tell us about. good morning to you. let s get the sports news with jane dougall. it was a dramatic end to wales s six nations game against france. they had led for much of the match, only to give away a try in the dying minutes, ending wales s hopes of winning the grand slam. they lost 32 30 in paris, but they can still win the tournament asjoe wilson reports. through the stage managed metres of an empty stadium, there was no doubt about the occasion. it s all there in his face. but france were playing not simply to defy the welsh grand slam, they had their own eyes on the trophy, on the try line. there. well wales recovered immediately. watch out for dan biggar stronger and over. the scores were level for a few seconds. this was scintillating stuff. now france were attacking again and anton dupont was soon scoring france s second try. it was just desperately frustrating and the players obviously you know got so close and yet so far. so it s a tough time for them, but they
about a0 million americans have already cast their ballots. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. in a new cabinet dominated by public schoolboys and oxbridge graduates, the new education secretary stands out. gillian keegan s old school, a comprehensive in knowsley called st augustine s, was nicknamed st disgusting before it was shut down a couple of years after she left. like most kids at her school, gillian left at the age of 16 and went to be an apprentice at a carfactory. now, that was a springboard, as we ll hear, for a very successful business career. she went on to become the commercial director at mastercard, chief marketing officer at a big travel firm called travelport. her boss now, rishi sunak, says a good education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet when it comes to making
was nicknamed st disgusting before it was shut down a couple of years after she left. like most kids at her school, gillian left at the age of 16 and went to be an apprentice at a car factory. now, that was a springboard, as we ll hear, for a very successful business career. she went on to become the commercial director at mastercard, chief marketing officer at a big travel firm called travelport. her boss, now, rishi sunak, says a good education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet when it comes to making people s lives better. gillian keegan, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. now, just a month ago, i interviewed the new education secretary, kit malthouse, here on political thinking. and my first question was something along the lines of what s it like being the fourth education secretary in five months? you re now the fifth education secretary in six months. it s not good enough, is it? well, you can t get too much education, can you? but, i
and also donald trump all take their campaigning to pennsylvania. and thousands gather in seoul to remember the halloween crush victims many are demanding the president resign. you are watching bbc news. now, politicalthinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. in a new cabinet dominated by public schoolboys and oxbridge graduates, the new education secretary stands out. gillian keegan s old school, a comprehensive in knowsley called st augustine s, was nicknamed st disgusting before it was shut down a couple of years after she left. like most kids at her school, gillian left at the age of 16 and went to be an apprentice at a car factory. now, that was a springboard as we ll hear for a very successful business career. she went on to be the commercial director at mastercard, chief marketing officer at a big travel firm called trave
political thinking with nick robinson. 0ur movement is fighting, our movement is winning, our movement, brothers and sisters, is back, so said my guest on a new episode of political thinking. a conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. paul nowak is the new general secretary of the tuc and this week, the trade union congress meets in his home city of liverpool. and it meets at a time when there are more strikes than there have been for many years and at a time when paul nowak says, working people are fighting back after the longest sustained squeeze on their incomes in two centuries. paul nowak, welcome to political thinking. thank you. now another thing you once said. oh, dear. i fit every stereotype of a daily mail trade unionist. i m a slightly overweight, balding scouser who gets a little too aerated. i think it is an accurate description, don t you? well, we will see, shall we? w