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coffin, in very yasmin vossoughian. it is now speaker kevin mccarthy, and we have learned he is at work to get today after an ugly week for where publicans and with a 15 ballot victory for mccarthy after last minute efforts that couldn t vince republicans to finally given. and even more chaotic than the beginning of this battle, even one near physical altercation between two members on the floor, now the question is how much did mccarthy give up to represent matt gates, and the other holdouts, and what will they deal with their almost limitless power over the speaker? preferably, you do this, the preference in politics is to always suffer indignities in private not in public. when you have a lower house of legislatures, anywhere in the world, it looks like trump s. i actually have newfound, i have new respect for people i knew. we have newfound respect for people. we do not engage in serious negotiations. i think that s good for policy. in a moment, i m gonna talk ....
who is the sort of the eminence grise behind all of this, this victory, this somehow idyllic americana that doesn t exist and isn t real. and here s the thing it s basically the stepford wives. the difference is the stepford wives at the beginning of the stepford wives, you think, ok, this, you know, what? is there something off kilter? you can t quite figure what s wrong with it. in the case of this from the beginning, it is absolutely clear that this is an artificial world, that none of this can be what it seems, that somehow, they re in a bubble or an illusion. now, florence pugh works wonders making the character of alice engage you so that even though she s in this completely artificial environment, you believe in her character and you engage with her character. harry styles, he s fine. there ve been some sort of cruel things said about his performance. it s ok. it s staggeringly unremarkable. the problem is that you very quickly figure out there s one of a numbe ....
after leaving the village, which they re not allowed to do, and going out into the desert and encountering something. and alice starts to think, hang on a minute, this isn t what it seems. there s a conspiracy going on here. here s a clip. violet, where did you meet bill? we met on a train. to boston. yeah. yes, you dropped your ticket and you bent down, picked it up, gave it to you, right? that is, yeah. that s how margaret met ted. and peg, am i right in thinking that that s how debbie mcintyre met her husband? yes, lam. that s how they met. yes, that s true. i m jealous. honestly, it s such a sweet story. isn t that funny? that s incredible. there are so many different stories that were told. we re told what we remember, until we try to remember things that they want us to forget. ..like margaret. alice. no, jack. it s ok. i m curious to hear where she s going with this. - frank is doing something to us. so frank, played by chris pine, who is the sort of the eminen ....
to scrolling and why she thinks there should be better protection for young people. an emotional goodbye from one of the greatest of all time. roger federer leaves the stage for the final time. the 20 time grand slam champion, plays his last competitive match and bows out from tennis. not a bad weekend ahead. a largely fine saturday with sunny spells and a few scattered showers. make the most of this weekend s whether, turning noticeably cool it next week. all of the details coming up. it s saturday, the 24th of september. the chancellor has defended the government s plans to boost the economy, after announcing the biggest package of tax cuts in 50 years. kwasi kwarteng s measures include two big changes to income tax in england, wales and northern ireland from next april, plus a reduction in stamp duty. opposition parties and some tory mps have criticised the decision to cut taxes for the wealthy during a cost of living crisis, as ben king reports. here in reading and around ....
hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. as ever is mark kermode. hi, mark. very interesting week. we have don t worry darling eagerly awaited after all the stuff that went on in venice. we have blonde, which may be a marilyn monroe biopic, or maybe not. and catherine called birdy, a medieval tale with a difference. oh, i thought it was a biopic, but anyway, more on that later. ok, so don t worry darling, which is a new film by olivia wilde, who made booksmart, which i loved. florence pugh and harry styles are alice and jack chambers. they live in a kind of absolutely rarefied, dreamy, late 50s, early 60s americana, you know, glistening cars, mad men suits, fabulous dresses. the wives stay at home and prepare the house and cook the meals and wait for the return of their husbands, who are out doing work which cannot be spoken of when they come back. and florence pugh s character seems to think this is idyllic and wonderful. and then, one of her ....