There were two reasons, really. One, because it was a lengthy interview, and i do think a large number of the short interviews i see merely produce sound bite answers they don t really inform the public. And secondly though i probably shouldn t say this it s 65 years since ijoined the conservative party. I was, am, and always will be a conservative. But for in recent months a little longer than a few months there s not been a great deal i could say that i would wish to say in favour of what the previous government were doing. With that being so, i thought it betterjust stay off the air. Now, of course, the election s behind us, the party s looking again to the future and i can i can return to speaking out, hopefully in favour. Well, there s a lot to get into. Let s start with where we are as a country the country that you led for seven years. You used to say vocally, publicly that you dreamt of a nation at ease with itself. Has your dream come true? emphatically not
A large number of the short interviews i see merely produce sound bite answers they don t really inform the public. And secondly though i probably shouldn t say this it s 65 years since ijoined the conservative party. I was, am, and always will be a conservative. But for in recent months a little longer than a few months there s not been a great deal i could say that i would wish to say in favour of what the previous government were doing. With that being so, i thought it betterjust stay off the air. Now, of course, the election s behind us, the party s looking again to the future and i can i can return to speaking out, hopefully in favour. Well, there s a lot to get into. Let s start with where we are as a country the country that you led for seven years. You used to say vocally, publicly that you dreamt of a nation at ease with itself. Has your dream come true? emphatically not indeed, quite the reverse at the moment. Wherever you look notjust in our country t
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jordan will join me next. and political shock wave. the historic indictment further unsettles the presidential contest. it s a horrible thing for this country. i have never once suggested to the justice department what they should do or not do. will trump be on trial while he s on the trail? i ll speak to former impeachment trial dan goldman ahead. plus pardon power. one republican press daidential candidate approximately. this is about principle. another says trump needs to drop out. the country doesn t need this distraction. how does the destruction change the gop. vivek joins me? just moments. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is once again in uncharted waters f. this weekend a defiant donald trump preparing to meet in court this time on tuesday in miami where the former president will face 37 federal count over mishandling classified documents and obstructing an investigation after he left office. at campaign events on
with a two huge matches to get things under way an inspiring story of friendship and hope kevin sinfield has raised millions of pounds for mnd. people living with the disease tell us they can t thank him enough. good morning to you. it s a clear cut tale of two halves this weekend with today largely cloudy and mild and tomorrow chillier but dry with plenty of sunshine. it looks like it was a chilli into next week as well but i will have more of that and the weekend s weather details right later on. it s saturday the fourth of february. our main story us defence chiefs say they have identified a second suspected chinese surveillance balloon, this time above south america. the first balloon was seen yesterday above the state of montana, in the north of the united states. it prompted washington to cancel a high level visit to beijing and accuse the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china has apologised but insisted it s simply a weather monitoring device which has