i'm joined now by scott lucas, professor of us politics at university college dublin. college dublin. you forjoining us. wh think thank you forjoining us. why do you think it took 15 rounds of voting for kevin mccarthy to get elected, to get the job?— to get the “ob? because of those u-rou to get the “ob? because of those a-rou of to get the job? because of those grow) of 20 _ to get the job? because of those group of 20 trump _ to get the job? because of those group of 20 trump supporting i to get the job? because of those l group of 20 trump supporting and hardline republican representatives who effectively wanted to hold kevin mccarthy hostage to increase their power and influence in the bitter story is beyond kevin mccarthy ultimately becoming speaker that those trumpist and hardline republicans exceeded at least they are in a position now to paralyse the house and even tear it apart and of course that they can paralyse the house and prevented from doing business, that is a challenge to the us system which is exactly what they want. eversince us system which is exac

scott lucas is a professor of politics, university college dublin. he joins his life in birmingham, in the united kingdom. welcome to the program. as a correspondent to adam fisher was just saying, he mccarthy seems to be presiding over a divided party. but one thing in his opening speech really struck me. he said if one thing over the last few days has been clear, it's that i never give up. do you think he goes into assuming this role looking stronger because of his determination or weakened by all this political infighting? wow. at a personal level, keller mccarthy finally gets to be speaker. his lifelong ambition. but at the level of significance, ah, as alan fisher pointed out, he's keeping that just wanted both eyes over his shoulder at a republican civil war. because here's the big takeaway that continues long after we finish discussing this vote. and that is that a trumpet st. and hard write minority is now holding not only kevin mccarthy hostage through a series of concessions he made to them. they are now holding the u. s. house hostage in t

earlier i spoke to scott lucas — professor of us politics at university college dublin.actually a big legal problem forjoe biden, but i'll explain why it's being presented as such injust a second. let's put the case in context. you have 25 to 30 classified documents that have been discovered at an archive connected with biden at the university of pennsylvania and at biden's home in delaware. when those documents were discovered, the first set in november, the lawyers forjoe biden immediately cooperated with the federal authorities. they did so again after a further search injanuary revealed about a handful of documents at biden's home. and they've done so again this week. in other words, they're doing a systematic review of any property connected with biden, to sweep up any classified document that might be there because the classification mark was not removed, or because it got mixed in with unclassified documents. now, why do i say that's not really a legal problem for biden? compare that with the legal problem for donald trump. when 325 documents, at least classified,

just eat up on capitol hill in washington, was called lucas is a professor of politics at university college dublin. he explains what snakes for kevin mccarthy at the personal level. kevin mccarthy finally gets to be speaker. his lifelong ambition. but at the level of significance, he's keeping not just one, but both eyes over to shoulder at a republican civil war. because here's the big takeaway that continues more after we finish discussing this. and that is a trumpet st. and hard write minority is now holding. not only kevin mccarthy hostage through a series of concessions he made to them. they are now holding the us house hostage in terms of doing his business. and ultimately they may be holding the u. s. system hostage over the next couple of years. it's going to be a big, tough for the by the ministration. not versus kevin mccarthy. but to continue to govern when you have what is, let's be very clear here. a hard right, maybe even an extremist element, almost all who supported trauma for washington idols. some of whom supported the planning for the rallies on january the 6th. and that's the c

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college of university. many thanks for speaking to us. thank you. oh, you're watching the dublin news africa still to come. why a group of people in one of africa model democracies taking to the streets to demand a change to the constitution. germany and france have sent their talk diplomats to the philippine capital this week with the aim of mending relations with the government in adis that was strained over the war in t gray, german foreign minister and atlanta back and have french counterpart that's are in colonized, say that trip emphasizes their support for the piece deal between ethiopia, government, and the tig, right people's liberation front or t p a left. the european union has criticized as far as handling of the conflict, particularly relating to reported human rights violations. but now there's a chance for a reset of if your peers relationships with the outside world. i'm not joined by it's on your get i to journalist based in addis ababa. hi samuel, thanks for joining us on the program. now this meeting comes off the back of strained relations between europe and i