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...week his rhetoric served him well when he trounced a U.S. Senate committee that had accused him of profiting from 20 million barrels of oil it said had been secretly allocated to him by Hussein. He returned to Britain the talk of the town. The studio audience at a bbc current-affairs program greeted him with rapturous applause. On the floor of the House of Commons, M.P.s, who once might have steered clear, pushed close as if hoping a little of Galloway's mojo might rub off on them. The Senate committee's evidence - papers from the Iraqi Oil Ministry...
...then living in accordance with it. Abortion, embryonic-stem-cell research, pornography and morally offensive "alternative" lifestyles would not have become so entrenched if we had given a hoot about living our faith. Paul Buckley Bennington, Vermont, U.S. Pressing Tony Blair I was pleased that columnist Joe Klein mentioned BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman in his article on Tony Blair's election campaign [May 2]. Paxman's pointed questioning of Blair about the Iraq war is exactly the kind of journalism that politicians hate: relentless pressure for direct answers. Over the years several interviewees have actually walked...
...pleased that columnist Joe Klein mentioned BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman in his article on Tony Blair's election campaign [May 2]. Paxman's pointed questioning of Blair about the Iraq war is exactly the kind of journalism that politicians hate: relentless pressure for direct answers. Over the years several interviewees have actually walked out of sessions because of Paxman's rigorous approach--the kind of tough-style journalism that the U.S. media need to adopt. They are far too deferential to U.S. politicians and let them get away with misleading answers. It would be a joy to see Paxman grill...
Seated under U.K. flags and banners, the audience alternated between cheers and boos as the future members of Parliament appeared on BBC to deliver their victory speeches...
...interview, a BBC journalist was asked how she would explain a U.K. general election to those who weren’t familiar with the process...