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in the mediterranean sea. it comes days after the prime minister, promised harsher prison sentences for human traffickers. britains 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. youre watching bbc news. now its 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 "i...

Is that how you escape all this? do you get some comfort by burying yourself in proust or listening to the music ofjacques brel? jacques brel. jacques brel is a fantastic musician. my goodness. have you got any to play now? no, sadly not. you can sing it for us, if you like. or quote french poetry. quote some french poetry? there are lots of politicians who have sung on this podcast. there are, there are. well, i could try. i could try some. ok, well... here we go. its a bit melancholy, but its ...

And i dont think anything that is happening in the uk today can come close to what happened in the holocaust. so i find it a lazy and unhelpful comparison to make. maybe its not flippant? maybe it is passion? like the passion you feel, theyjust disagree with you. well, i would never make those comparisons myself. and as i said, you know, we we saw it during brexit. i was called a nazi just for chairing the erg or being a brexit supporter. i think that its an unhelpful way to frame the debate, wh...