welcomed her appointment. not a bit of it. many have reacted as if she is a threat to all they stand for. i doubt that s caused her much of a worry, though, because nadine dorries seems to be up for the fight. sometimes with those outside her party, sometimes with those inside it. she says she s someone who owes absolute undying loyalty to her boss, borisjohnson. and she often, as we may discover, wades in to defend him. nadine dorries, welcome to political thinking. hi, nick. was that a fair introduction? it s fair. ijust wonder, when you hear the things people say about you, and they say quite a lot, don t they? do you recognise yourself or do you find, like many people in public life, who was that they are talking about? no, it s really weird, i don t recognise myself at all. my family don t and my friends don t recognise it. it s bizarre, i am a gemini so i sometimes think i have this split personality the public facing one that people see and the one that all my mates
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together the foreign journalists who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a convention busting week, this one a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen. two countries strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides. in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland topped the poll for the first time in the centuries since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and more, in the studio are brian o connell, former bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, eunice goes, portuguesejournalist and university lecturer and newly created british citizen, and jeffrey kofman, who s been both a war correspondent and news anchor in canada and the united states. good to have you back with us. jeffrey, let s start with nato expansion. sweden and finland, finland s president, sauli niinisto, said on f
i will have more news at the top of the hour will we join viewers on the hour will wejoin viewers on bbc one. now on bbc news, click looks to the stars. we meet the pioneers eyeing asteroids as a source of precious metals and the scientists designing space homes of the future. this week, spencer gets to grips with asteroid mining. it ll have the force required to crush your skull. if you are going to make an asteroid climbing robot, make it a killer asteroid climbing robot. he survived though. just about, yeah. also paul is building a new home in space. it s only 99% sure i am a person. oi, on your bike! or not. yes, how do you make cycling safer? here s a clue, don t ride near lara. i think i only want to go cycling in the green bit. and at click construction, it s man versus machine. i dropped mortar, sorry! for the whole of human history, we have had no choice but to live off the land literally. everything that we use comes from planet earth. now, some of those resources