now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our thinking about what has shaped theirs. well, you know what they say about a week in politics. what a long time this week has felt since that budget that was officially not a budget. we ve seen the pound go down, interest rates go up, mortgages being cancelled, and billions and billions and billions of pounds being spent by the bank of england in order to try and defend the pension system. my guest on political thinking this week is a new member of liz truss s new cabinet. he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. for years before then he d done more junior roles, having been deputy to borisjohnson, not as prime minister, but when he was mayor of london. kit malthouse is seen as a fixer. he becomes the fifth education secretary in a little over a year, a sign ofjust how unstable politics has been. kit malthouse,
ugh, this rental car is so boring to drive. let s be honest. the rent-a-car industry is the definition of boring. and the reason can be found in the name itself. rent - a - car? you don t want a friend. you want the friend. you don t want a job. you want the job. the is always over a. that s why we don t offer a car. we offer the car. ( ) sixt. rent the car. this, weekend we lost a beloved member of the cnn family. senior investigative correspondent drew griffin passed away after a battle with cancer. drew was a journalist with the capitol, jay and mesh with a capital m. he had a tireless pursuit of the truth, a fearlessness in telling, it and he made change. our, colleague anderson cooper,
academies. these medical exceptions were denied by the department of the army and about transmitted to cadets on november 2nd and formal counseling on november 11th. is it up to the defense department to turn around and do you really think that came to secretary austin or did it come right from the correct politically correct white house and anthony fauci s genius. i think this came from the white house. if you were telling me this was the case two years ago, three years ago. i could kind of get along with that i m actually somebody serve manufacturing this country. i have gotten many a vaccine. i understand exactly how this works. when you give vaccines to impact combat readiness, this is no longer the issue. this is why the cdc has lifted all of their restrictions for covid-19. let s actually get back to war fighting. it s the united states military academy. capital m. in military. not making sure we comply to what is a political issue. brian: congressman, we are not medical doct
which was interesting. he thoughtjoe gormley was his man. he was the guy that he thought was reasonable that would have had the right relationship to navigate what he could see was some aspects that needed to be. a union leader of the previous generation. you know, he wasn t a fan of arthur scargill at all. so a little bit of politics in your house. but not a massive amount. what about, though, the fact that at that stage we re now in the early eighties, liverpool is run by a militant with a capital m. in other words, derek hatton of the militant tendency, who was alienated from the labour party and the enemy of margaret thatcher. what did you make of him at the time? if you want to know what not to do in life, how not to run things in life, how not to behave in life, you know, he s the guy. i have nothing really good to say about him. and you came across him, though, once, didn t you? i did, i did. they were opening a wine bar called natterjacks in huyton, and there aren t that many w
anti tory and frankly i don t think it s too strong a word. my granddad. my granddad, i think it s fair to say he was probably around about hate levels. he also hated arthur scargill, which was interesting. he thoughtjoe gormley was his man. he was the guy that he thought was reasonable that would have had the right relationship to navigate. what he could see was some aspects that needed to be a union leader of the previous generation. so that was and he thought, you know, he wasn t a fan of arthur scargill at all. so little bit of politics in your house. yes, but not a massive amount. what about, though, the fact that at that stage we re now in the early eighties, liverpool is run by a militant with a capital m. in other words, derek hatton of the militant tendency who was alienated from the labour party and the enemy of margaret thatcher. what did you make of him at the time? if you want to know what not to do in life, how not to run things in life, how not to behave in life, you kno