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13th, 14th century europeans knew the world was round. this map, which was not meant for matt meant for navigation shows you that this was the 13th century map of the world and you might not be able to make out the continents in the country s year she can see that they saw the world is around. the question was not how the shape of the earth the question was whether you can make it around the earth. they knew theoretically that if you sailed west he would come to the east. how far that would be, what dangers they would encounter, none of that was known to them. none was known. while the portuguese worked their way down the southern coast towards the tip of africa, there were another group of people who are pushing off in a different direction onto the atlantic. these were the norse. the vikings as they are sometimes called. in the common image the vikings are seen as ferocious warriors, conquerors, leaders care looters. there is a prayer the monks offered to protec ....
overlooking the river thames, our home for the next couple of hours, as we mark the opening of a new parliamentary session. it s been a time of national crisis since the last state opening, back in december 2019, and the government s new programme will no doubt include measures to recover from the effects of the terrible pandemic. the queen will attend today s event, her first major event since the death of the duke of edinburgh. her majesty will be accompanied this morning by the prince of wales, but the usual display of ceremonial splendour will be more or less absent because of the current restrictions. the other big difference is that the number of mps and peers here today is rather limited. the queen s speech is being delivered just a few days after the extensive elections in scotland, wales and england, which gave new impetus to the debate on the constitutional future of the united kingdom. earlier this morning, the prime minister borisjohnson left number 10 for t ....
a very good morning from inside the palace of westminster, where the queen will arrive in a short while to open a new session of parliament. but this is no routine event yes, we ll be able to enjoy all the usual colour and pagea ntry of the state opening, but it takes place at a time of great political and constitutional uncertainty where even the role of the crown in our national affairs is being questioned. we were last here two years ago when theresa may was prime minister since when the political landscape has been turned upside down by the turbulent brexit process. it s boris johnson s first queen s speech as prime minister he has no majority in the house of commons so there will inevitably be questions about his ability to deliver the pledges in the queen s speech. we could indeed be back again before christmas. but let s deal with today s events first! i m joined by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. good money, laura. good morning, hew. it would ....
the week in parliament. hello there. welcome to our look back at the week in parliament. coming up, at prime minister s questions, jeremy corbyn says the welfare policy, universal credit is flawed. children forced to use food banks and the prime minister wants to put 2 million more people onto this. but theresa may defends the government record. what we re doing is seeing 3.3 million more people injobs as a result of this. an mp reveals that jacob rees mogg is not the only mp whose children have found themselves targeted by opponents. police rang me one day and said, where is your son? i think he is at school. can you check, because there was a social media post claiming to be the execution of my son. there s a call from more to be done to protect england s historic battlefields. we should be creating national areas of natural historic importance that would recognise historical sites and their surroundings as areas that we wish, and need, to conserve for the future. but ....
back at the week in parliament. coming up, at prime minister s questions, jeremy corbyn says the government s key welfare policy, universal credit, is flawed. children forced to use food banks, and the prime minister wants to put two million more people onto this! but theresa may defends the government s record. what we are doing is seeing 3.3 million more people injobs as a result of our approach to the economy. an mp reveals thatjacob rees mogg isn t the only mp whose children have found themselves targeted by opponents. the police rang me one day and said, where s your son? well, i think he s at school. well, can you check? because there was a social media post claiming to be the execution of my son. and there s a call for more to be done to protect england s historic battlefields. we should, for the future, be creating national areas of national historic importance, that would recognise historical sites and their surroundings as areas that we wish and need to ....