if you go back much further, it's much more common, ted heath stayed for 25 years, was father of thehat did they call it? the incredible sulk. exactly. others though, in and around that time, they went off to the house of lords, but increasingly, prime ministers are doing that. they are going off either to private sector, to the lecture circuit, working with charities, things like that. so it is a bit unusual. is that what you would see her doing if she wasn't going to stay? it seems so. i mean, we don't really know what her interests would be. beyond all of that. you know, some prime ministers come out with a sort of clear agenda, things that they want to do, obviously tony blair with his work in africa. his institutes, you know, these were obvious, sort of extensions of the kinds of things he had shown an interest in in government. she's talked about a range of things that she's interested in, you know, education, all sorts of various sort of charity areas that you can see her getting involved with, but again, we just don't know at this stage. do you think it's a bit of a humiliati

ted heath were pa rt of that former prime minister ted heath were part of a child six ring and thato be abused by a westminster paedophile ring and has been convicted at newcastle crown court. it was only at the end of last year that called beach, a former health service manager and school governor from gloucestershire could be named publicly. he spun a tale of a vip paedophile ring operating in the heart of london and beyond. dolphin square and apartment block close to the houses of parliament was one location where in the 70s and 80s he said he and other boys were taken to be abused and tortured. he even claimed he had witnessed three boys being murdered. allegations that seniorfigures in being murdered. allegations that senior figures in public life sexually abuse children more than 30 yea rs sexually abuse children more than 30 years ago. while his identity was protected, he spoke to journalists. and in 2014, bbc news made the police investigation into his allegations a lead story. it is something that stays with you forever because the memories never go. among those he accused

i don't expect she will be a ted heath type character who famously was known as the sole car on the backbenchesnger. i think it would be wise for her to take a period of diplomatic silence. after just telling you i think she should be more of a straight talker! chuckles you are having it both ways! perhaps. but i think giving the new prime minister a honeymoon period, if they possibly could get one they deserve, and not being undermining of him, that'll be quite important. yet it could be that whoever succeeds her takes the country into a no—deal brexit, which she is com pletely a no—deal brexit, which she is completely opposed to. she is, but we all remember that she was quite clear that if britain couldn't get a deal that was satisfactory, no deal was better than a bad deal. she distanced herself from that eventually. she did, but it was the policy position she stood on at the last general election. she cannot distance herself from it completely. and even if she stays silent i think the current chancellor of the exchequer, soon to be the former, philip hammond, he certainly will not hold back

perhaps not taking very much notice of allegations of abuse to, like the place officer in front of ted heath's if you have been abused, we will believe you. speaking from my own point of view, we are innocent until we have proved guilty in this country. it's that shift, knowing there is a context of we want to give people the confidence to come forward and the voice if they are a victim but also making sure that when the officer is investigating, they go over the clear and open mindset about the truth. we were talking before about treating those people who have been accused with respect. that is something you felt that you got. i was very fortunate when i was a question, it felt like a long wait from july until november until annual anybody was talking about. when i was interviewed by the police, they were courteous to the la st police, they were courteous to the last and very helpful. and it was from first knowing about the allegations, it was one year before i knew that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute. and senior police officer came back with my physicians and said, if there is