unclaimed. chiefly because they have been sent by post. lots of people have been saying they haven t arrived, that perhaps their details are out of date, that perhaps they are out of date, that perhaps they are renting and have moved a number of times. the vouchers just haven t turned up. potentially, for other people they haven t opened their post, particularly those who are in debt to the energy company already or have other debts. 0ften lots of people are worried to open post, particularly anything labelled from an energy company. 0thers particularly anything labelled from an energy company. others are saying it just an energy company. others are saying itjust hasn t an energy company. others are saying it just hasn t turned an energy company. others are saying itjust hasn t turned up at all. but what we saw in december was a very, very cold snap across britain from around the 5th of december to the 18th of december. at exactly the same time that the royal mail were on strike. durin
speech on the 8th of december, as you rightly said. and surprisingly appeared at the white house, met with roosevelt and reporters, lit a christmas tree with roosevelt. and in the day after christmas, gave a speech to congress that was slightly more eloquent than what we heard tonight. but only somewhat more. you know, setting out the churchill standard, i think for zelenskyy to even be in that category says an awful lot. and they both, churchill and zelenskyy, shared this factor. which is they were both risking their lives in the trip to get here. right, right. and churchill did it repeatedly during world war ii. absolutely, he was treacherous, you know, the north atlantic shipping and air lanes were all extremely dangerous. , churchill knew he was not going to get much facetime with fdr during this war. so, it was important for him to
congress to pass a declaration of war and said this. no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the american people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. michael, thank you very much for joining us tonight. of course. president zelenskyy seem to reach for all of the right historical markers in his approach tonight. he really did. and i hope history never repeats. and no one was saying is a night like 1940 or 1941. but there are some historical echoes. 81 years ago tonight, winston churchill s come to the united states on a dangerous trip and more time, a few weeks after pearl harbor. when roosevelt had given that speech on the 8th of december, as you rightly said.
and we are talking around 2 million people who depend on traditional prepayment meters, they still haven t cashed those vouchers. a point, who deal with half of those vouchers told us that up until the 18th of december, only 27% of those vouchers were cashed and you would have thought during a cold snap that is the moment that people really need that extra money to be able to put on their account and keep the heat on. . ., put on their account and keep the heat on. ., ~ i. put on their account and keep the heat on. . ~ ,, , put on their account and keep the heat on. ., ~ i. , . a leading british business organisation says many firms are reporting difficulties coming to terms with post brexit trading rules. the british chambers of commerce is urging ministers to improve the arrangements agreed with the eu nearly two years ago. it says almost three quarters of affected firms are still waiting to see any benefits. the government says it s providing exporters with practical help. the bb
all. what we saw in december was a very cold snap across britain from around the 5th of december to the 18th of december, and at exactly the same time the royal mail were on strike. during that period there were a number of straight days, and a backlog built up. a lot of people have told the bbc that the royal mail are prioritising parcels rather than letters. for a lot of people on prepayment meters, we re talking around 2 million people who depend on traditional prepayment meters, they still haven t cashed those vouchers. pay point, who deal with half of those vouchers, set only 27% of the vouchers have been cashed, and you d have thought that during a cold snap a lot of people would really need extra money to put into their account and keep the heat on.