polls and winning local elections. my guest is peter boehringer, vice chairman of the afd. is his party stirring sentiments that threaten german stability? peter boehringer in munich, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, stephen. good to hear you again. well, it s great to have you on the show. and i dare say you are delighted to look at german national opinion polls which put your afd party at 20% plus in terms of public support. but you know as well as i do that federal elections don t come until 2025. how sure are you that you and the party can keep this level of support up? well, you can never be 100% sure here, especially mid term. the opposition usually is better off because at the end of the terms, the coalition parties, the government do things that please the people, so that might be difficult. and in afd s case, they usually do a lot of things defaming us. so we re expecting something. 0n the other hand, well, if they continue governing like this, we shouldn t go do
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the job that the taxpayer pays you for. this is a bloody disgrace. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences, and how at the age of 86, he s still as fired up as ever. there s an anger. is there? i think that s what drives you. well, you can t see it happen. you can t see it happen and be indifferent, you know, you can t. if there s something that puts fuel in the tank, it s seeing hope destroyed, you know? camera crew s ready. i think in my acting days, i did a tiny bit of bbc radio. oh, you did? it might have been in this very studio some 60 odd years ago. really, here? fantastic. well, we ve got to dig those performances from the vault. i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you, too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your family. what did your parents do? my father was an e
50s to the 70s but now often in a state of serious disrepair. it s a problem that has been known about for years. problem that has been known about foryears. five problem that has been known about for years. five years ago, a primary school building in kent collapsed, leading to wider concerns. good morning, sir. so the questions many parents are now asking of governments to mimic why act only now, just days before the start of the new school year in england? we the new schoolyear in england? we went the new school year in england? - went through this exhaustive survey of 22,000 schools after the initial incident in 2018. then, in the summer months, new information came to light that suggested that some of the buildings that had previously been classified as safe might not be. and so the education secretary acted immediately on that. the chancellor acted immediately on that. the chancellor said acted immediately on that. the chancellor said the government would spend what