is to close blast furnaces in port talbot with 3,000 jobs to go. the union plan to savejobs has failed. so what does it say more generally about the green transition? also in the programme. a walk out in northern ireland. no government, no funding, no pay rises. is the standoff over stormont now a constiutional crisis. a constiutional crisis? and is it the demand for cocaine europe that has turned ecuador into a war zone with the drug cartels? is there a future for steel making in the uk? and if there is then what sort of sector does it become. that very issue has been under discussion today between unions representing the steel workers of south wales and the bosses of the tata steel making company. no official word of what has been agreed but we understand tata steel is to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot works with the loss of up to 3,000 jobs. instead of blast furnaces, tata have a plan backed by the british government to invest in a new, greener, electric ar
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. his dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldn t pass when he was there the first time. he is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer s and the shadow northern ireland secretary, who, if labour comes to power, may find himself having to take a very important decision whether there should be another referendum about the future of the uk. this time it would be about whether northern ireland should leave and become reunited with the republic. peter kyle, welcome to political thinking. thanks, nick. i say that in the introduction that you have a reading age of eight. really? and if so, how on earth do you do the job you ve got now? well, i ve never known any difference, so i can t describ
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