are some stats here for you, in 1981 this country was producing 128 million tonnes of coal a year, then we had the thatcher years, the closure of the collieries from the 70s onwards which meant that the industry collapsed and the number of people involved in mining fell from 1 million in 1920 two 2000 and 2015. the biggest coal producers on the planet, china, india, usa, indonesia, australia and russia. we are discussing this because the government is planning to remove a ban on opening coalmines from a bill going through parliament at the moment. mike starkie is the former conservative mayor of copeland, where the new mine is being built. tony bosworth is an energy campaigner at the front of the earth. good morning. mike, speakto tony and tell him why we need new
in our elections? he cited, you know, a few things like voting rights and abortion as two of his key issues and, you know, as we know voting rights is just a key for weakening the voting system to help democrats. a lot more of the same. and one thing i will say to keep in mind about alex is he may not have the only per roar look that his father has but he is arguably going to be more dangerous. the fact that he does not have the shadowy image is not a reason not to fear the guy. steve: matt, when you look at the amount of money and we have a gawsk that shows george soros $128 million between 21 and 22. sam bankman-fried in big trouble and michael bloomberg way behind him. there is a gigantic wad of cash at the disposal. so you have got to wonder if they are going to continue on the track they have been or if they are going to do something new. one thing he said, actually two things he said that i think are really interesting to wall street journal. he said he believes free speech
in the minors when they use this, it s really cut the length of games. the kansas city chiefs drew an estimated 113 million viewers. that s according to preliminary number released yesterday. that would make sunday night s game the third most watched television show in mystery behind super bowl 51 featuring the patriots and falcons in 2017 and the record 2015 game between the patriots and the sea hawks watched by nearly 150 million. the conclusion here america loves tom brady and the patriots. meanwhile the half time show actually drew more eyes than the game itself with rihanna s performance reaching 118 million viewers, the second in history behind only katey perry. in 2015 she drew 128 million.
i spoke with members of the business round table, of the big business guys, asked why i m so pro labor, you save them money. what you do lasts and through the american rescue plan, we re funding work force development programs, including 128 million here in wisconsin, so american workers prepared to compete in the economy we re building. this is a blue collar, blueprint to rebuild america. and we re also doing something that for years, people just talked about. we re going to buy american for everything we build. last night, i announced we re proposing new standards to require all construction materials be made in america.
perfecting performance capture technology that can now be used by the act is while they re filming underwater. actors. it will the public be interested in a sequel to a movie that was released over a decade ago? decade ago? that was a legitimate decade ago? that was a legitimate concern. - decade ago? that was a legitimate concern. i i decade ago? that was a i legitimate concern. i didn t feel that instinctively but it was always a possibility. then we dropped our first trailer in may and it had it 128 million views in 2a hours. i m not worried about it anymore. what does worry me is it has contracted due to the double punch of streaming and the pandemic. it is coming back, slowly coming back, it 80%, of what we were in 2019. and back when we released the first movie. so can we be profitable in a changed market or are we just the last dinosaur? no, dying after the comet hit. i couldn t tell you that right now. we will know in a few weeks i guess.