Dozen ges of conservative mps now joined by one of the biggest tory beasts of all. Housing secretary michael gove. Handshakes and hugs in parliament tonight, as more and more mps bid farewell, and Andrea Leadsom the latest big beast to go. We hearfrom our election panel. And live from a Sunak Loyalist who is standing. Labours ahead in the polls but is there danger from the left, asJeremy Corbyn says hell stand against the party he led . We talk to a member of the Shadow Cabinet. Also tonight. With policing being stretched now more than ever, could live facial recognition help . And what impact could it have on people who get misidentified . Im just focussed on, you know, getting through. And then all of a sudden thats when i felt the nudge on the shoulder, saying, oh, at that time im wanted. You could call it the big goodbye, the Great Resignation perhaps a giant surrender even. Tonight, as parliament is prorogued, the number of conservative mps standing down continues to grow. Joe pik
Questions being asked at this weeks Global Ai Safety Summit in south korea. The second of its kind, it is co hosted with britain after the inaugural event in november last year at Bletchley Park near london. Francine bennett is interim director at the Ada Lovelace Institute an independent Research Institute specialising in al and is in south korea for this summit. A very warm welcome to the programme. So first of all, what will be achieved in seoul, do you think . Do you think . Well, thats a aood do you think . Well, thats a good question. Do you think . Well, thats a good question. I do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what| do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what will be achieved in seoul is moving on from the conversation from the Bletchley Summit Last year. So we had some really good initial conversations there, and i think what wasnt to see is shaping the development of this, potentially very new te
Susan early on your latest book is an epic journey from slave to freedom. What makes their story particularly compelling to you. Ilyon woo i cant even begin to say what does not make it compelling for me i am obsessed with the story and have been for a really long time. I think what originally drew me to it was the phenomenal adventure story and their narrative, running 1000 miles to freedom which they published in 1860. It talks about this incredible escape they make. They are husband and wife enslaved in makem george at jaya georgia and they decide they are going to for freedom not with any underground railroad which does not reach south where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night. But they go out in the full light of day, disguised as master and slave with william playing the role of the slave. That story grip me from the beginning. In their time how well were they . Ilyon woo they were quite wellknown known actually there is a quotation from Wendell Phillips who is a celeb
Susan early on your latest book is an epic journey from slave to freedom. What makes their story particularly compelling to you. Ilyon woo i cant even begin to say what does not make it compelling for me i am obsessed with the story and have been for a really long time. I think what originally drew me to it was the phenomenal adventure story and their narrative, running 1000 miles to freedom which they published in 1860. It talks about this incredible escape they make. They are husband and wife enslaved in makem george at jaya georgia and they decide they are going to for freedom not with any underground railroad which does not reach south where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night. But they go out in the full light of day, disguised as master and slave with william playing the role of the slave. That story grip me from the beginning. In their time how well were they . Ilyon woo they were quite wellknown known actually there is a quotation from Wendell Phillips who is a celeb
Immigrants are starting to m it to. For the gold rush, and working on the railroads and mines and such. So our population is exploding and changing. At a dramatic rate. Susan do you know approximately how many enslaved persons were in the United States at the time . Ilyon woo thats another good question, i am not on top of the figures. Susan i wrote down, about 3 million. That is one of your historical figures referenced. We will use that number from your book. You also tell readers that we think about the fugitive slave law is something that came out of the compromise of 1850, but you remind your readers that George Washington actually signed fugitive slave legislation so it had been enforced since the very founding of the country. What did that early legislation mean for enslaved people, what did it do to their lives . Ilyon woo both the fugitive slave law, the 18th century fugitive slave law and a clause in the constitution itself, made it possible for, or legalized enslavers rights