here and died that the union of their fathers might be the union of the sons." he commended the bravery and " their willingness to die and live as god wills for freedom, the constitution, and union." thesen mind, at dedications, it is mostly union veterans. these are not bluegray affairs. there are not confederates in the audience for the most part. , an resident mckinley veteran of the battle, invoked reconciliation and reunion at the dedication of the maryland monument. i'm glad to meet on this field the followers of glee, jackson come along stre -- jackson, longstreet, greeting each other not with arms but with affection and every heart. that is reconciliation. then he turns to reunion. has but one sentiment, love for one nation and flag. i'm glad we were kept together, aren't you? apparently there were cries from the audience, yes, yes. glad to preside over a nation of nearly 80 million people more united than they ever had been since the formation of the federal union. invoking reconciliation and reunion. again there is overlap but often the notion that the

, and the union. keep in mind at these dedications, it is mostly union veterans. go back one. these are not blue and gray affairs. there are not confederates in the audience for the most part. even president mckinley, a veteran of the battle, invoked both reconciliation and reunion at the dedication of the maryland monument. i'm glad to meet on this field the followers of lee, jackson, long street and johnson, with the followers greeting each other's -- each other with affection in the heart. that is reconciliation. but then he turns to reunion. this meeting after this many years has just one sentiment. love for one nation and flight. i'm glad we was together, aren't you? apparently there was cries from the audience of yes, am glad that the union was saved, and i am glad to preside over a nation of nearly 80 million people more united than they ever had been since the formation of the federal union. invoking reconciliation and reunion again, there is a lot of overlap, but there is also the notion that

the union cause. in the immediate aftermath of the war and we are talking the summer of 1865 union veterans were clear about why they had fought and what they had achieved. they had saved the union and many would have added ended slavery. they did so in a myriad of ways, through the creation of national cemeteries or loyal union soldiers only, white and black, but only loyal union soldiers. through the creation of the largest veterans organization, in fact, the largest fraternal organization of the 19th century, the grand army of the republic, here is a group from west virginia, but they are in every former -- every state including the former confederate states. here we have kansas and another group from maine. they did so through the observance of memorial days beginning in 1868. and as a side note, if you've ever been to the dayton national cemetery in ohio, the road that leads into it is gettysburg road which would suggest something about what was important to these men. monument dedications and he

veterans ironically the success that the union had and talked about preserving the union led to its steady demise in the popular imagination. having fought to preserve the nation, they encouraged former wearables -- encouraged formal .earables -- former rebels as symbols go, it was increasingly difficult to separate the united states from to the united states of 1880's or 1920's. to see a flag and say that's a 36 star flagged as a post more stars being added. even as the union cause became more amorphous the veteran -- the confederate cause remained distinct. its memory, it's symbols continue to stand apart, suspended in time and inseparable from the war, captured, of course in the and movieestseller gone with the wind. it appears as though the confederacy was the civil war. centennial, the lost of theo the long side reconciliation as the predominant memory of the war, and here we have the rate -- the flag being raised. all of this is a product of the 20th century americans. >> that was a wonderful talk, and we do have time for some questions. working,ieve they are so lean into them

leaving the european union. but of course this has been a decision taken by the uk. if political conditions in the united kingdom were to change significantly, then, i guess, but this is just significantly, then, i guess, but this isjust a guess, that more would be given, a significant amount of time would be given, for the political, if you like, dynamic to u nfold political, if you like, dynamic to unfold within the uk. at the moment, this is not what we see happening. it seems to be still, the conditions do not seem to be right for that kind of complete change of heart in the united kingdom, so as i said, at the united kingdom, so as i said, at the moment, the european union is simply sitting back and observing this, feeling there is not that much it can actually do. thank you very much. we arejust it can actually do. thank you very much. we are just learning that the european commission has also posed at the end of 2022 be the cut off date for the extension of any transition. that person, once britain leaves

in the respect of this offer and choice the choice they made to leave the european union and tonight i said it's a crucial step a crucial step all right let's talk about this crucial step and to do that my first guest tonight is an authority on brics he's written several books about the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. including what has the e.u. ever done for us he spent several years as berlin correspondent for the times a british newspaper he is now the times washington editor and that is where he is this evening david charter david it's good to see welcome back to the day let me get your response first of all to what has happened on ten downing street in just the last hour or so. thank you very much brant and i have to say it was always going to come to this it was always going to be between the two extremes of hard bricks and no deal or at least somehow staying within the european union there was always going to be some kind of messy compromise in the middle which to reason my hopes will satisfy enough people to get through parliament from what we've seen of the deal and of course it i

to be negotiated with the european union. they go together as a package. yes, the withdrawal has been agreed in principle. the whole package will be what is brought before this house, will be what is considered at the european union council on sunday. and we continue to negotiate on that future relationship to get the good deal that we believe is right for the united kingdom, a good deal that products our jobs, union and security. >> the prime minister is apparently heading off to brussels today, but the new brexit is another non-traveling brexit secretary, who is apparently not going with her. i wonder if the post is now an entirely ceremonial one? [laughter] mr. speaker, the prime minister's agreement doesn't specify how much we would have to pay to extend the transition period. can she confirm the choice facing the country would be the back stop or paying whatever the e.u. asks us to pay to prolong that transition period? >> the right honorable gentleman is wrong on that. the choice we would be facing if it were the case -

the legal treaty with the european union until we are outside the european union. the prime minister was told very clearly last november that any backstop would not be acceptable. she has carried on with allowing it to be put in. not only is it in, it is in and away that we cannot actually get out of it unless the eu allows us. as that really not giving back sovereignty to our country, to the people who voted to leave? >> as i said in my statement, the position is very simple. there is no withdrawal agreement without a backstop. without a backstop, there is no deal. that is because of the commitment of both sides wanted to the people of northern ireland to ensure there was no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. any other agreement on trade with the european union would have a backstop. debate has seen false promises made to the public from all sides, and from all parties. democracy only works when it can be based on a debate of truth and honesty in fact. how does the prime minister assure the house that this debate we are about to have now on her deal

the customs union but the truth is that we will be remaining in the customs union both in the transition and in the backstop arrangement which can only be ended with the agreement of the e.u. and the truth is also that the only way to protect jobs investment and an open border in northern ireland in the long term is to remain within it will the prime minister now look the british people in the eye and make that remaining in the customs union is in our national economic interest because without it we will be.

written being outside the union and the single market. theresa may may have simply not deliver that. i think britain is really shackled to the eu indefinitely as a sort of satellite, which is a disaster scenario, which firmly undercuts british interests. margaret thatcher would have negotiated a deal that was good for britain and that would have helped to facilitate a free trade between great britain and the european union without britain having to sacrifice its own self-determination. david: however we got to this juncture, we are where we are. at this point, it appears as prime minister may actually said there are three options -- essentially the deal that she structured, that you think is a bad deal, or not leaving the european union at all, or going out with maybe any kind of agreement. with would be best for the u.k. at this point? nile: there is another option as well, which is a different deal for britain. i do believe that at this time, britain needs new leadership. it needs someone who is at the helm who believes fully in brexit

union or leave the european union. there was an overwhelming vote in parliament to do that. there was an overwhelming vote in parliament to do that. about 6-1. anybody who says it wasn't overwhelming is wrong. the british people exercised their vote. they exercised their vote in numbers we have never seen before. the result of that vote was that we should leave the european union. it has always been my view as i've seen in other european -- on other european issues, other countries, other member states of the european union, taking matters back to their populous, having a referendum, the voters come out against what the european union wanted and effectively a second vote to sort of go back and think again vote. i don't think it's right that we should do that in this country. we gave people a choice, we should deliver on the decision they took. clear we have been going for about an hour now. not a single person supported the plans the prime minister has set out. it is quite clear she cannot command the house on these pr

union troops around the union and four the material but he could have missed philadelphia, new york. if they could win a big battle in maryland that could be to the advantages in so many different ways. >> he had a plan of his own. his plan was if the union had a victory. the emancipation proclamation he shared with a handful of his closest associates and members of his cabinet. they would have had all of these in the confederacy. lincoln was a lawyer so this was a very clever document and basically emancipation proclamation frees the slaves of the confederacy that isn't under union control. it's become a separate nation that's where the masterstroke said this is the legitimacy of the government of the united states of america and these confederate states are illegitimate and this would surf like a beacon. they had come rushing northward and also served to being dependent on slave labor that african-americans worked in the fields and worked in factories so another thing this would do if it caused slaves to move northward yet another use of the emancipation proclamation this invasion

we would not accept the position of the european union. and a few weeks ago they agreed with our position they conceded to the united kingdom. so there would not be a customs and border down the irish sea. i think it becomes even clearer that the right honorable gentlemen doesn't actually know what is in the declaration. we talk about the second referendum. >> with the shambles this government has gotten into. mister speaker, there is an entire protocol with the withdrawal agreement. they apply only to northern ireland. they currently did not discuss this. because the spokesperson said and i quote we are clear, we will not be voting for this humiliation. it failed the prime minister's redline. and, failed to impress the new northern ireland minister. just hours before he was appointed said the deal is dead. instead of giving confidence for millions of people this half-baked deal failed to give any hope that could give the country and bring it together again. isn't it the case. that it would rightly reject this deal. if they can't negotiate

deliver by leaving the market and customs union. it also is a breach. would the prime minister acknowledged that the obstacle for the free-trade vehicle was the problem of the order with the declaration acknowledged [inaudible] the partnership is a comprehensive free-trade deal with canada. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in the prime minister's lexicon [inaudible] >> mr. speaker, there is one that we can all agree which is when we come to vote on this and to be time, it will be about the most important thing we will have voted on in our entire lives. they described the deal i'm afraid it is. >> please say to the members including those that called to ask a question he's got a right to be heard. you are welcomed to leave the chamberl. "-end-quotes object. thank you mr. speaker. they know the mathematics. never get through and even if it did, they review the confidence and the house of commons has never surrendered to anybody and they won't start n now. the kingdom has not surrendered they talked about the position as they've always had p

we will be leading the european union on the 29th of march 2019. -- european union on the 29th of march 2019. —— without a deal. when we come to the vote on the 11th of december it will be for parliamentarians and members of parliament to decide if they want to deliver on the vote the british people took, whether they do that with a good deal of which protects jobs into the future, we are promoting a good deal. but prime minister, that wasn't my question, i am asking whether you will rely the possibility that on the 29th of march we could leave the european union without a d, given what we know now from the bank of england, from your government's analysis, wood to prove that out as a possibility, it will be so catastrophic. the decision that the house of commons will take on the 11th of december, will be whether to support, ratify the deal that the united kingdom government has negotiated with the european union... if the house votes down that deal at that point, then there will be some steps that will be necessary because obviously we have been doing no deal planning as a governmen

to the european union. this parliament decided overwhelmingly they voted and gave that view and it's our duty to deliver on it. >> me i think my honorable friend for the statements and we have a legal obligation. we have no money at all and therefore what do we find with the taxpayers money. >> i haven't forgotten how good it is a different opinion in relation and there are legal obligations in any circumstances and i think it is important that we are a country that upholds the obligation. >> from the labour party they are going to the courts of justice in luxembourg. it would give the parliament [inaudible] i know she has consistently raised this issue and as she knows it isn't going to happen. >> thank you mr. speaker. the prime minister said in her statement can i ask you to tell me which regions will be more prosperous for the productivity then pay well under the arrangements with the eu? >> we are able to enhance the prosperity and the number of jobs in the kingdom. the budget that was given in novembe

thing we have to not run away from the fact that most of the european union are running away from the fact that there are political prisoners and speed i'm not as good at a bill situation to say the least that people in jail in spain for a year or for holding a democratic event but this is an age but isn't the point of the european union's collusion with suppressing that democracy that you just mentioned. that's why a forty percent of people in scotland voted to get out fifty two percent of britain want to get out less polish people english people don't want to be. and in a place that detains their politicians i mean i think that's an absolute imperfection of the opinion absolutely and i don't shy away from that at all but i think we've got a pretty major one of it and i believe it is that really we do want to be alone and you know the democratic politicians should not be in jail and given. all the rest of my father's run away from address and head on to fairly address poland in the senate only but this strangely run away from that would. i think what we were realizing from a three po

the uk and european union and the rest of the european union as well. i believe there are many packed specs of the deal we have agreed that actually ensure that we are preserving the integrity of the united kingdom. there has been a significant focus on the question of the backstop. the backstop is something which neither side would wish to see exercise. there are and indeedin wish to see exercise. there are and indeed in the circumstances as i have said where there needs to be a period before the future relationship is introduced, there are alternative routes that can be taken. but are alternative routes that can be ta ken. but it's are alternative routes that can be taken. but it's the right honourable gentleman says to me that he is concerned that we have not considered northern ireland through this process, i am grateful to him that he has said that, because i have remained committed to delivering on two things northern ireland. no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. for us to be able to continue to maintain and respond to the obligati

the really important thing for them was a state in the customs union and effectively. they've got that so they will be happy as huge concern with blacks in gibraltar i think it's ninety eight percent of gibraltarians had the good sense to vote against and to get to vote against blacks of course gibraltarians are very sensible people there that british but they're not in the u.k. and that's the sort of situation i would like for scotland is a little bit to be british but only you can ask a referendum as far as i know but ironically spain is which has been responsible for the detention of politicians. after a democratic vote catalonia something with theirs and we have been campaigning about could veto the deal yet it's would your role to look to extract concessions over the city spinners also said in the last day or so that it wouldn't be vetoing scotland's accession to being a member of the european union which i think is as welcome as well but in a one room while we welcome one thing we have to not run away from the fact that most of the european union are running away

agree with you but the european union is the union of several state with very heterogeneous and specific national circumstances twenty four for your car make an average in europe twenty four years ago a compartment itself criticized seventeen point eight million euros were spent advertising the elections and you got down to the lowest level of participation across not in my country from some not in my country in some countries the turnout increased in other countries when one of the criticisms leveled at you was so. i know but by but by you are dropping out of the next question a very interesting question that's keep a moment an eye on it well you are right we've got a lot to get through so we can just move on and talk about is the i'm a very superficial interview well you are only we are raising in conflict zones such an important question and giving their own no chance to answer in the very mr show how can you sixteen minutes on the ranch said a lot of questions but i really want to get through quite a bit more but i don't in the time that we have i think the interview the character of

wejoined the european union as the united kingdom, and we will leave the european union as the united kingdom. that's why it's right to take the view that came from across the whole of the united kingdom, and that overall view was to leave the european union. another one has come in on twitter from matt, he also used the bbc news channel hashtag, he said, i've noticed no brexit has crept into the pm's vocabulary along with no deal. why has no brexit suddenly become one of her options? it's not one of my options. it's one of the things i'm trying to point out to people, if you listen to the debates taking place in the house of commons there are mps who want to frustrate brexit and stop it. it's important that people know that. some people see it as a threat. no, for me, i'm clear we will be leaving march next year. i want to ensure that those people who try to frustrate what people voted far aren't able to do so. i want us to leave on a good dealfor the uk, and that's what i believe we've got. obviously, i go back to brussels tomorrow for the european council on sunday, but crucially t

in the european union. they chose to leave and that's what we will deliver. >> mr. speaker, when we become an independent coastal state again which i very much look forward to, of course our fishing waters will need protecting. will the prime minister consider commissioning a new fleet of very fast naval vessels to chase down and capture any vessels that come into our waters toothfish uninvited, thus protecting fishing and our rights to fishing in scotland and my done east coast including my neighbors constituency? >> i say to my honorable friend i'm not sure whether his question was more content to be support for the fishing industry or bid for ministry of defence. we will be ensuring we can operate as an independent coastal state and protect the interests of our fishing industry. >> many people think this is a bad deal. can ask the prime minister to tell me -- in event of a new deal brexit? >> been very clear in event of a no deal brexit come european union citizens are living here in the united kingdom w

leaving the customs union but the truth is that we will be remaining in the customs union both in the transition and in the backstop arrangement which can only be ended with the agreement of the e.u. and the truth is also that the only way to protect jobs investment and open borders in all in our lives in the long term is to remain within it will the prime minister now look the british people in the eye and lift that remaining in the customs union is in our national economic interest because without it we will be poorer as a career it. is in our national interest is ensuring that we continue to have a good trading partnership with the european union once we have left that is why we put forward a proposal which is reflected in the outline declaration for free trade area goods act you are watching the debate in the commons in london theresa may here friction has been speaking to the parliament delivering a statement defending the draft deal that she hammered out the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. and she said this puts us close to a bridge that eales deal that is in the national interest to

particular staying in the customs union is because come so the customs union this whole idea wouldn't actually kick in until after the transition period which is where we're sort of in a bit of a fudge until december twenty twenty it could of course be extended as has possibly been offered by kicking the can down the can down the road and i think the point is that the brics it is also why read now that actually they're not going to be able to agree this free trade agreement with the e.u. off to that finish that that's why they're worried that this backstop that is customs union idea is going to happen and they won't be able to ever get out of it so they will effectively stay in the e.u. alex you say you as a westminster political correspondent knew a lot of these figures we often perceive these hardcore bricks to tears whether it's boris johnson or the others that whom we saw in the piece as essentially acting on some sort of personal opportunistic basis is that right or is it too simple i'd say that some of them genuinely believe that everything about that is wrong and they are ideol

the camera means union, grips union, stage managers union and they try to also take over the screen actors guild. and so, ronald reagan literally that all of those -- let all of those unions in defeating the communist getting him interested in the subject and leading to him reading about it, domestic communism communism in theory and also international communism so he formed his own ideas by the time that he became governor really. already he was talking about these ideas of how do we overcome what was then our enemy in the cold war? >> i am embarrassed to admit this, but the way they put it just now, it never occurred to me before. listening this morning to the panel of polls, what communism was like. obviously for ronald reagan, in hollywood in those days it was not like living in poland, but, he had direct experience of them. >> seated, even to the point where he would come to work, armed, because there were threats on his life. >> a man with a plan, let me quote your 1992 more with reagan, quote, reagan was more than simply anti-communist. he was an anti-communist with a game plan. can

at least staying in the single market and the cuss hops union has some support -- as the customs union has some support. when we look at the report from e u.n. this week -- speaker: order, order. the leader of the scottish national party will be heard. i don't think members will want to hear the question again and again and again. but let's be absolutely clear that -- order! if they-shot their heads off, they will have to hear it not once, not twice, but possibly three times. mr. ian blackburn. >> thank you mr. speaker. and the week here, up to a quarter of the people of the united kingdom are living in d.w.p. something the recognizes. why doesn't the prime minister realize that she has a responsibility to protect jobs and communities in this country? for once, start to listen. go back to brussels, recognize that beall have an interest in this. let's all work together to make sure we protect the interests of people in scotland and elsewhere in the united kingdom. make sure that you go back and negotiate. let's keep us in single markets and the customs union. >> the right honorable gent

with the with the european union negotiated with the european union on that basis and i think there would have been support for that both in the european union and in the house of commons all she could have said we want to completely leave the european union entirely and all its institutions and then go she ate it on that basis looking for a timetable the hats of period of five to ten years while step by step we design gauge but with the eventually destination clear she didn't really do why there of those things she gave the impression that she wanted a complete no clean break but in the end because she conducted the negotiations so secretly she ended up with something else and it is this which is creating our think a lot of the feeling that we're talking about and he has this which is creating issues like possibilities of a no deal breaks it all alternatives. really we're seeing now people talking about a second referendum which it seems to me is really an attempt to rerun the referendum which is the wrong that the e.u. strategy when the people fail have another vote here marcus be

on the future of our union. we know the position of the european parliament, we know the position of the european commission. but for paving the way, for europe, we need to change euro europe, to be a big mistake, we want to be european also in the next year. european parliament, want more power. we are the only one. [applause] we are the only one, by the citizens. we want to decide before the european election. we want to increase the budget from 1.121.3. we want all resources and immigration, the other important issue. we want to incorporate with, want to achieve good solution on that. it's possible to achieve an agreement before the end of this year. also, if you want to achieve good solution, on immigration, we need to invest more in africa. we need to plan for africa. we know need more money and after. a change. [applause] in the new position, more than a corporation between europe and africa. but this is also, european foreign policy. the european defense. this is a very important, for the future european

the article in the washington post continued, the changes gorbachev brought to the soviet union were undertaken not because of foreign pressure, but because russia was dying under the weight of the stalinist system. just fell inion under the weight of its own rotten system and it would have done that if ronald reagan had never been born. how do you answer that? fmr. ag meese: just by looking at the facts. what would have happened if it ,ad not been for ronald reagan the united states having built up its strength and so on, the other things, the soviet union might have fallen on the weight of all of its wrongdoing, economic wrongdoing, military buildup, all that. it would have taken two, 3, 4 decades and may not have ever happened. one of the things the soviets would have done and gorbachev would have done if he followed his predecessors, as soon as there was armed resistance or popular uprising, he would have called in the troops and put it down. ronald reagan did was create a situation in which the soviets could not continue as they had neither with aggression or with captivating ot

that is a member of the union union so they cannot do that until we have left the european union. and let me say this to him. the december report was 16 faidges long and it took less than a year to turn it into 599 pages of text. the declaration is 26 pages and it's available to turn it into legal text. they've said we didn't get ane agreement after december, they said we wouldn't agree withdrawal of declaration we did. it takes hard work and a firm commitment to work in the national interest and that's what this government has. >> mr. speaker that would explain why the business factory doesn't have much faith in this either. he's already discussing a period being extended to 2022 apartment. parliament voted, parliament voted for the government to publishod its legal advice in full. the government today says it will ignore the sovereign will of parliament. in 2007, the prime minister wrote to the then prime minister saying the legal advice for the iraq war should have been published in full to cabinet and mp's so why doesn't the prime minister practice what she preached? >> theres

incompatible with the union of the new of the united kingdom the united kingdom is a union between england scotland wales and northern ireland so. it's incompatible and that's why the democratic unionist didn't like it but i'd like to make a slightly different points or just to share with you. a couple of basic facts the facts is that. already at the moment as we speak the irish buda the border between us and the other republic of ireland it's already a taxation border it's already a v. a t. border it's already an excise border it it's already and it's already a currency buda they have different currencies and. without having a hard border without having a hard border in addition to that since nine hundred twenty one there's never been a hard border in northern ireland even the time of all the troubles there were military checkpoints but it wasn't a hard border with in a barbed wire and search sites and. people with dogs the whole matter of the irish border which was never discussed in the referendum not even by the common government which was which which just gracefully disgracefully in m

union the european parliament if the european union is not sufficiently democratic i agree but this is not especially the european parliament the other way around this is the only directly elected institution in the european therefore this is completely mons but the elections that brought you to the presidency twice these were decided behind closed doors there was an election but it was decided beforehand who was going to win i had to run in the parliament that i had to to get a majority in the bottom in twenty twenty fourteen what was really behind closed doors you know in twenty fourteen you actually cover president of the parliament you must run in the parliament and you must get i try it i understand that and you vote to get the majority of the parliamentarians how can you say this was behind closed doors but it was an open election an open vote with the problem of well being majority but in twenty fourteen you actually point to the post was announced by gabrielle the vice chancellor for eleven days before the so-called vote was in that he announced that i am your ollie presiden

for the european union and for britain. and we will discover in future years why i say today that this is a sad moment. i'm not happy. but i'm happy that we have a deal. there is a perception in much of the uk that this was a punishment process, the negotiations process. that even though today there were nice words for theresa may, like from the dutch prime minister, she negotiated in a very tough way. actually that in the end, the uk had to concede most of the time. i do not understand why the british people, and i like the british people for so many including historical reasons, why they are feeling that they are humiliated. i don't see that because numerous points of view of the british have been taken into this deal. so this is not a humiliation for britain. there is something about the tough negotiations on behalf of the eu during these brexit talks that have made some in the uk say, you know what, we're really glad we're leaving. they are inflexible and they do not listen to the needs of the people. what would be your