Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur and this is the restaurant kitchen of my guest today, one of britain s top chefs tom kerridge. Now, for much of the past year, this place has been eerily quiet, but now lockdown is over and the noise, the heat and the smells are back. But what will the long term impact of covid be on the hospitality business? and has it prompted us to rethink the relationship between our food and our health? tom kerridge, welcome to hardtalk and thank you for letting us into your fabulous kitchen. Yeah, well, you re very, very welcome. If you stay there too long, i might get you podding some of these peas! how good is it to be back here? it s amazing. Personally, it s great to have the energy going but, actually, you know, the team, the staff, across the board of every space, every restaurant have been amazing. They ve been. We were all back in at least a week before we could open, and just the idea of getting stocks and sauces on, the energy levels. We ve had
Sweeping across the country. If senators 60 years ago held that the federal government should never intervene to protect voting rights, this body would have never passed the voting rights act. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights, and it is an indefensible position. There is no effort in any state in america to suppress votes based upon suppression of minority participation. What this is really about is an effort of the federal government to take over the way we conduct elections in this country. I ve got the best team of experts here to help make sense of all of this. Jeff bennett at the white house and victoria soto. Democrats say this thing isn t over, but it sure seems like it is. What can they do next? options here, plan a for progressive supporters of this bill was to unify the senate democrats behind it, and get that 50/50 vote and then hope that enough democrats support nuking the filibuster, the
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur, and this is the restaurant kitchen of my guest today, one of britain s top chefs tom kerridge. Now, for much of the past year, this place has been eerily quiet, but now lockdown is over and the noise, the heat and the smells are back. But what will the long term impact of covid be on the hospitality business? and has it prompted us to rethink the relationship between our food and our health? tom kerridge, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you for letting us into your fabulous kitchen. Yeah, well, you re very, very welcome. If you stay there too long, i might get you podding some of these peas! how good is it to be back here? it s amazing. Personally, it s great to have the energy going but, actually, you know, the team, the staff, across the board of every space, every restaurant have been amazing. We were all back in at least a week before we could open, and just the idea of getting stocks and sauces on, the energy lev
hello and welcome. we begin with the big event thatis we begin with the big event that is happening in the uk later today, that is when the chancellor, rishi sunak will deliver his budget stop with a promise to continue helping business through what he describes as the challenging month ahead. it is expected he will outline his 3 point plan aiming to support people through the coming months. build the economy and fix public finances in the wake of the pandemic. our political correspondent reports. this is the budget. it will certainly be a budget like no other. so much has changed beyond recognition since this time last year. even if the redbook looks the same. high. i am david. redbook looks the same. high. i am david. the redbook looks the same. high. i am david, the head redbook looks the same. high. i am david, the head chef. - redbook looks the same. high. i am david, the head chef. the - am david, the head chef. the pandemic am david, the head chef. the pandemic