Ties to extremists linked to the insurrection at the capitol still has room for liz cheney, a conservative stalwart, who had the audacity to hold donald trump accountable for the incitement of the riots in january 6th. Also on the line today, who will have the fortitude to go on the record against the real threat, a Conspiracy Theorist in its own ranks. Right now the republican conference is behind the closed doors ahead on a vote tomorrow to remove congresswoman greene from her Committee Appointments. A woman who is dubious about whether the attacks on 9 11 were real, endorsed calls to assassinate barack obama, nancy pelosi, and hillary clinton. House Republican Leaders Kevin Mccarthy, for one, is reportedly feeling torn at this hour between cheney, a former State Department official, the daughter of conservative former Vice President dick cheney on one side, and a member of congress, Claire Mccaskill refers to as the q aknown lady. Reports of what went down inside the room. Mccarthy
all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. it s great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet. now, i ve heard of kids who want to be train drivers, professional footballers, but very rare to find a kid who always knew he wanted to be a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from the age of 12 i became enamoured of poetry, thanks to an inspirational teacher, mr malone john malone. who, although he was a rugged, outdoor sporty type of guy, he was a complex character and had a weakness for the poetry of the 19th century the stuff you might find in the palgrave s golden treasury, which then was the go to anthology
And now youve decided to walk away. Why . Because i want, ironically, to spend more time really focusing on climate and the environment. And right now, as the sole mp for my party, i have to be the expert on absolutely everything. I am the front bench spokesperson on everything. And that means that when you add that to two days a week constituency work easily, looking at everything from peoples visas to their housing problems, important though those are, they are massively time consuming at a time when im now at The Point In My Life when i really want to focus on climate and nature. Two huge areas, i know, but at the minute im getting pulled in 100 Different Directions, so ive decided not to stand at the next election. Im very hopeful that an excellent green candidate, sian berry, will take overfrom me in brighton. Weve got some other target seats in Bristol Central and suffolk as well, waveney valley. So were hopeful of getting more greens at the next election. But right now, this is
many days on the air before you never changes its stripes, responding to his guilty verdict freshen up our vivid examples of where we are as a country. in the election interference hush money trial like any mob thank you very much for being here today. when we come back, president joe boss would or wannabe auto biden running for re-election against a convicted felon. this is who we are. autocrat, with more threats and democrats want the president to intimidation. the same person that sent a make donald trump s guilty violent mob to the u.s. capitol that nearly killed his own vice president, said this about the conviction a real issue in the upcoming election. very real possibility that he could be sentenced to house arrest or even prison. the biden-harris campaign i don t know that the public would stand it, you know? co-chair cedric richmond will tell us how they feel about i m not sure the public would that. after a short break. stand for it. don t go anywhere. that after