reminding myself of mrs thatcher, can you reminding myself of mrs thatcher, can you ever reminding myselfloyal foreign secretary ever saying anything against her in public or that might contradict a policy. this is why it is so extraordinary. even the allies of mrjohnson has called the intervention on the day after the terror attack in london, inept, and thatis terror attack in london, inept, and that is the word i would use. terror attack in london, inept, and that is the word i would uselj terror attack in london, inept, and that is the word i would use. i know you have the bit between your teeth on this subject but we need to move on this subject but we need to move on to two other stories in the ft. we could talk about it all evening. two other stories, which are connected. women suffer illegal levels of low pay in silence. two thirds of women are paid less than minimum wage —— two thirds of workers, i should say. and then they lack is likely to take their claim to the low pay commission. the finding about two thirds of people being paid under the legal minimum wage being women is awf

, saying she was germany's thatcher and in fact she is very different.er, she doesn't strongly believing ideology in the way that thatcher did, she is a pragmatic leader and pragmatism will be... for parties, including... for example, when it comes to brexit and the relationship with france all of these parties will have very separate fuse. the number of things that will come out here, you are right, you have the pro—business democrat, the free democrats, on the other hand the green party who will wa nt other hand the green party who will want to close down coal—fired power stations and how you actually reach a compromise. i think this will be a lowest common denominator government in which they will have to try to reach a platform but it would be very ambitious. on the rise of the afd, some of the language used was very much what we are hearing across in the states. lock her up. it was actually used. they learn from donald trump of the campaign, not on the way theyjust portray the immigration, lots of pictures of blonde germans, but taking back control,

here locally, that was taken on by our first commander, major john thatcher, who wrote -- he was a huge name here between 1924 in 1927. to get people enthusiastic, every summer, he would purposely do something out here at the field. 1925 was our first air show. 1926, they did aerial maneuvers in the countrysides in newport. 1927, they had the air races here in spokane, which was a huge deal. a town this small did not have an area seven. it was usually cleveland or chicago or new york. -- at town this small did not have an air show. he said you want to have this next one in spokane, these people are enthusiastic, you are going to get big crowds. it will be exciting and you will get a lot of publicity and everybody will get a lot of money. he successfully talked them into it. at the time, spokane was the smallest town that ever hosted these. when he came back, he was met by charles lindbergh who had just flown his famous flight to paris. his plane was parked right out here and major thatcher was shaking his hand in a welcoming him for those september air races. it was a huge event. it dre

a p pa re ntly thatcher, significantly lower.re, let's go to the observer and its front page. fixed odds betting, quite a lot of concern about terminals, there is talk of a clamp—down. about terminals, there is talk of a clamp-down. yes, the crack cocaine of the betting world, super puggies as they are known in scotland. you can lose huge amounts of money on these and the government keeps saying it will do something about them but it slightly smacks of the government not having a huge amount to talk about. a lot of brexit talking up, yesterday talking about holes in the road, they are going fixed on betting terminals. we are expecting something in the summer, classic government definition is now getting pushed back to october. whether that is something that will happen or not, itjust smacks whether that is something that will happen or not, it just smacks to whether that is something that will happen or not, itjust smacks to me of the government saying something to put in the papers. as one of theseissues to put in the papers. as

he says he will replace the thatcher economic model entirely.emember ed miliband saying similar things. entirely. i remember ed miliband saying similarthings. if entirely. i remember ed miliband saying similar things. if you ask what that actually means, it means spending much more on public services, and in jeremy spending much more on public services, and injeremy corbyn's case, it means nationalising a lot of things. i'm not sure if that is an entirely new economic model.m might not be new, but going back to june 28, whenever it was, how did the public think these things are goodidea? the public think these things are good idea? labour did much better than many people, including nick expected. it's too. it's not a new thing. opposing thatcherism and opposing liberal market capitalism which is what jeremy corbyn is doing is the kind of revert to plan a of labour and it's is the kind of revert to plan a of labourand it's in is the kind of revert to plan a of labour and it's in their dna. he does do one thing that is new and not without risk. he

thatcher who founded the firm but left afterfalling out margaret thatcher who founded the firm but leftnk that it probably is getting nearthe end, i think that it probably is getting near the end, yes. you can try and rescue it but it will not be very successful. this scandal has sent shock waves through the british br industry and also young democracy of south africa. the pr —— but the prca isa south africa. the pr —— but the prca is a trade body rather than a regulator and when some very rich individuals orfamilies regulator and when some very rich individuals or families are prepared to spend huge sums to burnish their reputation, frankly, some pr firms like bell pottinger in london will ta ke like bell pottinger in london will take the money. and a ticking off and temporary ban from a trade association is not going to change that. but for opponents of president zuma, this is not so much about the state of pr is the state of south africa. one family‘s grip on power is tightening, even as the reputation of their pr advisers is 110w reputation of their pr advisers is now in the gutter.

and ten yea rs thatcher many years ago.nd ten years after the global financial crash, the tories still believe in the same dogmatic mantra, deregulate, privatise, cut taxes for the wealthy, we rights at work, profits for a view, and debt for the many —— fora profits for a view, and debt for the many —— for a few. nothing has changed. applause it is as if we are stuck in a political and economic time warp. the financial times put it last month that our financial system still looks a lot like the precrisis one. and this isn't from the financial times, before the bit, the capitalist system still faces a crisis of legitimacy stemming from the crash. now is the time that government took a more active role in restructuring our economy. applause now is the time that corporate boardrooms are held accountable for their actions. now is the time that we develop a new model of economic management to replace the failed dogmas of neoliberalism. that is why. .. that is dogmas of neoliberalism. that is why... that is why labour is looking

latin america setting off a chain reaction of chicago school economics the greek london under mrs thatcher within six years and change the lives of billions on the planet coming up in the show we speak to the friend of the late government scientist dr david kelly u.k. diplomatic on was negotiated for post nine eleven the war in iraq about saudi funded tara richard branson's alleged harlan occupation and why sanctions are not the answer in north korea and is donald trump continues to send troops to afghanistan expanding the longest war in american history former u.s. state department official matthew hoh tells us the war that cost more than ten thousand dead or injured british soldiers is based on a pack of lies told us of all coming up a decade is going on the ground but first today is september the eleventh the anniversary of the washington backed coup to oust the social democrat president of chile salvador and it marked a watershed in the so-called cold war and the beginning of a new neoliberal fat's right economics that would destroy the post-war consensus his milton friedman of the inf

the post-war consensus his milton friedman of the infamous chicago school who inspired reagan and thatcher talking about what pinochet's military dictatorship in chile meant to him and its not so much the death squads torture and cia training surely was a case in which a military regime headed by putin. was willing to switch the organization of the economy from atop their own to a bottom up performance and in their process a group of people who had been trained at the university of chicago in the department of economics.

who son mark thatcher was paid twelve million pounds as a bribe on the deal the greatest irony of all though is that the son of the saudi defense minister prince bandar bin sultan who was the saudi ambassador to the united states at the time was paid over a billion pounds into his accounts which were held in riggs bank opposite the white house in washington d.c. some of that money found its way into his wife's account and inadvertently he claims into the accounts of two of the nine eleven hijackers that just.

with mrs thatcher you have a poisonous relationship.awful man" and wondered aloud why her government kept giving you money. the quotation if i may get it absolutely right, was the minister for the arts and culture and sport, or whatever he was called at the time, i can't remember his name, arrived for a meeting with her after breakfast and she was listening to the today programme upon which i was cavorting and banging about, and she said to the minister, "i have been listening to peter hall, can you tell me when we can stop giving money to that awful man?" this gets to the heart... you have defended that governments should support good theatre. they are mad not to. it gives them an element of political control. remember, the prime minister before last stood up and said that life would only be made good if we had education, education, education. i think that was rubbish and is rubbish. what we need is culture, culture, culture, in the widest sense. not everyone sitting and watching difficult plays by aeschylus or some other difficult gre

his plane was parked right out here and major thatcher was shaking his hand in a welcoming him for those september air races. it was a huge event. 9900, almost 10,000 people. people from all parts of the northwest were coming to this location. they were coming here to see the show for four days. it was the first time those air races had made a profit over expenditures. on the maput spokane as far as aviation back then. after the war, the squadron was reformed here at felts field under the command of telford wallace. our first brigadier general rank in an aviation unit. he was the first to do it as air military. he was instrumental in groundbreaking for the super airport that was being built in geithner field. that was originally called sunset field and was renamed after a famous aviator from the air force side. were retreading 50 ones -- we were coming into the jet age. germany kick started the jet age with their jet fighters during the war. get themthey didn't off the assembly line fast enough. these jety clear that fighter plans were advanced and none of our planes could keep up .ith t

the post-war consensus his milton friedman of the infamous chicago school who inspired reagan and thatcher talking about what pinochet's military dictatorship in chile meant to him and its not so much the death squads torture and cia training chile was a case in which military regime headed by putin. was willing to switch the organization of the economy from a top down to a bottom up performance and in that process a group of people who had been trained at the university of chicago in the department of economics who came to be called the chicago boys played a major role in designing and implementing economic reforms in fact powerful elites would use this military dictatorship as a touchstone for privatizing everything in civic society and they took the credit for a boom even though chile's copper mines the big source for revenue in fascist chile whenever privatized it all these elites would go on to support islam is to movements in their quest for ever more territory and resources the u.s. and u.k. would fund the groups linked to saudi born asama been loved and of course sixteen years ago

what you are seeing is margaret thatcher as the cou ntess, seeing is margaret thatcher as the countess political edge one that really does appeal to a wide range of people who come, or would it put some people off? there's lots to see. there are lots of meaty ideas in there. this is a short list for serious times. we live in a very political climate at the moment. but there's lots to see. the gallery is also in the centre of the city and is free. we are asking for people to give us a little bit of time and curiosity. they will be surprised by what they see. can i ask you about the fourth darcis, rosalind nasher bishoo. —— basel ignashevich ab. she is basically a documentary film—maker, but her work often has scripted and staged elements. also within this film of animated sequences, within this film of animated sequences, she talks about the film being a way of countering the usual media fiction of gaza and its citizens. so try duarte delaet the contradictions that she felt on her visit there. just a quick point, if i may, it is kind of you to take us through those and give us the point

who son mark thatcher was paid twelve million pounds as a bribe on the deal the greatest irony of all though is that the son of the saudi defense minister prince bandar bin sultan who was the saudi ambassador to the united states at the time was paid over a billion pounds into his accounts which were held in riggs bank opposite the white house in washington d.c. some of that money found its way into his wife's account and inadvertently he claims into the accounts of two of the nine eleven hijackers that your son mark strongly denies receiving payments from the deal and prince bandar similarly denies allegations about accounts and nine eleven the saudis did force the british government to end its serious fraud office investigation into the deal though but today u.k. defense secretary michael phelan who was all for funneling u.k. arms to al-qaeda linked rebels in syria to overthrow its government speaks at the arms dealing meeting in the xcel center in east london that's fallon who clearly does not agree with u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson about the so-called told you so brigade t

thatcher and away mr. blair carried the thatcher program forward.y? -- may philosophy? ofon't have a construct within the brexit conundrum what the may philosophy is? >> you should distinguish between those two ways you formulated that last question. the question what is mayism has no answer at all. i'm not aware of anything that would constitute mayism. if you're asking what is her basic philosophy, i think it is probably free markets, but social markets informed by a high degree of social justice and so on and a considerable attention, and this is the point at which there is overlap that is different from the trump agenda, attention being paid to the people who did least well out of a combination of the of thes and the reverses mainly the5 period, people she describes as just about managing. the people that were hard hit, are hard-working, but they are not actually feeling that the country is working for their benefit. i think it is that shift of focus onto them, away from the free market, the benefits, those who are doing quite well, the upper ha

if i had to pick a recent prime minister he reminds me of, it is margaret thatcher.morseless domination of his colleagues by his mastery of detail. he was as passionate for peace as hitler was passionate for war. munich describes a dual between these two men. oddly enough, chamberlain wins the dual. i do not think there is any doubt about that. hitler felt he had been cheated. and was furious with chamberlain. we remember it completely differently. very hard but that is how it looks to hitler. the drama that unfolded in the book, and i don't want to go to too much detail of the plot. it would spoil it readers about to pick it up. there is human drama involving two people on different sides, as it were. who knew each other before the war. what we see is the classic fight between loyalty to country and loyalty to one‘s own beliefs. that occurs again and again in your story. it always fascinates you. yes, i like the great historical event, and the individual conscience caught up in it. i wanted to write a novel about munich for 13 years. —— 30 years. i liked the idea of

in the past prime ministers would be upset by this sort of thing and i remember margaret thatcher gettingset by whoever the archbishop was at the time for producing similar sort of quotes. actually this unfairness in the economy is something theresa may as talked about when she first came to downing street so let's see what notice she takes. talking about unfairness and pay and money, the bbc is to launch a major review of salaries! five! —— clive... -- clive... we don't need to go any further on this! a major review of salaries. this isn't news, really? we know what happened earlier in the year. careful because your boss, the great tony hall, of course this been a big story over the summer, 96 bbc presenters have been named as earning more than £150,000. the majority of calls were men which led to some concern. white men. a lot of the country is thinking they are all massively overpaid for reading out loud for a living but now the bbc has said they want to bring forward measures to address that gender a gap earlier. and of course all organisations with more than 250 staff, i think by ear

as matter of fact margaret thatcher said about ronald reagan, he ended he cold war without firing a shot and that's what he did by using a very sophisticated multifacettedded reagan doctrine which included psychological warfare, economic warfare, persuading people not buy, for example, soviet oil and gas, beginning with an arms race and a thing called the strategic defense initiative, sdi, which made the russians realize they could not win an arms race and that led to mr. gorbachev, who certainly is one though important people of this period, of saying, okay, let's sit down and talk about how we can negotiate an end to the cold war. not on the battlefield but at the bargaining table. >> host: how close did we come to actual hot war? >> guest: there was one period, the so-called cuban missile crisis of late fall of 1962. mr. khrushchev had missiles put in place in cuba. some of these missile had a radius of a thousand, 1500-miled that could hit washington, dc, new york city and soing for. this was a serious binging about -- would have brought about a sir serious imbalance in the nuclear s

in 1994 mrs thatcher gave a speech in the town, it is close to the town of devon. heard colin powell and benazir bhutto. the place to be for £5, $11, and £2 30 if you are a student. the suggestion from the headline would be it is all going down the pan but he is esteemed company. i hope he puts some better clothes on! thanks very much, 10 and nigel, great to have you with us again. coming up next it's time for meet the author. a story about storytelling, that myth and belief, about human curiosity and our weakness for a secret. marcel theroux's new novel the secret books is a kaleidoscopic tale of religion and politics that moves from czarist russia to the bell airport in paris, in india and eventually to the brink of the second world war and the holocaust. 0n second world war and the holocaust. on every page the same question teases and torments you, what's true and what is not. welcome. i'm not sure if classification of novels is a very good idea or not but in the case of this very original story, i wa nt to case of this very original story, i want to hear how yo

exactly, it didn't win but the unexpected election showing, feels the tide is turning. 79 when mrs thatcher came, that old post—war thing, the government was good, it turned. if you talk to some of the younger people, they do feel income levels, there is a huge disparity in people earn, disparity in wealth. this may be the time, i don't know, dummett labour may have got it wrong but this may be the mood. if there was ever a time... given the unexpected. this is the mood to see to it. to do it in the way labour is proposing could be a catastrophe but nevertheless... that's the problem. if theyjudge the mood right, people are looking at things not working, paying a lot of money, and may feel yes, which give back to state control. pre-1979? ithink central bank policy has something to do with this. we spent billions giving a huge amount extra to people who are already very wealthy. and in a way, with disadvantaged young because we push house prices up as a direct result of the banks' policy of quantitative easing. ordinary people feel left behind but the policies labour are proposing this would

he says he will replace the thatcher economic model entirely.iband saying similarthings. if entirely. i remember ed miliband saying similar things. if you ask what that actually means, it means spending much more on public

exactly, it didn't win but the unexpected election showing, feels the tide is turning. 79 when mrs thatcher do feel income levels, there is a huge disparity in people earn, disparity in wealth. this may be the time, i don't know, dummett labour may have got it wrong but this may be the mood. if there was ever a time... given the unexpected. this is the mood to see to it. to do it in the way labour

pointed out that that does not include the re bate that that does not include the rebate that mrs thatcherl the subsidies which the government has said it will continue to pay, particularly to agriculture. so the fact that he has gone back to this figure seems to me almost pathological. if we do not have to pay in after the transitional period, the divorce bill is settled, the money we do contribute can be sent at spent at home, can't it? no, it will be spent oi'i home, can't it? no, it will be spent on great trade deals with albania and serbia. that sounds cynical but ido and serbia. that sounds cynical but i do wonder... during the election campaign the tories accused labour of having a magic money tree is the money does revert to the uk you will instantly be swallowed up by the national debt. they would not be able to hypothecated for a particular area because there is still debt and austerity is still a thing. if you are the conservative party would not be wise to get into an argument with labour over who will spend more on public services. you will always be less thanjeremy corbyn‘s l

bobby thatcher, phd in chemical engineering from mit as well as a medical doctor. it was first time two african-american men were in space at the same time. tom joyner interviewed us in space and called us the afronauts. it was heard by a million people. they heard the interview. they never imagined that they wanted to be ball players. nothing wrong with being a ballplayer. i was a ballplayer. the key is you can do so much more than one thing. >> this photo, where were you when this was taken? >> this was, we undocked from the international space station in 2009 and we were floating in the mid deck of the space shuttle atlantis on sts-129. >> tyler, marietta, georgia, good afternoon. please go ahead. >> caller: good afternoon. at nasa do they discuss why there is so many conspiracy theories about the moon landing. my next question is, do you think we really landed on the moon? >> tyler, do you think we landed on the moon? >> no, i do not. >> why? >> caller: if you to on youtube, see videos there are strings in the backgrounds, pulling up the senates.vi another thin

the little thatcher there. what mark do you intend to leave on 10 downing street?sure i'm going to go round destroying the furniture or the walls with putting marks in or anything like that. but, i just -- i'm here as prime minister. i'm getting on with the job. dealing with challenges that we face here in the united kingdom. some are challenges that we face like ensuring we get brexit right. but actually, there are other challenges which are shared around the world. dealing with terrorism. dealing with modern slavery. ensuring we have free trade that brings prosperity and jobs to people. those are the challenges we're facing. >> thank you for your time today. >> thank you. >> it sounds like the british prime minister may welcome the news from the white house on paris climate change if it does, indeed, hold. we'll be right back. t does, indeed, hold. we'll be right back. >>> we'll be right back after this from our >>> that is all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. check out "world news" tonight. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." >> i'm moni

it was margaret thatcher.ropean union that the leaderships in all different member state believe they cannot and will not give britain a good deal because they feel a good deal will send a signal to other european citizens that actually, do you know what? it's ok to exit because you can still have a strong economy and the good life without the obligations and duties that come with being an eu member. well, if the notion of a good deal from the uk side is that one, it cannot be a good deal. already, the deal that was achieved by mr cameron in february last year a few months before the referendum, on the basis of which he went to the referendum, in my view, was an excessive conception. to the referendum, in my view, was an excessive concession. would there be a negotiated settlement do you believe to make sure that brexit is a smooth transition, or not? if commonsense prevails, there will be. i see that we are not yet there at commonsense and if you allow me, as always a great admirer of the uk and its positive

bobby thatcher. as well as a medical dr.. it's the first time that two african-american men were in space at the same time. they called us the effort that's. that one picture they will listen to buy a billion people. they want to be astronauts. in the is nothing wrong with that. i was a ballplayer. you can do it so much more than this one thing. host: w when undocked from the international space station. and we were floating in the mid deck of the space shuttle atlantis tyler marietta georgia that afternoon. please go ahead. at nasa today discuss why there are some of the conspiracy theories about the moon landing and second question is do you think weou really landed on the moon?allern >> you can see some the videos where it looks like there'ss things in the background also another thing i heard which was really good aren't there different radiation belt and how where the rash not able to pass through that when they were headed towards them in. >> tyler my friends have given their lives for expiration. apollo one we lost peo

that genuinely care is all rather than the arabs, nasty individualism that we inherited from the thatcherent of social change. you don't achieve that change just buy what you do in those frenetic few days or weeks before an election. you achieve it by a debate and the conversation that we have. our forefathers and mothers before us gave us the votes, gave us the national health service, gave women the vote, gave us human is, gave us a quality, gave us the principles of anti—discrimination and deflation. we don't turn our backs forget them but we use the digital age and the age of the public meeting at the age of coming together in this wonderful 21st—ce ntu ry of coming together in this wonderful 21st—century to bring about the social justice we 21st—century to bring about the socialjustice we once, to bring about the society we want, to bring about the society we want, to bring about the society we want, to bring about the unity we once asked to —— together, together, together we can and will do it! thank you very much! applause jeremy corbyn speaking in the last hour. and the social dem

for politics—watchers of a certain age, there were echoes of margaret thatcher's stated determinationn and on. alex, what did you make of her comments? i think as soon as any political leader gives a deadline as to when they are going to go, speculation becomes rampant about who will replace them. it's healthy for a leader to want to fight whatever the next contest is that their party faces. it was the right thing for the prime minister to say. there is also more room to manoeuvre than in the blair brown years because there is no gordon brown. there is no one person going around with lots of aggression, both theirs and others, determined to oust the incumbent. i regard this as a good thing interestingly, tony blair also got caught by a pack ofjournalists on a plane coming back from china when doctor david kelly died. they got a lot of commentary out of him in that time. there seems to be something that happens on aircraft. i wonder if political leads should avoid this? i think you are right. the dilemma that theresa may faced was if she did not declare this, she was in danger of becom

the queen's style hugo thatcher photograph is clearly. trying to humanize her well yeah exactly i needed to try to make it seem more family you know not that she was manly but she just needed to read each about four or five prime ministers in my time and that access to them and i still don't. you know there's no. great english politician but you know they couldn't figure out why they go where they go one of the most iconic images arguably of the twentieth century one of the greatest photographs is your photograph of your ex-wife you know. in the beverly hall royal yes. just tell me a little while i was shooting. people magazine and because they always did the one they thought was going to win and took a chance on the following weight and cheering this. you know week of what i spent with you know our city of got an idea for a picture of the because nobody really knows the real effect because when somebody wins the oscar winning the football pools but big time you know the money goes up from fifty thousand to five million and they get off e

it is the gross figure but margaret thatcher negotiated a rebate and the rebate stays in the uk and thee liberal democrats said it was a lie. chris mason. business leaders have expressed the concern about the pace of the talks. a business group said the lack of progress could jeopardise an orderly exit for britain. meanwhile 100 companies have signed a letter to negotiators stressing the importance of a great transition deal soon. the government in bangladesh will build a camp to accommodate a00,000 rohingya muslims who have fled their homes in the are because of a military crackdown. the authorities also say they'll impose restrictions on their movement, to stop the refugees settling in other parts of the country. the un secretary—general has urged myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi to end the military offensive. in an interview with the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, said myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, had to reverse this. this is a situation where the military have the upper hand. you are blaming the military, not aung san suu kyi? who is re

it is the gross figure but margaret thatcher negotiated a rebate and the rebate stays in the uk and theasy and the liberal democrats said it was a lie. chris mason. the liberal democrat leader vince cable said the prime minister should sack boris johnson for his comments. he told the bbc as the party conference continues in bournemouth that it was perfectly possible he could become britain's next prime minister. he said the labour party and conservatives were in internal civil wars. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is there. sir vince cable briefly back to london to talk to andrew marr, and striking the tone he was adopting, going on the offensive. yes, and insisting that he was being serious about being the future prime minister. talking to liberal democrat members, they put on a brave face. they are trying to stay upbeat. there is reflection going on about just why they did not upbeat. there is reflection going on aboutjust why they did not do better in the general election earlier this year. the question for the new leader, sir vince cable, can he boost morale and increase

or one road in a lancashire town in one thousand nine hundred eighty six which is when margaret thatcher ravish to the northwest of england and i know that because i was part of it i lived there and. there's about one road what a series of incredible people. i have had their livelihoods taken away from them. really afford to live in the way that they'd always known it's almost as if somebody is coming to their homes and taking away everything that they need taking a bit of the electricity away taking the food from the cupboards offered them a hole so that they can get over some of their own pain etc it's about the demoralize ation of people and the poverty of aspiration. tragic that play set of angst that has polled the black monday stock exchange crash of eighty seven or at least the big bang in the city that it looks like not ninety six or seven it looks so much like twenty seventeen this is what people are saying in see in the play that john tiffany at the royal court saying. it's worse now yeah yeah and hopefully playwrights who are writing about now and poets who are writing about n

rail system, the disaster of the privatisation of utilities is now being exposed as what a mistake thatcherchange of attitude. whether people would call themselves very left wing, i don't know. but it was pragmatic, retail politics, promising students they would get free tuition and promising old people they would get bigger pensions than they have ever had. it was an old—fashioned bribery election, in a way! and right and left are relative terms. there will always be a shift in the centre. this tory government, under cameron, was one of the most radical in terms of the cuts that it was implementing, we had not seen austerity cuts like that in a generation, so that pulled the country a direction, but we do not talk about that much, talk about jeremy corbyn pulling at the other way, towards what might actually have been the centre at the time, so, i actually think that things have shifted and the rhetoric has shifted in this country. stephany, when you look at this as an outsider, trying to explain this to readers in germany, do you see something similar in terms of a kind of centre ground m