Every day. In every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by in army of fundraisers pulling in millions of dollars a race sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phonebook, and email so many emails. But for all those little fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales, those Campaign Fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000 million, they want a favor or ten. It should be obvious that thats corrupt, but with a wink and nod, political deals to the bribery line. Every single day. And we may not have noticed that of a certain illinois governor hadnt flung back the curtain within unrepentant ego, a political corruption, crime spree in a setup ive unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the Inner Workings Of American Political Power Ladies And Gentlemen meet Rod Blagojevichs it was Early Morning because i used to get up every mornin
Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those little fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those Campaign Fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, a million dollars, they want a favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political deals toe the bribery line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois governor hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
I love that. Can you sing it for me . Luckily, no, because i can give you, from the clams, the the first one is called maids cant travel round on tractors. Its an all female group called the clams and its a tribute to the Rail Replacement bus. As i walked down on bank street one evening injuly i looked for a bus or a lift for us, but never one came by and away cornwall, my dear council for Cornish Maids cant travel round on tractors there you go, thats a flavour of it. Want another one . I do want another one because im not entirely sure. Are we going to get to the chancellor or not . Eventually, but this is much more fun. So this is riding on a donkey. Trains are cancelled, notice short how am i going to get to work . Bus replacement, that will hurt go and fetch the donkey hey, hey and away well go Donkey Riding, Donkey Riding hey, hey and away well go riding on a donkey. Thats it. I love that. What i want to know is whether any of those singers actually have a donkey . And if any of
Cant travel round on tractors. Its an all female group called the clams and its a tribute to the Rail Replacement bus. As i walked down on bank street one evening injuly i looked for a bus or a lift for us, but never one came by and away cornwall, my dear council and away cornwall, my dear council for Cornish Maids cant travel round on tractors there you go, thats a flavour of it. Want another one . I do want another one because im not entirely sure. Are we going to get to the chancellor or not . Eventually, but this is much more fun. So, this is riding on a donkey. Trains are cancelled, notice short how am i going to get to work . Bus replacement, that will hurt go and fetch the donkey hey, hey and away well go Donkey Riding, Donkey Riding hey, hey and away well go riding on a donkey. Thats it. I love that. What i want to know is whether any of those singers actually have a donkey. And if any of newscasters actually have a donkey, tell us about your donkey. I can tell you that we do h
of which are linked to inflation. let s put this into perspective because the uk s national debt is at record levels. it owes £2.69 trillion. that is almost the size of the uk economy the so called debt to gdp ratio is around 97.7%. that is a useful guide to how affordable the debt is for a country. the chancellor has pledged to get that ratio down. the uk s far better off than some of its neighbours though italy s debt to gdp is around 140%. but if we look at germany s that s only around 65%. let s get more on this from our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. she s in the bbc business newsroom here in london. hi. first off, what is behind that figure? hi. first off, what is behind that fiuure? , ., ., ., ., ., hi. first off, what is behind that fiuure? , ., ., ., ., y figure? just one month out of a 12 month financial figure? just one month out of a 12 month financial year figure? just one month out of a 12 month financial year but - figure? just one