was nicknamed st disgusting before it was shut down a couple of years after she left. like most kids at her school, gillian left at the age of 16 and went to be an apprentice at a car factory. now, that was a springboard, as we ll hear, for a very successful business career. she went on to become the commercial director at mastercard, chief marketing officer at a big travel firm called travelport. her boss, now, rishi sunak, says a good education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet when it comes to making people s lives better. gillian keegan, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. now, just a month ago, i interviewed the new education secretary, kit malthouse, here on political thinking. and my first question was something along the lines of what s it like being the fourth education secretary in five months? you re now the fifth education secretary in six months. it s not good enough, is it? well, you can t get too much education, can you? but, i
and also donald trump all take their campaigning to pennsylvania. and thousands gather in seoul to remember the halloween crush victims many are demanding the president resign. you are watching bbc news. now, politicalthinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. in a new cabinet dominated by public schoolboys and oxbridge graduates, the new education secretary stands out. gillian keegan s old school, a comprehensive in knowsley called st augustine s, was nicknamed st disgusting before it was shut down a couple of years after she left. like most kids at her school, gillian left at the age of 16 and went to be an apprentice at a car factory. now, that was a springboard as we ll hear for a very successful business career. she went on to be the commercial director at mastercard, chief marketing officer at a big travel firm called trave
sir. is it him? the fourth - chancellor in four months. his sir. is it him? the fourth chancellor in four months. his first act was to ditch liz truss plans. we will not be able to cut taxes as quickly as we want to and some will have to go up. we quickly as we want to and some will have to go unm quickly as we want to and some will have to go up. we now at the mercy ofthe have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? he - have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? he wouldn t of the mighty markets? he wouldn t be the only one to wonder what on earth is going on. so we have one big question this morning. who is really in charge? this morning, we ll hear from the man tasked with saving the economy and liz truss premiership her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. and, as labour keep hold of their huge lead in the polls, i ll be speaking to ma
this week, a night time ride around san francisco in the back of a driverless cab. take a seat in the back and close the doors. buckle up and get ready to ride. i m just glad that was james, not me. meanwhile, spencer s been sniffing out the secrets of a shipwreck. ooh, stale beer. he laughs is that you or me? definitely not me! and on the subject of smells. so this is the first ever bbc click perfume. this is not nice. right. let s go for a ride. they ve been a long time coming, but in the last few years we ve watched self driving cars get closer and closer. we ve just pulled out in front of quite a fast moving car there. we made it. i call that quite a human manoeuvre. not that it s always been a smooth ride, mind you. i m holding on tight. ooh, that s quite weird. but whatever the experience, one thing has been constant. whenever we ve been in autonomous vehicles, we haven t been alone. there s always been someone with us to take over in the case of an emergency, as the ai
secrets of a shipwreck. ooh, stale beer. he laughs is that you or me? definitely not me! and on the subject of smells. so this is the first ever bbc click perfume. this is not nice. right. let s go for a ride. they ve been a long time coming, but in the last few years we ve watched self driving cars get closer and closer. we ve just pulled out in front of quite a fast moving car there. we made it. i call that quite a human manoeuvre. not that it s always been a smooth ride, mind you. i m holding on tight. oh, that s quite weird. but whatever the experience, one thing has been constant. whenever we ve been in autonomous vehicles, we haven t been alone. there s always been someone with us to take over in the case of an emergency, as the ais behind the wheel rack up enough miles to convince us all that they are ready for the road. and now, finally, there s a driverless taxi service that s taking paying customers. it s in san francisco and when we say driverless, we mean there is