of jehovah s witnesses. the uk chancellor, jeremy hunt, has spoken to the governor of the bank of england about silicon valley bank uk, which is heading for insolvency after the failure of its parent company in the us. you are watching bbc news. now, politicalthinking with nick robinson. what makes the daughter of immigrants willing to risk the wrath of liberal britain by warning that we face an invasion of migrants, that up to 100 million could come here, that those who oppose her plan to stop the boats aren t real patriots? indeed, that they re betraying britain. the home secretary, suella braverman, is loved by some for the stance she s taking. she s loathed by others. my guest on political thinking has toured the news studios all week. this is not another news interview. it is not an interrogation about that policy. it is a conversation, as this whole series is, about what shapes her political thinking. what shapes her views? what shapes her values? suella braverman, th
in the mediterranean sea. it comes days after the prime minister, promised harsher prison sentences for human traffickers. britain s prime minister rishi sunak and chancellorjeremy hunt will hold talks with the governor of the bank of england in response to the collapse of silicon valley bank uk. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. what makes the daughter of immigrants willing to risk the wrath of liberal britain by warning that we face an invasion of migrants, that up to 100 million could come here, that those who oppose her plan to stop the boats aren t real patriots? indeed, that they re betraying britain. the home secretary, suella braverman, is loved by some for the stance she s taking. she s loathed by others. my guest on political thinking has toured the news studios all week. this is not another news interview. it is not an interrogation about that policy. it is a conversation, as this whole series is, about what shapes
To support my mother, campaigning. i got involved. i was dragged along to deliver leaflets. you got involved, you actually ran against her to be a candidate in a by election. that was the only thing in your life that i found truly extraordinary. did you apologise to your mother for running against her to be a tory candidate? no, we didn t quite run against each other, but she she did run for parliament in the 2003. in the 2001 general election. yeah, but you had to be persuaded to withdraw your name, didn t you, because you were running for the same seat? that s how it was written up, yeah. is that not true? well, i wasn t. .. i wasn t ever a contender against my mother. i wouldn t ever dare stand against my mum. if you had to have been kind of fighting the fight, would she have said, well done, suella? is that the sort of woman she was or would she have looked at you and gone, what are you doing? this is my seat. no, no, no. she s very supportive. and listen, i m serving as home s
A candidate in a by election. that was the only thing in your life that i found truly extraordinary. did you apologise to your mother for running against her to be a tory candidate? no, we didn t quite run against each other, but she she did run for parliament in the 2003. in the 2001 general election. yeah, but you had to be persuaded to withdraw your name, didn t you, because you were running for the same seat? that s how it was written up, yeah. is that not true? well, i wasn t. .. i wasn t ever a contender against my mother. i wouldn t ever dare stand against my mum. if you had to have been kind of fighting the fight, would she have said, well done, suella? is that the sort of woman she was or would she have looked at you and gone, what are you doing? this is my seat. no, no, no. she s very supportive. and listen, i m serving as home secretary. you know, i wouldn t be able to do a lot of my work if it wasn t for my mum and dad and their support right now. now, when you do becom