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now on bbc news, it s time for some political thinking with nick robinison. i should have been in prison, not in parliament. my guest this week says this, a reflection on notjust the this week says this, a reflection on not just the fact he was brought up in real poverty in the west end but his grandfather was a convicted bank robber. wes streeting has been on quite a journey, not least this year when he had a diagnosis at the age ofjust 38 of cancer and was warned that his kidney would have to be removed. once he recovered, keir starmer told him he was the man that the labour leader wanted to be the next health secretary if labour win the election. already, he has shifted the party s approach to the covid pandemic, saying that this is the year in which the country has to learn to live well with the virus. wes streeting, welcome to political thinking. hi, nick. and i m glad you added that context about the prison line. because i didn t want people to think that i d made ....
hi, nick. and i m glad you added that context about the prison line. because i didn t want people to think that i d made an admission of serious wrongdoing and should be behind bars for some crime i ve committed! not yet, you haven t made the admission, but we ve got quite a while to go in this conversation. we ll come to that extraordinary and fascinating background in a second. but what a year you ve had! it must feel like an extraordinary roller coaster. yeah, it has been, and i don t know how you felt when you came back from your experience with cancer, which was far worse than mine. but, especially having a cancer diagnosis at 38, although i was pretty clear from the prognosis that i wasn t going to die, that it had been caught early, that i would have an operation and recover, that time off that i had and that reminder of my own mortality made me think very hard about my life and what i want to do. and the way i want to live my life. and how i would feel if i had ....
areas, especially around aberdeenshire. with that cloud coming in, a cloudierfor tomorrow, rain or drizzle moving eastwards. most of the wet weather in the north west with stronger wind, northern and western parts of scotland. temperatures higher than today for the eastern side, making eight celsius, that the west double figures, could make 13 in northern ireland. not a great deal of rain to come, weatherfront ireland. not a great deal of rain to come, weather front moving ireland. not a great deal of rain to come, weatherfront moving down across the uk week, but will linger and keep more cloud on tuesday in the facade, otherwise those places will see some sunshine. in the far south. will see some sunshine. in the farsouth. i will see some sunshine. in the far south. i will be back with more at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s time for some political thinking with nick robinson. i should ve been in prison, not in parliament, my guest on political th ....
the golden primary mirror will allow the telescope to be properly focused helping scientists to better understand the universe. now on bbc news, it s time for some political thinking with nick robinson. i should ve been in prison, not in parliament, my guest on political thinking this week says. that is a reflection not just of the fact he was brought up in real poverty in london s east end, but that his grandfather was a convicted bank robber. wes streeting has been on quite a journey, not least this year when he had a diagnosis at the age ofjust 38 of cancer and was warned that his kidney would have to be removed. once he recovered, keir starmer told him he was the man that the labour leader wanted to be the next health secretary if labour win the election. already, he has shifted the party s approach to the covid pandemic, saying that this is the year in which the country has to learn to live well with the virus. wes streeting, welcome to political thinking. hi, ....
three days, 11 votes and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. the nhs remains under relentless pressure, says a health leader, urging people get the flu jab, help save lives. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography have emerged including accounts of drug taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince william urged their father, king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort. the revelations come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life and, as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attac ....