quote. for nearly a decade, we have watched donald trump destroy our political institutions and make a mockery of the constitution. he has breached every tradition and norm, even the peaceful transfer of power that s kept this country stable from one generation to another. from one administration to the next. you ve done it all, with almost a complete impunity, because the republican party has protected him from experiencing and the real consequences for his actions. it s still a question in the back of some people s minds about whether a trump might barrel through the justice system, the same way candidate trump has barreled through and destroyed our politics. trump continued to attack and spread lies about carroll after the first trial, and continue to do so throughout his second which begs the question. can any sort of penalty or punishment actually stop him? as roberta pl said in the jury during closing arguments, quote, this trial is also about something much more profou
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
Concerned about the situation of human rights in europe today we have a lot to do across so many issues so many groups migrants older people at the disabled theres a huge program of work to be done but much the challenges with the achievements but you have said that quote twenty seventeen was not a great year in terms of respect of protection and the promotion of human and fundamental right not a great year thats an. Minute now i agree it was a it was a very very challenging time it remains a challenging time to take the Migration Crisis its still a crisis we still have not a crisis because of the migration it is the crisis of democracy in the Member States of europe its a crisis of Migration Policy in other words i largely agree with you its about a failure to show solidarity to risk to share the responsibility across Member States its about failure to get the basics in place in so many places weve been following the story very closely for the last two years and yesterday in some
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