chris bryant is a labour standards. chris bryant is a labour mp, he represents one of the poorest constituencies in the country, yet his background doesn't suggest preparation for that. he was a public schoolboy, he trained to be a vicar in the church of england and he was at university student conservative activist. chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you've now made me seem very odd already ex—mac in the words of stephen sondheim, i've went from career to career. we are going to examine happy and sad. let's start with that speech. i sat next to you and your husband as you got that accolade. you were told it was a speech of the year. at the time you were delivering the speech, where you conscious this may be one of the speeches of your lifetime? completely not. i was completely mystified by what the government were up to. i have been predicting they would let it all pass because that's what has always happened in the past with every single report from a committee finding that a member of parliament has been

chris bryant, thank you so much forjoining me on political thinking. thank you. chris bryant is one of those who believes, who proves, that there is a whole lot more to being a member of parliament than simply being someone who peddles a party line. exactly what i hope this broadcast helps to show week in, week out. thanks for watching. hello, again. we've got an east—west split with our weather patterns, today. certainly for eastern england, there's going to be quite a lot of cloud and some patchy outbreaks of rain. the rain tending to break up a little bit later on, so it might turn a bit brighterfor a time. rain easing across eastern scotland. any showers clearing elsewhere to give long spells of sunshine. the best of it across these western areas. quite a range of temperatures, but for the most part it's around 6—8 degrees for our highs, today. overnight tonight, it turns chilly for a time with some patches of frost developing ahead of this weather front that will then move in off the atlantic. and as this front bumps into the cold air, well, we may well

chris bryant, thank you so much forjoining me on political thinking. thank you. chris bryant is one of those who believes, who proves, that there is a whole lot more to being a member of parliament than simply being someone who peddles a party line. exactly what i hope this broadcast helps to show week in, week out. thanks for watching. hello there. another band of rain and hills no sleeping and across the country today.— no sleeping and across the country today. no sleeping and across the count toda . ., ., country today. some of the rain will be quite — country today. some of the rain will be quite heavy _ country today. some of the rain will be quite heavy for - country today. some of the rain will be quite heavy for a - country today. some of the rain will be quite heavy for a time i will be quite heavy for a time but it brightens up into the afternoon with sunshine and blustery showers. he is the weather front i'm talking of, spreading into western parts of the uk first, some snow initially over the scottish hills, and then as the rain begins to spread a

chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you've now made me seem very odd already ex—mac in the words of stephen sondheim, i've went from career to career. we are going to examine happy and sad. let's start with that speech. i sat next to you and your husband as you got that accolade. you were told it was a speech of the year. at the time you were delivering the speech, where you conscious this may be one of the speeches of your lifetime?

chris bryant, labour mp and chair of the commons select committee on standards. thank you forjoining us. thank you. the time is 8:38am on saturday morning. mike is here with the sport. any land far away down under the is a drama unfolding. i wanted to wake cricket fans up with a nice surprise, but i can't. if you woke up at 630 m, could have done. it was going 0k woke up at 630 m, could have done. it was going ok then. you were hopeful, won't you?— it was going ok then. you were hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult — hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult spell _ hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult spell when _ hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult spell when the - most difficult spell when the floodlights come on later on. me most difficult spell when the floodlights come on later on. we are where we are — floodlights come on later on. we are where we are and _ floodlights come on later on. we are where we are and where _ floodlights come on later on. we are where we are and where are - floodlights