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after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, nick robinson in conversation with people who influence our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. hello, welcome to political thinking. a relaxed conversation, not a news interrogation with someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now not since the creation of what used to be called the ministry of fun, rath...

welcomed her appointment. not a bit of it. many have reacted as if she is a threat to all they stand for. i doubt thats 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 shes 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...

political thinking. a relaxed conversation, not a news interrogation with someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now not since the creation of what used to be called the ministry of fun, rather more boringly these days, its called the department of digital, culture, media and sport. not since then have we had a secretary of state who is actually claimed to be able to contribute to the culture. not any more, nadine dorries has written 15 novels. she sold...

Not to evict us and telling him she was going to get work and that we would be able to pay the rent arrears. and i remember the tension. i rememberfeeling the tightness in my chest as a six—year—old that we were in a really serious situation, something awful was happening. now, you mentioned your writing, you mentioned your books, therell be plenty of people listening to this, watching it who dont know your books, dont know thatjames daunt, the man who runs waterstones books, told us that yo...

Or follow her head? it sounds cheesy when you read it. i never wrote that, by the way. i would ask you the question i was going to ask, you do get a lot of people sneering at your books, dont you? just by the fact a lot of... i think its nearly three million now. no, no, that was my question. i mean, the telegraph, when you wrote the first one and said its the worst novel ive read in ten years. but the person who wrote that review was a member, a catholic member of opus dei. and my first book ha...

I think its nearly three million now. no, no, that was my question. i mean, the telegraph, when you wrote the first one and said its the worst novel ive read in ten years. but the person who wrote that review was a member, a catholic member of opus dei. and my first book had a child abusing catholic priest in it. so follow the money. was he patronizing you, too? yeah. youve got a lot of that. a great favour, sold bomb after that. the question i was going to ask you is. your character has to choo...

In my chest as a six—year—old that we were in a really serious situation, something awful was happening. now, you mentioned your writing, you mentioned your books, therell be plenty of people listening to this, watching it who dont know your books, dont know that james daunt, the man who runs waterstones books, told us that youre one of the queens of saga writing. you sell a lot of books, ebooks, not that many in bookshops, as it turns out. but i think we sell quite a few. quite a few, yeah,...

Ebooks, not that many in bookshops, as it turns out. but i think we sell quite a few. quite a few, yeah, probably a lot more than i ever sold, by the way. it feels to me like your writing, particularly that first one, the four streets, and youve written a follow up just now thats been published recently, contains a kind of nostalgia for that world that you grew up in in liverpool. is that right? well, so there was another side to the story. and by the way, just on the book shops bit, so the majo...

And said its the worst novel ive read in ten years. but the person who wrote that review was a member, a catholic member of opus dei. and my first book had a child abusing catholic priest in it. so follow the money. was he patronizing you, too? yeah. youve got a lot of that. only the question of what? me. a great favorite sold bomb after that. the question i was going to ask you is. your character has to choose to follow her heart or follow her head. which do you generally follow? oh, gosh, nick...