Unlike that of winston churchill, abraham lincolns humor tended toward selfdeprecation. During one of the debates in illinois, the spectator shouted that lincoln was being twofaced. Twofaced, cried lincoln, if i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . [laughter] his humor was an essential component of his persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queens colleges oxford and at the university of california at berkeley. For three decades he taught history at the university of sheffield before being appointed roads professor of American History and institution at Oxford University and a fellow of Saint Catherines college. He was elected president of Corpus Christi college ine au 20 and served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the finest modern biographies of the 16th president , lincoln, a life of purpose and power, and lincolns sense of
We are live in the capital. Millions are expected to join demonstrations around the world on friday demanding action on Climate Change ahead of next weeks un summit. Theyre expected to spread from the asia pacific, through europe and africa, to the americas. But the growing pressure to curb the emissions that are warming the world has not stopped President Trump overturning more environmental regulations. He is trying to stop california setting stricter targets for vehicles, and taken a big step towards opening up alaska for drilling. Aleem maqbool reports from another climate battleground in colorado. The North Fork Valley in colorado is an area of stunning diversity of landscape. Lush, green valleys beside striking, stark desert terrain, plateau mountains, and dense pine forests. But it also sits on one of the largest shale gas reserves in the us, leaving these pockets of untouched splendour severely under threat perhaps now more than ever. Well, this gas well has been in operation n
What you are saying but others will say all of this is such a great area because of our unwritten constitution. We dont know exactly where we do stand and its a question of balance of powers between parliament and the government and the courts, but it shouldnt be this unpredictable in a sense. I agree it shouldnt be unpredictable and it wasnt unpredictable. The law does not permit judicial unpredictable. The law does not permitjudicial review of the prerogative to Prorogue Parliament. It is subject to political control. That leaves space for a serious political controversy, a disagreement between mps and the Prime Minister and eventually there has two. We will have to leave it there because we are back inside the Supreme Court. Lets listen to the governments representative here. Supreme court. Lets listen to the governments representative herelj paraphrase of course from the opinion of hodge in the case of her goal. Mark reference has been made to constitutional principle. Constitution
Well leave this now to go back to the floor of the house. Ordering the previous questn onouse resolution 1071 and adoption of the resolution, if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule torquehe remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute vote. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 1071 on which the yeas and nays are oered. The clerk will report the right tool of the resolution. The cle the clerk house calendar numberrk 66, House Resolution 1071, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 6276, to direct the administrator of General Services and the director of the office of management and budget to identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings in federally leased space and for other purposes. Providing for consideration of the resolution, House Resolution 1065 denouncing the Biden Administrations immi