Destination casablanca, recently published by public affairs. She is a historian and a Senior Writer for the magazine, humanities, which is the quarterly review of the National Endowment for the humanities and among her scholarly credits are articles in holocaust and genocide studies and intelligent intelligence and national security. She has also written for the new york times, salon, long reads and other periodicals. She received her phd from American University and today, she will be speaking on the new a book, destination casablanca. Meredith hindley. Thank you all for coming this afternoon. I would like to thank the Wilson Center and the National History center for inviting me to give this talk today. I want to start not with africa,ca and not with but with another invasion during the war. Dday. When we think about world war ii and when world war ii shows up in popular culture, it is often dday. The sort of brave, heroic moment when the allies, the americans and the western allies
[applause] pm may a little over 40 years ago in a Little Village in oxfordshire, i signed up to be a member of the conservative party. I did it because it is a party that has the ideas to build a better britain. It is understood the hard work and discipline necessary to see them through, and it has at its heart a simple promise that spoke to me, my values and aspirations, that each new generation in our country should be able to build a Better Future. That each generation should live the british dream, and that dream is what i believe in. But what the general election earlier this year showed is that too manylater, for people in our country, that dream feels distant. Our partys ability to deliver it is in question. And the british dream that has inspired generations of britain feels increasingly out of reach. I called the election and i know all of you in this hall, your friends and family, worked day and night to secure the right result. Because of your hard work, we got 2. 3 million
And terrorist bank accounts. Want to live on cspan3. In thursdays british elections, the conservatives lost their parliamentary majority. Theresa may continues to work on a deal with the irish. She announced she was given permission to form a new government. I have just been to see her majesty, the queen. I will now form a government. A government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this article time for our country. This government will guide the country through the crucial brexit talks that begin in just 10 days. It will deliver on the will of the british people by taking the United Kingdom out of the european union. I will work to keep our nation safe and secure by delivering the change i set out, following the appalling attacks in manchester and london. Cracking down on the ideology of islamic extremism and all those who supported, and giving the authorities the power they need to keep our country safe. The government i lead will put fairness and opportunity at t
And terrorist bank accounts. Want to live on cspan3. In thursdays british elections, the conservatives lost their parliamentary majority. Theresa may continues to work on a deal with the irish. She announced she was given permission to form a new government. I have just been to see her majesty, the queen. I will now form a government. A government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this article time for our country. This government will guide the country through the crucial brexit talks that begin in just 10 days. It will deliver on the will of the british people by taking the United Kingdom out of the european union. I will work to keep our nation safe and secure by delivering the change i set out, following the appalling attacks in manchester and london. Cracking down on the ideology of islamic extremism and all those who supported, and giving the authorities the power they need to keep our country safe. The government i lead will put fairness and opportunity at t
An urgent appeal has been launched to find more black blood donors for help with those with Sickle Cell Disease. We will speak to two families of those living with the disease. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Wed love to hear from you if youre an eu National Living in the uk. Are you reassured by what you hear . Were also talking about fire safety this morning. If your flat is covered in cladding, has your landlord been in touch about measures to keep you safe . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. German chancellor Angela Merkel has described theresa mays offer to give european Citizens Rights after Brexit Living in the uk is a good start. At a summit last night, the Prime Minister said nobody in the uk lawfully would be forced to leave on the day of brexit, nor did she want to split up families. In return the eu would have to