what there was by way of planning from departments. the e mail sent from departments. the e mail sent from dominic cummings and text messages, well, what messages he sent, it s clear that the civil contingencies secretariat had not been able to, firstly, provide it essential plan other than this action document or been able to obtain plans from the other departments and provide them to number ten. that was a serious error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource to error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource to hold error, was it not? the secretariat wasn t resource to hold these - error, was it not? the secretariat l wasn t resource to hold these plans a resource to hold these plans across many departments. it was lead governing departments that were responsible not only for their own plans but for ensuring that the departments who would be supporting them on a risk area for which they were responsible had p
centre of power, whereas the treasury, foreign policy and national security are overrepresented. just going back to the first sentence, you say you don t remember anyone working in the centre or who was part of those conversations who had a detailed understanding of the way the nhs operated. given all we have heard about the importance of the nhs and notjust in terms of caring for people, but the detail, whether it was going to be overwhelmed or not, thatis was going to be overwhelmed or not, that is very striking statement. yes. it was an observation at the time yes. it was an observation at the time and yes. it was an observation at the time and is yes. it was an observation at the time and is striking in retrospect as welt time and is striking in retrospect as welt i time and is striking in retrospect as well. i think it probably goes to what as well. i think it probably goes to what needs to be different in it should what needs to be different in it should no
a good understanding of the impact on the nhs capacity. what i had a good instinct for was seeing what was happening elsewhere in the world and knowing having had a number of conversations with mr sweeney about the legislation that might be needed, the worst case scenario which worryingly was looking like something that might actually happen, but a worst case scenario, we hadn t done any of the planning, how people will get fed if they have to stay at home, what will happen to schools if people have to stay at home and it is those, you might expect my policy background as a domestic civil servants that is probably where my mind went to more than else. i probably still at that point fervently hoped that the planning we would have to do for that extreme scenario wasn t in fact going to be needed, but i really knew we had to get that extreme scenario actually worked up. we have heard ou scenario actually worked up. we have heard you describe scenario actually worked up. we hav
Charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, and powering opportunities in communities bignd small. Charter is connecting us. Good morning and welcome to the history biography stage at the library of Congress National book festival. I am mark sweeney the deputy laboring in congress the theme of the book festival brings us together so let me say how wonderful it is to see you all here together in person for the First Time Since we gathered here last in 2019. We are thrilled that cspan book tv viewers are also joining us, so welcome. [applause] cspan will be recording the events on stage. The stage has a long history of being one of the festivals most popular stages. Today you will be hearing from authors that go deeply into the role women play in the civil rights movement. The relationship with bald eagle a more completeag accounting of the mexicanco revolution and strange history behind the search for the nile river and many other topics. You learn a lot
For a feature i was writing about him and he said the second book is your heart is. Everybody has one book in them. Then eventually if you write two or three or more you learn the questions fist you can see the through t line in my books. Swindle wendell a great to land in the and so forth. Our wariness of that relationship is prevalent in all of my books. Crossover where i think things that happen in our house get a little agricultural from time to time. Thats maybe not appropriate for this channel. Is your recent book and owed to the National Parks . It is examining the way that we in society in the view of conservation through thinking of National Parks come the big ones like yosemite, the grand canyon, versus the way we think about nature right where we are in our locality. It is espousing the grandeur of our parks and experiencing them but also saying what do we have in our backyards and how do we need to pay more attention to that part of nature . Why did you choose Glacier Natio