that was sir paul smith talking with our arts editor, will gompertz.bbc one, time for the news where you are. 00:03:02,484 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard and the director of thejohn smith centre at glasgow university & former scottish labour leader, kezia dugdale. let's ta ke let's take a look through those front pages. let's take a look through those front pages. the daily mail says borisjohnson is faceing the first signs of revolt from the his so—called ‘red wall‘ mps — over covid laws in the north. the guardian reports that tory mps in northern england say the covid—i9 pandemic has exposed what they describe as "the deep structural and systemic disadvantage faced by their communities". and the ‘i' says more than 50 of those conservative mps are demanding a ‘clear road map‘ for northern areas of england — that have been hardest hit by increased coronavirus restrictions. the daily telegraph

the fashion designer sir paul smith is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his clothing label.ountries, he's a stalwart of the fashion scene. but like the rest of the industry, his business has been hit hard by the pandemic. he met our arts editor, will gompertz, at a paul smith store that was closed at the time and talked about the challenges ahead. you can wear it, but there's always something, a little secret. i love that. we're sitting in the size of the original shop, which was three metres by three metres, only open fridays and saturdays, and the idea was just to earn a living. there was almost no fashion, really, in nottingham. slowly, people from leicester and sheffield and derby,

the fashion designer — sir paul smith — is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his clothing label.s first small shop in nottingham in 1970 — to trading in 70 countries — he's a stalwart of the fashion scene. but like the rest of the industry his business has been hit hard by the pandemic. he met our arts editor will gompertz — at a paul smith store that was closed at the time — and talked about the challenges ahead. you can wear it, but there's always something, a little secret. i love that. we're sitting in the size of the original shop, which was three metres by three metres, only open fridays and saturdays, and the idea was just to earn a living. there was almost no fashion, really, in nottingham. slowly, people from leicester and sheffield and derby, and then eventually even further afield. "oh, there little shop that's got really interesting things, you know." from a tiny backroom in nottingham to the fashion catwalks of the world, paul smith turned his small enterprise into a global brand. it's been profitable for every one of its 50 years. and then covid struck. devastating,

let's get some analysis and bring in our first guest, paul smith. it's always a pleasure to see you. i know you have been watching the outcome today. you've seen what happened at the sorbonne. i wonder if in your opinion, how does a teacher in france set about instructing, bringing up the discussion of freedom of speech with pupils in the wake of this case? paul: with a great deal of delicacy. anybody who watch a macron's speech, samuel paty was somebody who knew and read about islam, had read the koran. he was a well educed teacher. this is somebody who knew wt he was talking about and did so with tact. i was reading about one of his former students who participated in yesterday's silent march, and she was saying how they tackled th subject a couple years ago when she was one of his pupils. it had been tackled with sensitivity, tact, and intelligence. it's very difficult to understand. you can see this is something extraordinary that happened here. >> i know the place where this happened is a quiet, sleepy place. it's unthinkable something could ha

the fashion designer — sir paul smith — is celebrating

paul in demote, indiana, is right? >> caller: it's the birthplace of former house minority leader charlie hallick. mr. smith, talking to the biographer on charlie hallick, he had said that charlie was under the belief if he threw support behind mr. dewey, he would be the running mate in i believe in '48. when that didn't happen, the only regret he said he had politically was -- >> you're breaking up there a little bit. i think we lost paul. do you want to take what you heard there? >> i heard the same story. there's no doubt that charlie hallick thought he was double crossed. charlie hallick thought. and people hear what they want to hear. there's no doubt that charlie hallick believed going into that convention that he had an understanding with the dewey forces that he would be on the ticket. >> caller: the disney character dewey was named after tom stewy. how did tom stewy feel about that? >> i didn't hear the question here. let's move on to sheryl in california. >> caller: yes, i've been following the series and the one thing that comes to my mind was, what was his relationship with the tammany hall peop

paul in demote, indiana, is that right? >> caller: it is demott, indiana, the birthplace of former house minority leader charlie halek. mr. smith, talking to hank shely, he had said that charlie was under the belief that if he threw support behind mr. dewey he would be the running mate in '48. when that didn't happen mr. halek said his only regret was that -- based on? >> you know, paul, you're breaking up there a little bit. i think we lost paul. do you want to take what you heard there? >> yeah, i mean, i heard the same story. i mean, there's no doubt that charlie halek thought he was double crossed. charlie halek thought, and, you know, people hear what they want to hear. but there's no doubt that charlie halek believed going into that convention that he had an understanding with the dewey forces that he would be on the ticket. >> duncan in rootstown, ohio. >> caller: hi. the disney character dewey was named after thomas dewey. how did thomas dewey feel about that? >> you know what, i didn't hear that. duncan, i apologize, didn't hear the question there. let's move on to cheryl in bakersville, california. >> caller: yes, i'v

smith, "the contender the" this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on merican history tv on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us this morning, from nashville, former tennessee attorney general paulrs. he's currently a member of the organization called the coalition to preserve an independent u.s. supreme court. paul summers, tell us about your organization. what's your effort about? guest: thank you, bill. our nonpartisan, bipartisan coalition called keep nine is a coalition which wants to permanently ban court packing by use of a constitutional amendment. our constitutional amendment that we are proposing is only 13 words, and would be the shortest amendment in the constitution. the supreme court of the united states shall be composed of nine justices. urrently and since 1789, the constitution has been silent on the number of justices of the supreme court. all it takes to change the number of justices on the court is to pass a statute that's signed by the president. we feel that that is court packing, and we want to make sure that that doesn't exist. our forefathers were smart. they envisioned three independent and separate branches of government. two were political, and one, t

paul smith when he was that the governor of the state --al smith when he was governor of the state, he talked about having the wealthier pay a little bit more. he had some great hopes about it. i remember i wrote one down because it was as appropriate today as it was in 1913. he said, what do we say about our colleagues to reject an income tax amendment? they reject it. why? they are unwilling to say that great wall ought to share its share of the burden of government. they are unwilling to subscribe to the indisputable principle that he who benefits the most should pay the most. that was al smit 1932. here say news reel about the elections. >> then the great political battle of 1924 where with alfred e. smith and john davis, he stood out as a leader. there never was a political convention to match the democratic national gathering of 1924 leading to the 1936 election where 58 smith blew the whistle on the new deal? >> i think prohibition is something heavily identified with al smith. he never favored prohibition. it was not an issue he championed. he didn't like how new york state rat