To political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. There were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner Shirley Conran and the former conservative Ministerjackie Doyle price. Another ex conservative minister Alec Shelbrooke gets a knighthood. Critics have expressed dismay at the list. Remember, liz truss was prime Ministerfor Ao odd days. She and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. Families across the country are paying more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards, as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. And these are rewards for failure. Speaking to bbc radio 4s today programme, a former minister who served in liz truss s cabinet defended her right to put people forward. Liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, of being pr
to political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. there were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner shirley conran and the former conservative ministerjackie doyle price. another ex conservative minister alec shelbrooke gets a knighthood. critics have expressed dismay at the list. remember, liz truss was prime ministerfor ao odd days. she and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. families across the country are paying more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards, as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. and these are rewards for failure. speaking to bbc radio 4 s today programme, a former minister who served in liz truss s cabinet defended her right to put people forward. liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country,
too busy but walking through the station there are a lot of people inside, what s on families and young children and suitcases, people standing around wondering what to do, services to paris and amsterdam and brussels and disneyland paris to and brussels and disneyland paris to a lot of children inside and families wondering what to do next. a busy period, wanting to go on holiday on new year s eve and visit family and your and as i was walking through the station announcements that would not be any trains before midday at the earliest and suffer 14 trains cancelled, none running midday and they said if anyone was hoping to get a last minute ticket do not bother because every train is full. they are working on the issue and anyone is affected they can get and anyone is affected they can get a full refund or exchange the ticket but for a lot of people inside they want to get to where they are going and we have been hearing from simon calder who has been in the station talking
Cspans book tv. And this is about books, book tvs program and podcast, which looks at the business of publishing. Well, in just a few minutes, well hear from an author who has spent most of her career trying to get readers to read other authors. But first, a us circuit judge recently blocked the planned 2 billion merger between penguin, random house and simon and schuster. Andrew albanys is a Senior Writer with Publishers Weekly and hes followed the case from the beginning and he joins us now. So mr. Albanys remind us of what this merger was. To begin with, this merger was said to be the the coming together of the Worlds Largest english language trade publisher, which is Penguin Random house, with its Third Largest big five rival, publisher Simon Schuster would have created a megamerger, a publisher that would have been roughly 49 of the market for bestselling books. So who was supporting it and who was against it . Whats supporting it, of course, were the merging parties, right . Simo
On about books. We delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews. And well talk about the current nonfiction books featured on cspans book tv. And this is about books, book tvs program and podcast, which looks at the business of publishing. Well, in just a few minutes, well hear from an author who has spent most of her career trying to get readers to read other authors. But first, a us circuit judge recently blocked the planned 2 billion merger between penguin, random house and simon and schuster. Andrew albanys is a Senior Writer with Publishers Weekly and hes followed the case from the beginning and he joins us now. So mr. Albanys remind us of what this merger was. To begin with, this merger was said to be the the coming together of the Worlds Largest english language trade publisher, which is Penguin Random house