there is purpose in the performance, too, binding king and kingdom in the gold braid of reassuring custom. questions over the future of the monarchy or the union are answered with ceremonial conviction echoes from ancient mists, albeit that much of the pageantry is a reinvention from the last century. hip hip. hurray! but the respectful public response is real. the loss of a much loved and venerable queen a reminder of our own transience. pilgrimages to palaces, the reverential ritual of flowers and flames, a communion with the sacred. the last time i saw her, i saw exactly the same cheerfulness and confidence in her eyes as i imagined i d seen at the coronation.
that analysis take any action. thank you for that analysis and take any action. thank you for that analysis and more - take any action. thank you for that analysis and more detail. j we can speak to robyn thomas, the executive director of the giffords law center to prevent gun violence. thank you forjoining us here on the bbc i was just asking our correspondent in washington if she felt this time round is any different to perhaps the last time we saw a president an appeal like that, barack obama? she is correct that part of the challenge that we continue to face is the republicans in transience, especially on the senate side, and the filibuster rules make it very difficult to make anything through without 60 votes. i do think things have changed since barack obama made his appeal after the sandy hook elementary school shooting. we do have a much more robust movement, a much more robust movement, a much more robust movement, a much more robust grassroot movement, a lot more money on
russia. the russians have been totally mr. ambassador it s all talk. it s very rarely action. a major player has a veto on the security council given his in transience, what s to stop putin from turning his attention elsewhere? he s made clear his eyes are on other soviet states. that s exactly why ukraine is important, if putin is allowed to dominate ukraine, to incorporate ukraine back into the russian empire, then the next step is clearly to the west. the next step moldova, or the next states may be the baltic states, members of nato. this would be a terrible war