Says it is actually 4. 5 billion, not 10 billion. That is quite a big difference. Mr. Speaker, part of the reason for the strain on our National Health services is that more than one Million People are not receiving the social care that they need. Mr. Corbyn as a result of this, there has been an increase in emergency admissions for older patients. Margaret wrote to me this week saying, it is not funny, [crosstalk] mr. Corbyn she described how her 89yearold mother suffered two falls, leading to hospital admissions due to lack of care. She went on to say, my mother is worth more than this. What action will the Prime Minister take to stop the neglect of older people which ends up forcing them to take a e admissions . When they should be cared for at home or in a care home . Pm may of course social care is an area of concern and social care is a key issue for many people. That is why the government has introduced Better Care Fund and why the government government has introduced the social
Very strict process to make sure they are assigned to people who have no connection to was under not trying to pass back or softpedal a review, the worst part of my job is waiting for those reviews to come back and they are not always confident. It is agonizing in the book review section. My colleagues put up with it. I can honestly say they have all been supportive under the worst circumstances. Host with book reviews do you read . Guest the la book review. I have heard good things. The la book review is great, it is not a startup anymore. Im impressed by their reviews and i read all the great reviews in the library journal, to figure out what to assigned three month out. As far as book review sections, the guardian is a great section. Host ron charles is the editor of Washington Post book world. This is booktv on cspan. Thanks so much. [inaudible conversations] hi. We are welcome to book court. We are excited to welcome Louisa Thomas in conversation with louisa hall about her new boo
Cokie this is a neighbor of mine, as well. We live very close to each other. I live in the house that i grew up in. The shes newer to the neighborhood. I probably moved there before she was born. But what a fabulous contribution she made to this community. Really. [applause] cokie really wonderful. In addition to taking on this now Legendary Store a legend in washington, doing the National Book fair was really a challenge and one that was well met. Didnt you guys go . My grandsons are here. You have to pay attention. You have to sit up and pay attention. [laughter] cokie but really they did a fabulous job. My College Roommate is here. You see its all the old and another college classmate. Its the old gang. And robert stevens, my roommate when i was in college, helped me type my papers late at night. And she couldnt help me finish this book and it was really upsetting to me. Because i was very late in getting it in. But it was great fun to do. I appreciate your words. I started on this
He was a censorious fellow. He was critical then. He would be critical now. You know, i think above the of the donald trump thing, you know, his first reaction would be, what happened to the idea of Public Service . why are we having some guy who thinks his qualification is that he was a businessman . He was very close to the republic and he felt himself if you had asked him, why are you qualified to be president , he would say, because i have served the public selflessly, and that was true. Since i was a young man. He had been a congressman, secretary of state. His own definition of sacrifice and even of heroism all had to do with the idea of i am here for the republic. That is my purpose. And i think he would be sort of saddened and second by this sort of disgust with which people talk about the idea of service. Brian what would he think about a former secretary making 225,000 to give a speech . James that is an interesting question. In his day, politics was not a route to wealth. Wa
A beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. To me, it describes the whole effort to bring the Natural World and the manmade world into harmony, to bring youthfulness, delight, to our whole environment and that, of course, only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping. That is it from a film created about the johnson family. Lady bird johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman and savvy partner to her husband, Lyndon Johnson. Good evening. Theght, we will tell you story of Claudia Taylor johnson known as lady bird, the wife of our 36th president. Here to tell her story are Cokie Roberts, political commentary for abc news and npr, also the author of two books, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Betty boyle curly is an expert and working on a biography of Lady Bird Johnson. I want to start with the beginning, where we were 50 years ago this week, this is an administrati