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TO A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND TO COMPARE IT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES. OUR GUEST IS JOHN WAKEHAM WHO IS LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS...
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I GOT MARRIED FAIRLY SOON AFTERWARDS TO A GREAT FRIEND OF MY FIRST WIFE'S. AND I
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HAVE HAD ONE MORRISON. THREE SONS. AND WE HAVE JUST CELEBRATED OUR SILVER WEDDING, MY SECOND WIFE AND I. 25 YEARS AGO SINCE THAT HAPPENED. SO I...
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OVER 25 YEARS AGO WHEN THE BOMB OCCURRED. >> THAT IS
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THE I.R.A. >> CORRECT, YES. OF COURSE A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE POLITICAL SCENE AS WELL. WE ARE TRYING
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TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. AND WITH SOME SUCCESS, TOO. >> ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THERE IS NO MORE OF THE BOMBINGS GOING ON?...
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SMALL ELEMENT I THINK WOULD LIKE TO GET THE BOMBINGS GOING AGAIN BUT THEY
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HAVE NOT GOTTEN MUCH POPULAR SUPPORT, EVEN WITH THE ELEMENTS IN IRISH SOCIETY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF A UNITED IRELAND. SO I THINK SO FAR THINGS...
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WERE KILLED? >> FIVE WERE KILLED IN THE HOTEL THAT
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I WAS
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IN. I NFTS NEXT ROOM TO MRS. THATCHER. IT WAS MRS. THATCHER NO DOUBT THAT THEY WERE AFTER. BUT THE BOMB WENT OFF IN THE ROOM ABOVE AND I FELL FOUR...
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WERE KILLED BY THE I.R.A. IN BOMBINGS IN GREAT BRITAIN? >> IN
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GREAT BRITAIN, INCLUDING NORTHERN IRELAND, SEVERAL THOUSAND KILLED. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW HUNDREDS IN
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GREAT BRITAIN. IT WENT ON FOR A LONG TIME. >> I REMEMBER A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WAS KILLED IN HIS DRIVE WAY AT HOME AT NIGHT. >> CORRECT, YES. >> LOOKING
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BACK ON THAT IS THERE ANY LESSON FOR AMERICANS LOOKING AT
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9/11? THINKING THAT THIS WILL NEVER BE OVER? >> YOU NEED VERY GOOD INTELLIGENCE AND SOME VERY BRAVE MEN WHO HAVE
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INFILTRATED SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. AT THE SAME TIME POLITICAL LEADERS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO START SOME SORT OF DIALOGUE...
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YES. I WAS A LEADER OF THE HOUSE. I WAS SECRETARY OF
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STATE FOR ENERGY.
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AND I WAS IN THE TREASURE AT ONE TIME. I HAD A FEW JOBS, YES. >> YOU WERE MADE A LORD IN WHAT YEAR? >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 1994. >> WHAT DOES THAT...
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1992 IS WHEN I WAS MADE A LORD. AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION. >> THE HOUSE OF LORDS IS RIGHT OVER YOUR SHOULDER. IT IS A LIVE PICTURE. A LOT OF
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PEOPLE THINK THAT IS A PAINTING. >> YEAH. >> DO YOU
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STILL GO TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS? >> I GO THERE EVERY DAY. I AM ALWAYS THERE. IT IS A VERY NICE PLACE TO BE. I TEND NOW TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
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COMMITTEE'S WHICH ARE MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLACE, THE MAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES THAT DO THAT. IN FACT I HAD A BIG PART IN...
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IS THAT OVER 50% OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS
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WAS PUT THERE BY MR. BLAIR AND MR. BROWN. THE PLACE IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THEM NOW. >> DON'T I REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE STARTED COVERING THE PARLIAMENT...
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BUT A LOT OF THEM DID NOT TURN UP. OF THE 750 OR SO, ONLY ABOUT 125 EVER CAME REGULARLY. THERE ARE 100 LEFT PUT IN AT THE TIME OF THE LEGISLATION AS...
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BUT I GUESS THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS COULD TURN IN, INCLUDING ALL OF HIS EXPENSES, MAYBE $50,000 A YEAR, THAT SORT OF FIGURE. >> IN THE...
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WHAT IS THE RULE HERE? >> WHAT THE VULE HERE THAT YOU CAN DO OUTSIDE WORK UNLESS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT. IF YOU ARE JUST A BACK BENCHER...
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AM YOU CAN DO OUTSIDE WORK. AND INDEED THE HOUSE OF LORDS IS DESIGNED REALLY TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSE OF LORDS SHOULD...
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IS FAIRLY LIMITED AND VERY MUCH HAS TO BE DECLARED. AND
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I THINK GRADUALLY THEY ARE NOT. I THINK WE ARE BETTER BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE AT LEAST A FOOT IN THE REAL WORLD, AS LONG AS WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. I...
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MAKE. YOU HAVE TO SAY WHERE YOUR INTERESTS ARE AND THAT IS ON FILE AND RECORDED. >> AS YOU KNOW IN THE PRESS OVER THE YEARS YOU WERE REFERRED TO AS MR....
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MEANS? >> WELL, I GOT THAT REPUTATION, AND I AM NOT IN THE
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SLIGHTEST BIT ASHAMED OF IT. I GOT IT
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WHEN I WAS CHIEF WHIP. AND I SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF MY TIME TRYING TO RECONCILE THE POSITIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT MINISTERS IN THE GOVERNMENT WHERE...
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DIRECTORS. >> RIGHT. >> AND THE PRESS, YOU LOOK ON IT TODAY AND YOU CAN FIND ALL KINDS OF ARTICLES, THEY SUGGEST YOU ARE HAMMERED
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IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD. >> I WON'T TELL YOU THAT IT WASN'T DIFFICULT AT THE TIME BUT I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE IN...
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THE ISSUES. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IN THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS THAT FOLLOWED, IF I CAN SUMMARIZE THEM IN THIS WAY, WHEN, AS YOU KNOW THE UNITED...
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WHAT IS YOUR MEMORY OF WHAT YOU FELT LIKE WHEN ALL OF THIS CAME DOWN? >> I THOUGHT
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THAT FOR THE EIGHT OR SO YEARS I WAS ON THE BOARD, THE FIRST SIX YEARS I THOUGHT
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WERE EXHILARATING AND VERY GOOD AND I THINK THE COMPANY WAS EXTREMELY WELL RUN. THEN THINGS WENT WRONG AND THEY STARTED TO DECEIVE BOTH THEMSELVES...
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ANYTHING FOR YEARS. >> WHY DID IT HAPPEN? >> WELL, IT HAPPENED BECAUSE
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THE MANAGEMENT, IN MY VIEW, THE MANAGEMENT THOUGHT SOME OF THEIR FIGURES WERE NOT
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COMING OUT RIGHT. THEY THOUGHT ONE OR TWO CREATIVE WAYS OF KEEPING THINGS GOING AND PERSUADED THEIR AUDITORS AND LAWYERS THAT THIS WAS JUST ABOUT...
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CHANGE THE LAW. >>
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THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY, WHICH I WANT TO SWITCH TO QUICKLY AND GET YOUR BACKGROUND ON
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| 00:17:35 |
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THAT. WE HAVE MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IN GETTING OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TO A REASONABLE BASIS, TREMENDOUS STRIDES. OUR INDUSTRY IS MUCH...
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THAT TO ME, TO BE FAIR, TONY BLAIR AND HIS PEOPLE CAME IN HOPING AND THINKING THAT THEY COULD DO THE RIGHT THING. AND THEY HELD THE LINE FOR A BIT....
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SAYING NO FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS OR LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS DURING BARACK OBAMA'S TERM. NO TO EVERYTHING ON PURPOSE AND NOW THEY ARE ABOUT TO...
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PRETTY PROSPEROUS ECONOMY AND THEY HELD THE LINE FOR A BIT AND THEN THINGS WENT RADICLY WRONG FOR SPENDING. SO IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT NOW STARTING...
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| 00:22:38 |
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WATCHED WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY DURING THE GEORGE BUSH YEARS HE DOUBLED THE DEBT GOING FROM FIVE TRILLION TO 10 TRILLION. ALMOST IT HAS DONE...
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KNOW IS THAT I SUSPECT ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU MAY SEE IN THIS COUNTRY IS THAT THERE WILL BE A BIT OF A MOVE, WHETHER IT WILL COME TO ANYTHING...
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FILLS VIRTUALLY THE WHOLE OF THE GOVERNMENT. >> HOW MANY WOULD THAT BE? >> ABOUT A HUNDRED. >>
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DO ALL COME FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OR HOUSE OF LORDSS? >> YES. IF THEY ARE NOT, IF HE
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| 00:25:05 |
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PARTICULARLY WANTS THEM IN HE PUTS THEM INTO THE HOUSE
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OF LORDS, WHICH HE CAN DO QUICKLY. >> WHAT IS THE RESTRAINT ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HE CAN PUT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS? >> THERE IS NO REAL RESTRAINT.
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YOU WOULD BE VERY MUCH CRITICIZED IF YOU PUT TOO MANY IN AS MR. BROWN AND
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BLAIR ARE CRITICIZED TODAY BUT THERE IS NO LEGAL CONSTRAINT. >> HOW LONG IS THE APPOINTMENT AS A LORD? >> FOR LIFE. TWO CATEGORIES THIS THAT IN MY...
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BEEN THE BISHOPS. THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP WHEN THEY CEASE TO BE BISHOPS. AND THE JUDGES. THEY NO LONGER SIT AS MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. >> HOW...
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WORD -- BURDEN. THEY
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ARE APPOINTED BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE, WHICH THE SENIOR JUDGES HAVE A GOOD SAY AT IT. >> IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GET RID OF...
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IT. I CAN'T TELL YOU. I AM SURE THAT THERE MUST BE A WAY BUT IT HAS
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NEVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFETIME. BUT I THINK THE LORD CHANCELLOR OR HEAD OF THE JUDICIARY, THE SENIOR JUDGE IN THE SUPREME COURT WOULD WHO SCHEDULES THE...
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LIKE A CABINET OFFICER? >> ONLY IF THE PRIME MINISTER WANTS TO GET RID OF HIM. THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN GET RID OF THEM IS
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| 00:27:05 |
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BY HAVING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE PRIME MINISTER. THE PRIME MINISTER OF COURSE IS QUITE SENSITIVE TO HIS OWN POLITICAL POSITION. HE WOULDN'T...
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GREAT BRITAIN OR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN IT COMES TO THE POWER AND THE ABILITY TO COME? >> I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY HAS...
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REALIZE. THE PRIME MINISTER CAN GET MOST THINGS DONE, SOME OF WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD FIND VERY DIFFICULT. >> WHAT KIND OF ADVICE...
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NOW AS TO THE BEST WAY TO GET A JOB DONE? >> I THINK THE VERY IMPORTANT THING, AND I SAY IT TO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THINKING OF A POLITICAL CAREER. I SAY
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FIRST GO AND DO SOMETHING. DEMONSTRATE YOU CAN EARN A LIVING OUTSIDE OF POLITICS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RICH BUT YOU HAVE TO BE REASONABLY INDEPENDENT...
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AMERICAN
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TERMS. I HAD A THOUSAND PEOPLE WORKING FOR ME. >> WHAT WAS THE BUSINESS? >> QUITE A LOT OF IT WAS IN LUMBER. I WAS IN DISTRIBUTION OF
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TRACTORS IN THIS COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS. I HAD SUCCESSORS WHO TOOK OVER. IT HAS ALL BEEN MERGED INTO OTHER BUSINESSES BUT I AM COMPLETELY SEPARATED...
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| 00:29:47 |
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DIRECTORSHIPS. I SHOULD THINK 40 WERE SHELL COMPANIES. I DID HAVE FOUR OR FIVE PRETTY TOUGH DIRECTORSHIPS. BUT I DID NOT HAVE 60. I MADE MY FIRST...
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DAY. >> FIRST THINGS FIRST, MAKE MONEY BEFORE YOU GET INTO POLITICS. WHAT IS NEXT? >> THE NEXT THING IS
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TO THEN YOU CAN GRADUALLY FIND YOUR WAY. BY IN
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| 00:31:21 |
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LARGE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL HAS BEEN GOOD SPEAKERS IN THE HOUSE. BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE ESSENTIAL QUALITY THAT IS REQUIRED....
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| 00:32:42 |
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FOR MANY YEARS. A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN REBUILT. THERE
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WAS A BIG FIRE BUT IT WAS A ROYAL PASS IN HENRY THE 8TH TIME. IT IS STILL TECHNICALLY A ROYAL PALACE. BUT MOST OF IT IS BUILT FROM THE LIFE. >>...
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| 00:33:16 |
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SITUATION. MOST PEOPLE'S TROUBLES ARE SOMEBODY'S ELSE TROUBLES WHO COME TO YOU FOR HELP AND YOU GIVE THE BEST ADVICE YOU CAN. A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT...
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| 00:34:39 |
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TELEVISION IN GENERAL. >> I HAVE SOME WORRIES THAT IT IS GETTING A BIT OUT OF HAND AT THE MOMENT. NORMALLY IT HAS
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BEEN FULL OF EMOTIONS. BUT THE TRADITION IS PEOPLE STILL GET A FAIR HEARING. IT SOUNDS SLIGHTLY WORSE ON THE RADIO THAN IT IS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE...
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I SAID THAT? I HAVE
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| 00:35:43 |
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THE DUBIOUS RECORD OF AS LEADER OF THE HOUSE, MOVE THE MOTION TO EXCEL A MEMBER OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR BAD BEHAVIOR. I DID IT MORE TIMES THAN ANY OTHER...
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DAYS. I HAD SOME TREPIDATIONS ABOUT TELEVISION COME FIGURE THE HOUSE OF LORDS EMPLOYEES -- LORDS BUT I KNEW IT WOULD COME. I WASN'T RUSHING IT TOO...
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THAT PARTLY BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT THE GREATEST LOVER OF THE BBC. SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USED IN A CONFRONTATIONAL BASISED WAY AND DISORDER WOULD BE...
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| 00:40:36 |
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THE POLLS SHOW WHEN PEOPLE GO INTO THE POLLS, HOW OFTEN DO THEY GO IN THINKING THEY ARE VOTING FOR DAVID CAMERON OR PRIME MINISTER BROWN? HOW OFTEN?...
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YOU DO IN AMERICA, WE HAD PRIME MINISTER CANDIDATES. ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC HAD NOT GOT ANY RIGHT TO VOTE FOR THEM, BUT THEY HAD THREE DEBATES. I THINK...
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| 00:42:33 |
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OURS. >> YES. >> LET ME SHOW YOU ANOTHER CLIP. >> TELEVISION IS PART STATE AND
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PART PRIVATE. WE HAVE A DUEL SYSTEM THAT IS THE BBC, WHICH
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IS DONE ON THE ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT. THEY HAVE A CHARTER. AND THEY COLLECT THE PROCEEDS OF THE LICENSE FEE. EVERY TELEVISION OWNER PAYS ABOUT $100...
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YEARS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POWER OF THE BBC? I KNOW YOU HAVE TO PAY THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS YOU DID BACK IN THOSE DAYS? >> IT IS STILL QUITE STRONG...
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AS FAST AS I HAD FORECAST 20 YEARS AGO BUT I THINK FOR EXAMPLE THE BBC IS NOW BEING REQUIRED, FIRST OF ALL, TO MAINTAIN THE LICENSE FEE. THAT THEY...
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| 00:45:24 |
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WHAT IT WAS, TO REALLY BE BLUNT, IT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAD SET UP
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| 00:45:32 |
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A BODY TO SEEK TO RAISE PRESS STANDARDS, SUCCESSLY STANDARDS OF PRIVACY AND INACCURATE REPORTING AND EVERYTHING. PARTLY TO STOP EITHER WHOEVER WON THE...
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| 00:46:49 |
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NEWSPAPERS. I HAD TO BE CIVIL RESPECTED BY PEOPLE TO SAY THAT I WAS NOT THERE TOO. BECAUSE WE WERE BEING PAID FOR. MADE NO SECRET OF IT. >> WHAT YEARS...
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| 00:47:09 |
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YOU TOOK ON SOMEONE PUBLICALLY IN THAT TIME PERIOD, PIERCE MORGAN. HE IS GOING TO
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TAKE THE LARRY KING SHOW. >> I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY. HE IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MAN AND WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA. I HAVE NO HARD FEELINGS
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| 00:47:28 |
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ABOUT IT AT ALL. WHEN I WAS FIRST STARTING, HE PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST EARL SPENCER'S WIFE WHO WAS WALKING IN THE GROUNDS...
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LANDOWNERS . THIS WAS RIGHT AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO STOP, THE INTRUSION OF SOMEBODY IN THE HOSPITAL. I SAID THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS...
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SEE. >> LOOKING AT MY CRYSTAL BALL, I THINK THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, THEY WILL
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| 00:50:19 |
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SUCCESSFULLY REDUCE THE SIZE. THERE WILL BE 50 LESS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. IT WILL GO DOWN TO ABOUT 600 RATHER THAN 650. THERE WILL BE AN ATTEMPT...
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PARLIAMENT WILL PASS THE ACT AND THEN THE INDEPENDENT BOUNDARY COMMISSIONERS WILL DECIDE HOW TO IMPLEMENT
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| 00:51:07 |
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IT. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OF LORDS IS BEING REFORMED FOR MEMBERSHIP, MANY YEARS. EVERYBODY AGREES IT SHOULD BE REFORMED BUT NOBODY WILL AGREE HOW...
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| 00:53:48 |
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THAT? >> 14 YEARS. >> WHAT IS THAT JOB? >> THAT IS A RATHER -- IT IS A CEREMONIAL FIGUREHEAD, MOSTLY. BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,
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| 00:54:00 |
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AS I AM, YOU CAN HAVE INFLUENCE BEHIND THE SCENES. IN BRITISH COMPANY LAW IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE VICE CHANCELLOR IS THE CHIEF...
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| 00:55:04 |
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MANAGE QUITE WELL. WE HAVE
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HAD 10 YEARS. THE LAST GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD I AM NOT SURE IT WILL BE AS BAD AS SOME PEOPLE ARE MAKING OUT. >> I ASKED YOU EARLIER WHAT HAS...
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LIFE? >> WELL. THERE ARE MOMENTS IN EACH OF MY JOB I HAVE ENJOYED, RATHER THAN SAYING THIS WAS ALL GOOD. THERE
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| 00:55:56 |
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ARE MOMENTS IN LIFE WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP GET OVER A PROBLEM. I SUPPOSE IT IS THE MR. FIXIT SIDE OF IT. YOU KNOW I HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE WHO WANTED...
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IT. >> THE REDESIGNED BOOKNOTES WEBSITE FEATURES OVER 800
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