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The speaker of the house of Commonsjohn Bercow has confirmed that he will stand down by the end of october and wont stand as an mp at the next election. His time in the chair has, at certain moments, been highly controversial. John pienaar reports. The referee who became a player, loving every minute as much as many conservatives hated him for siding with the commons against a no deal brexit. March on our way. Speaker today, he told them hed planned his own exit in his own time, on brexit day. Not much warmth on the tory side but it was his moment, as he thanked colleagues, friends. And above all, my wife sally, and our three children, oliver, freddie, and jemima. Cheers john bercows supporters saw him as defender of the commons, champion of mps, though he sometimes put them in their place. I dont require any comment or signalling from the honourable gentleman. Im giving a ruling. The honourable gentleman will listen to it and ....
Have the energy ombudsman. The final port of call for complaints. In this instance, extra energy does not exist anymore as a company and the administrators of extra energy are pwc. If you want to complain about your bill, go to pwc and complain but afterwards you cannot go to the ombudsman, ofgem, because pwc is not an energy company. Ive had it described as a regulatory black hole in this. Has anyone from nc described as a regulatory black hole in this. Has anyone from m the company commented . They said they are looking at bills of 130,000 companies, they say they have done a sig can majority and anyone with a problem with their bill, pwc is encouraging them to get in touch. And how would you change things . Is it about changing regulations . At the moment, it has been described as a regulatory black hole, something needs to change to protect those customers once the supply has gone into administration. Thanks very much. You can listen to the full report on radio four at midday today ....
Manchester center, vermont in 2009. Its wonderful for us to be here in a state where we feel the spirit of woodstock still lives, and we know there is a woodstock here too. I have to say, i kind of fit all three of the criteria you mentioned about people interested in the book. I was definitely interested in the topic from a historical, musical perspective for a long time. I wish i had been there, but i was 12 years old, living in North Carolina the time, so didnt get to go. Now, i feel like i was there because of getting to spend so much time with michael and working on the book and all the incredible people that weve i have gotten to meet that worked on woodstock with michael, whose stories are also part of the book. Tonight, what we are going to do is talk a little bit amongst ourselves for you guys to listen in. Be thinking of questions because we will have time for questions at the end, after we chat for a little while. Im go ....
Going to talke amongst ourselves for you guys to listen and think of questions, because we will have time for questions at the end. Im going to go through a little back story with michael, because like many people who were not at the festival, my impressions of woodstock were based on the film that came out in march of 1970. I come to find out when we started working together on the real story there was a whole lot more to it than what we got to see in that wonderful film. So we are going to talk about that. [indiscernible] [laughter] some people dont realize, but woodstock was not michaels first festival. He was living in brooklyn in new york city and ended spending time in the west village and getting involved in the music scene, then found his way to coconut grove, florida in 1966. Q tell us about what the scene was like there, and what took you there. Growing up, i never had a clear understanding of where i wanted to go with my life. That is probably still true. I was at nyu and i ....
here in a society of tight places. the pressure is on. to keep up appearances. to do what is expected. to not let the life become exterior. at night, things are different. what you need to know about tokyo? deeper waters. the first time i came here. it was a transformative experience. it was powerful experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning what do i do now. i see the whole world in a different way. i often compare the experience. going to tokyo for the first time. to what eric clinton and pete townsend must ve gone through. the raining guitar gods of england. what they must have gone through the week jimi hendrix came to town. you go see it. the whole window opens up. a whole new thing. you think, what does this mean? what do i have left to say. what do i do now? welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. a 12 hour flight and i am baked. no sleep. must go out. the district near my hotel has the advant ....