Some pieces to bang your head on. Yeah. We have a GrAnd Piano if youd like to entertain us. A GrAnd Piano . Yes. I can open it, but i couldnt play it. John laughs Michael Palin, welcome to This cultural life. Thank you. You were born in sheffield in 1943. What are your earliest memories of childhood, Home Life . Um, i think it was shopping in the Ration Book era. Um, And i can remember going with my mother to get. I think we were given free Orange Juice at that time. Really, This must have been. I must have been three or four. And watching it being filled up And hAnded over. Your father was an engineer in the sheffield steel industry. Yeah. What Sort Of man was he . What was he like . He was. He was quite a difficult man in a way. He was a little Bit Sort of. Could be quite cantankerous. And i think a lot of This went down to the fact he had a stammer all his life. He was a man with a good sense of humour, but probably unable to telljokes because of the stammer. So i think there was a
Conventions are considered to have delivered the best speeches of their political careers. Cuomo, anddan, mario annrichards in 1988 richards in 1988. Barbara jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree edit with the first black woman to serve in the u. S. Senate. She talked political ethics at the university of texas in austin entered the on immigration reform. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen. [applause] are neither ladies nor are you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you do not know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, democrat of houston, texas. [applause] Barbara Jordan thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. 144 years ago that members of the Democratic Party first led a convention to select a president ial candidate. Since that time, democrats have continued to go to been once every f
The night session gets underway at 8 30 p. M. Eastern. The Democratic National convention concludes tonight with a fourth night of speeches. Three keynote speakers from past conventions are considered to have delivered the best speeches of their political careers. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at the 1976 democratic convention, three term new york governor mario cuomo in 1984, and future governor ann richards keynote speech in 1988. In 1976, Barbara Jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree edit law degree from Boston University and was the first black woman to serve in the u. S. Senate. She talked political ethics at the university of texas in austin on immigration reform. It recommended immigration be cut by a third. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen. [applause] ladies and gentlemen. [applause] you are neither ladies nor are you gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, in case you do
Three keynote speakers from past conventions are considered to deliver the best speech of their political careers. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at the 1976 Democratic Convention, three term new york governor mario cuomos address in 1984 and texas state treasurer and future governor and richards keynote speech in 1988. In 1976, congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree from Boston University and was the first black woman elected to the texas senate. House,erving in the u. S. She taught political ethics at the university of texas at austin and later chaired the u. S. Commission on Immigration Reform which recommended immigration in the usb cut by 1 3. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies or arer you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you dont know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, d
Where the aid effort is intensifying in the wake of the devastating hurricane dorian. Hello and welcome to bbc news. A senior british cabinet minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, of an assault on decency and democracy over his handling of brexit. It follows the decision of the Prime Minister borisjohnson to expel 21 mps this week, who have refused to back a no deal brexit, including two former chancellors of the exchequer. Ms rudd said she couldnt stand by while good loyal moderate conservatives are expelled from the party. Our uk Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Amber rudd has served at the heart of government. She campaigned to remain in the Eu Referendum and was home secretary under theresa may. She survived the clear out of like minded colleagues when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister and was made work and pensions secretary. Among others, almost all brexiteers. Just this week, amber rudd expressed concern about the Prime M