Acts from 26 countries will vie for the title. The United Kingdom is hosting eurovision on behalf of last years winners ukraine who cant stage it because of the war with russia. Results on the website. Now on bbc news political thinking with nick robinson. Who was the star of the coronation . Apart that is, from their majesties the king and queen. The answer most watching would surely agree is the bearer of the sword of state, all £8 bearer of the sword of state, all e8 of it, held aloft for a Muscle Straining 51 minutes. My guest on political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. It was a feat performed by the first woman to do the job at the coronation, penny mordaunt, and it won the admiration of people who are normally her political foes. She did it as lord President Of The Council, her dayjob as leader of the house of commons, and that Performance Led to the bookies cutting the odds on her becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party. Worth remembering, she came mighty close to getting thejob remembering, she came mighty close to getting the job and becoming a Prime Minister last summer after borisjohnson was forced out. Penny mordaunt, welcome to political thinking. You had to have your entire focus on a few square feet inside the abbey. When did you first realise that you had become one of the stars of the show . I realise that you had become one of the stars of the show . The stars of the show . I was separated the stars of the show . I was separated from the stars of the show . I was separated from social the stars of the show . I was separated from social media the stars of the show . I was. 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My father had a lot on his plate and had to work very hard to keep things going, so we did all the cooking and laundry and kept the houses going, and i dont want to get the violins out, because actually this happens to a lot of people, but what it does again teach you, it is about resilience, it is about taking care of people, and i think those experiences although they are tough at the time, they help me every day, and they looked like i see people in my surgery who are going through similar things and are going through similar things and are exhausted and stressed out about things and need support and encouragement, and it has helped me be empathetic i think to people in those circumstances. Did be empathetic i think to people in those circumstances. Those circumstances. Did you as a care in your those circumstances. Did you as a care in your teens those circumstances. Did you as a care in your teens lose those circumstances. 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You have referred to his agenda, the Conservative Party clearly in a very deep electoral hole. Some people think the way to get out of it is to be anti walk anti woke. Is that a route to success in your mind . To draws route to success in your mind . if . Draws back to where we started, we have just had a weekend where we have just had a weekend where we have remembered what we all have in common, we have these incredible moments in our history, where we come together, where we are either standing again something, which is why i think they make so many films about wartime effort, and we are all pulling together, but you have choices to make in the politics and the choice i choose to make is to remind us all what we have in common. Is remind us all what we have in common remind us all what we have in common. ,. ,. ,. , common. Is it possible to do that in divided times common. Is it possible to do that in divided times like common. Is it possible to do that in divided times like this . 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You spoke in the commons and you said back in the 19805, commons and you said back in the 1980s, we saw the homophobia that gay men faced at the time, and you said that same scenario is happening now to the trans community, and thus began really a path for you that politically has been very difficult. I think people will conflate all sorts of things, so my own views have always been very clear on this and they were very clear throughout the whole Leadership Contest. I see no incompatibility with being a kind and understanding and protecting the ability for trans people to go around and live their lives with protecting my rights as a woman to privacy and dignity and all of that. You are incredibly close to your twin brother, you said you looked after him and he looked after you when you were growing up. For him it has gone too far and he has tweeted at times about this. He says if you are a member of the Conservative Party, part of this homophobic, trans phobic government, you are complicit, he said at one stage. Is thatjust one of those examples where the political and the personal clash in a way that is very awkward . It is not awkward. People have different views, members of my family have different views, and thatis family have different views, and that is democracy. There will be people that say that that makes as weak as a society, brexit to being another issue of great division. It doesnt, these things make us strong. Doesnt, these things make us stronu. ,. , , doesnt, these things make us stronu. ,. ,. , strong. You will hope there is not i am sure another strong. You will hope there is not i am sure another leadership strong. You will hope there is not i | am sure another Leadership Contest for a little while at least. Did you pause for a moment and reflect on one of my favourite memes of your performance at the coronation where it says you have been holding the sword for longer than liz truss was Prime Minister. Prime minister. Poor liz, i think she has obviously Prime Minister. Poor liz, i think she has obviously been Prime Minister. Poor liz, i think she has obviously been through | Prime Minister. Poor liz, i think. She has obviously been through a pretty awful time, but my thoughts have always been with the country and pulling them through what was an incredibly turbulent time. There and pulling them through what was an incredibly turbulent time. Incredibly turbulent time. There is an irony that incredibly turbulent time. There is an irony that maybe incredibly turbulent time. There is an irony that maybe she incredibly turbulent time. There is an irony that maybe she gave incredibly turbulent time. There is an irony that maybe she gave this| an irony that maybe she gave this job to give you a low profile because she was worried about your Popular Appeal. Because she was worried about your popularappeal. I because she was worried about your Popular Appeal Popular Appeal. I can speculate as to the reasons Popular Appeal. I can speculate as to the reasons but Popular Appeal. I can speculate as to the reasons but if Popular Appeal. I can speculate as to the reasons but if that Popular Appeal. I can speculate as to the reasons but if that was Popular Appeal. I can speculate as to the reasons but if that was the | to the reasons but if that was the planet has not worked out well. She will be thinking again about that. Going back to that summer when you run for the leadership, only last summer, can you believe it was that recently, do you think there was a conspiracy to keep you out of the last two because they all knew the members would choose you . I last two because they all knew the members would choose you . I think ou can members would choose you . I think you can think about members would choose you . I think you can think about these members would choose you . I think you can think about these things members would choose you . Iiii� u la; you can think about these things and speculate about all these things, my view in politics as you will have opportunities, you have to make the most of those opportunities and do your best and make sure youre doing things for the right reasons and you have to stick to your principles on things, and if you are not successful, you move on, and you make use of the next opportunity. When i got in in 2010 it was not the first time i had run in my seat, and i served in liz trusss government, i served in liz trusss government, i am serving an rishi sunak� s government, i hope if you ask them they would both say they felt really supported by me. I they would both say they felt really supported by me they would both say they felt really supported by me. I wonder like many watchin it supported by me. I wonder like many watching it made supported by me. I wonder like many watching it made you supported by me. I wonder like many watching it made you pause supported by me. I wonder like many watching it made you pause for watching it made you pause for thought at the coronation, but five x conservative Prime Minister is lining up to go into the abbey, five over seven years, does it make you pause for thought and think, and i really right for thatjob because it is a job you clearly want. I really right for that job because it is a job you clearly want. Is a ob you clearly want. I think ou is a job you clearly want. I think ou have is a job you clearly want. I think you have to is a job you clearly want. I think you have to think is a job you clearly want. I think you have to think why is a job you clearly want. I think you have to think why you is a job you clearly want. I think you have to think why you are i you have to think why you are motivated to do particular things. I would not have put myself forward for that role if i were not prepared to do it and have wanted to do it, but i also think you need to recognise what it is that you are bringing to that role, what it is you are trying to achieve, and i think the people who are happiest in politics, whatever level they are serving at, are people who have a clear view about what they want to achieve and why they are doing it. It is interesting you say that because you took flak notjust for alleged changes in your possession but for not being up for it, to be crude about it. Iain dale, a conservative commentator and pretty sympathetic said, that one thing that dogs penny is the number of people who seem to think she is not up people who seem to think she is not up to thejob people who seem to think she is not up to the job intellectually, it is always men who make the suggestion, the fact she appears on the tv show in a swimsuit appears to count against her. Does it feel that way sometimes . I against her. Does it feel that way sometimes . Against her. Does it feel that way sometimes . , ,. ,. ,. , sometimes . I am a 50yearold women, these attitudes sometimes . I am a 50yearold women, these attitudes are sometimes . I am a 50yearold women, these attitudes are not sometimes . I am a 50yearold women, these attitudes are not news sometimes . I am a 50yearold women, these attitudes are not news to sometimes . I am a 50yearold women, these attitudes are not news to me, these attitudes are not news to me, and i think most women have had that said about them at some point in their careers. What is important as you know what you are about. There is a famous statistic that when there is a meeting to encourage people to run for office, the average time it takes for a man to pretend on their cv from the preliminary meeting is about a week and for women it is over a year. We tend to think about all the things that we need to do and improve, and generally, it is a generalisation, women prepared really well for what they are about to do, coronation Sword Holding included. Sword holding included. Penny mordaunt, Sword Holding included. Penny mordaunt, president Sword Holding included. Penny mordaunt, president of Sword Holding included. Penny mordaunt, president of the. Sword holding included. Penny mordaunt, President Of The Council, bearer of the sword of state, thank you for being on political thinking. Penny had no choice whether to do thisjob or not penny had no choice whether to do this job or not but she had a choice about how she did it. And what is clear is that the girl who was the Magicians Assistant who went to Theatre School and performed on the telly and Atv Diving Show believes in the power of performance, believes in the significance of connecting with people, believes that the key test of Political Leadership is character. She wasnt crude enough to say so, but if she runs to beat tory leader again, expect to makejust runs to beat tory leader again, expect to make just that point and expect to make just that point and expect to make just that point and expect to see that image, with that sword and that address, again, again and again. Thanks for watching. Hello there. Although parts of east and South East England remain grey and quite cool all day, much of the country had a very fine and sunny start to the weekend. Part two of the weekend looks quite mixed. There will be some sunshine around, particularly in wales and england. But scotland and Northern Ireland will start to see this Weather Front moving in off the atlantic, bringing outbreaks of cloud and rain, and a drop in temperature. But High Pressure will bring us a fine evening and night. Largely clear skies for many, but that low grey cloud across the east will start to roll back westwards again for much of Eastern England and the midlands. Western scotland and Northern Ireland will be Turning Wetter and breezy as that Weather Front pushes in. So quite a mixture of temperatures. Quite cool under clear skies. But generally, for most, 6 to 8 degrees. Sunday then, we start off with some sunshine around. That grey weather across the east of england should tend to improve. The clouds burning back to the coast. One or two showers in the afternoon through the midlands. This Weather Front will start to move out of scotland and Northern Ireland. It brightens up later in the day with a few showers that will feel much cooler for scotland and Northern Ireland. Low to mid teens. Sunny spells across parts of england and wales. Again, we could be up to 20 21 degrees. Sunday night, that Weather Front weakens it continues to push eastward, bringing cloud, some patchy rain, clearer skies, one or two blustery showers across the north and West Of Scotland but under those clear skies, with this cool air mass, its going to be a chilly night to come here. For south eastern areas where we have the Weather Front, the cloud and rain generally seven to 10 degrees. That Weather Front clears away eventually and we see some further showers around the edge of this area of High Pressure which will bring us north, north westerly winds. Showers for northern scotland, northern and Eastern England, some of these running down to east anglia and south east into the afternoon. The best of the sunshine towards the south and west. We could be up to 15 degrees here, but youll see its a much cooler day across the board. Ranging between ten and 13 celsius. That is below par for this time in may. The cool air hangs around through tuesday and again into wednesday, particularly towards northern and eastern areas but very slowly well start to see those yellow orange colours returning. So it will start quite chilly through the week with some showers around but temperatures will recover towards the end of the week and because its higher pressure nearby, we should stay mostly dry. Live from washington. This is bbc news. A ceasefire brokered between islamichhad militants and israel but reports already of rockets fired along the border between israel and the gaza strip. 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