Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
and i sat in the back, working out the swings with a calculator and a pad of paper, which i then passed him a piece of paper so that he could sound terribly informed about the swings in each constituency. i also spent a bit of time clock watching output, both the bbc and itv and others, for a private company that was just assessing whether or not they were meeting the election guidelines and giving all the parties a fair crack at the whip. which is why you ve always been so intrinsically fair at election time. it s hard wired into you! but i know that this is probably the first. well, i know for a fact this is the first ever uk general election where the party leaders have had to comment on the fact that a former us president has just been found guilty of a felony. yeah. cos it s never happened before. it is just sort of. when you say it like that, itjust. itjust takes your breath away. and, yes, they ve all had to comment. right, and we will discuss what they ve been saying,
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