the hubble space telescope. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. stephen sackur looks back at some of the biggest and most memorable interviews of the year. welcome to a special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you re a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you re missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re election, but he didn t slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the election ha
thank you for your company, i will be back tomorrow. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk s review of 2021. welcome to a special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk s review of 2021. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you re a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you re missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re election, but he didn t slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the ele
hardtalk s review of 2021. welcome to a special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you re a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you re missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re election, but he didn t slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the election had been stolen. 0njanuary 6th, a trump supporting crowd fired up by a defiant trump speech invaded the us capitol. was trump guilty
with hardtalk s review of 2021. welcome to a special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you re a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you re missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re election, but he didn t slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the election had been stolen. 0njanuary 6, a trump supporting crowd fired up by a defiant trump speech invaded the us capitol. was trump gui
2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re election, but he didn t slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the election had been stolen. 0njanuary 6, a trump supporting crowd fired up by a defiant trump speech invaded the us capitol. was trump guilty of inciting an assault on us democracy? democrats sought his impeachment for a second time, but one of the president s former legal advisers himself a democrat said they were wrong. if president trump had made the same speech and no one had marched to the capitol, would it then be a crime? of course not. and the fact that people marched to the capitol is irrelevant in judging whether or not the speech itself is protected by the constitution. we should not be compromising free speech in the interests of ending a term four or five days earlier. it will stick with us forever and ever. this will be a horrible precedent, and mostly it will be used against t