where there is more cloud around. —— much milder. we are looking at sunny skies. one 01’ we are looking at sunny skies. one or

ronnie o'sullivan is in action in the third round of the welsh open in cardiff... is up against world number 71 alexander ursenbacher of switzerland and o'sullivan has already recorded the 994th century of his career. live coverage on the red button and bbc sport website right now. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including news of a payoff forjose mourinho of £19.6 million. we will see you shortly. many thanks. it's been a year since a gunman opened fire at a high school in parkland, florida killing 17 people, injuring another 17. people in the community are still living with physical and emotional reminders of what happened. this particular shooting sparked passionate cries for stricter gun controls in america. but to date, there has not been any meaningful change. the bbc s samira hussain reports from parkland, florida. good morning, have a great day, guys. a typical morning walk to school done by thousands across the country. but this is different. these kids go to marjory stoneman douglas, a name th

it's the first time in ten years that fu has beaten o'sullivan. rugby union club chiefs say they need ‘crucial talks' with the rugby football union over whether to end relegation from and promotion to the the top division. they met today to find what they're calling a ‘long term solution‘ for elite rugby. we had a fantastic opening weeknd to the six nations championship, but there have been a few casualties, the latest is maro itoje who‘ll miss england 5 next two matches against france and wales with a knee injury. here‘s sara orchard. after seeing those tv pictures of maro itoje on crutches at the end of the england match when they beat ireland last weekend, it will come as little surprise that he has been diagnosed now with a medial ligament injury. out for two to four weeks, confirmed by specialist. however, he could still play a part of the championship. he is renowned for being a quick healer. during the autumn internationals, he damage the same knee where he chipped part of it, playing throughout the rest of the autumn games but then were su

be involved with a shoulder problem there's been a surprise defeat for four time champion ronnie o'sullivan was knocked out by world number 71 alexander ursenbacher in the third round. the swiss made three breaks over 50 for one of the biggest wins of his career. england's jodi ewart—shadoff has a share of the lead at the women's australian open golf. a bogey—free round of 65 leaves her 7 under par, along with taiwan's hsu way—ling. england's bronte law is two adrift... with british open champion georgia hall three under. there was something of a surprise at the women's giant slalom at the alpine world ski championships in sweden. the american mikaela shiffrin was beaten into third place. slovakia's petra vlhova won gold. britain's alex tilley and jessica anderson failed to complete two runs. now, he's the man credited largely with creating some of manchester united's greatest generation of youngster. eric harrison, the man who helped build more than a decade of dominance, producing the famous class of 92, died today at the age of 81, and the players whose careers he created were some of th

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ronnie o'sullivan survived a scare to progress to the second round of the welsh open snooker.s match against sanderson lam in cardiff. he was trailing by two frames to one before coming back to win 4—2. great britain are out of the mixed team event at the alpine world skiing championships in sweden. they failed to make the quarterfinals after dave ryding was the only member of the team to win a race. and great britain's fed cup team have landed a home tie against kazakhstan in april, in a play—off to reach world group two and a chance to make it into the top tier for the first time since 1993. they'll probably play at london's copper box arena. the british horse racing authority say strict bio—security control measures will be in place when racing resumes tomorrow after a six—day suspension. among the courses preparing to start up again is chelmsford, where racing returns on thursday, following the outbreak of equine flu in the sport. they've been doing everything they can to make sure there are no further cases. there's lots of bio—security been put in place, i mean we have c

ambassador david o'sullivan to the far look at the e.u. ambassador to the united states.he's brilliantly steered the e.u.'s relationship with the united states since 2014. ambassador at right here in washington after many positions of the trillion foreign ministry. next to him as chairman ed royce, house foreign affairs committee chairman for the last six years for almost 30 years before that, chairman more or less. next to me is ambassador man while -- and just arrived here. it's a privilege to have you for this important discussion. similar to the first and i were going to keep the conversation a 30 minute and then will invite all three of the first analysts back to the stage. ambassador soul of income i'd like to start with you. the role of the european union at this critical moment. the number of e.u. member states gave maduro a deadline of this coming weekend. how do you see the role of the e.u. at this critical moment? >> thank you very much and thanks to the atlantic center and the center for latin america for organizing this fantastic event. it's a great honor to

we owe huge thanks to graham king, a denis o'sullivan, for the decade they put into putting this togetherd their personal things to our own team. for all the hard work and late nights. there is no way this film would ever have been made if it wasn't for queen. primate, roger taylor, and your whole team. thank you for trusting us and all your support will the way three —— brian may. and most important, thank you for the awesome music. applause. i would like to add a brief thank you to our picture editor. everyone at twickenham studios for an awesome sound crew. and a very personal thank you to brian may and roger taylor. it was a privilege to work with you guys. thank you very much. the project of a lifetime.|j with you guys. thank you very much. the project of a lifetime. i would like to thank everyone at twickenham, again, and everyone who worked on the show. and everyone back home, and my mum and dad. and, finally, happy birthday to paul maskey. thank you very much faltering this great party for him and giving him a gift. cheering. applause. bohemian rhapsody, john nott and. first man.

to talk about this i'm joined by david o'sullivan, e.u. ambassador to the u.s. ambassador, thank you very much, lcome back to the "newshour". >> thank you. >> reporter: ar.are you trying e u.s. efforts in ira >> absolutely not. i think the most important thing to underline is that we, in the european union, believe that keeping iran in this nuclearre deal, and they complying with this deal as was announjucd this week by the c.i.a. in return for that, they areed entio expect some economic benefit and some increased trade and economic activity, and the purpose of the announcement today to allow this to happen. as you say, the primary focus in the beginning will be on goodse which t actually under sanction at all, which are humanitarian goo , exceptions e sanctions regime, but which is sometimes difficult to trade because of the reluctance of financial bodies to deal with anything to do with iran, so th will make that,i hope, easier. >> why risk, exacerbating the difference with the u.s.? >> we respec the administration's decision to withdraw from the agreement but

next, ronnie o'sullivan is through to the third round through.n the match. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30. prices are rising across the country at their lowest rate for two years. falling energy and fuel bills contributed to the slowdown. index, sat at 1.8%, below the bank of england's projection of 2%. wages are now going up faster than prices and so pay packets are going further every month. but is it all good news? our economics correspondent andy verity reports. do you fancy some dinner? at home in bolton, melanie and jason are among millions of households who have benefited from cheaper bills. as a sales executive for a successful packaging company, jason has seen his wages rise faster than prices for five years, allowing to buy more with his pay, and other elements of the cost of living are getting more manageable. i think petrol is a lot cheaper than it was. it's still expensive, but cheaper, and we are charging too much for fuel as a country. but petrol, i would say, and i can't really think of

well he did in el salvador from the day the president was elected in a free election to this day o'sullivan who has been a democracy that's a fabulous achievement yes the pro-u.s. candidate toward to a won the elections but how democratic was the situation there were human rights abuses and death squads everywhere in fact one of the worst massacres in the history of latin america happened around that time for. now if one has got confronted about the gruesome details before congress yes or no do you think that massacre. was a fabulous achievement that happened under our watch that is a ridiculous question and i guess our no no i literally miss i will make you happy yes i am not going to respond to that kind of personal attack which is not a question but now the civil war between the us backed factions and the marxist revolutionaries continued until nine hundred ninety two and slaughter by us backed forces also continue the death toll was as high as seventy thousand people but ronald reagan did not consider that to be a deal breaker the people bill salvador had another free election in march

and, ronnie o'sullivan has had a shock at the welsh open.om frost and freezing fog to 15 degrees, well above the average, the question is: will it last into the weekend? more on that. also coming up, the queen meets competition winners and descendants of the original codebreakers descendants of the original codebreake rs of descendants of the original codebreakers of gchq. celebrating its 100th birthday. good afternoon and welcome to afternoon live, from westminster. a british woman who ran away to join fighters from the islamic state group in syria four years ago, and now wants to return to britain, will face a police investigation if she comes back, according to a government minister. shamima begum, who's now 19, was one of three schoolgirls who left east london in 2015. in an interview with the times, she talked about seeing "severed heads" in bins while there and said that it "did not faze her". the security minister ben wallace told the bbc that shamima begum, who's now in a syrian refugee camp, faces potential prosecution for committin

season but struggled against his welsh opponent, losing the match by four frames to two. next ronnie o'sullivancket fired off three breaks over 90 in the match. heavyweight boxing champion anthonyjoshua is set to fight in the us for the first time. it's been announced that he'll defend his wba, wbo and ibf titles against american jarrel miller on the 1st ofjune at maddison square garden, in new york. joshua, who's still undefeated, last fought in september, when he beat russian alexander povetkin at wembley. it's not the fight many hoped to see, but with deontay wilder and tyson fury set for a rematch he was running out of options. as we've been hearing racing has resumed following a six day suspension after the equine flu outbreak because of that, it was free entry at musslebrugh today — this was the first race of the day at plumpton. trainers and staff are having to follow strict criteria as the british horse racing authority look to limit its spread further. england have released joe cokanasinga and dan robson back to their premiership clubs to play this weekend both are recovering from inju

the message of change and resistance some are using music others have turned to performing arts o'sullivanjervey had met one such group near the syrian border with turkey. for centuries their would has been used to express joy or pain it's the instrument of choice for syrian artists such as jihad in yemen the used to design graphics and interiors in electoral and fled across the border to gaza. when the syrian revolution began started to sing tunes of resistance. to aleppo remain at the heart of the uprising until it was seized by syrian government forces for the health of the remaining troops and russian jets. he tries to immerse himself in writing songs and composing music but what he saw in aleppo never leaves his thoughts. if not we crossed the street where children were playing with a yellow football i heard the sound of a barrel bomb and we ducked we went to check on the kids and all of them were dead do you know how painful it is to see body parts of young children scattered in front of you i will never forget that things will go many syrians had no idea that their creativity would

ronnie o'sullivan survived a scare to progress to the second round of the welsh open.rames to one before coming back to win 4—2. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and more of course in sportsday at 6:30pm. thank you. football greats are continuing to pay tribute to england's world cup winning goalkeeper gordon banks, who's died at the age of 81. just a selection for you of the tributes. football legend pele tweeted: ex—england striker michael owen tweeted: sir geoff hurst said: and one of england's current players raheem sterling says ‘england legend, your legacy will live on.‘ the former england goalkeeper dave beasantjoins me now. thanks very much forjoining us. we spoke to ray clemence earlier and i'm wondering what your memories of the man are, how would you describe gordon banks the man? he was not just a legendary goalkeeper, but a proper gentleman and i had the pleasure of meeting him on numerous occasions, and someone that as a goalkeeper growing up you wanted to try and emulate. when we look at his s

now, ronnie o'sullivan survived a scare to progress to the second round of the welsh open.mes to one before coming back to win four two. his head looked all over the place as it sometimes is. a bit like mine. that's all the sport for the moment. around 3,000 cash machines were removed from high streets in the uk over the last six months of 2018. according to the consumer group, ‘which?’ about a88 atms disappeared per month in the second half of 2018, about half of which were free to use. it also had particular concern for so—called protected machines in more remote areas. it said 102 closed last year. there are subsidies aimed at keeping these protected machines open. link, the body overseeing the uk's atm network, said from april it will be paying operators a fee of up to £2.75 per withdrawal to persuade them to keep at—risk machines free. let's talk now to an independent retailer in oxford, joe williams, who has the only place to withdraw cash in his area within a four—mile radius. yes it is, the local post office is the sole place in which you can withdraw money in our a

on education for national review and founded journals.vative senior fellow -- senior fellow john o'sullivan talk about russell kirk's influence and legacy in the future of conservatism. the national review institute cohosted this hour-long event.